Results 821-840 of 9,810 for speaker:Thomas Byrne
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: Let me be clear on this. The IABA is an autonomous organisation and we do not tell it what to do.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: No. Let me set out the position exactly. I and like-minded Ministers internationally have been very clear on our view on the exclusion of athletes representing Russia and Belarus. We, as Ministers, have made a number a very clear statements in this regard. This has certainly placed athletes and the IABA in a difficult position. I welcome and applaud that it has stuck to this principle as...
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: As I have said, I want to support the IABA in what it does. However, it is not under a directive from us. It would go against all principles of separation between sports and Government if we were to instruct it what to do in individual circumstances. I do not envy the position boxers are in. It is really difficult for them. As Ministers we have set out our views on it. A lot of that is...
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: We will make the announcement in the coming weeks as to what that is exactly. That is not fully determined. I am very confident that what we announce will be sufficient, by and large, to get those projects off the ground.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: The prices have just shot up.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: I do not yet. We have capital negotiations in the early part of next year but the ask is significantly higher than the last sports capital grant.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: I would certainly appreciate any support in that regard from the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform and from the party leaders.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: If the Deputy wants to give us the names afterwards we can check them for him. Deputy Griffin knows the staff as well as I do and they work really hard. Obviously a lot of grants were given out in the last sports capital round and the staff are really busy at the moment but we will certainly look at the details if the Deputy passes them on.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: I assure the Deputy that the Department is good for the grants.
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: The budget has already allocated €1 million extra for elite athletes, so that covers our Olympians and Paralympians. That is on top of the money that is already there. My understanding from Sport Ireland is that it will be sufficient to cover the costs. The Olympic movement has other sources of funding as well. I think we are definitely playing our part. The embassy in Paris is...
- Select Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 33 - Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media (Supplementary) (28 Nov 2023) Thomas Byrne: Projects seeking to enhance women's participation in sport are a priority for the Department and are very much encouraged. I am aware that there are facilities around the country to which women do not have the same access as men. Colleagues in the Seanad agreed last week that this certainly is a problem and one that is not discussed much in public. This year, I have introduced a...
- Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (23 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: The Sports Capital and Equipment Programme (SCEP) is the primary vehicle for Government support for the development of sports and recreation facilities and the purchase of non-personal sports equipment throughout the country. Over 13,000 projects have now benefited from sports capital funding since 1998 bringing the total allocations in that time to over €1.15 billion. The Programme...
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: It is not.
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: It is not agreed.
- Palestine: Motion [Private Members] (22 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: I thank the Deputies for their contributions. We have had several debates on the situation in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories in the House in recent weeks. It is clear there is genuine concern on all sides of the Dáil for the situation people in the region are now facing. I very much welcome that a truce, insofar as it goes, has been announced between Israel and Hamas...
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: Fáiltím roimh an deis an t-eolas is déanaí a thabhairt don Seanad faoinár bpleananna forbartha um chaipiteal agus beartas spóirt. Táim ag súil le tuairimí na Seanadóirí a chloisteáil. Ba mhór an onóir dom gur ceapadh mé i m'Aire Stáit le freagracht as an spórt agus as an gcorpoideachas. Ó ceapadh...
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: It is funded by the Government.
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: It gets millions from the Department of housing.
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: It was funded by the URDF.
- Seanad: Sports Funding: Statements (21 Nov 2023)
Thomas Byrne: Can they not use the men’s facilities?