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- Order of Business (27 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: Where are the houses?
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (27 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: 55. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans for further social housing projects in County Meath. [9673/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (27 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: 56. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of a new scheme of social housing in Kells, County Meath. [9674/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (27 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school building projects (details supplied). [9492/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (27 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: 246. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a technical study of the Cassells report recommendations has been completed. [9570/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment (27 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: 248. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the recommendations of the final report Striking the Balance will be implemented. [9627/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (27 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: 253. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in which transition year is compulsory. [9786/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (27 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils currently undertaking transition year; and the proportion of post junior certificate pupils that undertake same. [9787/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Transition Year Selection Process (27 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of pupils that have applied to do transition year but have been unable to do so due to a limit on numbers; and the number of schools that have limits on placements. [9788/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy Provision (27 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the introduction of new in-school speech and language services. [9789/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (22 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: 46. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of claims for a VAT refund under the Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax) (No. 15) Order 1981 in each of the past four years. [9065/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rebates (22 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: 47. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount in money terms of VAT refunds granted by the Revenue Commissioners under the Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax) (No. 15) Order 1981 in each of the past four years. [9066/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (22 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: 48. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason motor vehicles are excluded from the Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax) (No. 15) Order 1981. [9067/18]
- Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: Regarding the commitment in the programme for Government to make Ireland have the best education and training system in Europe, I do not know if the Taoiseach is aware that we have a severe crisis with the provision and supply of teachers. The Minister for Education and Skills does not seem to be aware of it. A report entitled Striking the Balance landed on the previous Minister's desk in...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: -----sadly, there are no plans to deal with this and nobody seems to be taking responsibility for it.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: It does relate to the programme for Government.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: I have to step out of the meeting for a few minutes, but I will return. I apologise.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: I think we can take as read the points the five speakers have made and given in their submissions. We all know this. I am grateful to the bodies for the submissions. I used them in my party's Private Member's motion in the Dáil a number of weeks ago. It was extremely useful. All the answers are there. I would like the witnesses' response on this. Mr. Brian Mooney outlined the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: I still have not got to the bottom of who is responsible for this. Will anybody enlighten me? I know when Brian Mooney wrote in The Irish Times, it prompted Mr. Tomás Ó Ruairc to respond. I do not know if that means that the Teaching Council is responsible for this. I am not sure that it is but it certainly has a role. It prompted Mr. Ó Ruairc to respond at the time to say...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Teacher Recruitment: Discussion (20 Feb 2018)
Thomas Byrne: Maybe they could have a specialty for all the teachers to go back and teach.