Results 1-20 of 301 for speaker:Joanna Byrne

GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion [Private Members] (1 Jul 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I rightfully expected the Government’s response in the amendment to this Private Members' motion to be the same dismissive smokescreen which has been thrown up whenever the future of the GPO and our historic buildings on Moore Street where the leaders of 1916 made their last stand is raised. However, let us be clear: this Private Members' motion is only in response to the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: The delays are regrettable. They are, unfortunately, a sign of the times in which we live. None of us wants this opportunity to slip away and to be left looking back with regret in the years to come having made no progress. I note and appreciate the Minister of State's collegial tone. I look forward to working with the Department and both the Minister and Minister of State to assist in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 125. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his position on the redevelopment of the landmark Ulster GAA stadium, Casement Park; and the steps his Department is taking to support the project to construction phase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34632/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sports Facilities (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State's comments about North-South co-operation and striving to build cross-community relationships. The amount pledged by the Government has been broadly welcomed in all corners of our country, along with the £50 million from the UK Government, the £62 million from Stormont and the £15 million from the GAA. Although the project is still some way...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I apologise for having had to step out of the meeting for a moment. I will start by saying I am very supportive of the work of An Garda Síochána, particularly in my home town of Drogheda and the work being done by that division in recent years. Everyone will be aware that Drogheda has been the centre of a very vicious feud between drug gangs, which has terrorised families and...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I really appreciate that. I do commend the work, particularly of Operation Stratus. It has been a massive success in recent years and continues to be. We need a fully operational community policing unit to keep things at bay and, more importantly, to keep down the barriers that have been broken down, particularly by the superintendent on the ground in Drogheda, and to rebuild that trust...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Have any of the non-compliant procurements been with companies that were flagged in previous annual reports?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: This is the public accounts committee. That information should be to hand. I would appreciate if that could be circulated to the committee, please.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: On page 7 of the accounts, there is correspondence relating to a €7.5 million Revenue bill. I understand it relates to travel and subsistence claims. Can the committee have a briefing note on that so we can understand, in detail, how that happened and how it is being remediated? It is a huge sum as well.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: Again, I will come back to page 5 of the accounts. It details overpayments in salaries and pensions. I understand it is a large organisation and things like this happen. I come from an accounting background so I have worked in that field. A total of 73% of salary overpayments have been recovered but only 4% of the pension overpayments have been. Is there a reason the recovery rates are...

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: The Comptroller and Auditor General has drawn attention to the expense incurred on a new building at Rosslare Harbour. It was €10.9 million, again compliant with the procurement guidelines. Attention was also drawn to the overspend on cars. In relation to the cars, was another provider tendered for the contract on the cars or was there only one?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: There was an overspend on Garda vehicles.

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: That is fine. Coming back to the vehicles, was there another tender or was that the only tender for the purchase of those vehicles? Did anybody else bid for that tender?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: I understand that but on this particular expense, was there only one tender or were there multiple tenders? What was the reason this tender was chosen?

Public Accounts Committee: Appropriation Accounts 2023
Vote 20 - An Garda Síochána (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: And that were in the supply chain as well.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Healthcare Policy (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 132. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans to explore a mandatory under-16s ban on social media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34635/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 147. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to detail improvements and actions he will take, along with National Broadband Ireland, to ensure that businesses and residents are not left without internet services for an extended period of time, as has happened after storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34633/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Projects (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 160. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of the delivery of the new ICT system, which is needed to support a new CSFF round, as mentioned in his brief document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34634/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Reports (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 161. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the status of and timeline for the publication of the report that will provide details from all agencies under his remit of capital projects that cost more than €500,000 and were either abandoned or materially failed to be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34637/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (26 Jun 2025)

Joanna Byrne: 181. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 28 May 2025, the timeframe for the publication of the large-scale sports infrastructure fund reserve list for 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34636/25]