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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Payments (1 Oct 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 581. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the inability of those on Tús, RSS or gateway schemes to have their fuel allowance payment paid in two lump sum payments rather than receiving the payment weekly during the fuel season; and if she plans to make changes to the system to allow two lump sum payments be made to the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Budgets (26 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 39. To ask the Minister for Finance if more funding will be made available to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39041/19]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (26 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 54. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to make changes to flat rate expenses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39040/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (26 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the net capital expenditure on primary and post-primary infrastructure to include expenditure on primary and secondary school replacement and new builds for each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39170/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (26 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total spend per year on lands purchased for schools in each of the years 2010 to 2018 and to date in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39171/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (26 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 90. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of home tuition grants which were not processed within two weeks of receipt; the number of applications received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39172/19]

Special Needs Education Places: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Gabhaim buíochas le mo chomhghleacaithe go léir a thóg páirt sa díospóireacht seo inniu agus a thaispeáin go raibh spéis acu san ábhar seo. I thank my colleagues who spoke and showed an interest in this motion. We are appealing to the Government to get interested in this. Fine Gael has shown time and again its lack of interest, with only a...

Special Needs Education Places: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I move:“That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — many parents of children with special needs are facing considerable difficulties in securing school places for their children, despite the school year having started already; — of the 1,622 special classes in place, 849 are primary autism spectrum disorder (ASD) classes while only 370 post-primary ASD classes are in...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Public Services Card (25 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 16. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the status of the recent report by the Data Protection Commission into the use of the public services card. [38845/19]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Gender Equality (25 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 34. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the recent report by the ESRI in which the extent of pension gender pay gap was highlighted; the measures she plans to undertake to remedy the situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38844/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Promotion (25 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 142. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to enhance tourism experiences in County Meath. [38921/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (25 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 178. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of works to enhance the Hill of Tara complex. [38920/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 154. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an application by a school (details supplied) for ASD accommodation; and if these works will be sanctioned. [38260/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 172. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for further delays to the payment of teachers in September 2019; the nature of the delays; the actions being taken to address this issue; if the problem that has occurred is the same problem that arose in January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38645/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied that his Department and the Revenue Commissioners have resolved technical issues that led to the non-payment of teachers in January 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38646/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Appeals (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that appealed their leaving certificate results and attained a higher mark in 2017, 2018 and 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38747/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Appeals (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students that appealed their leaving certificate results in 2017, 2018 and 2019. [38748/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Interim Report on Reduced Timetables: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister for his presentation. I am glad that various charities, including AsIAm, and the Traveller organisations highlighted this issue for the joint committee and that we put the spotlight on it at the start of the summer because as I noted then, the practice is a national scandal and must end. I think everybody sitting around the table is in agreement. What the Department...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Interim Report on Reduced Timetables: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I know they cannot contribute but can the officials stay to listen to any observations we may make?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Interim Report on Reduced Timetables: Minister for Education and Skills (24 Sep 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Can they respond?