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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Raidió Teilifís Éireann (28 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Chairs of the Expert Advisory Committees each provided an update to me on 23 February 2024 to indicate that they are in the process of finalising their Reviews. The Review of Governance and Culture will shortly undergo the necessary fact-checking processes, as well as the processes necessary to ensure that fair procedures have been followed. It is expected that these processes will take...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (28 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The latest round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications exceeds the record number submitted under the last (2020) round. The "Scoring...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: In October 2023 the Government established the Emergency Business Flooding and the Enhanced Emergency Business Flooding schemes as a contribution for damage caused by flooding in the period resulting from severe weather conditions. The schemes provided a one-off emergency humanitarian grant contribution towards the costs of returning business premises and community, voluntary, and sporting...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The latest round of the SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. As is set out in the SCEP 2023: Guide to making an Application , the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The latest round of the SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. As is set out in the SCEP 2023: Guide to making an Application , the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The latest round of the SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications exceeds the record number submitted under the last (2020) round. The "Scoring System and Assessment Manual" for the 2023...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Events (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 252 to 254, inclusive, together. Ireland has been chosen to host the Ryder Cup in 2027 at Adare Manor in County Limerick. On 26 July 2019, after an extended period of consideration and negotiation, including an assessment of the costs and benefits, the Government approved: (i) an offer to the European Tour for the event of up to €31 million which...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister and my boss, Deputy Martin, for her contribution, as well as the other Deputies, Deputy Costello, in particular, for their contributions. I am like Deputy Ó Snodaigh in that I remember "Hall's Pictorial Weekly", and this summer I visited north-west Cork with Deputy Michael Moynihan. We came to the town of Newmarket, which I had never been in before, but I...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: It was shown after I was born but it was definitely recorded before I was born. It was shown into the eighties; there is no question about that. Some of us are destined for these types of careers from an early age. There is no question of the importance of archives and preserving and conserving the wealth of content which public service broadcasters produce. It is the history of the...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Humour changes.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I reiterate what I said earlier. In order to ensure that schools are not negatively impacted by these issues, all existing hours assigned for complex needs are being maintained for each school, which is an important point to remember. Approximately 98% of all children, including those with special educational needs, are educated in mainstream classes. We recognise there are children for...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: In answer to the first question on what the Minister is doing about this, in my reply I outlined the quite considerable work that is going on in the full root-and-branch review of the school transport scheme.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: That is important because the school transport scheme has run for a long time. There were fairly transparent rules around it and, quite frankly, all of us in the House try to get our constituents on a bus when the rules do not provide for that. In recent years, the rules have been extended, through the temporary alleviation scheme, to allow as many children as possible to get on school...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and for giving me the opportunity to clarify some of the concerns that have been raised regarding the allocations document which issued on 6 February. At the outset, it is important to remember there will be more special education teachers than ever before in our schools in September next, an increase of 1,000 since 2020. This is in addition to a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Ba mhaith liom mo bhuíochas a ghabháil leis an Teachta ós rud é go bhfuil an t-ábhar tábhachtach seo curtha faoi bhráid na Dála inniu. Before I address the specific issue raised, I will provide an outline of the extent of the school transport scheme. The scheme is a significant operation that is managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Early Childhood Care and Education (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Core funding, which is a significant achievement of this Government, was first introduced in September 2022. It is designed and has worked to support improved quality of provision, improved pay and conditions for staff, a fee freeze for parents and sustainability and stability of income for services. Core funding makes a significant additional contribution to services' income, allowing them...