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Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The place is not open yet but it has been suggested locally that there would be a charge of €4. The HSE has responded that this is not its concern.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Yes.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Will the Minister of State clarify? That is why I am raising this matter.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: If the Minister of State does not know what is going on, there is no hope for the rest of us.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: It has been suggested and the HSE has responded to the effect, as I understand it, that this is not its concern because it does not own the centre.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Not yet, but we are worried about it. The centre has not opened. It is about to open. It is finished and we do not know why it has not been opened.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: We are not, actually.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Can I make a point on that? We made ourselves available whenever the Minister of State was free.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Yes, okay.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: If the Minister of State was needed in the Dáil, we would have accommodated that. The Leader said she was available at this time and we said that was fine. There was no discussion. It was due to be at 2.30 p.m. We had no issue about that.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I am not questioning that, but we would have made ourselves available at whatever time suited.

Nomination of Taoiseach (10 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Is mór an onóir agus an phribhléid domsa ar an ócáid stairiúil seo seasamh os comhair na dTeachtaí go léir mar Theachta nuathofa do Dháilcheantar an Mhí Thoir. Seasaim anseo chun tacú le moladh an Teachta Chambers an Teachta Mícheál Martin a ainmniú mar Thaoiseach, le ceapadh ag an Uachtarán. Is Teachta stuama é...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 250. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline her plans to ensure a full-time Garda Síochána presence in the Duleek and Donore areas of County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4992/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 252. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set down the criteria which the Garda Síochána Commissioner uses in allocating gardaí; the reason the number of gardaí in the Ashbourne Garda district of the Meath division is relatively low; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4994/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Closures (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 251. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to outline when the merger of the Ashbourne Garda Síochána district and the east Meath Garda Síochána district of the Meath division will be reversed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4993/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed Circuit Television Systems (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 253. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the progress of an application made for closed circuit television in the east Meath towns of Duleek and Donore; when funding will be provided for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4995/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Products (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 288. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Meath will receive an assessment for a device; and, if necessary, when the person will be provided with the device. [4750/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status the progression of a school building and site purchase in County Meath (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4967/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 467. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on whether Gormanston College in County Meath has sufficient space to accommodate children from September 2016; if not, her plans to resolve this situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4983/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Contracts (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 468. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if retired special needs assistants who have reached mandatory retirement age can be re-employed as special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4984/16]