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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: How? Is it from the bus driver?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: We know that is not always happening.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: There used to be a better system of capturing that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I am sorry. I know I sound frustrated, but I feel the stress when I get these emails. It is simply not good enough. There are supposed to be double-decker buses on this service and there are not. It is letting people down. One student had to spend €45 getting an Uber to DCU. It was her first week in college and she could not get on the bus. I got off the train at Dublin's Pearse...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: Obviously, I ask for the additional double-decker buses that will come to be prioritised for this route, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I thank Mr. Creegan and Mr. Kent. I appreciate it. I will come back in again, when we go back around.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: Three minutes is just not enough. I will give it a go. The national fares strategy aims to provide more consistent equitable fares structure across Ireland based on crow-flight distance travelled. As we discussed before, that is simply not accurate for zone 2 Dublin commuters. I will give an example. I received an email last night from someone who said she was writing again to complain...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: One can get a train to Rush and Lusk and get the bus to Skerries for €2 but if one stays on the train-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I know why it is there. I am highlighting that it is inequitable. It does not reflect distance travelled.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Urban Public and Sustainable Transport: Discussion (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: It is completely inequitable. I understand the rationale but it is inequitable that a train journey from Rush and Lusk to Skerries, which is 7 km, would cost a Leap fare of €2.30 yet one can travel all the way from Dublin Pearse to Rush and Lusk for €2. It makes no sense.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which her Department ensures that students in rural or disadvantaged areas have equal access to mental health supports in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52474/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 77. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to support students transitioning from primary to post-primary school in terms of mental health and well-being; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52475/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 75. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the training and resources provided to teachers and school staff to identify and support students experiencing mental health difficulties; if there are plans to expand these supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52472/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a standard protocol for schools to follow when a student presents with mental health concerns; the way in which her Department monitors compliance with these protocols; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52473/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 78. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the plans to introduce or expand peer support programmes or student-led mental health initiatives in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52476/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 105. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will review the current policy whereby domiciliary care allowance ceases at age 16, requiring families to apply for disability allowance, which is means-tested on the household, resulting in many families losing financial support for their child with a disability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52467/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 106. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider extending the upper age limit for domiciliary care allowance to 18 years of age, to ensure continuity of support for young persons with disabilities and their families, particularly in cases where the means test for disability allowance results in ineligibility for payment; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 107. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the plans to reform the transition process from domiciliary care allowance to disability allowance, with a view to reducing the financial hardship experienced by families who no longer qualify for support due to the means test applied to disability allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52469/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Code (1 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 109. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider introducing a non-means-tested payment or transitional support for young persons with disabilities who are no longer eligible for domiciliary care allowance and do not qualify for disability allowance due to household means; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52471/25]