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Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Tax Clearance Certificates
Thomas Byrne
207. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Finance why a person (details supplied) has not been granted a tax clearance certificate. [21115/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Teachers' Remuneration
Thomas Byrne
220. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the amount it would cost to reinstate all allowances to new entry teachers which were abolished in 2012-2013. [21148/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Social Welfare Benefits
Thomas Byrne
411. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection why a person (details supplied) has not been registered for credited contributions over the past number of years despite requesting to be so and what is required to have these recorded. [21373/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Home Help Service
Thomas Byrne
611. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the reason a person's (details supplied) home support hours have been cut. [21251/16]
Tue, 12 Jul 2016
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Air Safety
Thomas Byrne
768. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware of the Castletownmoor wind farm in County Meath that is in the pre-planning stage; if flight paths for training purposes or otherwise will be affected by the project, which contains 25 turbines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21116/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure
Thomas Byrne
29. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the oversight she has of State assistance in respect of a factory (details supplied); and to inform Dáil Éireann of any concerns of the State agencies under her aegis relating to the operation of this business. [19888/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Údarás na Gaeltachta Expenditure
Thomas Byrne
51. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the support which was made available to a factory (details supplied); if she reviewed State funding under the aegis of her Department in recent times; and if she is aware of difficulties in the operation of this business. [19887/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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School Accommodation
Thomas Byrne
103. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the over-crowded classroom situation at a school (details supplied); if he will provide funding to enhance the school environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20424/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Health Services Provision
Thomas Byrne
214. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the status of the appointment of a person (details supplied) in Louth and Meath disability services; and if he will renew the contract. [20413/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Hospital Appointments Status
Thomas Byrne
215. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment. [20414/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Health Services Staff
Thomas Byrne
221. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of proposals by the Health Service Executive to relocate administrative positions based in Kells, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20425/16]
Thu, 7 Jul 2016
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Health Services
Thomas Byrne
265. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the long-term plan for the regional administrative centre and current positions which are held in Kells, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20310/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Garda Training
Thomas Byrne
81. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she has reviewed proposals in conjunction with An Garda Síochána to reform the training of new entrants to the Garda, including proposals for recruits to undertake training courses in other higher education institutions, such as universities or institutes of technology, and to share some courses, such as courses in forensics, with undergraduates from the general student population, rather than undertaking the full extent of their training in Templemore; and her views on such proposals. [19072/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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National Training Fund
Thomas Byrne
165. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the funding for the Skillnets programme from the national training framework in each year from 2011 to 2016 in tabular form. [19108/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Further Education and Training Programmes
Thomas Byrne
166. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to provide details of any recent studies, undertaken or commissioned by his Department, of how Ireland compares internationally on macro indicators of lifelong learning; if he will outline the results and conclusions of these studies; and his views on policies to improve lifelong learning here. [19109/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Institutes of Technology
Thomas Byrne
167. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the reason there is no borrowing framework in place for institutes of technology, IoTs, as there is for universities, whereby they can borrow from private sources without explicit permission from the Higher Education Authority or his Department, given that there is no statutory distinction between IoTs and universities; and the plans he or the Higher Education Authority have to put in place such a borrowing framework for IoTs to enable them to borrow independently. [19110/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Third Level Admissions Data
Thomas Byrne
168. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if any Irish universities have had to place a cap on student numbers due to funding difficulties; his views on student entry caps as a means of dealing with funding shortfalls by universities; and the sanction he or the Higher Education Authority can employ to censure universities who cap student numbers on certain courses due to funding shortfalls. [19111/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Departmental Bodies Data
Thomas Byrne
169. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a list of all unfilled board positions in bodies under his Department's aegis; and if each of these positions is a paid or an unpaid position. [19112/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Technological Universities
Thomas Byrne
170. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if, when consulting on the technological university model and drafting the Technological University Bill, his Department had ever considered creating a comprehensive national technological university system to encompass institutes of technologies across all regions (details supplied); and the reason the technological university consortium model on a regional basis was considered better. [19113/16]
Tue, 5 Jul 2016
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Institutes of Technology
Thomas Byrne
377. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason there is no borrowing framework in place for institutes of technology, as there is for universities (details supplied); if he will outline the barriers that he considers exist to putting in place such a framework to enable institutes of technology to borrow independently. [19106/16]