Results 1-10 of 10 for kerry speaker:Thomas Byrne

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Údarás na Gaeltachta (8 May 2024)

Thomas Byrne: ....54 2.57 1.98 1.46 0.29 11.41 32% Meath 0.21 0.21 0.70 0.16 0.06 0.18 0.02 1.53 4% Kerry 0.33 0.43 0.56 0.31 0.28 0.50 0.00 2.40 7% Cork 0.35 0.54 ...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Sports Funding (27 Feb 2024)

Thomas Byrne: ...continues. The following is the current number of applications per county (subject to change as outlined above): Carlow 15 Cavan 10 Clare 29 Cork 105 Donegal 47 Dublin 169 Galway 53 Kerry 42 Kildare 28 Kilkenny 24 Laois 19 Leitrim 8 Limerick 41 Longford 11 Louth 18 Mayo 30 Meath 26 Monaghan 15 Offaly 19 Roscommon 17 Sligo 24 Tipperary 29 ...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Weather Events (19 Oct 2023)

Thomas Byrne: ...has been liaising with Met Éireann which is monitoring the heavy rain associated with Storm Babet that has affected the south of the country. A status orange rainfall warning was issued for Cork, Kerry and Waterford on Monday, 16 October for spells of heavy rain likely to bring localised flooding, difficult driving conditions and possible wave overtopping at high tide with an...

Energy Security: Motion [Private Members] (21 Sep 2022)

Thomas Byrne: ...is an acknowledgement that climate change is a fact, that it is coming towards us like a train and we must react to it and that the public and the people the group's Deputies represent in counties Kerry, Tipperary, Cork and Offaly know that as well and are working towards it. The other issue is Putin. This man has turned on and off gas taps etc. The war on Ukraine has affected the...

National Recovery and Resilience Plan: Statements (2 Jun 2021)

Thomas Byrne: ...when their customers in the European Single Market are in economies that are doing better. That part of this debate is not widely appreciated or understood. I will have to respond to Deputy Michael Healy-Rae. He certainly knows Kerry better than I do but, as an outsider to Kerry, I do not immediately associate it with fishing, forestry and turf. I think of Fexco, Kerry Group,...

Post-European Council Meetings: Statements (22 Jul 2020)

Thomas Byrne: ...who work in those firms depend on Europe having its act together, as it did this week. That applies to the pharmaceutical industry in Clonmel and to the industries in Deputy Healy-Rae's constituency in Kerry, including Kerry Group, one of our largest exporters. That industry is absolutely dependent on a good Single Market. The same is true for the tourism industry. It depends on Europe...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Information and Communications Technology (25 Jun 2019)

Thomas Byrne: ...in the Limerick-Clare ETB was patchy, and in Waterford-Wexford it is approximately half and half, some of which have done this. In Carlow-Kilkenny ETB, one school has completed the consultation. Kerry, Cork and Kildare-Wicklow are better than most ETBs and, for the most part, they appear to have implemented the circular. In Tipperary, only one school has implemented the circular. The...

Seanad: Order of Business (15 May 2013)

Thomas Byrne: ...for Health. It is important to have the debate today. The reports are very vague and we do not know what will happen. Specific commitments have been given to a number of hospitals, including Kerry, Wexford, Letterkenny and Waterford. I congratulate the Leader on the representations I assume he made in respect of Waterford. There are winners and losers in this report. Among the...

Seanad: European Affairs: Statements (22 Jun 2011)

Thomas Byrne: ...not subscribe to the notion that it has been badly damaged, destroyed or ruined. It was pointed out to me last week that there is record demand for popular Irish stocks and shares such as those of Kerry Group, etc. This is reflective of the fact that there are some very good companies in this country which are assisting in restoring its good reputation. It is important the Government...

Tribunals of Inquiry Bill 2005: Second Stage (Resumed) (6 Nov 2008)

Thomas Byrne: ...out of date and no longer works. Irish tribunals of inquiry were established to investigate the deaths of individuals in Garda custody, the accident off Whiddy Island, the Stardust tragedy and the Kerry babies case. I spent my teenage years watching news reports on the beef tribunal.