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Topical Issue Debate: Disability Services Provision (30 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: That was not the case.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation Provision (30 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 21. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the long-term plans for the Courts Service in counties Meath and Louth. [15533/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (30 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 53. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the measures she is undertaking to increase Garda resources in County Meath in line with the programme for Government commitments. [15532/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further Education and Training Programmes Provision (28 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 140. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the shortage and the need for shuttering carpenters in the construction sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15329/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Brexit Issues (28 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the key issues he will seek to raise in the forthcoming Brexit negotiations. [15110/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme Staff (28 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if home tutors are employees of his Department; if his Department is paying appropriate PAYE and PRSI in respect of home tutors; and if not, the reason home tutors are being paid through the payroll of his Department. [15255/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (28 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the appeals process has been removed for parents regarding the allocation of resource and learning support for children with special needs. [15369/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card Provision (28 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 252. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the provision there is for a stateless person lawfully resident here to apply for a public services card in view of the fact they are unable to produce any passport or information as to nationality due to the fact they are stateless. [15353/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 317. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an appointment in respect of a person (details supplied). [14790/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (28 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 529. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband services will be upgraded in Folistown, Dunboyne, County Meath. [15059/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (28 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 557. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of applications for funding for improvements and-or safety measures which have been made by Meath County Council and Kildare County Council in respect of the Dunboyne Maynooth Road R157. [15253/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Traffic Accidents Data (28 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 566. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a list of all fatal road accidents since January 2016 including the date of the accident, the road number of the locus of the accident and the county. [15517/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Work Permits Eligibility (28 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 589. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a company that cannot source indigenous or EEA national employees can fill vacancies by employing non-EEA nationals due to the shortage of skilled workforce here. [15330/17]

Questions on Promised Legislation (22 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: The programme for Government speaks about improving the provision of school resources for children with special needs. Yesterday the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, published documentation on resource teaching, learning supports and special needs assistants. Shockingly, there is no longer an appeals process available to parents who are dissatisfied with the number of resources...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Network (22 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the road network in County Meath. [14215/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (22 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 78. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the action he is taking to promote and advance the Navan rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14216/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Water Charges (22 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 155. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding water connection charges; and his views on whether these fees are excessive. [14297/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I want to remind Members and witnesses to please an féidir libh bhur teileafóin a mhúchadh. Turn off your telephones or switch them to flight mode. Any statement you make might not be audible on the television, and we would hate for that to happen. Mobile phones interfere with the sound system and make it difficult for parliamentary reporters, who work so hard to report the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Go raibh maith agat. The TUI's views were very clearly expressed. As we have a busy meeting, I ask all speakers to keep to the allotted time as far as possible. I call Ms Jane Hayes-Nally of the Irish Second-Level Students Union.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Amendment) Bill 2015 and Education (Parent and Student Charter) Bill 2016: Discussion (21 Mar 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I am not going to stop Ms Hayes-Nally but I have been more lenient to her than her teacher colleagues so if she could summarise the rest, I would appreciate it as we are under huge time pressure.