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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (7 May 2025)

Thomas Byrne: 437. To ask the Minister for Health the number of orthodontist working within the HSE in County Meath; and the number of positions that are currently unfilled. [22144/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive (7 May 2025)

Thomas Byrne: 462. To ask the Minister for Health if there are development plans for the HSE building in Ashbourne, County Meath (details supplied) which has been unoccupied for the past number of years. [22240/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (7 May 2025)

Thomas Byrne: 473. To ask the Minister for Health if ozempic will be covered on the medical card scheme for those who have been prescribed by the GP but are not diabetic. [22279/25]

Seanad: Europe Day 2025: Statements (1 May 2025)

Thomas Byrne: Tá áthas orm a bheith anseo le Seanadóirí inniu. Gabhaim buíochas leo as ucht na deise seo chun Lá na hEorpa a cheiliúradh anseo sa Seanad. Mar is eol dóibh, mar Bhaill den Teach seo, beidh comóradh 75 bliain Fhorógra Schuman againn i mbliana. This visionary proposal signalled the start of European integration and acted as the earliest...

Seanad: Europe Day 2025: Statements (1 May 2025)

Thomas Byrne: Not us.

Seanad: Europe Day 2025: Statements (1 May 2025)

Thomas Byrne: The Lithuanians fear for their lives at the moment.

Seanad: Europe Day 2025: Statements (1 May 2025)

Thomas Byrne: I agree with it.

Seanad: Europe Day 2025: Statements (1 May 2025)

Thomas Byrne: I am not defending it. I am stating their state of mind.

Seanad: Europe Day 2025: Statements (1 May 2025)

Thomas Byrne: I thank all Senators for their contributions to the debate. We have all, in some ways, quoted from the Schuman Declaration. It is important to remember, and Senator Higgins is right, that the original proposal for the European Union was to physically merge the coal and steel industries of Europe so it would not just be theoretically impossible to have a war on the European Continent between...

Seanad: Europe Day 2025: Statements (1 May 2025)

Thomas Byrne: The Security Council is the only body that can mandate rules that have to be followed under international law. The General Assembly cannot do that and that has not been the case since the foundation of the United Nations. It simply cannot mandate rules that have to be complied with under international law.

Seanad: Europe Day 2025: Statements (1 May 2025)

Thomas Byrne: We cannot allow Russia and China to continue to dictate the pace in the work we do as a sovereign country in the European Union. I also thank my colleagues from the Government side who have raised very important issues. I thank Senator Casey and Senator O'Loughlin, who talked about their work on the Council of Europe which, of course, works very closely with the European Union. Senator...

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Thomas Byrne: He absolutely would not say it to any investor.

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Thomas Byrne: From this Government's perspective, investors are welcome to Ireland. We have one of the most educated countries in the world-----

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Thomas Byrne: -----and one of the best workforces in the world-----

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Thomas Byrne: -----and we are one of the most advanced countries and democracies in the world. We have a competitive, consistent and a transparent corporate tax regime, good access and connectivity and an excellent return on investment. The Irish sites of leading global companies play a key role in creating or adding value to the goods and services that underpin the modern global economy anchored in...

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Thomas Byrne: -----and the sooner that trade agreement is fully ratified, the better because it is of huge benefit for our indigenous sector, which Deputy Tóibín talks so much about. We should really have a united front on this because that reduces the burden, and economic cost and gives huge opportunities for businesses here in Ireland. We are living together in challenging times. There...

Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion [Private Members] (9 Apr 2025)

Thomas Byrne: I move amendment No. 2: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that the United States (US) has implemented tariffs on all of its trading partners, with the European Union (EU) and Ireland facing tariffs of: — 25 per cent on steel, aluminium and derivatives since 12th March; — 25 per cent on the automotive sector since 3rd...

Seanad: International Trade and International Relations: Statements (Resumed) (3 Apr 2025)

Thomas Byrne: Gabhaim buíochas leis na Seanadóirí. Fáiltím roimh an deis a bheith anseo leo ar maidin. Measaim gurb é seo an chéad uair a bhí mé anseo ó cheapadh mé i m'Aire Stáit le freagracht as gnóthaí Eorpacha agus cosaint. Táim ag súil le dul i dteagmháil leis na Seanadóirí sna seachtainí agus...

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: To respond to some of the Deputies' comments, the Opposition vociferously opposed the trade agreement with Canada. I was asked what we will do about tariffs. What we do about them is we have trade agreements where we reduce the tariffs to nothing or nearly nothing. Every time we do that, there are High Court cases and Opposition motions. We had all those photographs on Twitter, "they all...

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: I answered.