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Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: The Minister has my full support on those two pieces of legislation.

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: I was discussing this subject.

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: What about the McNulty affair and what about Bord na Móna?

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: What about that chap in Irish Water?

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: They could not even find the name and address of one of the board members of Irish Water, except that he was-----

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: His forefathers fought in the Civil War on the pro-treaty side. That is all they knew about him.

Seanad: Appointments to State Boards: Statements (22 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: That was an extraordinary speech by the Minister. It was full of hope and promise and, of course, there was no mention of the ghosts at the banquet, namely, Mr. McNulty and Senator Craughwell, which brought this process to light. We were told this was the most reforming Government in the history of the State. The public rejected the old ways in the election in 2011, but we saw more of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: I apologise for being late; I had to attend two other meetings. Deputy Paul Murphy mentioned a list of projects. Is that list available?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: Is it available on a website or can the delegates send us a copy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: My points may have been addressed; if so, the delegates need not respond again because I can read the answers in the transcript of the meeting. I ask the Chairman to guide me in that regard. The issue of house prices in Ireland was flagged, but when I read the report, I could not see it highlighted hugely by the Commission. A concern about house prices is highlighted in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Annual Growth Survey 2015, Alert Mechanism Report 2015 and An Investment Plan for Europe: Discussion (21 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: We know that now, but what action is being taken at Government level? What action is being taken before the European Commission starts to give out to us and before the red light starts to flash?

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: I welcome that the issue is being examined at national level. However, in Meath this service has been provided for decades. Most children with special needs whose parents wish them to attend a mainstream preschool do so. We would like certainty and we would like to see the results of the report, as well as having proper funding in place for next year. We would like to see parents and...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister of State.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (21 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: Tá mé buíoch go bhfuil deis agam an ábhar tábhachtach seo a ardú ar an Tosú sa Seanad inniu. I wish to raise an issue that has been of considerable concern in County Meath, particularly in child care settings, for seven months or so. Not many people are aware that, in County Meath and possibly some other counties, the former health boards and then the HSE...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: There is no PR company in this case. None whatsoever.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: There is not.

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: I would make a brief comment. There are significant differences between what the Minister read out and his script. He completely changed the meaning of one sentence and read out additional information. I am not complaining to the Minister but if one only had the script-----

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: Yes. The Minister also read out another paragraph which put a bit more meat on the bones. I appreciate the Minister does not deal with individual cases but there are so few of these cases that they must come under consideration. If the Minister is looking for evidence of a history of transfusions in a case, that is certainly the position in the case of the person I spoke about earlier....

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: His name is already on the public record. He said that he would urge the HSE to consider providing to this young man the correct treatment before he reaches catastrophic thrombosis, which would be catastrophic. I will not name his consultant haematologists but will quote them. His consultant said that given the overwhelming evidence that eculizumab is the only effective therapy for PHN,...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Health Services Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Thomas Byrne: I thank the Minister for coming to the Seanad and wish him the best. I will speak about a young man, John Duggan-----