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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Qualifications Recognition (24 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 68. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the treatment of pharmacy students in Trinity College, Dublin, UCD and RCSI whose degrees have been changed and as a result they now have to pay Masters degree level fees for their final year tuition and have to undergo an unpaid placement rather than a paid placement in their final year; if he was consulted...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Administration (24 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 72. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason data on junior certificate retention rates by school, junior certificate exam results aggregated to school level and or leaving certificate retention rates by school were not used to identify post-primary schools that had high levels of disadvantage for the DEIS identification process; and the further reason he is of the view it is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (24 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 228. To ask the Minister for Health the current waiting time for a person in County Meath to access a psychiatric consultant. [24896/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (24 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 229. To ask the Minister for Health if it is common practice for a person who has presented to a hospital experiencing a mental health crisis to be sent home despite having a general practitioner's referral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24897/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (24 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 230. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether serious flaws exist within the hospital system for persons that present with mental health difficulties. [24898/17]

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: It is up to Deputy Bríd Smith to do it.

Order of Business (30 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: It is the same people.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (30 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has had its resource teaching hours decreased in circumstances in which it had no opportunity to appeal the decrease in hours in view of the fact the change came outside the appeals window; and if he will address other issues with regard to its allocation. [25519/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Data (30 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of persons on waiting lists for apprenticeships in the crafts area compared to the number of registered training places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25785/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (30 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of contracts he or his predecessors have received for ministerial approval from Caranua; and if in each case, it has been approved. [25925/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Residential Institutions Statutory Fund Board (30 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to contracts that Caranua has entered into that Caranua has not referred to him or his predecessors for approval. [25926/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the education partners for coming before the committee, repeatedly at this point. I think there is too much of a focus in the education sector at a Government level on legislation and not enough of a focus on resources. Deputy Nolan mentioned the issue of administrative posts. There is a whole range of resources that are required by schools. I would certainly like to see the focus...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: On a point of order, I am sorry I did not alert the Chair to this beforehand but can she clarify what we are allowed to ask about? The Committee of Public Accounts looks at the economy and efficiency of the board and the use of its resources. Any other committee is entitled to ask the chief executive to attend before it to account for the general administration of the board. Where do we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I hope members will not be prevented from raising legitimate questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I have to go to the Dáil for a vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I welcome Ms Higgins and Mr. O'Callaghan. In my Dáil speech on the last Private Members' motion I said that, generally speaking, State bodies can be assumed to be doing a good job and should generally be given the benefit of the doubt. However, I am disappointed with Ms Higgins's statement today. It has substantial similarities to the statement given to the Committee of Public...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Ms Higgins was helpfully answering a question I asked about contracts in general and the statutory provision there. Did the Senator finish asking her question? That might be a specific point. Had Ms Higgins finished answering that question?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Engagement with Caranua (30 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: So there are no examples of contracts of which Ms Higgins is aware? I am only asking the question because this was thrown out in the Dáil last week.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (31 May 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 195. To ask the Minister for Health when staff in section 38 organisations will receive pay restoration under the Lansdowne Road Agreement and specifically the €1,000 annual increase which has not begun to be paid in an organisation (details supplied). [26215/17]

Leaders' Questions (1 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: None of us knows if this is the Tánaiste's last day, but I certainly wish her luck. I also wish the candidate she did not prefer who is sitting beside her luck.