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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 168. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the closure of betting shops since January 2019; and if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that betting shops are remaining open pending his review of an alternative proposal on betting tax and that the delay in this regard threatens further significant closures. [6546/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Government Procurement (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 199. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if public tenders that require photographic images must be provided in hard copy in addition to digital format; and his views on whether this leads to increased cost for tenderers and therefore the State. [6236/19]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 225. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress to date on infrastructural projects in County Meath listed in the national development plan; and the amount spent on consultants and construction projects, respectively, in respect of same. [7013/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 270. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when teacher supply panels will be introduced. [6805/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Does that mean we cannot ask about other Brexit issues?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I am going. That is a waste of time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: That is what I was asking.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: No, I was referring to other education matters that are not in the Bill but that relate to Brexit.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: There are other Brexit-related issues relating to education that do not feature in the Bill.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister, the Minister of State and the officials for coming before the committee. My fundamental question is why the Minister is not in a position to indefinitely allow people born on the island of Ireland, particularly Northern Ireland, to be treated the same as EU students going to college on a unilateral basis? Is this envisaged? It will be the case for students starting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: The question is what the Minister is doing to implement that duty. The Minister has not answered that. Why is the Department not telling students that in the event of a no-deal Brexit that they are still welcome here at EU rates? Is there any reason the Minister has not said that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: In 2019.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: That is not the question that the Minister is answering.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: The Government has not done so.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Why not say that now for 2020 and 2021?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: That was not the question. The question was about the treatment of students from the North of Ireland after 2019. The Minister made an announcement in January in relation to 2019. My question is why has the Minister not announced it unilaterally forever. People are making plans today for 2020. The Minister says he wants to uphold the free movement of students but he is actually doing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: It is the Minster who has made it a year-to-year issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Why has the Minister not announced this for 2020? He has given no reason at all for this.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: There must be some reason.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: General Scheme of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union on 29 March 2019) Bill 2019: Discussion (12 Feb 2019)

Thomas Byrne: It is a reasonable question. He is not answering the question.