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Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Amendment Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (12 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Níl éinne eile anseo. B'fhéidir go gcríochnóidh an díospóireacht níos luaithe ná mar a chríochnódh sé de ghnáth. Fianna Fáil is committed to maintaining and improving the highest standards in education. It is intended to increase the number of international students and the number of students entering higher education in...

Defence Forces: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Táim cinnte go bhfanfaidh mé laistigh den am. I thank my colleague, Deputy Jack Chambers, and my other colleagues in Fianna Fáil for tabling this important motion. Fundamentally it shows up a lack of respect on the part of Government for the Defence Forces. That is what people feel and that is what is biting people about this particular issue. The lack of sympathy and...

Defence Forces: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Do the decent thing.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (12 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 34. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when a report commissioned by her Department on the conservation and management of the Hill of Tara will be published; and her views on whether there is a need for increased services such as more parking and toilet facilities at the location. [24056/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Projects (12 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 53. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to create a specific funding scheme for community groups to assist them in the care, conservation and promotion of old graveyards and burial sites; and her views on whether community groups require more assistance to carry out this work. [24057/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Digital Strategy for Schools (12 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 106. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the focused evaluation that has taken place or is planned to take place on the way in which schools are implementing the digital learning strategy and its impact on the quality of learning and teaching and student performance in State examinations. [24404/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Loan Scheme (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 93. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that Meath County Council has sufficient funding to approve applications for the Rebuilding Ireland home loan scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23489/19]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: It was the same when the Minister went to Drogheda.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Hear, hear.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: It did not take him six years.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Big Phil said it six years ago.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Are these the new lines, Taoiseach? The spin doctors have fed him new lines.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: This is farcical.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Funding (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 61. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to ensure that Meath County Council has sufficient funding to meet the housing needs of the county; his views on whether the fact that County Meath is the lowest funded local authority in the country is inhibiting Meath County Council in seriously addressing the local housing demand; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance when a response to a query will issue (details supplied). [23833/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 195. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of tourism access to a heritage site (details supplied). [23551/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 251. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation of SNAs by school for the September term in each of the years 2016 to 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23585/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff Data (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation of new SNA posts announced on 27 May 2019 by school; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23586/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Digital Strategy for Schools (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if schools are required to have a digital learning plan; the position regarding schools not having such a strategy; and if the matter is monitored by his Department. [24242/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (11 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the rules regarding preferred suppliers of computer technology in schools in cases in which only one supplier is allowed to be purchased from by parents. [24243/19]