Results 361-380 of 1,477 for speaker:Grace Boland
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 723. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will clarify how MicroFinance Ireland’s funding is accounted for in the Revised Estimates for Public Services 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47055/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 724. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide a breakdown of MicroFinance Ireland loan approvals, by county and sector to date 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47056/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 725. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the proportion of MicroFinance Ireland loans in 2025 that have been granted to start-ups versus established businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47057/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Business Supports (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 726. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps that are being taken to ensure that microenterprises in rural and disadvantaged areas are aware of, and can access, MicroFinance Ireland supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47058/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 727. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the steps being taken to ensure that Ireland remains a global centre of excellence for aircraft leasing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47125/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 743. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding and programme supports that are being provided to DDL-ETB to expand youth services that promote soft skills, confidence, and progression into education or employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47308/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 745. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNA reviews carried out the NCSE by in primary schools in Dublin Fingal West during 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44460/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 746. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide the names of the schools in which SNA reviews were carried out by the NCSE in 2024-2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44461/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 747. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNA positions that will be available for the start of the school term September 2025, compared to September 2024, in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44462/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 748. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sanctioned autism classes for Dublin Fingal West that will be open for the start of the school term September 2025, in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44463/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 749. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in need of a special school place in Dublin Fingal West waiting for a school place for September 2025, in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44464/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 750. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in need of an autism school place in Dublin Fingal West that are waiting on a school place for September 2025, in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44465/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 751. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children in need of a reading school place in Dublin Fingal West that are waiting on a school place for September 2025, in Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44466/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 918. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific steps being taken to expand specialist literacy support such as reading classes or workshops in Fingal, given its status as the area with one of the youngest and fastest-growing child populations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46248/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 907. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of all-girls post-primary schools that do not offer each subject (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46237/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 908. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the gender breakdown of students who sat subjects (details supplied) in each of the past three years at Leaving Certificate level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46238/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 909. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure that more all-girls post-primary schools are supported to offer subjects (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46239/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 910. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the specific initiatives being implemented to improve the participation rate of girls in subjects where uptake has been traditionally low (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46240/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 911. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the shortage of qualified teachers in subjects (details supplied) is a barrier to offering these subjects in more schools, particularly all-girls schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46241/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Sep 2025)
Grace Boland: 912. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures in place to ensure that students in schools where certain STEM or social science subjects are not offered can access them through shared provision, online delivery, or inter-school collaboration; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46242/25]