Results 401-420 of 1,477 for speaker:Grace Boland

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Strategies (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1025. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will detail any recent or planned school-based programmes or awareness campaigns aimed at preventing young people from becoming involved in criminal activity or accruing debt to criminal organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47122/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1034. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the progress of school building projects under the remit of the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board, DDLETB, the timelines for completion and any barriers to delivery, particularly in areas of high population growth such as Dublin Fingal West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47304/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1035. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether the feasibility study for a shared education campus proposed by the DDLETB has been completed; the next steps in terms of planning and funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47305/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1036. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures that are being taken to ensure DDLETB services are inclusive and responsive to the needs of ethnic minority learners and those with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47309/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1037. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to publish performance indicators and outcomes from the DDLETB’s Statement of Strategy 2022–2026, and how these are being monitored across its 100+ locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47310/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1038. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the engagement that has taken place between the DDLETB and local authorities to align education planning with regional demographic trends, particularly in rapidly growing areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47311/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1295. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department provides or plans to provide dedicated funding streams for the purchase and preservation of historic buildings of national or regional significance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47138/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1297. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the engagement his Department has with local authorities regarding identifying and protecting historic buildings and small heritage sites in their areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47140/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1296. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has funding available for the preservation of small sites of local historical or cultural significance for example historic wells, monuments or community heritage features; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47139/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Sites (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1298. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if additional resources will be made available to support voluntary or community groups involved in the conservation of historic and archaeological sites of local significance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47141/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1419. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will address the delays in processing social welfare claims for Early Years Educators during the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47178/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1696. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the supports available to families who discover that a loved one is in debt to a criminal organisation, including advice, protection and assistance in engaging with law enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47114/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the confidential reporting mechanisms and debt intimidation support programmes currently in place for individuals and families affected by criminal gang debt, and the extent of inter-agency cooperation to address such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47115/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1698. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail any recent or planned An Garda Síochána or community-based campaigns aimed at preventing criminal gang debt and raising awareness of the supports available to those targeted by such intimidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47116/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department are taking to establish a centralised microchip database accessible to authorised officers and welfare organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47180/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1823. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered linking licences to microchip numbers to improve compliance and enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47181/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is planning to introduce mandatory health testing for all commercially bred dogs and consider banning the breeding of brachycephalic breeds, as done in Norway and the Netherlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47182/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Assisted Animal Reproduction (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1825. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is planning on regulating canine fertility clinics and ban surgical insemination as recommended by the Joint Oireachtas Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47183/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will implement a reimbursement scheme for rescue organisations that neuter dogs taken from pounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47184/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Policies (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2009. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the childcare forward planning unit and when outputs of their work will be seen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47086/25]