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Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 598. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to instruct the Louth and Meath county managers on planning applications in the Brú na Bóinne area. [4981/16]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Heritage Sites (22 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: 599. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the instructions she has given to the Louth and Meath County Managers in relation to the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site [4982/16]

Nomination of Taoiseach (10 Mar 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Is mór an onóir agus an phribhléid domsa ar an ócáid stairiúil seo seasamh os comhair na dTeachtaí go léir mar Theachta nuathofa do Dháilcheantar an Mhí Thoir. Seasaim anseo chun tacú le moladh an Teachta Chambers an Teachta Mícheál Martin a ainmniú mar Thaoiseach, le ceapadh ag an Uachtarán. Is Teachta stuama é...

Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: On a point of order, is there a suggestion that a Minister will appear to hear the Fianna Fáil motions?

Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: A Fine Gael motion.

Seanad: Business of Seanad (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I am just inquiring, as it seems-----

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Tá ábhar an-tábhachtach le hardú agam ar Thosú an tSeanaid inniu. I have a very important matter to raise in the Commencement debate. It goes to the heart of the failure of the Government's primary health care strategy. The Government has been slowly opening a number of primary health care centres throughout the country.Full and integrated primary health care is...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: The place is not open yet but it has been suggested locally that there would be a charge of €4. The HSE has responded that this is not its concern.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Yes.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Will the Minister of State clarify? That is why I am raising this matter.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: If the Minister of State does not know what is going on, there is no hope for the rest of us.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: It has been suggested and the HSE has responded to the effect, as I understand it, that this is not its concern because it does not own the centre.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Not yet, but we are worried about it. The centre has not opened. It is about to open. It is finished and we do not know why it has not been opened.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: We are not, actually.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Can I make a point on that? We made ourselves available whenever the Minister of State was free.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Yes, okay.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: If the Minister of State was needed in the Dáil, we would have accommodated that. The Leader said she was available at this time and we said that was fine. There was no discussion. It was due to be at 2.30 p.m. We had no issue about that.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Primary Care Centres (2 Feb 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I am not questioning that, but we would have made ourselves available at whatever time suited.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Wastewater Treatment (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Cathaoirleach for giving me the opportunity to raise this and many other important matters in the Seanad in the past few years. This issue relates to sewer pipes in very old estates. Some estates were constructed as recently as 40 years ago, but others are much older. I have come across examples in Ashbourne, Duleek and Drogheda. The issue concerns sewer pipes that become...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Wastewater Treatment (27 Jan 2016)

Thomas Byrne: Obviously, Fianna Fáil’s manifesto states it wants to abolish Irish Water, a position common to many parties. Hopefully, the situation will resolve itself after the general election. The Minister of State has come a bit of the way from what Ministers have said before. It seems the Minister of State is not saying “No” to this but is not saying “Yes”...

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