Results 181-200 of 784 for speaker:Grace Boland
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: All three can waive it. If the NDA is not required, if there is nothing to hide, it can be waived.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: I appreciate that, but it does not scream "patient-centred approach" to me. I have an issue with that and with the lack of communication with the families. Some families may not even fully realise. There needs to be much more communication with this family. This is only one family who have come to my attention in recent days. I have serious questions and concerns about this. It is not...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: As a lawyer, it is really important that I state it is not an absolute employment right that two contracts equal a contract of indefinite duration, in particular if there is an objective justification. I assume, given the hefty amount of the legal fees, that it was not accepted and it was settled on the basis that Ms Hardiman's position was not accepted. Could we just be clear on that? Was...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: In her evidence earlier, Ms Hardiman said that two contracts equal a contract of indefinite duration. That is not absolutely the case. It is not an absolute employment right. Because she has gone on the record, I just want to make sure that we are clarifying that. There would not have needed to be a dispute that gave rise to Ms Hardiman having €100,000 in legal fees if her position...
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: It is important to say that.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: Sorry, there was a Supreme Court case in relation to your role?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: However, CHI did not accept it, or the Department of Health did not accept it-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: -----which is why Ms Hardiman ended up in a mediation.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: Okay.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: I am not sure, to be honest with Ms Hardiman. I will ask Ms Nugent about the Children's Health Foundation, CHF. Is CHI responsible for that?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: What is the governance with regard to that? Public moneys are given to that foundation and it has quite a significant sum of money sitting there. How does that work in terms of how that money is applied towards Children's Health Ireland?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: In terms of the amount of money, there is over €30 million sitting there.
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: Lastly, Ms Brady mentioned breaches of the memorandum of understanding. Is there any penalty for hospitals that breach the MOU?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: Should some penalties be built into it?
- Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025) Grace Boland: Does Ms Brady feel the hospitals have breached the NTPF's trust?
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence (3 Jul 2025)
Grace Boland: 57. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the steps his Department is taking to ensure consistency, accountability and trauma-informed practice in the front-line Garda responses to domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence across all divisions, in light of the Women’s Aid 2024 report, which found that 44% of women who sought Garda support in such cases found...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (3 Jul 2025)
Grace Boland: 55. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a number of senior leadership positions within An Garda Síochána remain vacant; the impact this is having on operational effectiveness, including the requirement for members to act in higher ranks on a temporary basis; when these vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Grace Boland: I thank the witnesses for coming this morning. It is great to see them. I thank them for the opening statement, it was really helpful and gave a good overview faced by the IRHA and its members. I want to follow up on a couple of things. I was listening to what was said with regard to the tolls rebate. Hauliers are supposed to get a 10% tolls rebate. That is there because we want to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Issues Facing the Road Haulage Industry: Irish Road Haulage Association (2 Jul 2025)
Grace Boland: Has the IRHA followed up with the toll operators and engaged in legal correspondence with them?