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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disadvantaged Status (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the role of the Educational Research Centre in the DEIS status assessment process; and the reason its involvement in the assessment process was minimised, in view of this organisation's previous involvement and experience in DEIS. [8497/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns of some schools over the new resource and learning support teaching hours allocation model, in particular concerns that the NCSE will not review allocation of support teachers until 2019; and the position with regard to schools that require an increase in hours due to having additional pupils requiring SEN support...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 207. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns of school principals that they have not been given enough information on the way the allocations of resource and learning support teaching will be allocated for the 2017-18 school term; and if he will further address concerns that schools which experience a rise in identified special needs in 2017-18 will have to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 208. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns that the NCSE is not accepting applications from schools for SEN supports for children with complex needs in 2017; and the way the NCSE expects to be informed in decisions made over resource teaching allocations without information submitted by schools on individual students' complex needs. [8500/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns that under the new NCSE allocation model for resource teaching hours, allocations will become reactive to students' needs due to the reliance on standarised tests; if he will further address fears that schools with strong performance on standardised tests might receive a worse allocation even though they have a high...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 210. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will address concerns that under the new NCSE allocation model for resource teaching hours, allocations will be based on socioeconomic background, which is not directly related to assessed conditions such as dyslexia, dyspraxia, ADHD, ASD or speech and language difficulties. [8502/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Industrial Disputes (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the fact that a number of schools will not meet the minimum of 167 teaching days in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8503/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the evidence his Department or a body under its aegis has to support the claim made by the NCSE that the current allocation model for resource teaching and learning supports is driving an over-diagnosis and over-labelling of children as having behavioural conditions, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ADHD, or developmental...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 360. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when flood relief works will be carried out in Huntsgrove, Ashbourne, County Meath. [8316/17]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: World Heritage Sites (21 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 373. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position in respect of the submission of Kells, County Meath, and its monastic site as part of the tentative list of locations for future nomination to the world heritage list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8297/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Closed-Circuit Television Systems Provision (16 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 19. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality her plans to install cameras on motorways to assist in the fight against crime. [7606/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Districts (16 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 25. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding the redrawing of Garda districts in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7605/17]

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: We are here tonight on a motion of confidence which is a very serious matter, as evidenced by the numbers in the Dáil. This is not simply a routine debate on a motion that will be passed or not passed. If the motion of confidence is passed, it is likely to be on the narrowest of margins. As Deputies McGuinness and Martin said, the Government must remember that. At every turn it must...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Live tweeting.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (15 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: 46. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans regarding the future of Gormanston Camp in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7349/17]

Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (15 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I will not delay the House. My question will give the Minister of State the opportunity to set on the record the Government's commitment to Gormanston Camp, allow the public to know of that commitment and recognise the camp's importance to the Defence Forces and the local area.

Other Questions: Defence Forces Properties (15 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister of State. It is worth reminding the House of the functions and importance of Gormanston Camp and getting that commitment from the Government. From time to time, one hears questions on the matter, so it is important to have that commitment on the record of the House. I am grateful to the Minister of State for that.

North-South Interconnector: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: Yes, I will wrap up the debate. I thank my party colleagues for agreeing to support the motion. I also thank colleagues from other parties who supported the motion. When this debate concludes the will of the Dáil will become exceedingly clear. Should the motion be passed, the Government will have no option but to implement its terms and accept what the representatives of the people...

North-South Interconnector: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: It was not available in 2007. The Minister of State was a great advocate for undergrounding the pylons when he was in opposition.

North-South Interconnector: Motion [Private Members] (14 Feb 2017)

Thomas Byrne: I have attended virtually every meeting, both in government and opposition, and took the flak when my party was in government and sometimes when we were in opposition. I have always worked to achieve the will of the people on this issue, which is the sensible solution. Let us consider the time that has been wasted on this project, which was conceived as a means of having a secure...