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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Childcare Services Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I agree with what Deputy Boyd Barrett said. It is exactly the same in my constituency. Only yesterday I met some residents, some of whom are commuting to Dublin with their 18 month old babies. There are buggies on the trains from Meath into Dublin because the parents cannot find a crèche. Several housing estates have been built and last week the Minister for Employment Affairs and...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: On Saturday, I met approximately 30 farmers from my constituency and the Louth constituency. There have been significant delays in their farm payments from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It is causing considerable hardship in the south Louth and east Meath region. Will the Minister give these farmers an answer?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Various payments.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: The Taoiseach should have heard the farmers on Sunday, some of them members of his own party.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 168. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of new school buildings being built at a school (details suppled). [51179/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 169. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a technical assessment of a school (details supplied) will take place. [51184/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Review (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of an ongoing review of the DEIS support scheme. [51475/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Review (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the ongoing review of the DEIS scheme will take into account issues identified in the measuring of literacy and numeracy by educational research centres in previous analyses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51476/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 204. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools in which the use of an application fee has been reported and confirmed by county in 2019, in tabular form; if refunds have been issued; the value of the application fee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51477/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Homelessness Strategy (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of his actions to date to implement the recommendations of a report (details supplied) of the Children's Rights Alliance home works report. [51478/19]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 375. To ask the Minister for Health when home support hours awarded to a person (details supplied) will be put into place. [51329/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: An Bord Pleanála (10 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: 680. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is satisfied with the staffing levels of An Bord Pleanála in order to deal effectively with the large number of planning applications and planning appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51847/19]

Report on Examination of School Costs, School Facilities and Teaching Principals: Motion [Private Members] (5 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: Nílim chun an t-am ar fad a úsáid ach tá mo chomhghleacaithe nua ag iarraidh labhairt freisin, mar sin roinnfidh mé mo chuid ama leosan. Cuirim fáilte roimh an tuarascáil seo. Rinne an coiste oideachais a lán oibre maidir leis. Chualamar ó a lán daoine agus bhí díospóireachtaí maithe againn sa choiste. Tá...

Housing Solutions: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: We built it as far as Dunboyne.

Housing Solutions: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: It will not be Dáil Éireann. It will be the people of Ireland. Whenever the election happens, the people will have a chance to have their say on a detached and out-of-touch Government and finally solve the housing crisis, as we see Fianna Fáil, leading in a number of local authorities with smaller parties, starting to get to grips with the problem and trying to come up with...

Housing Solutions: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: If one thing sums up the Fine Gael attitude to housing it is the fact that no Fine Gael Deputy has spoken in this debate other than the Minister of State. That is a real pity and it proves our suspicions that this is not a focus for that party. Frankly, the sooner Fine Gael is out of Government, the better. That party is completely and utterly out of touch with reality.

Housing Solutions: Statements (5 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: I agree with many of the comments of my colleague, Deputy Lahart, about inappropriate apartment development. It is happening everywhere else. The focus of my contribution today will be the Irish Independentheadline that referred to the commuter belt buckling as new homebuyers are forced further out. The article refers to the great pressure that will be on schools and public transport in...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: The tenders for 20 or 30 new school buildings were published on the eTenders website this week. Can the Minister clarify whether the number of schools is 20 or 30? A list of school buildings was also included in that tender which may be built subject to change. I ask the Minister to clarify when those schools will be given the details of when their buildings will be completed. What about...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (5 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: That is not going to help.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rural Development Policy (5 Dec 2019)

Thomas Byrne: There is no broadband.