Results 141-160 of 1,477 for speaker:Grace Boland

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (9 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 63. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way in which his Department is working with the Department of Health and other agencies through the DRIVE project to support families experiencing drug-related intimidation; if additional funding will be provided to expand this model nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53466/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I would like to extend all my condolences to everyone here who has lost a loved one. Well done to Ms Gray. She did very well. I want to follow on from Deputy Currie and the Cathaoirleach in terms of where we are at with this. It would be really helpful if the RSA sent us a briefing note. I am totally confused as to why there are 11 different systems and many different contractors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: It would be really helpful is the RSA sent us a background, a briefing note and a breakdown of that 60,000. I reiterate that we need to have that loophole closed. We do not want to hear that the RSA is continuing to scope it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: Does Mr. Walsh have data on the number who book a driving test but do not turn up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: The RSA might include that in the briefing note as well. When could we expect that briefing note?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: We might follow up if we do not receive it within two weeks. I would also like to talk to the gardaí. I express my condolences on the passing of Garda Flatley. He was from my own constituency and I was very sorry to hear of his death. In terms of the roads policing unit, I am a little bit confused about the numbers. What is the target number for both vehicles and resources? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I am not trying to catch Dr. Coxon out. When I go to my primary care centre and ask how many full-time physiotherapists it has, I am told it is meant to have ten but it only has six. Its ideal number is ten. I am very confused as to why-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: How many do we have now?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: How many vehicles did the unit have last year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: What was the total number of vehicles last year and what is the total number of vehicles this year? I know some of the vehicles have been retired.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: There are actually fewer than there were last year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: Is that due to budgetary issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I am very focused on making sure that An Garda Síochána has the vehicles that it needs. When Ms Gunne says she is growing the fleet, unfortunately there is a decline from last year.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: What does An Garda Síochána need? What could we do to support it? What could we ask the Minister for justice to do to support it in order to make sure that we are not seeing decreases year-on-year but, rather, that we are seeing increases in both the numbers and the vehicles?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: What was given last year was that there would 150 additional. Was the target the number we had last year plus 150?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Road Safety: Discussion (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: How many did we have last year?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Energy Rating (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 31. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of social homes retrofitted by Fingal County Council since 2021; the number targeted for 2025; if Fingal County Council is on track to meet its share of the national retrofitting target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53463/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Building Energy Rating (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 47. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of local authority homes retrofitted to a B2 BER standard to date under the Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme; the projected number for 2025; and the progress made towards the national target of 36,500 local authority retrofits by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53462/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Security (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 153. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drone detections recorded since the installation of anti-drone technology at Dublin Airport in July 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53952/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Security (8 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 154. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of occasions on which Dublin Airport has had to suspend operations due to drone sightings since the system became operational; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53953/25]