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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (15 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 374. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary schools that do not have access to high speed broadband. [1513/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cervical Screening Programme (15 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 562. To ask the Minister for Health the timescale for the results of repeat cervical smears; and the reason for delays in relation to the matter. [54153/18]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance Fraud (15 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 887. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the practice of some drivers obtaining a motor insurance disc by paying a small deposit and then not paying the balance but keeping the insurance disc; and his plans to deal with the issue. [54151/18]

Nurses and Midwives: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I thank my colleague, Deputy Donnelly, for putting forward the motion. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is correct that the motion is narrowly tailored, but if what we are calling for was accepted by the Government, it could have a significant impact on this industrial relations dispute. Our motion states we agree that the strike is not in the best interests of patients but,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (17 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 76. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with the level of second-level school places that exist in Dunshaughlin, County Meath providing for the amount of housing that is planned for the coming years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2043/19]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems (17 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 92. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding community CCTV; and the progress of ongoing talks with the Local Government Management Agency and an organisation (details supplied). [2052/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (17 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 130. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant positions within the orthopaedic department of Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan. [2045/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (17 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 131. To ask the Minister for Health the number of elective procedures that have taken place in the past four years in the orthopaedic department of Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan. [2046/19]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (17 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 234. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is satisfied with the level of childcare that exists in Dunshaughlin, County Meath providing for the amount of housing that is planned for the coming years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2041/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Payments (17 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 245. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection when a person (details supplied) will receive a FIS payment. [2039/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Working Family Payment Waiting Times (17 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 246. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is satisfied with the efficiency of the way in which her Department is processing FIS payments; and the turnaround times of applications. [2040/19]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Expenditure (22 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Is that before or after May?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (22 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 27. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will report on preparedness for a no-deal scenario in Brexit negotiations in his Department. [2981/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (22 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: As of today, 26 sitting days remain until 29 March. As well as our economic prosperity, all-island economy and relationships with our young people and among themselves, our students stand to be dramatically affected by Brexit. While there were some stakeholder engagements with the Department of Education and Skills some time ago, we have not heard much about the plans for the education system.

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (22 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I will leave the memorandum of understanding to my colleagues who deal with Brexit and foreign affairs. However, we want legal certainty for students. A year and a half ago, I and my party suggested that we would unilaterally say that, at the very least, students resident in Northern Ireland would qualify indefinitely. Why can we not simply say that students resident in the North, as well...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Negotiations (22 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister has critiqued the decision he made last week simply to give certainty for this year. He said he agreed with me and would work with me on the issue. As the Minister said, this is an administrative measure and I urge him strongly to take a unilateral administrative decision to allow students from Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom the same status as Irish and EU citizens...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Staff (22 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when talks will commence with representatives of school secretaries as recommended by the Workplace Relations Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3026/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Staff (22 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: When will talks commence with representatives of school secretaries, as recommended by the Workplace Relations Commission? There was an adjudication a number of years ago between the Department, school secretaries and their respective unions. The adjudication recommended a four-year plan and that talks commence this year. When will those talks commence?

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Staff (22 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I do not understand the last point because my reading of the adjudication was that talks should commence this year. As the matter has already been adjudicated on, it is about the Minister and Fórsa agreeing to meet this year. That is what the adjudication states - that the Minister and the union should meet this year prior to the plan running out at the end of the year. When will the...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Staff (22 Jan 2019)

Thomas Byrne: With respect, I am not looking for the Minister's opinion. I am certainly happy to work with him, but it is not necessary in this case. What is necessary is for him to make a decision. The arbitration decision states the parties should in the course of 2019 engage to consider the nature of an agreement to apply with effect from 1 January 2020. It is not unreasonable of me, therefore, to...