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Leaders' Questions (16 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Is that a threat to close wards?

Order of Business (16 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: It is not a religion but a scam.

Order of Business (16 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I endorse Deputy Brady's comments because people in Kells are concerned. Five schools are affected. However, an issue has reared its head in the years that these projects have been running, with subcontractors and local businesses in Kells in my constituency left short numerous times by contractors and other subcontractors above them. They are worried that this will become a major problem...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for two additional permanent classrooms in the interests of the health and safety of the school community. [54369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 344. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an appeal by a school (details supplied) regarding its allocation of SNA hours. [54657/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Data (16 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 434. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and secondary teachers currently on career break from teaching. [1582/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a special autism unit will be set up in a school (details supplied). [1952/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (16 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 459. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when consent and the terms of consent for the sale of an old school building (details supplied) will be given. [1953/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 836. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a recent cut to funding of the counties Louth and Meath branch of an organisation (details supplied) through the national lottery grant scheme 2017; and his views on whether this cut will reduce the ability of the branch to carry out work in the community. [55011/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: GLAS Payments (16 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 1128. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application for a GLAS payment by a person (details supplied). [54317/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (16 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 1271. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a company (details supplied) in County Meath can expect to have good quality and reliable broadband; and his views on whether existing poor broadband is severely affecting the ability of businesses to achieve their targets. [54899/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Departmental Schemes (17 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 239. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the rural cottage scheme will re-open. [2279/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (18 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on reports that a company (details supplied) is in financial difficulties and is seeking to sell on Irish public private partnership, PPP, contracts it has in connection with school construction and maintenance. [2567/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (18 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools operated through public private partnership, PPP, or under construction by a company (details supplied). [2608/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Eligibility (18 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on whether the refusal of a naturalisation certificate for a person (details supplied) in east County Meath was unreasonable and wrong in view of the fact that the person was refused on the basis of being away on holidays for a short period despite living here for 44 years. [2592/18]

Order of Business (23 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Has the Taoiseach received or accepted the resignation of his colleague, the Minister, Deputy Regina Doherty, who had threatened to resign if this eventuality happened? What are the Minister's plans for civil disobedience, which she also had highlighted would happen if this project got the go-ahead, as happened today?

Order of Business (23 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: It is on the record.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I will not criticise the Ceann Comhairle for this but, with respect, that is an interpretation of the charge on the Exchequer ruling brought to an extreme.

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister for working with the members of the committee, particularly me, over the past number of weeks and months. I also thank her officials. There has been a slight change to the guard in that regard and I know that Deirdre McDonnell was heavily involved in this Bill. This is a major achievement for the confidence and supply agreement and not only for the Government, because...

Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (23 Jan 2018)

Thomas Byrne: -----and Sligo too, once the institutions reach the standards that we have set for them in the legislation. The Minister has achieved something here, but the confidence and supply agreement has also achieved something in that we have managed to get this legislation through the Houses with the help of other parties. The Green Party and Sinn Féin have worked on this too. I thank the...