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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Discussion (15 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: -----regardless of the fact that there is no translation facility in the committee room. That is the position.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Guím Nollaig shona ar an gCeann Comhairle agus ar fhoireann na Dála go léir. The Minister for Education and Skills is present. Today the Joint Committee on Education and Skills will discuss the issue of schools admission and the Equal Status (Admissions to Schools) Bill that is before us. The Minister promised as part of the baptism barrier issue that 400...

Questions on Proposed Legislation (15 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Typical of Fine Gael making a joke about it.

Business of Dáil (15 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Deputy Howlin is not the Leas-Cheann Comhairle now.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (14 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 101. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he proposes to carry out a technical study on the merits or otherwise of the income contingent loan model of funding put forward as an option in the recent Cassells report. [40365/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (14 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has satisfied himself with current student staff ratios in universities; and if he has current figures for these ratios and figures for the variances across subject areas. [40366/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (14 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 103. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on equal pay scales for teachers. [40367/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (14 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether various pieces of proposed legislation from his Department will only add to the bureaucratic and administrative burdens on schools. [40368/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (14 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 105. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an extension and new building for a school (details supplied). [40369/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (14 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 206. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding the reimbursement status of the freestyle libre diabetic equipment [40370/16]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Waste Disposal (14 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 239. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will confirm that Knockharley dump in Kentstown, County Meath will not be used again for emergency dumping, in breach of planning permission, and that the issue of lack of capacity in Dublin for waste disposal will be dealt with. [40364/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Funding (13 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 214. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the exact distribution of increased third level funding announced in the recent budget. [40039/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Earcaíocht agus Soláthar Foirne Tríú Leibhéal (13 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 219. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills an bhfuil dualgas sa dlí ar Bhord Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, uachtarán a bhfuil Gaeilge líofa aici nó aige a fhostú; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [40074/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Exchange Scheme (13 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 220. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to initiate a teacher job exchange programme for permanent exchange as opposed to temporary exchange. [40114/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (13 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 259. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will review the pyrite remediation scheme to deal with the issue of category one homeowners and others that find themselves in limbo due to the fact they live in a pyrite estate. [40106/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (13 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 260. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of category one pyrite affected homes here. [40107/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (13 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 262. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if a review is underway of the pyrite remediation scheme. [40109/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Resolution Board Data (13 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 261. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of pyrite damaged houses in County Meath that have applications for remediation under the pyrite remediation scheme; and the number that have been remediated. [40108/16]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Bhí áthas orm éisteacht leis an mBreitheamh Mac Aonghusa agus í ag taispeáint dúinn tábhacht na Gaeilge i nGaillimh. Bhí scéalta difriúla sna meáin an tseachtain seo caite. Tá áthas orm é sin a chloisteáil. Much of what has been said speaks for itself. I wanted to ask Dr. Day something. I thank her for being here...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Higher Education Funding: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Dec 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The witnesses have a wider perspective on Brexit than simply education, but we are the education committee. I have spoken to a number of academics privately since the referendum on Brexit and since the beginning of the current Dáil. Some of them seem to believe a land of milk and honey awaits with Brexit in that Irish universities could access research funding that otherwise would go...