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Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (5 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: We have made some progress. This time last year at their conferences, young teachers got together and demanded progress and the political system reacted. Fianna Fáil certainly used its position to make this progress happen with the INTO and the TUI and I congratulate their negotiators for the work they have done and which they continue to do in terms of putting pressure on the...

Other Questions: Third Level Funding (5 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister has announced today that a technical study is being carried out. That has come as news to me, as a member of the Joint Committee on Education and Skills. We had decided to do a technical study because Peter Cassells recommended it . This is a new departure from the Minister. The best thing to do is that the Department fund an expert who joint committee would then hire through...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (5 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for a contingency plan for the school bus service as a result of the Bus Éireann dispute. [16491/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (5 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 60. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding ex-quota guidance counselling and the announcement in budget 2017. [16489/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (5 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 61. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his key principles with respect to Brexit negotiations. [16488/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (5 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 66. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons a parent has no appeals process with respect to the allocations of learning support and resource hours. [16490/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Guidance Counsellors (5 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 92. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on the commitment in the confidence and supply arrangement on career guidance counsellors and the implementation of same. [16457/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Wind Energy Guidelines (6 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 37. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans for new and acceptable guidelines on wind turbines. [17112/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme (6 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will address the need for greater community and sports facilities in new, towns and villages across the country in the context of the Ireland 2040 plan and suitable planning. [17113/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (6 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 133. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will make publicly accessible the dataset with the index variables used to assess schools for DEIS status; and if so, when this will be made publicly accessible. [17269/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Data (6 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 134. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools with existing DEIS status that were assessed as not meeting the deprivation criteria in the latest DEIS assessment but did not lose their DEIS status. [17270/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation model for resource and learning support for children with special needs that will apply in newly founded schools. [18111/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: CLÁR Programme (11 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 458. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the specific areas of the electoral divisions in the Kells municipal district that are designated within the CLÁR area. [17959/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme (11 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 656. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when low-cost loans for tillage farmers will be available following the announcement in October 2016. [17607/17]

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I am happy to speak on this debate. Although in recent days the Sinn Féin Party has not described it as a motion of confidence in the Commissioner, it was described in its original press release as a motion of confidence.

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: In fact, the later speakers from Sinn Féin are correct. It is not a motion of confidence. It simply seeks to express the view of the Dáil. My colleague, Deputy O'Callagan, has quite rightly outlined the legal procedures set down by law. He has given recent examples of where the legal procedures were clearly not followed, which we all criticised. He also gave the example of...

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: If were ever to do that, there is a rigmarole and a fair procedure that must be carried out. It was gone through, to some extent, on one occasion in respect of a particular judge. These are set down in law. We have got to be aware of our functions. Our more important function is to ensure that the laws are there, that gardaí can do their jobs properly and that the Minister is held to...

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I do not particularly like the job that is being done at the moment. No, I do not.

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I have read the motion.

Garda Commissioner: Motion [Private Members] (12 Apr 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I have read the motion.