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Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: As a user of the service does Ms Bailey see it as a challenge?

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: I want to ask about the recommendation to include grounds of gender identity, gender expression and sex characteristics. Again, has anywhere else in Europe done that?

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: It would be really helpful to share it with the committee. Do the witnesses have any sense of the amount of claims that may have been taken under that legislation in other countries?

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: Yes. It would be really helpful for the committee in assessing what it may want to recommend to the Minister. It would be very helpful if we got to see the various grounds on which things have happened in Europe and examples of the types of cases that came through, and perhaps awards. It will obviously depend on what their legislative inclusions were in relation to awards, but it might...

Committee on Children and Equality: General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024: Discussion (8 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: Okay. Was the patchwork of legislation something the witnesses all raised in their submissions on the Equality Acts? I mean the fact it is so difficult to navigate it makes it essentially unusable for the layperson who wishes to access it.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (8 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the target of 10,000 annual apprenticeship registrations by the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37512/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 288. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason the display signs on platforms at Connolly Station are frequently not working; when these signs which are vital tools for communication, will be reliably operational; the steps being taken to improve real-time passenger information for rail users; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37800/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason bus timetables are not displayed at train stations on the Northern line, including Skerries; the measures that will be introduced to ensure bus and train timetables are clearly visible to help passengers plan their journeys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37801/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 290. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason passengers cannot board Dublin Bus services at Skerries train station; the plans in place to address this lack of connectivity in order that bus and train services can properly integrate to meet commuter needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37802/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 291. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will outline the coordination that takes place between the National Transport Authority, Irish Rail, and Dublin Bus to ensure sufficient public transport capacity to and particularly from major concerts and sporting events; if there are plans to improve this coordination for the remaining events this year and for the 2026 season;...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (8 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 292. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request the National Transport Authority to provide a detailed overview of the project plan for the Next Generation Ticketing programme, including key deliverables, milestone dates, and associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37804/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (8 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 538. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to clarify the position regarding local authorities that have fully committed their 2025 funding allocation for the acquisition of second-hand homes under the tenant-in-situ scheme, in particular where a local authority has indicated it will not proceed with further acquisitions without clarity on the funding value and...

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

Grace Boland: 879. To ask the Minister for Health the actions her Department is undertaking to offer timely appointments to the 10,542 children awaiting dental screenings in CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37799/25]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (3 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Robert O'Donoghue - To discuss the design of the entrance to the Rush side of the Rush and Lusk train station. Deputy Paula Butterly - Tourism in Louth. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil - To discuss ongoing road safety issues on...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: I thank the witnesses for attending today. While this committee tends to focus on figures and finances, we need to remember that behind every number is a child, a patient, a family and a story. We cannot lose sight of that. I welcome Ms Nugent's comments today about wanting to do better, putting children first and putting families at the centre of decisions. Communication is really key to...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: I do not want a child who has a very complex need to be filtered out of a review because that is the opposite of what we should be doing.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: Every child has the right to safety. Every family has the right to peace of mind as to what has happened here. If complexity is being used as a filter, that is just discrimination.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: The mother was not contacted at all regarding her second daughter. She and families like her are left in a vacuum. Children who really are more vulnerable are not being included in the review. I find that baffling.

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2023 - Children's Health Ireland
Financial Statements - National Treatment Purchase Fund (3 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: Will that be looked at?