Results 441-460 of 1,687 for speaker:Eric Byrne

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Enlargement Strategy: Centre for European Policy Studies (13 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: I thank Mr. Fouéré for his fascinating contribution. I thank him and the Chairman for vindicating me in so far as my analytical position on Ukraine was not shared before now. I had rows with Mr. Pat Cox who, based on conversations he had in Ukraine, concluded that everything was hunky-dory in that country. Based on my limited experience of working in Luhansk and Donetsk, I knew...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Enlargement Strategy: Centre for European Policy Studies (13 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: I welcome Mr. Fouéré. I confess that because of the political problems witnessed in the Chamber I have been distracted and have not managed to read the bulk of the documentation, which I should and normally do. I apologise to Mr. Fouéré. Members of this committee have travelled to countries to examine what was happening in them. I have a very fond relationship with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council Meeting: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: They are deemed to be outside the mainstream Muslim faith. It has been expressed to me that they are coming under increased religious intolerance, pressure from other Muslim groups-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council Meeting: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: I am trying to remember the name of the group that opened the mosque.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council Meeting: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: In any case, I did not know the group existed until recently. In a nutshell, I support the Minister of State in his work in Europe, but will he reassure me that he is happy that we in Ireland have the ability to protect the rainbow society that has happily evolved in the past 20 or 30 years?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council Meeting: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (13 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: I also welcome the Minister of State. I will be very brief and concentrate on one area of his contribution: the rule of law. It is a great concern to a number of us on the committee that some members of the European Union have enacted laws that one could almost say were racist in content and that the action of these governments brought their national policy fundamentally into conflict with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Committee (13 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: Was he involved in putting out the legs that did not work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Committee (13 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: I apologise for the Minister not being present in that regard. She was in my constituency.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Committee (13 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: The Minister for Education and Skills.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Business of Committee (13 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: It went well. I understood it better than I understand whether they were going to give the diaspora a vote.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: Did the Deputy remind them why that is the case?

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: I am very happy to do so in order that we can rescue this country.

Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (12 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: Fianna Fáil left this country in ruins.

Allegations Regarding Sexual Abuse by Members of the Provisional Republican Movement: Statements (12 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: How about the Deputy's brother?

Allegations Regarding Sexual Abuse by Members of the Provisional Republican Movement: Statements (12 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: We do not believe you.

Allegations Regarding Sexual Abuse by Members of the Provisional Republican Movement: Statements (12 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: Deputy Adams is like a bishop in that everybody confesses to him.

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: It was not very nice what republicans meted out to people.

Leaders' Questions (12 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: Sinn Féin knows all about it. They are digging up the bodies at the moment.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: I know the Minister has to leave. However, what is his opinion on the US embargo on trade with Cuba? What is he doing about making funds available to create an integrated society to incorporate the 60,000 new Irish citizens from 120 different nations? Rather than giving moneys for an Africa Day, will he give funding for a multicultural event?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Nov 2014)

Eric Byrne: I would be very glad to give the Minister the documentation.