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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Schools Refurbishment (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I welcome that the Minister of State indicated the stage 2b process is in its final stages. However, he knows as well as I do that the critical next step is moving to a tender so that a contractor will be appointed. With the best will in the world, even if the Minister of State announced tonight that stage 2b was complete and it was moving to tender, we would still probably be looking at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I want to come back to slightly different issues within the Bill. We have not touched on the question of podcasts. This is an example of how media is changing. Broadcasters are not just broadcasters. I probably listen to more The Irish Times podcasts than I spend time actually reading articles. Obviously, a lot of the provision within this is around that. It is a critical way of media...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Within this legislation, what about exclusive podcasts which use no other medium and are up there? I would argue the political-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I listen to Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates who regularly do shameless plugs.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I am conscious of time because I want an answer from somebody on the question of the Press Council. This is very specifically provided within the legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I realise that but I will just make this final point. This is why it is crucial in regards to misinformation and disinformation. If the Press Council is admitting purveyors of misinformation or disinformation or those who are pursuing a particular political agenda - whether this is coming from the far left or far right, to be blunt - this is critical to this because this is what the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 107. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on the provision of appropriate accommodation for the children's disability network team at Gorey, County Wexford; if it will be located in the planned new primary care centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32212/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions taken by Ireland to support efforts to try to end Sudan's civil war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32753/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform whether his Department or An Garda Síochána or the Office of Public Works or which agency has responsibility for the maintenance, the building, and the upgrading of Garda stations; to outline the process by which building or upgrading works on Garda stations is planned and actioned; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 339. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total number of civil servants employed across all Government Departments, by grade, for each of the years 2015 to 2024 inclusive, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32751/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 462. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason that capitation payments per secondary-school student are significantly higher than those per primary-school student; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32748/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Early School Leavers (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 463. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that left school during each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 without completing the Leaving Certificate or Leaving Certificate Applied; if there are any figures as to where those students went next; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32749/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 464. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on programmes to improve media literacy in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32750/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 488. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the process used within his Department when directors/chief executives of agencies in the aegis of his Department seek re-appointment or an extension to their term of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32754/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Same-sex Marriage (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 723. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her views on the ten years since the Marriage Equality Referendum; and if the Government intends to mark the anniversary. [21854/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (17 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 796. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the planned new ambulance base for Gorey, County Wexford. [32026/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Funding (19 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for taking this on behalf of the Minister for Education and Youth. Listening to him respond to the last matter, I understand his passion for primary schools, which we all share. Primary schools are at the hub of all our communities and we often marvel at the work done by principals in primary schools who not only are they leading in the education of the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Funding (19 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I totally get that there are differences between schools. Even within the primary school sector, I made the point that an old school that is very difficult to heat is totally different to a new modern build school. However, a lot of the costs will be the same. There is obviously a question about the overall quantum and there is certainly a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: The search is on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: Ar an gcéad dul síos, ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis na finnéithe. Having been on the previous Oireachtas committee for the past five years, I am afraid that there is a Groundhog Day element to some of the discussion because some of these are big picture issues we have been talking about for a while. The challenge with the legislation is that ultimately we...