Results 4,821-4,840 of 9,823 for speaker:Thomas Byrne

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Funding (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 300. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the programmes for which his Department provides funding to SOLAS in each year since its establishment; and the number of participants on each programme in each year. [19199/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Skills Development (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 301. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether there is scope to reduce funding to the Springboard or information and communication technology skills conversion course programmes due to reduced demand from unemployed persons. [19200/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: SOLAS Training and Education Programmes Places (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 302. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of participants on training programmes for the unemployed run by SOLAS in each of the years from 2007 to 2016; if funding to these programmes will be reduced due to decreasing demand from unemployed persons; and the reason expenditure on these programmes increased in 2016 compared to 2014 and 2015 in view of the general reduction in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 303. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate cost of the programme for Government commitment to achieving cumulative apprenticeship registrations and traineeship enrolments of 50,000 in the period 2016 to 2020; and the approximate cost to the State of training an apprentice. [19234/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €600 million core funding requirement by 2020 referenced in the Cassells report includes or excludes provision for demographic increases that have already been included in fiscal parameters for 2018 and 2019. [19235/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason no education performance or educational outcomes data from individual schools was used in the identification process for DEIS status; and his views on whether this is a significant shortcoming in the methodology used. [20278/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason data on junior certificate retention rates by school, junior certificate exam results aggregated to school level and or leaving certificate retention rates by school were not used to identify post-primary schools that had high levels of disadvantage for the DEIS identification process; and the reason he is of the view that it is an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that have requested verification of the data used to identify the levels of concentrated disadvantage in their school for the purposes of identifying their eligibility for support under the DEIS programme; the name of each school that has requested this verification; if his Department is providing this verification to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is problematic that the DEIS identification process relies on an assumption that there is a strong correlation between the HP Deprivation Index and educational outcomes; the level of research there has been to support this assumption; and the correlation between the index and education outcomes, including education...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount his Department or bodies under its aegis has paid to a company (details supplied) for consultancy and ongoing use of intellectual property in relation the use of the HP Deprivation Index. [20487/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 383. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the level of completion of primary online database questionnaires by parents; if completion rates are low in certain schools or in certain areas compared to other areas; and his views on low questionnaire completion rates. [20557/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Primary Online Database (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 384. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in circumstances in which primary online database questionnaires are not fully completed, this could affect a school's designation status for DEIS; and if this is considered a significant problem with the new DEIS identification and assessment by his Department. [20558/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Medals (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 707. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the reason members of the fire service did not receive 1916 Commemorative medals unlike their colleagues in the Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19676/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 900. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied). [19594/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Training Fund (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1402. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on the proposed introduction of an employer Exchequer mechanism and associated increase in the national training fund levy on employers; if her Department has undertaken research or surveys on the effects of an increase in the employer contribution on businesses; and if her Department will make a submission to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Funding (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1407. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views on whether the decision to fund the programme for research in third level institutions on an annual basis in 2016 and 2017, rather than announcing the programme as a five year investment cycle, has negatively affected the ability of institutions to attract matching funding from private sources due to lack of certainty;...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Education Welfare Service (2 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 1432. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the budget allocation to educational welfare services in her Department in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and the detail of the budget by constituent programme, such as school completion and the home school community liaison scheme. [19522/17]

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I am happy to speak on this debate. Although in recent days the Sinn Féin Party has not described it as a motion of confidence in the Commissioner, it was described in its original press release as a motion of confidence.

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: In fact, the later speakers from Sinn Féin are correct. It is not a motion of confidence. It simply seeks to express the view of the Dáil. My colleague, Deputy O'Callagan, has quite rightly outlined the legal procedures set down by law. He has given recent examples of where the legal procedures were clearly not followed, which we all criticised. He also gave the example of...

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: If were ever to do that, there is a rigmarole and a fair procedure that must be carried out. It was gone through, to some extent, on one occasion in respect of a particular judge. These are set down in law. We have got to be aware of our functions. Our more important function is to ensure that the laws are there, that gardaí can do their jobs properly and that the Minister is held to...