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- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Animal Welfare (6 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: I fully understand the concerns raised by the Senator and I will bring everything back to the Minister and the Government. As the Taoiseach flagged recently, a cross-departmental review of the laws on dog control is about to commence. I share and understand the concerns about the number of dog wardens and prosecutions under the Control of Dogs Act. I hope we will see an increase in warden...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Peace Commissioners (6 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: I thank the Senator for raising the matter. As the Senator will, of course, be aware, peace commissioners are appointed by the Minister for Justice, and I am here on her behalf. She is on maternity leave and the Minster of State, Deputy James Browne, is also absent today, so he asked me to take this matter. Peace commissioners are appointed by the Minister for Justice under section 88 of...
- Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Peace Commissioners (6 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: I thank the Senator for raising the issue. As I said, a signed affidavit is required where there is no separation or divorce agreement in place, which would be probably considered fairly complex to make sure that is done properly. I appreciate that it is normally in circumstances where there are particular difficulties in that person's life. However, we have taken careful note of the...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: That is not true. We have been fully approved.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: This is misinformation.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: Yes.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: That is conspiracy theory stuff.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: You did actually.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: I will counteract the misinformation about the alleged militarisation-----
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: -----of the EU that first came from Deputy McDonald last week.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: The Leas Cheann-Comhairle is now repeating it.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: I do not know whether what the Taoiseach said-----
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: -----could be repeated, because the Taoiseach made this point and stated the facts.
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: Okay. As the Taoiseach said less than an hour and a half ago, spending on defence and security is a national competence. Decisions on that are, in the first instance, for each member state to decide on. We decide on our military spending. Dáil Éireann decides on our military spending. Nobody in Brussels or NATO is telling us what to do with our military forces. We decide that...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: I reject terms such as "European globalists". Deputy Mattie McGrath should look into the origins of those conspiracy theories. The agenda for next week's meeting of the European Council will be discussed by European affairs ministers at the General Affairs Council next week in Brussels, which I will attend. I will focus, as the Taoiseach has said, on a number of external relations...
- Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: Those are after the post-European Council statements.
- Taoiseach a Ainmniú - Nomination of Taoiseach (17 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: I never heard of it.
- Ceapachán an Taoisigh agus Ainmniú Chomhaltaí an Rialtais - Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (17 Dec 2022)
Thomas Byrne: Hear, hear.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Jan 2023)
Thomas Byrne: Exactly.
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (18 Jan 2023)
Thomas Byrne: In relation to my Department's responsibilities, the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and physical recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Grants are available for a wide variety of capital works and non-personal sports equipment including first aid...