Results 841-860 of 1,687 for speaker:Eric Byrne

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (22 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: It is hard to imagine in this modern age that people would be still fighting over emblems and flags, but that is Northern Ireland. Is the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade confident that the moneys he is putting in to create reconciliation and break down sectarianism, moneys divided between the loyalist and republican-Nationalist communities, are not actually...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (22 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: No comment.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (22 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: Could the Minister elaborate on the relationship between his Department and the €1.7 million to third-level institutions, universities and co-operative programmes? Does the Minister not think it is time, given the shortage of funding, that the office that was stupidly transferred to Limerick be transferred back to Dublin? That must save money. It is disturbing that with the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (22 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: It is incumbent on me to add to the praise of the three ladies based in Sierra Leone. Members of the diplomatic corps love to get placements in New York, London or Brussels. Those women worked in the most incredible conditions. It was impressive to see them interacting effectively with Ministers. One of them went jogging with the Minister for Education-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (22 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: With all the new promotions-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (22 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: The Chairman is usually there before us. I saw his photographs.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (22 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: People had nothing but good things to say about him. He will be pleased.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (22 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: I asked about the Limerick office, or is it too sensitive an issue?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (22 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: I am never happy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Role of National Parliaments in European Semester and Annual Growth Survey 2014: Secretary General of European Commission (23 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: Language is important. I was here before Ms Day arrived and I asked my colleagues jokingly the definition of a semester. In my innocence I understood it to be some sort of programme for American students on semester here for the summer. Ms Day said that as parliamentarians, our duty will be to demystify the work of the European Commission, explain the meaning of "semester" and so on. She...

Leaders' Questions (28 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: The Deputy is saying that.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Grant Scheme Eligibility (28 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify the situation regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4141/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Household Benefits Scheme (28 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: 361. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind the removal of the free telephone allowance from the household benefits package; if it is envisaged that this payment will be reinstated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3546/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: Could the clerk to the committee speak to the clerk to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Union Affairs specifically? We got caught in a very embarrassing position a couple of weeks ago or possibly last week because at least two of us are members of both committees. The meetings were held at the same time and both were very important events. One cannot attend two meetings at the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (29 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: This is correspondence. Can we proceed with our business instead of pursuing this personalised attacks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: Did the Chairman play a role in ensuring that happened?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: At the outset, I congratulate the office for doing an outstanding job. I would rather see the empowerment of the citizens on how to get emergency passports than opening it up to politicians to have this exclusive right of access. I am not good at mathematics but it strikes me, if my figures are correct, that if the Passport Service has issued 631,000 in the past year and these are of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: I appreciate that. I did qualify my question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: Are they allowed to apply to change their passports?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of the Passport Office (29 Jan 2014)

Eric Byrne: I touched on a point about the 60,000 new Irish. We have moved from a monocultural to a multicultural society in a short period and this has brought complexities such as the use of names by African, Arabian or Muslim people. We have always used the traditional Christian name and surname. Still to this day, many people think their first name is their Christian name, but if a person is a...