Results 461-480 of 1,477 for speaker:Grace Boland

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

Grace Boland: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [41558/25]

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

Grace Boland: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [41576/25]

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

Grace Boland: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; if not, the reason such options are not considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41594/25]

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

Grace Boland: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [41612/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Agreements (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department launched a communications strategy in South Africa to advise South African citizens of the need for a short-term visa to visit Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43264/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 162. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [40854/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [40874/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 176. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [41498/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 177. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [41516/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 178. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [41534/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 181. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; if not, the reason such options are not considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41588/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 179. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [41552/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [41570/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 182. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [41606/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 352. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence for an update on the implementation of initiatives to promote the recruitment and retention of women in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43038/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 315. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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. [40856/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 333. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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. [41608/25]

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

Grace Boland: 316. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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. [40876/25]

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

Grace Boland: 327. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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. [41500/25]

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

Grace Boland: 328. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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. [41518/25]