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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Chairperson-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: We have been over this a few times now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: On a point of order-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I asked a question about the-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I asked a question earlier about the free movement of students on this island. An answer was not able to be provided.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: If you just cannot answer it that is fine but it is not what we expect of Ministers. Yet they can come in here when the Fine Gael members are present, which is unusually the case, to give a long exposition of apprenticeship policy on which we have had numerous debates here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister with responsibility for apprenticeships is not here.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I will explain to you later why I have been in and out, if you want to know. I will not say it on the record.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister with responsibility for apprenticeships is not here. On what basis is the Minister of State allowed to expound on apprenticeships at this meeting? I have other questions. I am happy she has done that because I have a list of questions to ask the Ministers on other topics. I am more than happy to do that if that privilege is afforded to the Fine Gael members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I may have to leave before the Minister answers because I must go to the Dáil Chamber shortly, but I will return. I thank the Minister for setting out the strategy statement which is important. One of the problems we have had with action plans is that some of the key issues were not dealt with. Issues such as teacher supply were hardly mentioned; in fact, that issue was denied....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Statement of Strategy 2019-2021: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I understand the Minister answered the question about Ashbourne so I will not ask him to put anything on the record again. As always happens by coincidence when I raise the lack of school places, by pure chance, I get email from more constituents. I must say that I got more correspondence from other constituents today who have no school place for this year and who tell me they may not have...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Expenditure (13 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 188. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the fund expended and the purpose in this regard on the Slane bypass project since planning permission was refused in 2012. [7268/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Blame someone else.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Expensive yarn, is it?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Deputy Ross, told me otherwise.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Which projects are being delayed?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (19 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I raised the issue of pay for substitute teachers three weeks ago. I am still getting queries from substitute teachers who have not been paid proper wages due to what appears to be a mess-up in the Department of Education and Skills. The Minister promised that he would sort it and it has not been sorted. He also promised that he would give information about it. The only information that...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (19 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 49. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of future community employment schemes. [8085/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (19 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: This question has been aired already by my colleague, Deputy O'Dea, but it gives the Minister another opportunity to set out her plans. The question is slightly wrongly worded but she knows its meaning. Perhaps she will set out her plans for the CE scheme so we can address some of our concerns.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Employment Schemes Review (19 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister for her reply. Like me, she knows many of the CE supervisors, staff and workers on the schemes in our constituency. Deputy O'Dea met some from Dunboyne and Athboy last week and I am grateful to him for doing that. They have a good vision of what is required and I am sure they will be delighted to give submissions to the Minister. They also have a good vision of what...