Results 4,461-4,480 of 9,894 for speaker:Thomas Byrne

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 179. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children whose parents have been forced to decline an early intervention class due to the distance from home involved. [33536/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 247. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí assigned to each district in the Meath Garda Division. [33534/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 265. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for a person (details supplied) [33137/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 271. To ask the Minister for Health when a psychological and needs assessment will be carried out on a person (details supplied). [33151/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: National Broadband Plan Implementation (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 362. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband services will be available under national broadband scheme at Sarsfieldstown, Julianstown, County Meath. [33177/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 377. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the regulation in place to allow a waste company impose a fine for waste incorrectly placed in the wrong coloured bin. [33532/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Management Regulations (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 376. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the waste which can lawfully be disposed of in a black bin, a green bin and a brown bin, respectively. [33531/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (12 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 401. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a discount on the toll for multiple or frequent commuter toll use on the M3; and if motorway tolls can be incorporated into the Leap card system. [33533/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: School Transport Scheme: Discussion (11 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Unfortunately, I cannot stay for much more of the meeting, but I invited some of my colleagues to attend and they will ask questions based on their direct experience in their constituencies and they will be the same as the ones I would ask. Last year I noticed that many of the problems stemmed from the fact parents had not been informed until very late in the summer. This caused not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (11 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to upgrade the site of Athcarne Castle (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the site is very unsafe and is currently in a state of untidiness and dilapidation. [32749/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (11 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 213. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been changes in the criteria for accessing a scribe for the leaving certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32214/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Control (11 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 350. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the action which can be taken in respect of crows in locations in which they have become a serious and unusual nuisance to human habitation. [32733/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Data (11 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 540. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for dental surgery for a person (details supplied) in the Mater hospital. [33074/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (11 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 826. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of an application by Meath County Council for 25 housing units in Dunshaughlin, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32669/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Funding (11 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 827. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason certain applications for social housing funding by Meath County Council were not successful in the recent allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32670/17]

Other Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (6 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio across the school system. [31748/17]

Other Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (6 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: The question concerns the pupil-teacher ratio. I want to find out the Minister's plans to address this, knowing it is a key issue in the Irish education sector and knowing there is very little about in the Action Plan for Education. Nonetheless, it is a key condition of the confidence and supply agreement that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have entered into.

Other Questions: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (6 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: This is an issue that has been allowed to go off the boil politically for a little while but it has not gone off the boil in our schools across the country. This is a key demand of the INTO in particular and of the second level unions. Shockingly, 10,000 pupils are in primary level classes of over 35 students. That is incredible but it is a fact; that is what is happening on the ground....

Other Questions: Schools Building Projects Status (6 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I want to add my voice in support of what Deputy Niamh Smyth said and what Deputy Brendan Smith would also say. This is an extremely important issue that is causing much angst locally. This is a common experience of schools. They find interfacing with the Department difficult. That is no disrespect to the Department officials who are overworked and very busy, but school authorities find...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (6 Jul 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 5. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will discuss the lack of notice given to schools of SNA allocations for the coming year; and if he will address concerns that SNAs do not know whether they will be in employment in 2018 in view of the fact that the 2016 to 2017 school year has now ended. [31912/17]