Results 441-460 of 1,477 for speaker:Grace Boland

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2046. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details if there are any walk in services available to the community in Balbriggan Community Centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44450/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2641. To ask the Minister for Health the plans her Department has to include Amfexa (quick release Dexamfetamine) for the treatment of ADHD in the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47107/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2642. To ask the Minister for Health whether the demand for HRT medication has increased since the launch of the free HRT scheme in June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47108/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2653. To ask the Minister for Health if GPs can refer their patients directly for x-rays and other radiology services locally without the need to refer them to accident and emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47312/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2654. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for patients referred by their GPs for an x-ray in Beaumont Hospital, Connolly Hospital and Lourdes Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47313/25]

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

Grace Boland: 2737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are being provided to DDL-ETB to develop flagship FET colleges of scale; the way in which these developments align with national targets for lifelong learning and skills development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47306/25]

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

Grace Boland: 2738. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the way in which DDL-ETB is being supported to make FET an attractive pathway for school leavers, particularly in areas with high youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47307/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by his Department and agencies under its aegis. [40888/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if all external legal fees incurred by his Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated discounted rates; and how fees are monitored for compliance. [41512/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers, represent value for money for the taxpayer. [41530/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 10. To ask the Taoiseach to detail the procurement processes used when engaging external legal firms and barristers, including whether panels are used; how often these are refreshed; the criteria used for selection and performance review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41548/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has conducted any audits or reviews in the past five years on legal fee spend; if so, to publish the findings or summaries of those reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41566/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the internal oversight that exists within his Department to monitor the scope, duration, and cost escalation of legal services once engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41584/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; and, if not, the reason such options are not considered. [41602/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 14. To ask the Taoiseach whether any legal engagements have exceeded their initial estimated or approved cost in the past three years; if so, the number of such cases and total overrun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41620/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total spend by his Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was sought; if he will provide a breakdown by case or category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by his Department and agencies under its aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40880/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all external legal fees incurred by his Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated discounted rates; how fees are monitored for compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41504/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers represent value for money for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41522/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail the procurement processes used when engaging external legal firms and barristers, including whether panels are used; how often these are refreshed; the criteria used for selection and performance review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41540/25]