Results 841-860 of 9,823 for speaker:Thomas Byrne
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: If the Deputy wants to give us the names afterwards we can check them for him. Deputy Griffin knows the staff as well as I do and they work really hard. Obviously a lot of grants were given out in the last sports capital round and the staff are really busy at the moment but we will certainly look at the details if the Deputy passes them on.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: I assure the Deputy that the Department is good for the grants.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: The budget has already allocated €1 million extra for elite athletes, so that covers our Olympians and Paralympians. That is on top of the money that is already there. My understanding from Sport Ireland is that it will be sufficient to cover the costs. The Olympic movement has other sources of funding as well. I think we are definitely playing our part. The embassy in Paris is...
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: Projects seeking to enhance women's participation in sport are a priority for the Department and are very much encouraged. I am aware that there are facilities around the country to which women do not have the same access as men. Colleagues in the Seanad agreed last week that this certainly is a problem and one that is not discussed much in public. This year, I have introduced a...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (23 Nov 2023)
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...
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: It is not.
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: It is not agreed.
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. We have had several debates on the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories in the House in recent weeks. It is clear there is genuine concern on all sides of the Dáil for the situation people in the region are now facing. I very much welcome that a truce, insofar as it goes, has been announced between Israel and Hamas...
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: Fáiltím roimh an deis an t-eolas is déanaí a thabhairt don Seanad faoinár bpleananna forbartha um chaipiteal agus beartas spóirt. Táim ag súil le tuairimí na Seanadóirí a chloisteáil. Ba mhór an onóir dom gur ceapadh mé i m'Aire Stáit le freagracht as an spórt agus as an gcorpoideachas. Ó ceapadh...
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: It is funded by the Government.
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: It gets millions from the Department of housing.
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: It was funded by the URDF.
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: Can they not use the men’s facilities?
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: If there is anyone----
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: I will try to get through as many of the issues as possible. I will talk about the issue of women and sport, which has been raised by a number of Senators. The day is over when, as Senator Dooley said, women have to thank the GAA for letting them in or have to pay. I brought in a new rule on sports capital this year and this will apply in counties Kildare, Louth, Clare and all over the...
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: That is what we said. To be honest, I hear these stories and then when I ask on the ground, people say, "It is grand here", and I know it is not. I am hearing that in the Seanad today. I have to say, though, I was talking to some representatives of the Camogie Association who told me that camogie clubs have been more involved this year with the sports capital programme than ever before in...
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: That is what I am saying. I hope we will be in the position to do that in the coming weeks. We may not be ready to open applications in the coming weeks, but I at least hope to be able to signal that. There is ongoing engagement with the Department of public expenditure on that at the moment. We have to do that. We had to do it for sports capital and we now have to do it for the...
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: A fantastic job has been done and I do not think anybody would ever be penalised for doing a fantastic job. Newbridge is the same. There are two projects that are under way: Dunboyne, which is my own area, and the running track in Newcastle West. They are among the very few that are being done. We want more of that.
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Inquiries (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: The untimely death of two individuals in the event to which the Deputy refers was a terrible tragedy It should be noted that the event was organised by Ironman which is a private commercial organisation. Neither the Department nor Sport Ireland have any role in relation to the sanctioning of such events and are not therefore carrying out any inquiries into the two deaths. The Coroner...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Racism in Sport (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 280 and 281 together. In the Budget 2024 announcement last month, Minister Catherine Martin and I announced an increase of over €7 million in Sport Ireland’s allocation for next year. This level of funding will allow Sport Ireland to continue to support the sport sector and to increase its funding support in a number of very important areas,...