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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Pat Breen: The ambassador may want to answer Deputy Eric Byrne's questions, and other members have questions on the conflicts in Syria and the Middle East, particularly the Israel-Palestine question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Situation: Ambassador of Iran to Ireland (9 Jul 2014)

Pat Breen: Deputy Eric Byrne will be next.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)

Pat Breen: I will bring in Deputy Eric Byrne because he has to slip out to attend a meeting of the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs. Unfortunately that meeting is on next door. I know the Deputy will come back again but he wanted to get in before leaving.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (18 Jun 2014)

Pat Breen: Apologies have been received from Deputy Eric Byrne and Senator David Norris. The draft minutes of the meeting on 11 June have been circulated to members. Are they agreed to? Agreed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in South Sudan: Concern, GOAL and Oxfam (11 Jun 2014)

Pat Breen: I call Deputy Eric Byrne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Pat Breen: Deputy Eric Byrne wishes to make a brief comment even though he is suffering from a bad dose of laryngitis.

Report on the Contribution of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to Economic Recovery: Statements (28 Mar 2014)

Pat Breen: ...trade mission. They were invited by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland to promote Ireland and trade. We have various agencies that can raise trade and human rights. The committee is strong on human rights. As Deputies Eric Byrne and Maureen O'Sullivan stated, we raised those issues, but our visit to Iran was a bilateral parliamentary visit and we were able to do those things. Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Peer Review of Ireland's Development Co-operation Programme: OECD (4 Feb 2014)

Pat Breen: There are several questions from two members, Deputy Eric Byrne and Senator Daly.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Review of Foreign Affairs Policy and External Relations: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2014)

Pat Breen: Deputy Eric Byrne should allow Senator Norris to continue, without interruption.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Review of Foreign Affairs Policy and External Relations: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2014)

Pat Breen: I call Deputy Eric Byrne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Review of Foreign Affairs Policy and External Relations: Discussion (15 Jan 2014)

Pat Breen: I could have spoken but I invited Deputy Eric Byrne to speak.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Review of Foreign Affairs Policy and External Relations: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Pat Breen: Okay. We are moving on to Deputy Eric Byrne.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Councils: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (4 Dec 2013)

Pat Breen: If there is anything left out we can return to them. Deputies Bernard Durkan, Eric Byrne and Olivia Mitchell are offering.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations Human Rights Council: Discussion with Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (6 Nov 2013)

Pat Breen: To answer Deputy Eric Byrne’s earlier question, Tuvalu is a Polynesian island, a former UK colony, whose Head of State is Queen Elizabeth and its national anthem is “God Save the Queen”.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Recommendations from AWEPA Conference (17 Jul 2013)

Pat Breen: Thank you. I will make an exception for Deputy Eric Byrne because the Tánaiste is here. He wants to make a brief comment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Unethical Organ Harvesting in China: Discussion (10 Jul 2013)

Pat Breen: ...said now by considering Senator Norris's motion. The witnesses might like to stay here for that part of the meeting. The motion I have received from Senator Norris has been supported by Deputies Eric Byrne, Maureen O'Sullivan and Brendan Smith. Members will note that the motion has been revised slightly since the original motion was submitted here. The word "forced" has been added to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Pat Breen: I thought that was more or less implied already in the sixth paragraph. I will ask Deputy Eric Byrne to comment on that. The Deputy needs to be very clear about what he wants to include.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Pat Breen: ...March. Senator Walsh tabled a motion, which is before the committee. Deputy Durkan tabled an amendment to it and moved it on 17 April. Following discussion at the last meeting, I asked Deputies Eric Byrne and Maureen O'Sullivan to re-examine the situation. They have drafted a second motion, which has been circulated to members. We will discuss the three proposals together, but the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Issues: Discussion with Centre for Global Development and GOAL (24 Apr 2013)

Pat Breen: There is food for thought in those questions from Deputy Eric Byrne and Senator Norris. Our five guests can respond to those questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (17 Apr 2013)

Pat Breen: Members seem to hold different opinions on the matter. Does Deputy Eric Byrne wish to make a brief comment?