Results 361-380 of 550 for speaker:Grace Boland

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 94. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the uptake in the building blocks extension grant scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20291/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: As a very proud TD for Dublin Fingal West, one of the youngest constituencies in the country, I cannot understate the demand for childcare. As a mum of eight-year-old twins who has never been able to access childcare, the delivery of additional childcare places is an absolutely priority of mine and I really hope it is of this Government. The Minister might give us an update as to the uptake...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: While I welcome the Pobal scheme, 78 applications is not a lot and 78 additional childcare facilities, or not even childcare facilities, is not sufficient for the demand we have in Ireland and it will certainly not do anything to meet the demands of the people in Dublin Fingal West. Will the Minister look seriously for more funding to support childcare providers in areas of high demand? As...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 131. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress to date in delivering on the commitment of capping childcare costs at €200 per month per child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20292/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Transport Policy (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 543. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the establishment of the transport security force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21207/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Transport Policy (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 544. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he envisions the transport security force will commence its work on public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21208/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Transport Policy (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 545. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on and recommendations arising out of the Dublin Bus pilot "New Safer Journeys"; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21209/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 812. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the eligibility criteria and process for a school to utilise the additional school accommodation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18942/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 813. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the timeline in which a school can expect to receive approval to avail of the additional school accommodation scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18943/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 814. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has a defined service level response time in which it responds to emails from principals of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18944/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Correspondence (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 815. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps a principal can take to escalate a query if they have not received response to emails sent to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18945/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 816. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct the NCSE to engage with parents of children who have been refused access to a reading school place in areas (details supplied), to find a suitable reading school place for their child for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18946/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 817. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct the NCSE to engage with parents of children who have been refused access to a reading school place in the Swords, Malahide, Portmarnock, Donabate and surrounding areas to find a suitable reading school place for their child for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18947/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 818. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct the NCSE to open additional reading school places to meet the demands of children living in areas (details supplied) for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18948/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 819. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will instruct the NCSE to open additional reading school places to meet the demands of children living in the Swords, Malahide, Portmarnock, Donabate and surrounding areas for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18949/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Council for Special Education (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 820. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifications needed for teachers to teach in reading classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18950/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 821. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the qualifications needed for teachers to teach children in need of special education teaching hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18951/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 875. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the bus route which pupils from Ballyboughal, County Dublin to a school (details supplied) undertake, as the current bus stop is at an unsafe location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19324/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 876. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review the current guidelines on the after-hours use of school buildings with a view to giving more control on the decision making process to the board of management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19325/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (29 Apr 2025)

Grace Boland: 1001. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has engaged with the patron for a school (details supplied) in relation to the delivery of the autism classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20601/25]