Results 101-120 of 9,893 for speaker:Thomas Byrne

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: I thank Deputies for their statements and questions. I will address some of the issues that the Taoiseach did not go into in great detail. He did mention them and spoke about the multiannual financial framework and new own resources. Some of my contribution will be as Gaeilge. I wish to address the issues of migration, which Deputy Lahart raised, oceans, and multilateralism. In...

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: I will answer these because there is a lot of stuff here. It is kind of a free-for-all. I am happy to answer but in some ways I am limited to answering on what comes before the European Council. I do not have information on some specific items that were not discussed at the European Council and nor am I the Minister of State with responsibility for some areas. I do want to take one point,...

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: I understand the question.

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: I cannot speak for the Signal conversations. We saw what was said there. I cannot speak either for pressure on people to spend money on defence. I think Deputy Lahart summed it up best. He mentioned the Nordic countries and said they are terrified but prepared. That is why these individual countries, not the EU, want to spend more on their own defence. I have here a booklet that has...

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: I am answering questions on the European Council last week.

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: No, I am obviously not.

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: I did not criticise him for that.

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: That is not what Deputy Hearne thinks.

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: I move amendment No. 1: To delete all words after "Dáil Éireann" and substitute the following: "notes that: - Ireland's policy of military neutrality is characterised by non-membership of military alliances or common or mutual defence arrangements, and this policy choice has been practised by successive Governments since the Second World War; - the Government reaffirms its...

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: Tá sé sin go uafásach.

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: Tá mé ag éisteacht le cad atá á rá aici.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: 615. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when an SNA will be put into place for a pupil whose application has been approved (details supplied). [11204/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (19 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: 1708. To ask the Minister for Health if Cross Border Directive services are available for a child who has been approved for dental treatment by the HSE orthodontic department; and if so, the process involved in this scheme. [11725/25]

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Ráitis (5 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: Is mór an onóir dom seasamh os bhur gcomhair inniu chun Seachtain na Gaeilge a chomóradh agus chun cloch mhíle thábhachtach i scéal na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh. Agus muid ag machnamh ar stair ár dteanga agus ar a todhchaí, tá sé ríthábhachtach an dul chun cinn iontach atá déanta againn a mheas, go háirithe ar...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (4 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: Nonsense.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Mar 2025)

Thomas Byrne: 732. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have cardiac surgery following a referral from his consultant. [9565/25]

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Thomas Byrne: Hear, hear.

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Thomas Byrne: I am glad to have this opportunity to take part in this debate as we mark the third anniversary of Russia's unprovoked, illegal, full-scale invasion of Ukraine - nobody else's. I join the Tánaiste in recognising the unrelenting suffering that has been inflicted on the people of Ukraine in recent years. Those people are ably represented in Ireland by the Ukrainian Ambassador, H.E....

Third Anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Thomas Byrne: Nation states in Europe have only really been allowed to exist in the last number of decades, primarily through the European Union. Our European colleagues see that as under severe threat now from Russia's aggression. The European response to date has been significant and multifaceted, encompassing political, economic, military and humanitarian support, while imposing costs on Russia for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (25 Feb 2025)

Thomas Byrne: 287. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when leap card service will be extended to Meath and Louth. [8018/25]