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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (4 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: The issue of licence distinction is one of the first things one learns when studying law in college and it is a red herring in regard to this particular issue. There is no reason that the rent pressure zone regime cannot be applied to this sector. It is simply a matter of drafting the provision in the appropriate way. We can restrict price increases for licences. We have done so in...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (4 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 55. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to bring forward proposals to improve student accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29604/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (4 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: What is the Minister doing about student accommodation, what proposals he is making and is there a plan? Can he tell students that their rent will be lower? Can he tell them they will have accommodation? Can he tell them what he is doing?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Student Accommodation (4 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I am sure the Minister of State responsible for higher education has been unavoidably detained but, looking at the delegation order for her powers, I believe the Minister has retained most of the powers for himself. Therefore, I am quite satisfied he knows what is going on with third level accommodation. The issue of rent pressure zones is one important aspect of the problem. My party...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Staff (4 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 53. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there has been engagement with teaching principals on easing their workload; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29603/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Staff (4 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: In light of the increased workload for teaching principals, has the Minister for Education and Skills had any engagement with the Irish Primary Principals Network, IPPN, or the new organisation set up in response to this crisis, the forum for teaching principals in primary schools? What they are saying is not fake news, despite what the Government might want to believe.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Staff (4 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I acknowledge a little bit of progress has been made on this issue. However, many teaching principals in small schools feel they are at breaking point. The Government is very much focused on Dublin with its recent announcement on schools necessary in the growing commuting areas. It is key, however, that it remembers the thousands of small schools around the country which have teaching...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: School Staff (4 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: The exclusion of special education teachers when calculating teaching principals' salaries is unfair as well. The way it is set up acts as a disincentive to principals who wish to set up ASD units in their schools. It leads to a significant amount of extra management, as well as dealing with extra crises which sometimes occur with challenging behaviour from pupils in such units. A...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation Provision (4 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 80. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the expansion to primary school provision in Ashbourne, County Meath. [29342/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: University Global Rankings (4 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 112. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the decline in Irish universities’ ratings in international rankings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29339/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Establishment (4 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 114. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of plans announced in April 2018 to establish 42 new schools over the next four years (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29341/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (4 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 116. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action being taken to avoid non-teachers being hired to correct State examinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29338/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Capitation Grants (4 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 126. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the programme for partnership Government commitments on increasing capitation will be honoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29340/18]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Recreational Facilities Provision (3 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 25. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to deliver a playground at a location (details supplied) for which planning permission already exists. [28767/18]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (3 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when proposals regarding nursing support for schools will be put in place in view of the advice given to him by the NCSE in early 2017 that proposals needed to be developed before a crisis develops within a school. [29022/18]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Adoption Legislation (3 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 483. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if there will be a centralised facility for adoptees to view their files at locations where all files from adoption agencies would be available. [29023/18]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Non-Principal Private Residence Charge Administration (3 Jul 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 534. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is leniency available from penalties for persons who have inadvertently failed to pay a non-principal private dwelling charge. [29024/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services Provision (28 Jun 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 62. To ask the Minister for Health when a hub or centre will be provided for a person (details supplied) and others to access adult disability services in Dunboyne, County Meath. [28174/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (28 Jun 2018)

Thomas Byrne: 72. To ask the Minister for Health his views on whether waiting lists for speech and language therapy, occupational therapy and psychologists in County Meath are acceptable; if there is a shortage of professionals in these areas; and when a person (details supplied) will receive a psychological appointment. [28175/18]

Bail (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (27 Jun 2018)

Thomas Byrne: I sincerely thank my colleague, Deputy Jim O'Callaghan, for bringing this Bill forward. It would be the fulfilment of the wishes of the people in a referendum held in the aftermath of the murder of Veronica Guerin. We need to get tough on crime and on criminals. The Department of Justice and Equality and the Government is not doing a sufficient job. It is not remotely interested in...