Results 741-760 of 1,687 for speaker:Eric Byrne

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Child Care Services Provision (23 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: 112. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the provision of creche facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44919/13]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Deer Hunting (23 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: 135. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the shooting licences available to persons to stalk deer in the Dublin/Wicklow mountains. [45323/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Bodies Expenditure (24 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: 92. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on the multiple independent procurement of research grant management software by agencies under the control of his Department and the total cost to the taxpayer of these systems; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the same supplier has supplied all but one of these systems and that all are compliant with EU Commission standards on...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Research and Development Funding (24 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: 117. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his views on the multiple independent procurements of research grant management software by agencies under the control of his Department and the total cost to the taxpayer of these systems; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the same supplier has supplied all but one of these systems and that all are complaint with EU Commission...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Research and Development Funding (24 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: 120. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on the multiple independent procurements of research grant management software by agencies under the control of his Department and the total cost to the taxpayer of these systems; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the same supplier has supplied all but one of these systems and that all are complaint with EU...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Research and Development Funding (24 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: 127. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on the multiple independent procurements of research grant management software by agencies under the control of his Department and the total cost to the taxpayer of these systems; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the same supplier has supplied all but one of these systems and that all are compliant with EU...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Research and Development Funding (24 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: 170. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his views on the multiple independent procurements of research grant management software by agencies under the control of his Department and the total cost to the taxpayer of these systems; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the same supplier has supplied all but one of these systems and that all are...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Research and Development Funding (24 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: 193. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on the multiple independent procurements of research grant management software by agencies under the control of his Department and the total cost to the taxpayer of these systems; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the same supplier has supplied all but one of these systems and that all are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Research and Development Funding (24 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: 269. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the multiple independent procurements of research grant management software by agencies under the control of his Department and the total cost to the taxpayer of these systems; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the same supplier has supplied all but one of these systems and that all are complaint with EU Commission standards on...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (5 Nov 2013)

Eric Byrne: 477. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the way the implementation of DSP's new programme JobPath will impact the current funding of the existing local employment service and the continued employment of existing staff that deliver this vital service; the timeframe in which LES contracts with the partnership companies will run in 2014 and 2015; is the DSP's position on the LES becoming...

Cannabis Regulation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2013)

Eric Byrne: Absolutely.

Cannabis Regulation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2013)

Eric Byrne: Ignore the monkeys and-----

Cannabis Regulation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2013)

Eric Byrne: Get away out of that.

Cannabis Regulation: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (6 Nov 2013)

Eric Byrne: What is in the water the Deputy is drinking?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Family Support Services (6 Nov 2013)

Eric Byrne: 79. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the entitlements available to a person as a single, separated parent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47239/13]

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

Eric Byrne: I thank Mr. Wrafter for his extensive report on the role of our delegate to the Human Rights Council. We are politicians from a sophisticated First World country. Collectively, we sing from the same hymn sheet where human rights are concerned, but I wonder whether we are not in a bubble. Perhaps Mr. Wrafter might help me to understand whether that is the case. We should record the fact...

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

Eric Byrne: I congratulate the Chairman on all the research he did in the meantime.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Arms Trade Treaty: Motion (6 Nov 2013)

Eric Byrne: I have just two questions. We have highlighted the fact that Russia, India and China abstained from the vote, but we have not been given the names of the three countries that voted against the treaty. Will the Tánaiste give us the names of those countries? Second, what are the penalties for voting against it? Also, if we achieve the 50 signatories, what penalties are there for...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Child Care Services Provision (7 Nov 2013)

Eric Byrne: 111. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 23 October 2013, if he will clarify the situation regarding the provision of crèche facilities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47413/13]

Health (Fluoridation of Water Supplies) (Repeal) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2013)

Eric Byrne: I see Sinn Féin is robbing the Green Party's policy.