Results 4,301-4,320 of 9,820 for speaker:Thomas Byrne

Questions on Promised Legislation (28 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: When is the Government going to get to grips with public transport, particularly in the context of the programme for Government commitments to improve it? There are many people throughout the country who get up early in the morning, as the Government likes to say. They are currently being discommoded by Bus Éireann, which is seemingly unable to provide a predictable and reliable...

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: As well as being rejected by the teachers’ unions individually. The Minister failed to outline when this process will start. He said there were no deadlines as to its conclusion but he did not say when it will start. In a public press statement, the INTO is under the impression this will start soon. The agreement provides it will start in 12 months. Will the Minister say here...

Leaders' Questions (28 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Approximately 11,000 teachers have qualified since 2011 and are on pay scales lower than those of their colleagues who qualified prior to that year. Over the next 12 months, demographic pressures mean that another 5,000 teachers will enter this cohort. If the Government led by the Fine Gael Party sticks to its commitment under the confidence-and-supply agreement to reduce the pupil-teacher...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Broadband Service Provision (28 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 100. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a school (details supplied) can expect to be connected to broadband that will meet the school community's needs. [41055/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (28 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 237. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when a school (details supplied) can expect to be connected to broadband that will meet the school community's needs. [41054/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staff (27 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the concept of streamlining; if there is such a concept in the provision and allocation of special needs assistants; and the meaning of same in terms of the provision of special needs assistants. [40894/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (27 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 166. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons that have been approved home help or a home support package but that are on a waiting list to receive either due to a lack of available staff in County Meath. [41003/17]

Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Recently, the Taoiseach published a document in a newspaper in which he outlined his vision for Ireland. I was searching through it for his vision for education but it was extremely limited. Blink and you will miss it. One thing the Taoiseach did commit to was technological universities and he suggested they would be coming as a matter or urgency. The Taoiseach will recall that this party...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Breaches of Fire Safety Standards: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: All of this is extremely worrying, but the slowness of the Department in coming clean publicly is particularly worrying. This issue has been coming to the boil since 2008 and has featured in the media at various times in the past few years, but the first detailed statement on it from the Department was only issued on 1 September, on foot of which I requested that this meeting take place. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Breaches of Fire Safety Standards: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: What is going on here is utterly shocking and beggars belief when one looks at it in the round. Essentially, the Minister has confessed that information on the safety of children and staff in schools has been hidden deliberately by the Department for a number of years as a matter of policy. It is only because of the persistence of a number of journalists in making freedom of information...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Breaches of Fire Safety Standards: Discussion (26 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: In regard to the Department's recourse to anybody who may be responsible, there is obviously a statute of limitations of six years for contracts. I have concerns about the statute of limitation in respect of works in 2008 or 2009, because when one adds six years to that one gets to the year 2014 or 2015. Have the legal advisers raised the issue of the statute of limitations in terms of the...

Order of Business (26 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: That is not true.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Can the people afford to rent student accommodation? They cannot. The rents for students are prohibitive.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Simon and others have been saying for the past couple of years that the Taoiseach is just an observer.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: The Taoiseach should not be elevating her.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: They will put €5 on the pension.

Leaders' Questions (26 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: The Taoiseach is blaming everybody but himself.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan Implementation (26 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 454. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if broadband service will be available to all houses in the Clonlyon, Kilcock County Meath area following upgrade works being carried out in the area. [40548/17]

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent human rights violations of the Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar; and if Ireland will condemn these actions. [39832/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme Eligibility (20 Sep 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Irish family owned businesses can involve an immigrant investor in the company; and the requirements for such a development. [39288/17]