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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Admissions Data (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any Irish universities have had to place a cap on student numbers due to funding difficulties; his views on student entry caps as a means of dealing with funding shortfalls by universities; and the sanction he or the Higher Education Authority can employ to censure universities who cap student numbers on certain courses due to funding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies Data (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all unfilled board positions in bodies under his Department's aegis; and if each of these positions is a paid or an unpaid position. [19112/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Technological Universities (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 170. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, when consulting on the technological university model and drafting the Technological University Bill, his Department had ever considered creating a comprehensive national technological university system to encompass institutes of technologies across all regions (details supplied); and the reason the technological university consortium...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Institutes of Technology (5 Jul 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 377. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason there is no borrowing framework in place for institutes of technology, as there is for universities (details supplied); if he will outline the barriers that he considers exist to putting in place such a framework to enable institutes of technology to borrow independently. [19106/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: UK Referendum on EU Membership (30 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 108. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has undertaken any contingency planning for the effects of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union; and the areas in which this contingency planning has been undertaken and any key proposals he has formed. [19025/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Data (30 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 109. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of British and Northern Irish citizens who are registered as students in higher education institutes here; and the number of Irish students registered as third level students in both Great Britain and Northern Ireland. [19026/16]

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I was referring to wind farms in particular.

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I wish the Minister well in his new role. It is certainly an interesting brief and will attract a lot of political attention, particularly at local level. We are all in favour of green energy but the community needs to be brought along. That has not happened to date. I agree with everything Deputy Cassells said about the North–South interconnector. When this project was first...

Energy Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (29 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Underground.

Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: If it passes Second Stage the ten-week provision comes into play, and that is too short.

Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: It was passed.

Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Fianna Fáil brought it in.

Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The Labour Party could go over the 2015 Bill.

Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: We could change things but it would be better to opt for pre-legislative scrutiny before engaging in line-by-line scrutiny. Line-by-line scrutiny is pedantic; it is about words and their meaning. The issues are too big to be dealt with simply by addressing definitions. We really need to examine broader issues such as catchment and ethos. We should explore on the public record why this...

Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: On the period of 12 months-----

Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: That is what is being presented here. We have not amended it. I am outlining to this Dáil the commitment of the Fianna Fáil Party to moving forward on this as quickly as possible. We want this addressed and we know it needs to be addressed. It will be addressed. We will not let it slide to the end of the 12-month period. We believe it can be dealt with before then. If this...

Equal Status (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Labour Party for introducing this Bill. It seems that, if we have proper consultation on this issue, it will be possible to reach a consensus in the Dáil. However, I do not see that consensus yet. For my part, that is primarily because I have not been able to meet all the interested parties. I have met some impressive lobby groups that made good cases in seeking the...

Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I would be slightly concerned about the Minister's reference to the Department's model clicking in when children are born. I presume there is an earlier process because, obviously, once houses are planned and estates developed, one can assume the houses will be filled to some extent with children.

Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 13. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out the status regarding the achievement of a permanent site for a school, details supplied. [18242/16]

Other Questions: School Accommodation Provision (28 Jun 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister will forgive me because I have tabled two questions with details supplied. I gather this one relates to St. Peter's national school in Dunboyne, which is a Church of Ireland school. It is the first since the foundation of the State to be established. It is an important school but there is no permanent site. I know the Minister is aware of it. At this stage there are not many...