Results 141-160 of 2,648 for speaker:Malcolm Byrne

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (22 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 209. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that are operated as part of a public private partnership and her views on the operation of such schools. [26401/25]

Biodiversity Week: Statements (21 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I am happy this debate is taking place. As previous speakers said, nobody is in this House more committed to protecting our biodiversity and natural heritage than the Minister of State. I am appreciative of the work he does personally but I know he is committed to action and not just words. The decision by the former Minister Michael McGrath to establish the Infrastructure, Climate and...

Gaza: Statements (21 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: With others in this House, and I am quite certain people right across the entire country, we share the horror of what we have been seeing going on in Gaza and across the Middle East. The denial of humanitarian aid to citizens is, as the Taoiseach rightly said, a war crime. The fact that we are now hearing evidence, as Deputy Duncan Smith has said, from a number of trusted humanitarian...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 16. To ask the Taoiseach to report on his recent discussions with President Zelenskyy. [22405/25]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I welcome the Taoiseach’s continued engagement with President Zelenskyy, our continued strong support for the people of Ukraine and our condemnation of Russian aggression. I am sure the Taoiseach agrees with me that under no circumstances should Russia ever have a veto on Irish foreign security or defence policy. On practical examples of action that could be taken, in 1990, when...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: As the Taoiseach is aware, there is overcrowding in every prison in the State at present. That has consequences for the prisoners but also for the prison officers. While punishment has to be part of the prison experience, it is also essential that we address rehabilitation and deter recidivism. We have only two open prisons in the State. Shelton Abbey in Arklow is one of them. It works...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will meet next. [25524/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 839. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the ongoing procurement process for the provision of a primary care centre at Gorey, County Wexford; if the current status of that process precludes meetings with elected representatives to discuss the ongoing delays in that process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25641/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (20 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 840. To ask the Minister for Health the average time it takes from conception to completion of a primary care centre; and if the fifteen years to date involving the planned primary care centre at Gorey, County Wexford represents the longest period of any such process. [25642/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Coast Guard Service (15 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister of State. As he can imagine, my frustration is minimal by comparison with that of the Coast Guard and those who support and work with it in Courtown. It serves from Cahore right up to Arklow and beyond. The latest development does represent progress. Although the Minister of State cannot give me a complete timetable, he said the project will be completed by the time...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Coast Guard Service (15 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: The OPW would have got it a lot cheaper ten years ago, when it started.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla (Atógáil) - Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Coast Guard Service (15 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: This is a long-running saga impacting on the Coast Guard station in Courtown. The Coast Guard at this station serves the coast of north Wexford and south Wicklow. More than 20 individuals regularly and bravely serve our communities in that area. The current old rocket cart station is one of the oldest in the country. It is a limestone building with a very rich history - it was...

Common Agricultural Policy and Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan: Statements (15 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I thank the Minister for taking this very important debate on a critical issue not only to our economy, but also our society. I also welcome Mr. Francie Gorman, president of the IFA. I have had a lot of very close interaction with both Wicklow and Wexford IFA as well as Macra na Feirme and the other farm organisations. I am delighted that the first female deputy president Ms Alice Doyle is...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Heritage Projects (15 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 18. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his priorities for heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24802/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 80. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to introduce a new local infrastructure housing activation fund, or similar scheme, to help unlock land for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24801/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (15 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 330. To ask the Minister for Health the reforms she plans to put in place to improve Irish citizens’ access to their health records digitally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25041/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (15 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: 331. To ask the Minister for Health the extent to which the health system continues to operate on paper records rather than digital records; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25042/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: We have had no progress.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: In the recently published HSE capital plan, there is no mention of the planned primary care centre for Gorey. While primary care centres are enormously successful, this has been promised since 2010. During the previous Seanad, the Minister of State, Deputy Butler, took four Commencement matters from me on this and she took a Topical Issue earlier this year. There has been no progress by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2025)

Malcolm Byrne: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on his appointment and wish him well. I have no doubt he will be very fair in the Chair. As he has extensive knowledge on this subject going back as far as when he appeared with the Nenagh Players, I am quite certain amateur theatre will feature in a big way in our discussions. Having served on this committee in the previous Oireachtas, I wish to pay...