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Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: As the Taoiseach is aware, there is overcrowding in every prison in the State at present. That has consequences for the prisoners but also for the prison officers. While punishment has to be part of the prison experience, it is also essential that we address rehabilitation and deter recidivism. We have only two open prisons in the State. Shelton Abbey in Arklow is one of them. It works...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 16. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent discussions with President Zelenskyy. [22405/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I welcome the Taoiseach’s continued engagement with President Zelenskyy, our continued strong support for the people of Ukraine and our condemnation of Russian aggression. I am sure the Taoiseach agrees with me that under no circumstances should Russia ever have a veto on Irish foreign security or defence policy. On practical examples of action that could be taken, in 1990, when...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 839. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ongoing procurement process for the provision of a primary care centre at Gorey, County Wexford; if the current status of that process precludes meetings with elected representatives to discuss the ongoing delays in that process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25641/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 840. To ask the Minister for Health the average time it takes from conception to completion of a primary care centre; and if the fifteen years to date involving the planned primary care centre at Gorey, County Wexford represents the longest period of any such process. [25642/25]

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: With others in this House, and I am quite certain people right across the entire country, we share the horror of what we have been seeing going on in Gaza and across the Middle East. The denial of humanitarian aid to citizens is, as the Taoiseach rightly said, a war crime. The fact that we are now hearing evidence, as Deputy Duncan Smith has said, from a number of trusted humanitarian...

Biodiversity Week: Statements (21 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I am happy this debate is taking place. As previous speakers said, nobody is in this House more committed to protecting our biodiversity and natural heritage than the Minister of State. I am appreciative of the work he does personally but I know he is committed to action and not just words. The decision by the former Minister Michael McGrath to establish the Infrastructure, Climate and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Research and Development (22 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 12. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which he plans to modernise basic research equipment in universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26166/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (22 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 25. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on the planned professorships for the technological universities. [26165/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (22 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for schools to have a home school liaison officer; if she plans to provide for every second level school to have such an officer or to expand the criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26397/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (22 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the criteria for the awarding of staff to support leaving certificate applied in second level schools, if she plans to expand the criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26398/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (22 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the planned extension of a school (details supplied). [26399/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (22 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills as to when she might indicate criteria and-or routes for additional pilot school bus schemes for the 2025-2026 school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26400/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (22 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are operated as part of a public private partnership and her views on the operation of such schools. [26401/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Relations (27 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 9. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent engagement with the US President. [27216/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: International Relations (27 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I strongly agree with the importance of maintaining our friendship with the United States and that our engagements with Congress must be conducted on a bipartisan basis, notwithstanding the concerns we have about the Trump Administration. I am particularly concerned about recent decisions by President Trump to deny access to international students to Harvard University. I hope that in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 11. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will next meet. [16779/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Taoiseach. Ireland's economic success should not be taken for granted. It is critical that we continue to prioritise trade and competitiveness. With this in mind, the Taoiseach might indicate to the House when we intend to fully ratify the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada. Trade and services between Ireland and Canada amount to €10 billion and it...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (27 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: What about the unified patent court system?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Policy, Governance, Expenditure and Administration at RTÉ: Discussion (28 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Chair. I welcome the witnesses although I fear it is a case of here we go again. As one of only two members who served on the last committee, I am familiar with many of the issues. During the previous Oireachtas, I asked Mr. Bakhurst whether there was anything else and he honestly answered at the time that he did not think so, to the best of his knowledge. However, we are...