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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with the Irish Farmers Association (2 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: I am also interested in the bird life.

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Staff Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: I thank the Minister for his presence. What we seek is contained in the matter submitted for debate, which is "the need for an ongoing engagement between local development company workers and the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government to address issues and concerns raised by the proposed alignment of local government". That is very straightforward and all I seek from...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Staff Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: I welcome the contribution of the Minister. However, he has not satisfied me as to our demands. They are not really private-----

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Staff Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: Perhaps, in law, they are but they are basically community-led projects. The worry I have is that the Minister is deferring to the companies and has given the ILDN the negotiation rights on behalf of the workers of the partnerships. Let us call spade a spade. On the ground, at the coalface of poverty, alienation and hardship, people at community level know how to tap into this and to...

Leaders' Questions (8 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: The Deputy has been in breach of a few laws himself.

Leaders' Questions (9 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: Deputy Adams should come into the real world.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Appeals Status (9 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: 125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 182 of 2 October 2013, when a decision will be made regarding the appeal; if this appeal will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42628/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Impact of Conflict in Syria: Discussion. (9 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: It is difficult to get a handle on this rather complex situation. I thank the delegates for their contributions and for their sterling work in the region. I support the call for the establishment of humanitarian corridors. Unfortunately, it is probably very easy to say it and to ask that it be done. I refer to the report on Syria by Mary Fitzgerald in The Irish Times. She explained that...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Oireachtas and the European Union: Discussion (10 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: We have had interesting contributions to this debate. The Chairman has read Dr. Barrett's report, which is 275 pages long. I am sure every other member of the committee has read it too. I must confess that I read a seven-page synopsis. I am saying this deliberately. One will see from the minutes of the previous meeting that we discussed the eighth, ninth and twelfth reports of the House...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Oireachtas and the European Union: Discussion (10 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: Pure localism gets the Senators elected. It is the crudest form of localism, with the votes of the county councillors and city councillors.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: The Oireachtas and the European Union: Discussion (10 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: How does Dr. Barrett envisage the other committees dealing with issues that are relevant to them, such as transport or banking? Does he, for example, see a system whereby departmental committees would refer their analysis to an overarching committee, which may or may not be this particular committee?

Financial Resolutions 2014: No. 2: Tobacco Products Tax (15 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: There would not be such a high level of illegal activity if the paramilitaries cut it out.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: You are wrong.

Leaders' Questions (16 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: Will Deputy McDonald admit this?

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: They brought down the country.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: They are shameless.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Financial Resolution No. 8: General (Resumed) (16 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: The Deputy was too embarrassed to interrupt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict: Discussion with Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (16 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: Given that he spent only four days in the region, the Minister of State has done a masterful job in obtaining such a complete picture of the situation which obtains there. He has been dealing with two of the most complicated issues of the 21st century, namely, Syria and the displacement of its people and the ongoing crisis in the Middle East, particularly as it relates to Israel and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister of State (17 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State and I applaud his rapid understanding of the brief he has inherited. The committee discussed stability and the disturbing circumstances during the time when we thought the country and Europe was going belly-up and there was a danger that the euro would not survive. It is great to wake up in the morning now to hear that the euro is rated at €1.35 to the...