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Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: 501. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the funding that has been advanced to the Integration Centre Ireland from 2005 to date in 2014; and if they will make a statement on this request. [45909/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: 551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form the funding that has been advanced in respect of an organisation (details supplied) from 2005 to 2014, specifically if any European funding has been channelled through his Department to this body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46241/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Anti-Social Behaviour (2 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: 516. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on recent reports regarding the inadequacies of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, specifically Part 2 in relation to seeking disciplinary actions against local authority tenants who are engaged in anti-social behaviour; if he will enact the necessary statutory instruments to bring Part 2 of the...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: 591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the funding that has been advanced to the integration centre from 2005 to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45908/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: 606. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the funding that has been advanced in respect of an organisation (details supplied) from 2005 to 2014, specifically if any European funding has been channelled through his Department to this body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46244/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: I will be brief.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: I welcome the witnesses. I have read the detailed documentation provided. It would make the hair on one's head stand on edge, especially if one is a woman in that society, or one of the indigenous people. It is horrendous. I congratulate the witnesses on their work. Obviously, without the rule of law any society is destined to be a failed state. The United Nations is playing a role. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: I will not be a second.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: That is very interesting. I visited Colombia. We are always reading about the horrors of Mexico and the problems of indigenous people in Guatemala. We have a letter from the Ambassador of Colombia dealing with the problems of mob law in the port city of Buenaventura. Is there something that we in the West do not understand about the region? There is a level of violence, not just against...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: The European Union has trade agreements with Colombia and Peru that are awaiting ratification by Ireland. Some 18 countries in Europe have ratified them. I understand the European Union has an ambassador in Colombia. Does the European Union have an ambassador in Guatemala? Having one would help us put pressure on our Minister, who is to attend the Council of Ministers meeting on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala (3 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: An EU ambassador.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Investment Package: European Commission Office Ireland (4 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: I welcome the delegation from the European Commission office. I wish to revert to the comment on the use of language made by the Chairman. The third point in Ms Nolan's statements states: The final strand of the investment plan is a roadmap to make Europe more attractive to investment by removing bottlenecks, and establishing a more stable, business friendly and predictable regulatory...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Investment Package: European Commission Office Ireland (4 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: The second page.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Growth Survey 2015: European Commission Office Ireland (4 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: We could all collectively feel very proud for being in compliance with fiscal responsibility as outlined by Europe. I am delighted that the employment and social indicators are going to become increasingly important, and these will give us a clear view of the state of each country's economies. However, there is a bit of a mystery attached to the degree of discontent and disquiet that exists...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Growth Survey 2015: European Commission Office Ireland (4 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: Yes. Are win a bubble that is going to explode, say, after next year?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Growth Survey 2015: European Commission Office Ireland (4 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: My question was to find out if our growth was disproportionate to the growth in Europe. We have come from a very low base. When I spoke about the bubble I was wondering if the European Commission has concerns about what is happening in Europe. I refer to the crisis referred to by the ECB. Is a sustainable growth possible in the presence of a decline in the rest of Europe? In that sense...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Data (9 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: 125. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a breakdown of recipients by scheme in tabular form who have received the Christmas bonus in Dublin 8, 10 and 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46877/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Palestine and Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (10 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: I welcome the delegation and applaud the work they do. They are very brave people. I think I may have met some of their people in Columbia also in very poor conditions. I congratulate them on their Christian enthusiasm. As a Christian organisation, could the witnesses offer us an opinion as to whether the Christian population is in decline in this important religious region of the Middle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Palestine and Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (10 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: My question is whether the witnesses think the authority is consolidated enough, because it is a merger, I do not know, of----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Palestine and Israel: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (10 Dec 2014)

Eric Byrne: Ms Minch said that we missed the boat and that we should have recognised the state of Palestine before now. It is questionable because I pose to her the following question. What difference would it have made? Today, we, hopefully, have the merging of Fatah with Hamas and one now has the Palestinian Authority. Hamas will not release its authority at a governmental level to the Palestinian...