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Select Committee on Education and Skills: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 26 - Education and Skills (Supplementary) (4 Dec 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Did the Minister answer the question?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Are we still in public session?

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Thomas Byrne: When we discussed this privately, it received support across the board. I intend to seek stakeholder engagement or pre-legislative scrutiny on the Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) (Amendment) Bill 2018, which is currently going through the Seanad, when it comes to the Dáil. There are certain issues that need to be teased out and considered and we, as a...

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I will do whatever is required.

Select Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Select Committee (4 Dec 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I hope the Minister will support that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Dec 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an assessment of needs for a special needs assistant will be carried out on a person (details supplied). [50129/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Review (4 Dec 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the extent of the review of DEIS under way as mentioned by him in Dáil Éireann on 28 November 2018. [50491/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (4 Dec 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 541. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when broadband will be supplied to an area (details supplied). [50077/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 5 o’clock This issue has been rehearsed by the people. I was on the other side of the debate but I said that I would accept the views of the people and if any of the Deputies putting these amendments forward look at the exit polls, they will see that a tiny proportion of the people said they would not accept the results of the referendum. The Deputy should bear in mind that as...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: -----and I am confident that it is not provided for in the Bill. For those who are trying to sow confusion on this issue, it is downright disgraceful. It is certainly not an issue I brought up during the referendum because I did not feel there was anything to go on.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Deputy Kelleher summed it up perfectly. This section was front and centre of the entire debate. The 12-week period was front and centre and whether one liked it or not, that is what one was voting on. These issues were unbelievably well rehearsed during the referendum and arguments were made for and against. The comfort I take is from Deputy Kelleher who I understand formulated the...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: He has stood over attacking the media about Máiría Cahill and he has stood over the issue in relation to Jean McConville.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: He has then come in here, obsessed with this issue, and added nothing to the debate.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Many Fianna Fáilers are far more concerned with Deputy Tóibín's track record in the Sinn Féin organisation.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: What about Jean McConville's children? The Deputy did not care much about them.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Deputy Tóibín is not.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Deputy Tóibín is a complete hypocrite. He stood over the record of the provos for years in this House.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I never asked the Deputy to come anywhere near Fianna Fáil.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: That is true.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that County Meath has adequate levels of resources for frontline policing by An Garda Síochána. [49587/18]