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Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: -----and I am confident that it is not provided for in the Bill. For those who are trying to sow confusion on this issue, it is downright disgraceful. It is certainly not an issue I brought up during the referendum because I did not feel there was anything to go on.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Deputy Kelleher summed it up perfectly. This section was front and centre of the entire debate. The 12-week period was front and centre and whether one liked it or not, that is what one was voting on. These issues were unbelievably well rehearsed during the referendum and arguments were made for and against. The comfort I take is from Deputy Kelleher who I understand formulated the...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: He has stood over attacking the media about Máiría Cahill and he has stood over the issue in relation to Jean McConville.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: He has then come in here, obsessed with this issue, and added nothing to the debate.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Many Fianna Fáilers are far more concerned with Deputy Tóibín's track record in the Sinn Féin organisation.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: What about Jean McConville's children? The Deputy did not care much about them.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Deputy Tóibín is not.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: Deputy Tóibín is a complete hypocrite. He stood over the record of the provos for years in this House.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I never asked the Deputy to come anywhere near Fianna Fáil.

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: That is true.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Deployment (29 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that County Meath has adequate levels of resources for frontline policing by An Garda Síochána. [49587/18]

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (28 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I have said previously in the debate that I believe the will of the people should be implemented. There were lots of issues in the debate. Many people had various issues and a lot of discussions and points were brought up. I have to say the Irish people were extremely well educated as to what exactly they were voting on. Yes, they were voting on an amendment to the Constitution but they...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: The Taoiseach spins them.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Schools Building Projects (28 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: When I and my colleague, Deputy O'Loughlin, met the Minister and his officials over the mid-term break at a very helpful meeting to which members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills were invited, I got the impression that a permanent fix would in place by now or that we would know what was happening in that regard. There is a deficit of information regarding a permanent...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Investigations (28 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 37. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of investigations undertaken by his Department of the role of clerks of work, project managers, architects, designers, engineers and other professionals in both fire safety issues and structural issues identified at schools completed since 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49724/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Investigations (28 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I want to ask the Minister about the Western Building Systems, WBS, debacle. I would like to know the status of the investigation his Department has undertaken of all its advisers, and obviously its investigation into WBS. I said to the Minister in a private meeting that everybody should be taken to the cleaners, including the builders, if that is the legal advice the Minister has received....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Investigations (28 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: First of all we want to know about that independent reviewer. Will this individual, whoever he or she is, have the statutory powers to get to the nub of the issue? If one takes a case to the High Court, powers of compellability, evidence discovery etc. can be utilised. In the first instance anyone who is responsible needs to be brought to court, but in the second instance the Department...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Investigations (28 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: None of this absolves a builder of the responsibility for building bad buildings if that is the ultimate outcome, and clearly it is. Information can be given to people for various reasons. One piece of information I have discovered is that of the 42 schools, 13 were originally project-managed by KSNPM and 27 were project-managed by another company, which I understand was Turner &...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homelessness Strategy (28 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister is new to his portfolio but the one word that concerns me, which reflects on the Department rather than the Minister himself, is "anecdotally". Has the Department statistics or information on the extent of the problem in schools? One of the recommendations from the Children's Rights Alliance is that the educational attainments of children be tracked. I am concerned, however,...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Homelessness Strategy (28 Nov 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 35. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the actions taken by his Department to address child poverty and homelessness in view of an organisation's (details supplied) description of child poverty as the crisis of our times. [49723/18]