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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The practicalities.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I agree with the Minister on one point: the ASTI should be in talks. I encourage its members to ask their leadership to go into talks. I also ask the leadership to show leadership. It is not acceptable that children may be put at risk, not simply because of the repudiation but also because of the general atmosphere that would pervade in schools come September. That is what I am mostly...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 1. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the dispute with the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland, ASTI, over the Lansdowne Road agreement; and to provide an update on the arrangements for dealing with the data protection issues that may arise if financial emergency measures in the public interest legislation is applied to ASTI members in second level schools....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Many issues will have to be handled in the Minister's Department this week, in particular the issue of the ASTI and the Lansdowne Road agreement. There are other industrial relations issues in the Department, including other issues with the ASTI. An update to the Dáil is needed on how exactly the Minister proposes to approach what is threatened by the ASTI and what he is doing to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Lansdowne Road Agreement (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I am surprised that such a meeting has not taken place before now. There are difficulties on both sides and the ASTI leadership must reflect what its members have voted for and represent them but there must be value in talking and trying to resolve this because we face an administrative nightmare for the Minister and the Department. How will the Minister do this? Are we going to use the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Literacy Programmes (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reform the literacy and numeracy strategy; his views on the gap that exists in literacy and in numeracy between advantaged and disadvantaged schools; his plans for new standardised testing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18282/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 33. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of funding for the building of a school (details supplied). [18241/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 39. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of negotiations with the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland regarding the outstanding dispute over reform of the junior education cycle; to address concerns by students and parents that students in schools staffed by members of the Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland will lose 10% in English examinations in 2017...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to address concerns that the school transport programme is not being run on an efficient basis, especially with regard to route selection criteria and the criteria for providing a service to students wishing to avail of the programme on a concessionary basis. [18280/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools Scheme (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 136. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the names of the 195 Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, schools in tabular form, including the year in which the school attained DEIS status, the area in which the school is located and the specific DEIS status of the school, rural, urban band 1 or 2. [18319/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Disputes (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the expected impact of the proposed Irish National Teachers Organisation industrial action over the Droichead pilot induction programme on newly qualified teachers in special schools, special classes or special education settings; and his plans for both resolving the industrial dispute or for dealing specifically with the problem of...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 268. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of defined benefit pension schemes in deficit. [18149/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Community Development Initiatives (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he agrees that Broomfield and District Residents Association do tremendous work in beautifying and litter prevention predominantly in the area of County Meath close to Mellifont Abbey in the context of the Ireland's Ancient East programme; and if funding is available to help such organisations. [18159/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Enterprise Sector (22 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 205. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding options available to an existing social enterprise to expand their business. [17407/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (22 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 211. To ask the Minister for Health the current arrangement for the dispatch of ambulances to the coastal area of east Meath, including the part of County Meath that is in Drogheda, in situations of emergency. [17345/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Wind Energy Generation (22 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 263. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if a proposed wind farm development which has been refused a grant of planning permission can qualify for the REFIT 2 scheme in respect of a new planning application yet to be lodged, if the previous refused application for planning was lodged before the deadline of December 2015; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care and Education (22 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 279. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a child care provider is entitled to payment from her Department for a child (details supplied). [17366/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (21 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 25. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans for the future of Gormanston Camp in County Meath. [16861/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (21 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students with special needs in mainstream classes at primary and post-primary level in the school years 2014/2015 and 2015/2016, in tabular form. [16994/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (21 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications from schools he received for special educational needs posts in 2016 and the number of applications by county. [17019/16]