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

Thomas Byrne: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been changes in the criteria for accessing a scribe for the leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32214/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (11 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 350. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action which can be taken in respect of crows in locations in which they have become a serious and unusual nuisance to human habitation. [32733/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (11 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 540. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for dental surgery for a person (details supplied) in the Mater hospital. [33074/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (11 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 826. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of an application by Meath County Council for 25 housing units in Dunshaughlin, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32669/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (11 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 827. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason certain applications for social housing funding by Meath County Council were not successful in the recent allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32670/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (11 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Unfortunately, I cannot stay for much more of the meeting, but I invited some of my colleagues to attend and they will ask questions based on their direct experience in their constituencies and they will be the same as the ones I would ask. Last year I noticed that many of the problems stemmed from the fact parents had not been informed until very late in the summer. This caused not...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: The Deputy is going over his own court case.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: We are not discussing that.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: When did the judge say that?

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: He cannot say that.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Trying to keep the votes there from swinging.

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: That is totally wrong. That is turning it into a different ball game.

Questions on Promised Legislation (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: When will the Government capital plan and details of the projects be announced? Will the N2 in County Meath be part of the capital plan? It is part of the N2-A5 project, which goes to Derry. It would have significant benefits for commuters in County Meath who are currently stuck in traffic every morning.

Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Half the time has been used by my colleague.

Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I will use half of the remaining time.

Mortgage Arrears Resolution (Family Home) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I think we will all support this Bill and I am delighted to join my colleague, Deputy MacSharry, in supporting it, as I was delighted to join him in writing legislation while in the Seanad. Government Members should cop themselves on and go down to a mortgage court any day of the week, wherever it is on, because they obviously have not been there. I have, as many of my colleagues have, as a...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I, too, congratulate the Minister on his appointment to the Cabinet. However, when one considers the portfolio the Taoiseach has decided to allocate to him, it is clear he would have more power if he were a Minister of State without portfolio floating around various Departments. Henry Kissinger once asked who he should call when he wanted to call Europe because he did not know. Who do I...

Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: In south Sligo near Mayo. I should know it - my wife is from near there. We enunciated that vision of what rural Ireland should be and how Government policy should react to it. After the election, it was the most fashionable item in political jargon. Everyone was running around claiming to be for rural Ireland this and rural Ireland that, but when the time came, a hodge-podge of a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 47. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the status of proposals to install cameras on motorways to help fight against crime. [32674/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 91. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he has satisfied himself that sufficient resources are available to meet the needs of the policing of County Meath. [32673/17]