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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: State Aid (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 529. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will initiate a scheme of state aid funded loan relief as authorised by the European Union for dairy farmers suffering from cashflow problems as a result of superlevy and other obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11345/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Agencies Staff Data (24 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 626. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, staff currently on leave, not including holiday or sick leave, with full or partial pay. [11492/16]

Order of Business (25 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: We decided that in the Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform - not the Government.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (25 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 74. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda members and Garda Reserve members assigned to the Meath Garda division in each of the past five years in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11960/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (25 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the planning and building of the secondary school in a town (details supplied). [11919/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (25 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 307. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the effectiveness of the legislation on the manufacture, presentation and sale of tobacco and related products (details supplied) further to the transposition of the European Union (Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco and Related Products) Regulations 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12218/16]

Order of Business (26 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The programme for a partnership Government contains a commitment to annual increases in capitation rates for schools. Last week, the Department of Education and Skills published its briefing document for the Minister for Education and Skills. This document was extremely stark and described the serious threat that the low level of funding could trigger school closures due to a lack of...

Adjournment Debate: Industrial Relations (26 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister for being here and the Ceann Comhairle for giving me the opportunity to raise this issue. The industrial relations problems that seem to be bubbling up in the education sector are of significant concern to parents and students alike. There are threats and counter-threats and meetings and preconditions to meetings. I thought I would offer the Minister the opportunity to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Relations (26 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 95. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he will meet the Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland regarding various matters of concern and if he has set preconditions for such a meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12392/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Accommodation (26 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 96. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline his efforts to prevent a student accommodation crisis in autumn 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12393/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (26 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 97. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the necessity of providing third level education as close to students as possible, given his proposals on technological universities. [12394/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Environmental Protection Agency (26 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the demand for an Environmental Protection Agency suboffice to be located in the Drogheda and east Meath area; the need to regularly monitor air in this area; and to increase public confidence, given the many heavy industries and number of incinerators in the area; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (26 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 200. To ask the Minister for Health why the recent report on a possible cluster of Guillain-Barré syndrome in east County Meath was confined to a study of cases in the village of Duleek. [12399/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (26 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 201. To ask the Minister for Health if and when he will act on the recommendations in the recent Guillain-Barré syndrome cluster report; and the cost of so doing. [12400/16]

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The Taoiseach is on the side of the angels, all right.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Now the Deputy knows how we feel.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Is that the way the Taoiseach spoke to the Deputy at Cabinet?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Relief Eligibility (31 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the availability of agricultural relief from capital acquisitions tax where the farming land, the subject of the relief, is wholly or partially the subject of an unexercised option in favour of a wind turbine developer or the subject of a burden in the Land Registry prohibiting any alienation or transfer of the landholding without...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (31 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 17 May 2016 if he will provide figures on the number of schools that are not currently in a position to implement the new junior cycle English classroom assessment for second year English due to the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland ban on teacher participation; to provide figures on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (31 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ten year old children here currently learning a modern language and the number of primary schools here that teach a modern language. [13349/16]