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Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Education Costs (13 Jun 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Funding the Future outlines an ambitious programme of reform, centred on improving quality, driving skills and engagement, enhancing student participation and creating a more unified third level system. The measures taken over the last two budgets represent the Government’s response to Funding the Future. They signal the policy intention to improve the standing of our higher...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Further and Higher Education (13 Jun 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Senator for raising this issue as it gives me a chance to provide an update to the House on the current position on the recently announced closure of Newpark Academy of Music. Newpark Academy of Music is a separate entity and simply does not come within the remit of the Department of Education. It has operated from Melfield House, a 200-year-old building on the grounds of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Further and Higher Education (13 Jun 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I fully understand and appreciate the concerns the Senator raised. That said, the decision to close the academy was not made by the Department of Education. The academy is not in any way under the remit of the Department of Education. The role of the Department of Education is to support, fund and deliver primary and post-primary education in the State. This is the update as far as the...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Pleanáil Teanga (11 Jun 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Chuir Foras na Gaeilge dréacht plean teanga do Bhaile Seirbhíse na Gaeltachta An Chlochán faoi bhráid na Roinne ag deireadh 2023. Tar éis don Roinn an plean teanga a mheas bhí gá dul ar ais chuig an bhForas chun soiléiriú a fáil i leith roinnt gnéithe. Is mian liom a dheimhniú go bhfuil leagan leasaithe den phlean teanga faighte ag...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (11 Jun 2024)

Thomas Byrne: A total of €166.6 million was provisionally allocated under the 2020 round of the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme. €16.6 million was provisionally allocated in equipment-only grants in August 2021 and €150 million in capital grants was provisionally allocated in February and May 2022. The progress on drawdown to date is set out below. SCEP 2020 – Drawdown...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (11 Jun 2024)

Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. The 2023 round of the SCEP has seen a record number of applications received, including the application referred to, by the Deputy. On 9 May 2024, Minister Martin and I...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sport and Recreational Development (11 Jun 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Government funding for the Football Association of Ireland (FAI) is primarily aimed at supporting the delivery of programmes at local level. Considerable additional financial support has been provided by the state for the development of football in Ireland, particularly through the 2020 - 2023 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the government and the FAI. The MOU provided for a package...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Swimming Pools (11 Jun 2024)

Thomas Byrne: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Capital support for new swimming pools is currently being provided through the LSSIF subject to published guidelines and conditions of the scheme. The National Sports Policy, which was published in 2018, provided for...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: In terms of checking whether funding is delivering the intended benefits, the Department does check. There is a rigorous process and we take a very hardline view on it. I do not get involved. I let our officials make sure the applications are done properly. The benefits of the funding are clear to see. I am visiting clubs around the country at the moment, seeing all the projects and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10, 15, 25, 31, 46 and 53 together. The sports capital and equipment programme, SCEP, is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreational facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment. It is the policy of the Department after every round of the sports capital programme that we undertake a review and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Sports Funding (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: A wide range of very important issues were raised. The purchase of land is a key issue. Let us be straight - we all have a role to play at every level of government. Local authorities have a role to play in this. Councillors of all parties should be really focusing on this issue when zoning land. There are no restrictions on zoning land for sports facilities and making certain things...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cúrsaí Tithíochta (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Maidir leis na treoirlínte, tá an ceart ag an Teachta. Tá an jab sin le déanamh agus tá sé á dhéanamh ag an Roinn tithíochta. Tá idirchaidreamh agus comhrá ag tarlú idir an dá Roinn agus idir na hoifigigh maidir leis na treoirlínte a chur chun críche, a fhoilsiú agus a chur i bhfeidhm chomh tapa agus is...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cúrsaí Tithíochta (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Caithfidh mé a rá arís go bhfuil oifigigh ón dá Roinn i mbun idirchaidrimh. Maidir leis an ábhar seo, tá siad ag iarraidh an obair sin a chur chun críche chomh luath agus is féidir. Tá me ag rá anseo go bhfuil an obair seo práinneach agus go gcaithfidh muid déileáil léi. Tá géarchéim thithíochta...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Cúrsaí Tithíochta (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Chas oifigigh ó mo Roinn le hionadaithe ón ngrúpa Bánú ar an 8 Bealtaine 2024. Ba é seo an dara chruinniú leis an ngrúpa. Rinneadh plé ar an gceithre bunéileamh a d'ardaigh an grúpa sa gcéad chruinniú a bhí ag ionadaithe na Roinne leo, is iad sin go dtabharfaí cumhacht d'Údarás na Gaeltachta dul ag...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Teachta Connolly. Ag eascairt as cinneadh an údaráis i mí na Nollag 2023, choimisiúnaigh an t-údarás taighde ón Dr. Séin Ó Muineacháin maidir le soláthar agus éileamh ar thithíocht sa Ghaeltacht. Foilsíodh torthaí an taighde sin le gairid. Léiríonn an taighde go bhfuil 106,000...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Tá an obair seo á déanamh ag Údarás na Gaeltachta faoi láthair agus tá sé ráite ag an údarás liom go bhfuil pleananna curtha i bhfeidhm maidir le haiseolas na ngeallsealbhóirí a bhailiú agus tá obair theicniúil ar siúl. Tá sé i gceist nuashonrú ar an gcur chuige molta a thabhairt don Roinn...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Údarás na Gaeltachta (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Táim ag súil le tuairisc agus níos mó eolais ó Údarás na Gaeltachta an mhí seo chugainn. Táim ag rá go poiblí agus go príobháideach leo go gceapaim féin go bhfuil ról lárnach aige toisc go bhfuil cúrsaí tithíochta lárnach do chúrsaí teanga. Is é sin an díriú atá...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Tá sé ráite ag Údarás na Gaeltachta liom go bhfuil céimeanna ullmhúcháin a gcur in áit ag an Údarás chun an scéim phíolótach seo a thairiscint do suas le 10 gcliant faoi thús an Fhómhair 2024. Tuigtear dom go bhféadfaí cur leis an líon cliaint ach breis maoinithe a bheith curtha ar fáil chuige...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Facilities (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: My Department operates two capital funding programmes for sport, namely the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) and the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund (LSSIF). Capital support for new swimming pools is currently being provided through the LSSIF. New swimming pool projects and the refurbishment of existing swimming pools are eligible to apply for grant funding subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Organisations (30 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: Government funding for the FAI - to which the question refers - is primarily aimed at supporting the delivery of programmes at local level. Considerable additional financial support has been provided by the State for the development of football in Ireland, particularly through the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Government and the FAI. The MOU provided for a package of...