Results 5,081-5,100 of 9,894 for speaker:Thomas Byrne
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (9 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: 88. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when he expects the details of the 2017 summer works programme grant recipients to be announced; and if new applications will be taken in 2017. [6451/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network Expansion (8 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the Navan railway will be proposed and advanced by his Department, in view of the capital expenditure review. [6001/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (8 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to improve the N2 from a safety point of view and in addition from the perspective of the effectiveness of the road as a national route. [6002/17]
- Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: First, to say this is not related to Brexit or the EU is totally misleading and disingenuous. As the Minister knows, this is a project of common interest, as designated by the European Commission, so it clearly has strong European ties and links, regardless of the legislation. Second, the Minister and EirGrid, as the semi-State body, must have regard to the fact it is now clear that a...
- Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: It has gone back up again.
- Other Questions: North-South Interconnector (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: We appreciate that.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: I must leave to go to the Dáil for a very short period - probably during some of the opening statements.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: I apologise that I had to leave during the meeting and that I missed some of the contributions. Some, including Dr. Fennelly in his submission, have raised the fact that the Minister is having his own consultations and we are having our discussions separately. People have raised this with me privately too. The answer to that is that the Minister has no control over this committee. We are...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: How it will affect each particular group of the joint management body, the Catholic primary schools, the Islamic schools, the Church of Ireland schools, na Gaelscoileanna and the community schools? I want to tease that out. I do not really have any other questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: This is not about me telling Ms Rainsberry my views. I am just trying to get her views on the difficulties before we make our decisions. If we were to make a law specifying that a school could only prioritise Protestant children or co-religionists from within a catchment area and that it could not bring in Protestant children from outside that area, but if the catchment area were to be...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: That is what is envisaged.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: It is certainly not what I envisage for catchment areas, which should be as large as necessary particularly for a minority faith school.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: I know Dr. Fennelly's organisation represents not just Church of Ireland schools, but also Presbyterian schools, etc. Does it give any preference Presbyterian children?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: On the same level as the Church of Ireland?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: Tá ceart bunreachtúil ag an bhfinné labhairt as Gaeilge, más mian leis, agus tá ceart bunreachtúil aige labhairt as Béarla, más mian leis.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: I have a question for the JMB and, to a lesser extent, Mr. Mulconry. On Mr. Curtis's last point in particular, is the JMB arguing for the retention of the so-called "baptism barrier" rule?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: Outside the minority faith schools, is it an issue?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: Except that sometimes there is priority for children in a certain school at primary level which might have the baptism barrier. Could it happen indirectly? The local parish school might have a preference.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: Mr. Curtis is not making a strong case for retaining it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (7 Feb 2017)
Thomas Byrne: Is it necessary for the ethos to be retained?