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Questions on Promised Legislation (26 Jan 2017)

Thomas Byrne: There is a ballot under way within the ASTI and I am not going to get into it. However, there an issue with junior certificate English, which is a part of that ballot. As things currently stand, Government policy is that if the ASTI membership rejects the offer that is on the table, junior certificate English students in ASTI schools this year will automatically lose 10% of their marks....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Meals-on-Wheels Services (26 Jan 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 168. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance available to community groups wishing to set up a meals on wheels scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3676/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of tourism and hospitality skills training positions in addition to the amount of funding for this purpose, allocated to each county or local authority in 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [4147/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 195. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the body under the aegis of his Department which oversees and has responsibility for hospitality and tourism skills development policy here; his views on the shortage of chefs and skilled hospitality staff; and the proposals his Department is considering to address this crisis. [4148/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 314. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when authorisation will be given to Meath County Council to commence a programme of house acquisition; and if funding will be provided. [4497/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government when Meath County Council will be given permission to proceed to tender for and build a small estate of houses in Ratoath, County Meath. [4498/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 388. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the towns and village centres in County Meath have been selected under the Realising our Rural Potential: Action Plan for Rural Development to encourage residential occupancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4063/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Protection (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 423. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if there are exemptions to hedge cutting laws for contractors to cut hedge rows throughout the year, to allow for maintenance works on behalf of Eir and ESB Networks. [4338/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Rural Development Plan (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 424. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the manner in which the Action Plan for Rural Development will impact on County Meath; and the way in which it will affect and improve broadband in rural County Meath. [4345/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (31 Jan 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 729. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding will be provided to complete a road improvement at a junction (details supplied). [4466/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: The Taoiseach might be aware that there are 35,000 children without direct access to a National Educational Psychological Service, NEPS, psychologist. His county of Mayo and mine of Meath are two of the worst affected, with thousands of children having no access. This is not to say that NEPS is not doing tremendous work. For example, it did such work in my constituency on two well-known...

Questions on Promised Legislation (1 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: That does not relieve this situation.

Other Questions: Home Help Service Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 37. To ask the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing home care services in County Meath [4361/17]

Other Questions: Home Help Service Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I will not delay the House. The situation in County Meath and many other parts of the country is that there are a lot of people who cannot get out of hospital or who are in need of home care but the home care simply is not available. Needs are being assessed and people are being told that home care will be provided but when it comes to the crunch, they cannot access it. I have received...

Other Questions: Home Help Service Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: What is the solution for people in need who are waiting for services? We all know the official line from the Health Service Executive. The Minister of State must deliver on the ground because these services are needed now. People are dying, while others are waiting or are stuck in hospital, which is the root cause of many problems. Will the Minister of State provide an answer for those...

Other Questions: Home Help Service Provision (1 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: While the strategy is being developed, people in County Meath and elsewhere are not receiving the home care service approved for them by the HSE. They do not know what is happening and they should receive an answer. I have made representations on their behalf through parliamentary questions. They badly need detailed answers.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (1 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 46. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the emergency department of Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [4362/17]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (2 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 11. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of farmers in County Meath that enrolled in the areas of natural constraint, ANC, scheme; the process of reviewing qualifying areas for the areas of natural constraint scheme; if his department has completed the mapping exercise in County Meath; when the maps will be published; the consultation that will be...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (2 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I am seeking to know the number of farmers who are eligible for ANC payments and the impacts of the review on County Meath's farmers in particular.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Data (2 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister stated that 1,319 holdings in County Meath were currently eligible. It is vital that they continue to be eligible. Will the Minister give a commitment that no farmer in County Meath will lose out as a result of the review?