Results 5,181-5,200 of 9,827 for speaker:Thomas Byrne

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: He could appoint his brother.

Leaders' Questions (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: The Taoiseach was the one pushing him out.

Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: It is the power of Government that is in question here and we are holding it to account. That is exactly our role.

Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: It is the power of Government that is in question.

Order of Business (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: It is the Taoiseach's power we are questioning.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax Exemptions (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 294. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason an exemption from property tax for persons (details supplied) was withdrawn. [27948/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Training Fund (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 368. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has undertaken an analysis of whether it would be more efficient in terms of reducing uncertainty and transaction costs on employers to implement the increase in the national training levy proposed as part of the employer contribution mechanism in one budget rather than sequenced over several budgets as proposed....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Training Fund (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 369. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether or not it would be possible to vary the rate employers pay on the national training levy to the proposed employer contribution mechanism according to the assumed benefit they derive from higher education training or alternatively to varying contributions by sector whereby employers in more high skilled sectors pay...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Training Fund (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 370. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the limits imposed by the expenditure rule on spending the surplus of the national training fund are due to the legislative provisions which established the fund as a hypothecated revenue rather than as general revenue and as such could be altered by amending the National Training Fund Act 2000 to disestablish the fund as a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Training Fund (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 374. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has sought approval from EUROSTA on whether it would be permissible under the fiscal rules to use the surplus from the national training fund levy for capital expenditure. [27324/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Procurement Contracts (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 405. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the awarding of a tender (details supplied). [28710/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 431. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding schools that need new car parking facilities; and the funding is available to them for same. [26699/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 432. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a new building will be provided for a school (details supplied). [26716/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Excellence Fund (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether the objectives and modus operandi of the schools excellence fund as described in the response to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 3 May 2017 appears to be identical to those of the school completion programme which budget has been decimated since 2012 and which the ESRI review report of the programme identified very...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the €600 million base funding requirement in higher education institutions by 2021 identified by the Cassells report includes the €124 million that has been set aside from the calculation of the fiscal space for demographic increases in third level in 2018 and 2019. [27229/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the surplus of the national training fund cannot be used for capital expenditure at higher education institutions. [27230/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the expenditure allocation for the national training fund is determined; and if its expenditure envelope can increase with growing revenues. [27231/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 528. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the proposed employer-employee contribution mechanism was established within the NTF; and if some of the surplus in the investment account can be utilised for funding higher education institutions. [27749/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Training Fund (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 529. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the surplus or deficit for the year, the surplus brought forward by 1 January and the surplus carried forward at 31 December in relation to the income and expenditure account of the national training fund in each of the years 2000 to 2016, in tabular form. [27750/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Higher Education Authority (20 Jun 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will request the HEA to undertake a detailed longitudinal survey on graduate career outcomes (details supplied). [27412/17]