Results 481-500 of 1,477 for speaker:Grace Boland

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

Grace Boland: 329. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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. [41536/25]

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

Grace Boland: 330. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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. [41554/25]

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

Grace Boland: 331. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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. [41572/25]

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

Grace Boland: 332. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence 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. [41590/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 390. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [40858/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 392. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [40889/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 414. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [41513/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 415. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [41531/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 419. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [41603/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 420. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [41621/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 416. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [41549/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 417. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [41567/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 418. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [41585/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Dublin Airport Authority (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 421. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport further to the deployment of counter-drone technology at Dublin Airport, if he will provide data on the number of drones detected and disabled or otherwise neutralised by the DAA on a daily, weekly or monthly basis since the introduction of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41622/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Regulations (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 505. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps his Department is taking to ensure compliance with the EU’s TEN-T regulation requiring a mainline rail link to Dublin Airport by 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42859/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Regulations (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 506. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the Government's strategy to avoid potential EU infringement proceedings and fines related to the lack of a mainline rail link to Dublin Airport. [42860/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 507. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which the absence of a mainline rail link to Dublin Airport aligns with Ireland's climate and sustainable transport commitments under the Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42861/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Industry (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 508. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the work his Department has carried out to ensure Ireland’s aviation sector are meeting the commitments outlined in the Climate Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42863/25]

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

Grace Boland: 616. To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [40835/25]

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

Grace Boland: 617. To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [40879/25]