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

Eric Byrne: With all due respect-----

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

Eric Byrne: On a point of information, and I am serious about this-----

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

Eric Byrne: On a point of order, my understanding of an ambassadorial role is the complete opposite to that of the previous speaker. There are political obligations on Ministers with responsibility for foreign affairs to deal with these political matters with the Taoiseach. I seek a ruling from the Chairman on whether it is appropriate that an ambassador, who is an agent of the country, is subject to...

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

Eric Byrne: Multi-talented.

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

Eric Byrne: I am not sure I expect the witness to answer this supplementary question as I hope there are mechanisms of conveying opinions on the document to which I refer. The EU has found Ireland in breach of the norm and has sought correction with regard to the eligibility of the Irish overseas in voting in general elections. Has the matter been addressed or have opinions been conveyed? With the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (3 Jul 2014)

Eric Byrne: I welcome the witnesses. I did not have the opportunity to read all of the documentation supplied so I hope they will bear with me. If I had read the documentation, I might not be obliged to ask any questions in order to try to understand what is involved. Romania and Hungary - certainly the latter - have been highlighted as two of the deviant European states which have at some stage been...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Fee Waiver Applications (8 Jul 2014)

Eric Byrne: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a fee waiver in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 1; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29800/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Italian Presidency of Council of European Union: Italian Ambassador (8 Jul 2014)

Eric Byrne: I welcome the ambassador and thank him for his attendance. He has answered one of the questions I intended to ask. I congratulate Italy on raising the issue of member states' budgetary obligations. As the ambassador noted, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Michael Noonan, is positively disposed to agreeing to the concept proposed by Italy. The ambassador is from a country that attracts...

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

Eric Byrne: I want to get into the more substantive issues, so if the Chairman bears with me on human rights issue alone-----

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

Eric Byrne: I want to move into area of the whole international role played by Iran. We come from a Western liberal democracy while the ambassador comes from an Islamic state, meaning there are significant cultural differences between us. However, there are basic norms which we all wish to apply to human beings. The sight of the Iranian authorities hanging homosexuals from the jibs of cranes is the...

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

Eric Byrne: The ambassador saved me asking a question because I was curious as to what demonstration was taking place in France.

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

Eric Byrne: I am a member of this committee but I have been restricted to two questions about human rights.

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

Eric Byrne: A non-member of the committee has taken more than 15 minutes of our time.

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

Eric Byrne: I have a question.

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

Eric Byrne: We could discuss Syria, Iraq and other parts of the world, like Nigeria.

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

Eric Byrne: We cannot be segmenting our discussions around Syria and human rights.

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

Eric Byrne: I will ask a bunch of questions and then I will shut up but I have to be broad because the international remit of Iran is fundamentally broad.

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

Eric Byrne: That is right. I welcome the ambassador. He has big boots to fill because we had great respect for his predecessor.

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

Eric Byrne: I am delighted to hear that Deputy Mathews, who is not a member of this committee, has just come back from Paris, where I am sure he learned all about camp Ashraf and the occupants of that camp.

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

Eric Byrne: The ambassador has just arrived and he is more than welcome. He must have been delighted to read in the newspapers that Ireland is the country in the world that is most faithful to the values of the Koran. This finding comes from a study conducted by an Iranian colleague of the ambassador who occupies a high ranking position in a wonderful university, George Washington University. Those of...