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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Facilities and Costs: Discussion (29 Aug 2018)

Thomas Byrne: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Facilities and Costs: Discussion (29 Aug 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I will be very brief because of what the witnesses have said. They have made their recommendations and we have met them before privately. This issue has been raised in the Dáil and the Seanad at various times and I am glad the witnesses had an opportunity to make the case here. They make an unarguable case and if the Government really values rural Ireland, and unfortunately none of its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Facilities and Costs: Discussion (29 Aug 2018)

Thomas Byrne: My wife stepped back from a senior nursing position because it suited her to do so. I cannot understand why it cannot be done in teaching.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Facilities and Costs: Discussion (29 Aug 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Yes, it speaks for itself.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Business of Joint Committee (30 Aug 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Apologies have been received from Deputies Tony McLoughlin and Hildegarde Naughton. We will go into private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Facilities and Costs: Discussion (Resumed) (30 Aug 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I thank all the witnesses for coming in today and for the huge work that their organisations have done. By and large these are small organisations and they have done massive work before coming in to this committee and they have given us food for thought. I was particularly impressed by the surveys that were done and I think it is important for this committee to get that type of real...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Refusals (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person (details supplied) was refused a passport. [35948/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 219. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the arrangements being made to accommodate tourist access to a historical site (details supplied) in view of the recent retirement of the keyholder; and if the OPW will work constructively with a local tourism group with regard to same. [36713/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 220. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the list of heritage sites open to the public by the public having to borrow a key from a neighbour to the site. [36834/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if education and training boards or other employers are entitled to demand that new employees attend two weeks of induction before school term commences and before the individual contracts are dated to commence. [36198/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 376. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the schools which have benefitted from the reduction in the pupil -teacher ratio from September 2018. [36801/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 377. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools that are entitled to an extra teacher under the revised pupil-teacher ratio have refused the offer of a teacher; if so, the schools that this applies to; and the reasons for this. [36802/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 379. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funds will be released to allow the progression of school building works which have already been approved at a school (details supplied). [36835/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Applications Data (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 381. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications for special needs transport to schools outstanding and not processed as of 31 August 2018. [36846/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Placement (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 382. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the fact that children in Ashbourne, County Meath are unable to secure school places; his plans to provide further school places in Ashbourne; and the outcome of his officials' discussions with the local school principals. [36849/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 385. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the need for a secondary school in Duleek, County Meath. [36865/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 386. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a new primary school for Dunshaughlin, County Meath. [36866/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 387. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an extension to a school (details supplied) and the tender and construction project for same. [36867/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 388. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will continue to participate in the OECD's learning environments evaluation programme. [36899/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (7 Sep 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 389. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children with special needs passed the age of six on 1 June 2018 who are awaiting a primary school place. [36900/18]