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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: In answer to the first question on what the Minister is doing about this, in my reply I outlined the quite considerable work that is going on in the full root-and-branch review of the school transport scheme.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: School Transport (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: That is important because the school transport scheme has run for a long time. There were fairly transparent rules around it and, quite frankly, all of us in the House try to get our constituents on a bus when the rules do not provide for that. In recent years, the rules have been extended, through the temporary alleviation scheme, to allow as many children as possible to get on school...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue and for giving me the opportunity to clarify some of the concerns that have been raised regarding the allocations document which issued on 6 February. At the outset, it is important to remember there will be more special education teachers than ever before in our schools in September next, an increase of 1,000 since 2020. This is in addition to a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I reiterate what I said earlier. In order to ensure that schools are not negatively impacted by these issues, all existing hours assigned for complex needs are being maintained for each school, which is an important point to remember. Approximately 98% of all children, including those with special educational needs, are educated in mainstream classes. We recognise there are children for...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Humour changes.

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister and my boss, Deputy Martin, for her contribution, as well as the other Deputies, Deputy Costello, in particular, for their contributions. I am like Deputy Ó Snodaigh in that I remember "Hall's Pictorial Weekly", and this summer I visited north-west Cork with Deputy Michael Moynihan. We came to the town of Newmarket, which I had never been in before, but I...

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage [Private Members] (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: It was shown after I was born but it was definitely recorded before I was born. It was shown into the eighties; there is no question about that. Some of us are destined for these types of careers from an early age. There is no question of the importance of archives and preserving and conserving the wealth of content which public service broadcasters produce. It is the history of the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Both of these capital programmes are demand-driven. The SCEP is the government’s primary vehicle for providing support to sports clubs and communities to develop sports infrastructure around the country....

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The latest...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (20 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The process referred to by the Deputy is in respect of significant grant funding to an organisation under the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme [SCEP]. In accordance with the terms and conditions of the SCEP, in view of the scale of grant funding in this case, it is necessary to put in place a number of legal protections to best safeguard the public investment in the facility. The...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (21 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 93 and 94 together. The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocations in...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: An Clár Caipitil Spóirt (22 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Cuirtear maoiniú caipitil don spórt ar fáil tríd an gClár Caipitil agus Trealaimh Spóirt (CCTS) agus tríd an gCiste d’Infreastruchtúr Spóirt ar Mhórscála (CISM). Is é an Clár Caipitil agus Trealaimh Spóirt an príomhbhealach ina gcuirtear cúnamh Rialtais ar fáil maidir le háiseanna spóirt...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: In October 2023 the Government established the Emergency Business Flooding and the Enhanced Emergency Business Flooding schemes as a contribution for damage caused by flooding in the period resulting from severe weather conditions. The schemes provided a one-off emergency humanitarian grant contribution towards the costs of returning business premises and community, voluntary, and sporting...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The latest round of the SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. As is set out in the SCEP 2023: Guide to making an Application , the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Environmental Policy (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The latest round of the SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September, 2023. As is set out in the SCEP 2023: Guide to making an Application , the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The Programme...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The latest round of the SCEP (2023) closed for applications on Friday 8 September 2023. A preliminary examination of the submitted applications demonstrates that the Programme has again generated a very large number of applications. The total number of 3,210 applications exceeds the record number submitted under the last (2020) round. The "Scoring System and Assessment Manual" for the 2023...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The Programme...