Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Waste Management Regulations

Thomas Byrne

377. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the regulation in place to allow a waste company impose a fine for waste incorrectly placed in the wrong coloured bin. [33532/17]

Road Tolls

Thomas Byrne

401. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans for a discount on the toll for multiple or frequent commuter toll use on the M3; and if motorway tolls can be incorporated into the Leap card system. [33533/17]

Heritage Sites

Thomas Byrne

176. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to upgrade the site of Athcarne Castle (details supplied); and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the site is very unsafe and is currently in a state of untidiness and dilapidation. [32749/17]

State Examinations

Thomas Byrne

213. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if there have been changes in the criteria for accessing a scribe for the leaving certificate examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32214/17]

Wildlife Control

Thomas Byrne

350. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the action which can be taken in respect of crows in locations in which they have become a serious and unusual nuisance to human habitation. [32733/17]

Dental Services

Thomas Byrne

540. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the status of an appointment for dental surgery for a person (details supplied) in the Mater hospital. [33074/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Thomas Byrne

826. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the status of an application by Meath County Council for 25 housing units in Dunshaughlin, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32669/17]

Social and Affordable Housing Funding

Thomas Byrne

827. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the reason certain applications for social housing funding by Meath County Council were not successful in the recent allocations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32670/17]

European Court of Human Rights Judgments

Thomas Byrne

1. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will discuss the execution of the European Court of Human Rights judgement in a case (details supplied); and if he will address concerns that the planned redress for survivors of child sexual abuse that took place in national schools is mean spirited and against the spirit of this judgment. [31910/17]

Ministerial Responsibilities

Thomas Byrne

3. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will discuss the new delegation of ministerial responsibility within his Department to the Ministers of State; and the way in which it is proposed that this will work. [31911/17]

Special Educational Needs Service Provision

Thomas Byrne

5. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will discuss the lack of notice given to schools of SNA allocations for the coming year; and if he will address concerns that SNAs do not know whether they will be in employment in 2018 in view of the fact that the 2016 to 2017 school year has now ended. [31912/17]

Pupil-Teacher Ratio

Thomas Byrne

13. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to reduce the pupil-teacher ratio across the school system. [31748/17]

School Admissions

Thomas Byrne

28. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the work which needs to be carried out before he is ready to finalise a legislative proposal regarding the role of religion in school admissions. [31747/17]

DEIS Administration

Thomas Byrne

36. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm his commitment to keeping so-called legacy posts in place in DEIS schools in the most disadvantaged areas. [31745/17]

Teachers' Remuneration

Thomas Byrne

38. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on reducing the pay scale equality gap affecting recently qualified teachers. [31744/17]

School Accommodation Provision

Thomas Byrne

41. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to increase provision of second level education in the eastern part of County Meath, in particular, the Duleek area. [31746/17]

Medical Card Applications

Thomas Byrne

148. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a medical card application by persons (details supplied). [31828/17]

School Accommodation Provision

Thomas Byrne

122. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding an application for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied) [31815/17]

Brexit Negotiations

Thomas Byrne

81. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Finance his plans to avoid a hard border as a result of Brexit which would create an obstacle to ease of travel and business to Northern Ireland. [30567/17]

National Training Fund

Thomas Byrne

145. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 20 June 2017, if it is possible to vary the rate employers pay in the national training levy to the proposed employer contribution mechanism according to the assumed benefit they derive from higher education training or alternatively to varying contributions by sector whereby employers in more high skilled sectors pay a higher contribution, which was not addressed in the original response. [30873/17]