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Parole Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Gabhaim comhghairdeas leis an Teachta O'Callaghan as an obair dhian a rinne sé maidir leis an mBille seo, agus leis na daoine eile a thug comhairle dó. I congratulate Deputy O'Callaghan on bringing forward the Bill. I expect it will be one of the first Bills to be passed by this Oireachtas. It will probably not be passed before the water charges legislation but it will possibly be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (8 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 25 May 2016, if she will provide the number of gardaí who were and are mainly on front-line duties and not in desk jobs in tabular form for each of the years noted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14650/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Expenditure (8 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding mechanism by which he pays Bus Éireann and private contractors under the school transport scheme; if he provides funding per pupil or per school bus route and how his Department estimated the unit cost per pupil mentioned in Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 3 December 2015; and if this represented the average unit cost or the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Expenditure (8 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to what extent the contribution from parents for students availing of the school transport scheme on a concessionary basis covers the cost of providing the service; and the amount of parental contributions that would cover the cost of providing the scheme for primary, secondary and special needs students. [14662/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Company Law (8 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 364. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the procedure by which directors of a company that is no longer on the register can begin to take in charge the assets of the former company. [14395/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Irish Language (8 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 368. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the frequency of tours of the Office of Public Works' properties in County Meath which are available through the Irish language. [14626/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (8 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 510. To ask the Minister for Health the options available to the family of a person (details supplied) for the fair deal scheme who are in straitened financial circumstances, to cover the cost of full-time care in the intermittent period, approximately four weeks, until the fair deal grant is delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15019/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Medical Services (8 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 693. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide resources to cover the costs for physiotherapy sessions incurred by a serving member of the Defence Forces (details supplied). [14711/16]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Provision (2 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 305. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she is aware that a childcare facility (details supplied) in Drumconrath, County Meath is to close; her views on this; and her proposals to ensure there is sufficient provision for childcare in this area. [14134/16]

Mental Health: Statements (Resumed) (1 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Táim buíoch do Theachta Eamon Ó Cuív as ucht a chuid ama a roinnt liom. I am delighted to be able to contribute to the debate. I already spoke on the issue of mental health in the debate on health which took place before this one. I congratulate the new Ministers of State, Deputies Helen McEntee and Marcella Corcoran Kennedy, on their appointments and I wish them well....

Order of Business (1 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: On the same issue, the briefing the Minister got in the Department of Education and Skills pointed out there was significant work under way already with Bus Éireann with a view to making the changes that are proposed. This is even before a review. There was a review announced in the programme for Government but before that announcement there seems to have been significant work going...

Order of Business (1 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The issue concerns concessionary students on those buses.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (1 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 107. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a new school building (details supplied). [13928/16]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Relief Schemes (1 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 141. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of ongoing maintenance of flood relief works on the Tolka river in Dunboyne, County Meath. [13935/16]

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The Taoiseach is on the side of the angels, all right.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Now the Deputy knows how we feel.

Leaders' Questions (31 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Is that the way the Taoiseach spoke to the Deputy at Cabinet?

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Relief Eligibility (31 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 243. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding the availability of agricultural relief from capital acquisitions tax where the farming land, the subject of the relief, is wholly or partially the subject of an unexercised option in favour of a wind turbine developer or the subject of a burden in the Land Registry prohibiting any alienation or transfer of the landholding without...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations Reviews (31 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 333 of 17 May 2016 if he will provide figures on the number of schools that are not currently in a position to implement the new junior cycle English classroom assessment for second year English due to the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland ban on teacher participation; to provide figures on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (31 May 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 322. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of ten year old children here currently learning a modern language and the number of primary schools here that teach a modern language. [13349/16]