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- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: Some of us got on because our families pushed us-----
- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: -----through education without having any educational background.
- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: I cannot see how Deputy Coppinger heard Deputy Troy's speech. She was not here.
- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: Deputy Coppinger was not here.
- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: Deputy Coppinger should not be making things up.
- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: We also have a policy, unlike the Labour Party.
- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: The Deputy is making allegations.
- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: The Deputy just has, and the answer is "No, we do not".
- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: I have to respond to this nonsense.
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (17 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: 82. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to establish town councils for towns with a significant population and for the restoration of former town councils in general. [35233/16]
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (17 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: 39. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the position regarding a small social housing scheme in Kells, which had been ready to go to tender but has been postponed; and when it will be constructed. [35232/16]
- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: The Deputy should have stuck with Fianna Fáil.
- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: I will share time with the chairperson of the Oireachtas education committee, Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin. She certainly will have an interesting contribution to make as she will be central to much of the debate taking place on this. Fianna Fáil supports this Bill. We are supportive of the overall thrust of the legislation. It is old legislation but it has been brought forward, at...
- Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage (16 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: On a point of order, the attendance here is pitiful. With no disrespect to the Minister, I call a quorum.
- Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (16 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: I will happily explain the reality on the ground to the Minister. I had constituents this week who told me that their family had moved from Wicklow to Ashbourne. There are a lot of people moving to Ashbourne. The child needs to go into senior infants. He was offered junior infants in Gaelscoil na Mí, though he should be in senior infants. He was also offered junior infants in...
- Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (16 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: I can tell the Minister straight that if he moves to Ashbourne today, there is a good likelihood there will be no place for his child at school. That is not acceptable but it is the reality that we are finding on the ground. We are finding that Irish citizen children are being told to go back a year by officials from Tusla and the Department, or go back a year in another village in another...
- Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (16 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is satisfied with school provision in County Meath, particularly in expanding towns such as Ashbourne. [35027/16]
- Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (16 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: This is an issue I have raised with the Minister before. I am not convinced the Department has a handle on the need for school provision in County Meath, especially in the growing areas. I mentioned Ashbourne in the question but it arises throughout the county. I look forward to hearing what the Minister has to say.
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: 26. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the progress being made in his plans to double the number of apprenticeships by 2020; and his views on the barriers to expanding recruitment in the apprenticeship sector. [35412/16]
- Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Apprenticeship Programmes (16 Nov 2016)
Thomas Byrne: This question seeks to ask the Minister to outline the progress he is making to double the number of apprenticeships by 2020 and if he would describe to the House the barriers there to expanding recruitment in the apprenticeship sector. Will he comment on the gender divide in apprenticeships as well? It is a feature about which people are concerned.