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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I am not sure we should compare an XL bully to the ancient Irish wolfhound, which has been a breed of dog in this country for centuries.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: There are public safety issues here, and we need to be aligned with our nearest neighbours. We have little choice but to address this with regulation. On the reasonable point that Deputy Hourigan raised, the Department of Rural and Community Development is in discussions with the Department of agriculture in relation to the proposed transfer of the local authority veterinary service to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Control of Dogs (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: -----and have led to deaths in a number of instances.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I assure the Deputy that the Minister for Transport and I recognise that transport connectivity is hugely important for people who live and work in Ireland. What happened is unfortunate and it is not acceptable. There have been some improvements since the timetable changes on 16 September and I have listened to what the Deputy said. With regard to the restrictions between Drogheda and...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Public Transport (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I thank Deputy Duncan Smith for raising this topic. I am taking this Topical Issue on behalf of the Minister for Transport, Deputy Eamon Ryan. Deputy Smith is right; quite a number of my constituents who use Laytown, Drogheda, Stamullen and Gormanston stations are affected by this. The Minister for Transport has responsibility for policy and overall funding in relation to public...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I thank everyone who has been in touch. Most Deputies have been in touch about particular clubs in their areas. We will satisfy the demand under the community sports facilities fund, which is what we are now calling the sports capital programme. Most clubs will be very satisfied with that. As for large-scale projects – and I will get the figures at some point for Deputy...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pleanáil Teanga (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Tá súil agam go mbeidh sé seo foilsithe go gairid agus tá mé ag súil leis. Caithfidh mé a rá arís nach bhfuil aon tionchar polaitiúil air seo. Tá sé go hiomlán neamhspleách. Caithfidh muid fanacht air. Tógann na rudaí seo píosa ama. Ní féidir iad a dhéanamh faoi dheifir, agus tá mise...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 12, 30 and 37 together. The Department operates two capital programmes for sport, namely, the community sports facilities fund, which is the new name for the sports capital and equipment programme, and the large-scale sport infrastructure fund. The National Sports Policy 2018-2027, published by the Government, provided for the establishment of a new...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I will not because there is not a whole lot more to say about this that I have not said already. I can follow up on the supplementary questions.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: As regards Deputy O'Sullivan's point on the appeals, there is an appeals process for disappointed clubs. Every valid application will get a grant. There may be some which are marked invalid, and they will have the chance to appeal that. That will be announced at the time we make the launch. As regards Deputy Boyd Barrett's point, disadvantaged areas are prioritised in this programme....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Last year, I launched the Her Moves campaign to support, motivate and encourage teenage girls to be active. The Her Moves branding, including certain criteria around programme design, is now being used by organisations when rolling out physical activity programmes that target teenage girls. We have also taken a number of other initiatives. Under the community sports facilities fund,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister informs me that on the arts side of the Department, a safety programme is being established along the lines of what the Deputy spoke about in terms of ensuring women and girls feel safe in sports settings. That will be rolled out in a number of venues, including sports clubs. On the sports side, the sports organisations, in fairness, have come a long way. There is still a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pleanáil Teanga (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I mí an Mheithimh anuraidh, d'fhógair an Roinn go raibh conradh bronnta ar an gcomhlacht Barr Feabhais Teoranta chun athbhreithniú a dhéanamh ar an gcéad deich bplean teanga a ceadaíodh faoi réir Acht na Gaeltachta, 2012. Cinnteoidh an tionscnamh seo, a bhfuil buiséad suas le €92,500 a chur ar fáil ina leith, go ndéanfar...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pleanáil Teanga (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Tá athbhreithniú neamhspleách ar siúl maidir leis seo. Tá an t-athbhreithniú fós ar siúl. Níl aon tionchar polaitiúil ar an bpróiseas sin. Táimid ag iarraidh go mbeidh sé neamhspleách agus go mbeidh an scéal iomláin inste dúinn. Caithfimid fanacht ar an obair sin. Táim ag súil leis an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Pléitear ceist na tithíochta ag cruinnithe rialta idir feidhmeannaigh an údaráis agus feidhmeannaigh na Roinne agus tuigtear dom go bhfuil obair leanúnach ar siúl ag foireann an údaráis leis na geallsealbhóirí ábhartha eile. Mar a thuigim ón údarás, cheadaigh bord an údaráis €250,000 d'obair...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Maidir le tithíocht go ginearálta, tá fadhb tithíochta ar fud na tíre agus tá fadhb tithíochta sa Ghaeltacht. Caithfimid an fhadhb ghinearálta a réiteach agus tá a lán oibre ar siúl ag an Rialtas chun é sin a dhéanamh. Tá spriocanna sáraithe againn chun tithe a thógáil; ina measc sin tá tithe...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Maidir le hacmhainní don údarás, táimid i gcónaí ag plé na gceisteanna seo leis an Roinn caiteachas phoiblí agus go háirithe in aimsir na cáinaisnéise tá na cainteanna sin ar siúl. Táimid ag iarraidh níos mó airgid a fháil do chúrsaí Gaeilge agus do chúrsaí Gaeltachta. Táimid, an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sport and Recreational Development (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I thank Deputy Hourigan for raising this issue. It is an important question. The women in sport funding was first established in 2005. Since then, more than €30 million has been invested through the national governing bodies of sport and local sports partnerships. In June this year, Deputy Hourigan's colleague, the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, and I announced record funding...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Something must be going right because I agree with almost everything the Deputy said. I met Jack Marley on half a dozen occasions during the Olympic Games. What a great exemplar of a sport he is in not only qualifying for the Olympic Games - he had to be one of the best in the world to do that - and in the manner in which he took his defeat in the Olympic Games. He is such an honourable...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (19 Sep 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I agree with the Deputy and that is what these sports plans are for. I hope that some of the pilot ones will be passed by local authorities will be passed in the coming weeks. As that is rolled out, it will put sport at the centre of local authority decision-making and it has to be. The Deputy accused local authorities of having a computer says "No" approach but I can tell him from my...