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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Research Board Data (11 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 347. To ask the Minister for Health the number of research grants won by bidders in the Health Research Board in each of the years 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form. [29714/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (11 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 433. To ask the Minister for Health if the FreeStyle Libre, a sensor for measuring blood sugars, will be made available on the GMS and long-term illness card; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29601/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport Initiatives (11 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to extend the use of the Leap card on Irish Rail outside Dublin. [29457/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Grants (11 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 615. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of research grants from Science Foundation Ireland won by bidders in each higher level institution in each of the years from 2010 to date in 2016, in tabular form. [29714/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Private Rented Accommodation (5 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 38. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to relieve the rental market crisis in County Meath. [28477/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing Provision (5 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 59. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason a small local authority housing project in Kells, County Meath, which was due to go to tender in 2016, has been delayed. [28476/16]

Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Coláiste Ghlór na Mara is a school to which my children might go, given that they are in a Gaelscoil that feeds into it. However, it is in north County Dublin and I would probably prefer children to have an option locally. The Department got away lightly, given that Gormanston College went into the free education scheme. If it had not happened, the Department would have faced a...

Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The primary schools in Drogheda are massive. There has been no new second level provision on the south side of Drogheda. The primary schools in east Meath are massive and are doing a great job. There are some great buildings and some are still on the list. However, there has been no extra second level school in the area, apart from Laytown, which is six years old. Balbriggan is not an...

Other Questions: Teachers' Remuneration (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: In respect of the first part of the question relating to newly qualified teachers, while I welcome what happened a few weeks ago, does the Minister acknowledge that it is only a start and that more must be done to equalise pay? Is the Minister prepared to be a champion for teachers, particularly young and newly qualified teachers, in this regard?

Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 30. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans for further second level provision in County Meath, including language diversity and general provision for the parts of County Meath in which pupils currently predominantly attend secondary school in Drogheda. [28285/16]

Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: This question concerns an area of expanding population in east Meath that consists of Laytown, Bettystown, the outskirts of Drogheda, Duleek, Donore and surrounding areas. Traditionally, many people in those areas have gone to secondary school in Drogheda. There are a huge number of primary schools in that area with very large primary schools either having been built, being built or...

Priority Questions: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: According to the Irish Independent, it is a quarter of what Ministers themselves have sought.

Priority Questions: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Three years of a confidence and supply agreement.

Priority Questions: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 19. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the restoration of postgraduate grants and their necessity to open up access to postgraduate studies and to ensure that a steady stream of persons achieve a postgraduate qualification for societal good and to ensure attractiveness to foreign investors. [28474/16]

Priority Questions: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I am glad Deputy Nolan agrees with the Fianna Fáil position on the ex quotaguidance counsellors. We are glad to have that support. It is one of the items in the confidence and supply agreement we have with the Government. My question raises another issue that is in the confidence and supply agreement, namely, the restoration of postgraduate grants. I have seen that at first hand where...

Priority Questions: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister for that answer. It is a key priority for us. Almost all postgraduate maintenance grants, with the exception of the special grant, as the Minister mentioned, were removed in 2012. The special grant is for the extreme low end of the income spectrum and those very much most in need, but there is a huge number of other people who cannot afford to pursue postgraduate...

Priority Questions: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: We certainly look forward to sitting back on budget votes, with substantial progress having been made on some of these items. In fairness to the Minister, he recognises that the confidence and supply agreement is the fundamental basis on which the Government operates and that the policy options we have negotiated with the Government, and the Fine Gael Party in particular, need to show signs...

Priority Questions: Third Level Institutions (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 17. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the recent decline experienced by Irish universities in international rankings; his plans to improve and enhance Irish third-level institutions; and his further plans to deal with the funding issues in the third-level sector. [28473/16]

Priority Questions: Third Level Institutions (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I am glad the Taoiseach is here to hear this question because the issue of third-level funding that I raise in this question is a key priority. People are saying it is a Fianna Fáil priority but it is a national priority that we have adequately-funded third-level colleges. I would like the Minister for Education and Skills to set out how he proposes to react to what has been happening...

Priority Questions: Third Level Institutions (4 Oct 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister is in complete and utter denial about the crisis facing our third-level sector. That is obvious from his reply but it is also obvious in the action plan on education that he published where there are two lines devoted to the crisis in third-level funding and the Cassells report. When that plan was published, one of the first things I looked for was what it said about third...