683. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth given the success of the solar panels for schools scheme if her Department has considered expanding the number of solar panels a school can install past 17; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30575/25]
379. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will undertake a review of the 33x bus service with a view to increasing the capacity and frequency of the route to meet local demand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30501/25]
378. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if the maintenance and refurbishment of train stations fall under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30500/25]
377. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he is considering reviewing the tax saver tickets with a view to changing the scheme to suit the needs of hybrid workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30499/25]
376. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the budget that has been allocated to development and roll out of the integrated ticketing system for public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30496/25]
375. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the delivery of integrated ticketing for public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30495/25]
374. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the delivery of Dart Plus North; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30494/25]
287. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is aware of any commercial bus companies who have converted their fleet from diesel engines to electric engines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30498/25]
260. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of increments have been made to the EirGrid pension in the past twelve years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30573/25]
259. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there has been any progress in processing the EirGrid pension increment for retired employees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30572/25]
146. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the State is on track to meet the target of 500,000 retrofit upgrades by 2030; the number of upgrades that would need to be carried out in each of the years to 2030 to meet the target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30065/25]
139. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a breakdown can be provided, by county, on the uptake of the home energy upgrade loan scheme in its first year of operation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30064/25]
244. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures Ireland is taking to support women and girls in the developing world; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27353/25]
226. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans in place to recruit more staff for the Passport Office in Balbriggan to accommodate the higher need for passports in the summer months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27354/25]
118. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether the new public procurement strategy will encourage social enterprises to bid for Government business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27692/25]
105. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the safeguards in place for public personal information and data on account of the use of cloud computing resources by the civil and public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27691/25]
17. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance the progress to date in implementing the national financial literacy plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27605/25]
11. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance how the Future Ireland Fund is being used and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27604/25]
115. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will support the development of a national governing body for Women’s Sheds similar to the Irish Men’s Shed’s Association to ensure that Women’s Sheds can have equal access to grant funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25825/25]
96. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will publish a comprehensive plan to expand the remit of connected hubs to unlock new opportunities in rural communities in areas such as e-health and online learning; his plans to utilise the hub network as an incubation space for local entrepreneurs and start-ups; if he has had any engagement with the State’s enterprise agencies in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25826/25]
273. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the orders the NTA has made with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25249/25]
272. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the delivery timeline specified by the NTA for a company (details supplied) for the delivery of the bank card payments system planned for public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25248/25]
271. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the call-off orders the NTA procured during the Framework Agreement when working on the delivery of the bank card payment system for public transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25247/25]
270. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he and his Department have considered the creation and implementation of a virtual Leap card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25246/25]
160. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are examples of previous recipients of funding under the European Innovation Partnership Programme in Ireland who have been able to scale up and expand the projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25102/25]
149. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the progress of the European Innovation Partnership Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25100/25]
51. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance the projected financial impact on the State Claims Agency if the personal injury guidelines are revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24698/25]
50. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance the projected financial impact on an organisation (details supplied) if the personal injury guidelines are revised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24697/25]
49. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance to provide the total amount paid out by the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24696/25]
48. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance to provide the total amount paid out by the State Claims Agency for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24695/25]
3. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Taoiseach when the CSO will publish an updated set of the "Employment Analysis of Maternity and Paternity Benefits 2019-2022”. [24700/25]
1248. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans to increase education and training of new planners, including upskilling and conversion courses for professionals with relevant suitable experience; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23611/25]
1247. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the location of the site in Swords where the planned further education and training college will be constructed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23589/25]
1246. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether funding has been identified and set aside to build the further education and training college planned for Swords as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23588/25]
1245. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the target date to open the planned further education and training college in Swords, Fingal, where the population is increasing, the labour market is at full employment, and there is a need for a training college to upskill persons of all ages in Fingal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23587/25]
1244. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the budgeted cost of the further education and training college planned for Swords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23586/25]
1243. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the construction timeline for the new further education and training college planned for Swords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23585/25]
1242. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what has happened in the last 26 months to advance the badly needed further education and training college planned for Swords and provide 1,000 campus places and 6,000 outreach or online places to service the Fingal area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23584/25]
1241. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the new further education and training college announced on 12 December 2022 in Swords will proceed to a formal planning application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23583/25]
1139. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the work her Department has undertaken to advertise outside of Ireland for healthcare professionals and healthcare workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24078/25]
1138. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work her Department has carried out to establish a national system for electronic prescribing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24077/25]
1137. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work her Department has carried out to work towards the full digitisation of Irish healthcare records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24076/25]
1136. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on the work her Department has undertaken through the Laura Brennan HPV Catch Up Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24075/25]
1135. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on her work to ensure even more routine healthcare services are available in the evenings and weekends as mentioned in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24074/25]
1134. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the work her Department has undertaken with the Department of Further and Higher Education and third level institutions to increase the supply of graduates and allied health professionals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24073/25]
1133. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health for an update on her plans to commence each section of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24072/25]