Results 3,461-3,480 of 9,894 for speaker:Thomas Byrne
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: I have a couple of simple questions, the first being for Mr. Curtis. Is there anything in the State curriculum that is not taught in some or all of his schools in regard to RSE? Dr. Gormley mentioned the ETBI schools and the community schools. A town in my constituency has an ETB school, which I will not name because I do not want to talk about particular schools. There is an ETB...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: Is the stalling of training an issue for the Joint Managerial Body or is it wider? Is it just Mr. Curtis's sector or is it across the board?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: I was a bit shocked to hear that. Is Mr. Curtis aware of a bishop writing to schools instructing them not to teach consent classes?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Review of Relationships and Sexuality Education: Discussion (Resumed) (5 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: I think I have.
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (5 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a scheme for the delivery of CCTV cameras at the junctions of motorways will be established. [28906/18]
- Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: Hear, hear.
- Heritage Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage (4 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: I regret I was not able to speak last night. I had a public meeting to attend. I spoke strongly against this Bill on Second Stage because the original intent was an abominable tactic by the then Fine Gael Minister to give free rein to cut hedgerows during August. It was a disgraceful proposition. I thank Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív and others who are strongly pushing the agenda to...
- Pathway to Redress for Victims of Convicted Child Sexual Abusers: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: Vótáil.
- Pathway to Redress for Victims of Convicted Child Sexual Abusers: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: I wish to share time with Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin. I thank my colleague, Deputy Willie O'Dea, for bringing forward the motion. On behalf of the victims of sexual abuse who have been excluded on an unfair basis from the fruits of the Louise O'Keeffe decision, I thank the Deputy and my party leader for their commitment. I pay tribute to the victims, many of whom are in the Visitors Gallery...
- Pathway to Redress for Victims of Convicted Child Sexual Abusers: Motion [Private Members] (4 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: That is not what the European Court of Human Rights said.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: The population has decreased.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: The Minister did not bring them forward.
- Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: The Government was opening new hubs.
- Other Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (4 Jul 2018)
Thomas Byrne: Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony raised a point that I mentioned last week and which was made in written questions yesterday. It relates to nursing. The written reply concerned the concerns of the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, about nursing support in schools. It is very worrying that the Minister does not seem to be acting on it. A report has been compiled, but it has not...
- 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.