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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 277. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding discussions between his Department and Meath County Council for the provision of lands for a public park in Ashbourne. [21388/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 278. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding Department-owned land in Ashbourne that has been identified by the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government for housing purposes; and the status of negotiations. [21389/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 279. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether a new primary school in Ashbourne is needed. [21390/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Action Plan on Bullying (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions he has taken on foot of the Action Plan on Bullying. [21427/18]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Data Protection (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to a submission by the Royal College of Physicians in relation to the digital age of consent; and the reason the submission has not been referenced by him in the Dáil Éireann debate on the issue. [20896/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Psychological Assessments (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 397. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive a psychological appointment. [21034/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 398. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment for speech therapy. [21037/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 409. To ask the Minister for Health when an appointment for a person (details supplied) for a medical procedure will take place. [21162/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 427. To ask the Minister for Health if the dental clinic in Duleek, County Meath will remain open in the coming year. [21333/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 443. To ask the Minister for Health when an assessment of needs for a child (details supplied) will take place. [21395/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Land Acquisition (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 600. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the position regarding lands in Ashbourne identified publicly by his Department for public housing but in the ownership of the Department of Education and Skills; and if it is planned to provide housing. [21402/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: My question is not just for Ms Cooney.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I apologise for having to leave earlier. I will have to leave again shortly to go to the Dáil. I disagree with very little that has been said. I agree with practically all of it. I set out the only issue I have in a parliamentary question that I tabled in the Dáil last week. As two or three speakers have said, it has been recommended that outside bodies should come in to give...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (15 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: It is being that people are going into schools to say things which are wrong.

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I am delighted to speak on the amendment relating to the digital age of consent. There is no doubt that this has resulted in quite a fiery debate online, in the media and among politicians in recent weeks. That is welcome because when policy is informed by experts on both sides of a debate, it makes for better policy. Listening to the arguments put forward on both sides gets better...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Professor Barry O'Sullivan is responsible for €140 million-----

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: -----worth of research-----

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: -----but that is completely dismissed.

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I have acknowledged that there are people in this debate who favour having 13 as the digital age of consent and I have listened to them respectfully. In the GDPR the default age is 16. There is no argument about raising the digital age of consent, but the proposal from the Government, supported by Independents 4 Change and some other Deputies, is that we would reduce the age to 13. The...

Data Protection Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 May 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Tá mé ag iarraidh caint. Ní raibh mise ag cur isteach ar na Teachtaí nuair a bhí siadsan ag caint. We are not talking here about the child's right to participate. We are talking about the tech company's right to participate in what the child is doing online. That is the key difference here. This debate has been well rehearsed at this point and it is now being...