613. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport if he has engaged with the National Transport Authority and public transport operators regarding the financial impact of rising fuel prices; the dates and outcomes of such engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23629/26]
614. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the contingency measures in place within his Department and the National Transport Authority to manage volatility in fuel prices and protect the delivery of scheduled public transport services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23630/26]
615. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the proportion of public transport operating costs attributable to fuel in 2024, 2025 and projected for 2026; and the extent to which this proportion has changed due to recent price increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23631/26]
1019. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the proportion of public contracts awarded on a lowest price only basis compared to most economically advantageous tender criteria, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23634/26]
1020. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he accepts that awarding contracts primarily on lowest price increases the risk of cost overruns, contract variations and delayed delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23635/26]
1021. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department sets or recommends minimum weightings for quality, risk and delivery criteria in tender evaluations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23636/26]
1022. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of tenders identified as abnormally low and rejected in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23637/26]
1023. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department tracks the variance between initial tender price and final outturn cost on public capital projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23638/26]
1024. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he will revise procurement guidance to place greater emphasis on whole of life cost, delivery certainty and risk management rather than upfront price; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23639/26]
1230. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth f any schools in Fingal are included in the trial to support teachers' capacity meet the needs of dyslexic students, planned to commence in September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23750/26]
3098. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she has considered appointing a dedicated clinical implementation lead to work across all maternity units to ensure that clinical guidelines under the National Maternity Strategy are being implemented consistently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25907/26]
3099. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that women who experience two consecutive miscarriages are still reporting that they are not being referred for further investigation and what immediate actions will be taken to ensure maternity units comply with national guidance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25908/26]
3100. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if her Department will introduce a structured process to track the adoption of national maternity clinical guidelines in real time across all 19 maternity units on compliance guidance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25909/26]
3101. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if reporting has commenced from the six maternity units currently using the electronic health system on conditions such as early pregnancy loss, ectopic pregnancy, second-trimester loss and recurrent miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25910/26]
3102. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the way in which her Department intends to use the new eHealth system to close long-standing data gaps relating to women’s health, particularly early pregnancy loss, so that services, supports and research funding can be properly informed by accurate national data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25911/26]
3103. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health whether standardised data definitions and reporting templates have been established for all maternity units ahead of full roll-out of the electronic health system, to ensure that critical women’s health data can be compared and aggregated nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25912/26]
39. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department has undertaken any assessment of whether rapidly growing communities within the administrative area of Fingal County Council, including Skerries, Rush, Lusk and Balbriggan, are receiving equitable access to rural development funding schemes compared with towns of similar population size in other counties…
51. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether any additional funding streams are planned in 2026 to support community facilities, town centre renewal and rural infrastructure in the Dublin Fingal region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21734/26]
93. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount that has been allocated to the promotion and support of an organisation (details supplied) abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22794/26]
94. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the work of Irish Aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22795/26]
355. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department and the HSE are taking to address issues relating to barriers currently faced by patients in Ireland living with lipoedema, including the absence of a published national HSE care pathway, limited access to conservative management such as compression therapy and manual lymphatic drainage, and delays or difficulties accessing treatment thro…
356. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if the HSE working group established in 2023 to develop a national care pathway for lipoedema has completed its work; when the pathway is expected to be published; whether patient advocacy organisations (details supplied), will participate in the development and implementation of this pathway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22642/26]
357. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if her Department intends to review the operation of private health insurers in relation to coverage for medically indicated liposuction procedures for lipoedema patients, in light of concerns regarding inconsistent decision-making, the use of criteria designed for lymphoedema rather than lipoedema, and practices that may result in patients being forced to rely o…
304. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport when the NTA expects to launch the non-statutory public consultation process inform the public and stakeholders on the proposed route and obtain their feedback on the proposals in relation to the Luas Lucan project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21665/26]
305. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the Dublin Outer Orbital Route (DOOR) project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21666/26]