Results 601-620 of 1,687 for speaker:Eric Byrne
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: That would not appeal to her.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: I welcome the Minister of State. I have some comments on the contribution from Sinn Féin and Independents. They should wake up, frankly, as those members are asking the most ridiculous questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: We are creating 1,500 jobs per month but when this Government entered office, we were losing 1,500 jobs per month.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: That is job creation. When we came into office, the country was in the hands of the IMF or the troika. We got rid of them and for the first time we are dealing with country-specific recommendations. When we came into office, the euro was in a state of flux and it could have gone under. For those who do not want to listen, the financial reports every morning on the news indicate that the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: The EU report makes some horrendous observations which must be attacked. The electorate voted for the fiscal treaty, so it is not as if we are doing something the people do not support. The Minister of State is not responsible for health or justice matters, unfortunately, although he has covered some points in his contribution. How can we explain, for example, that our public health care...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: Yes.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: Since 2008 we have added an additional 500,000 medical cards. What is going on? If 40% of people in this country require a medical card it is indicative of a very divided society with a poor level of income. How can expenditure for outpatient drugs be comparatively high with respect to Europe? What is Europe saying specifically about how we are spending so much money in health care...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: How will the Minister of State address the pockets of unemployment traps that have been mentioned? There is specific mention of medical cards and rent supplements, believe it or not. If these are traps, they should be eliminated. There can be no lifestyle that can trap people in poverty, and it is our political obligation to remove any elements of poverty. The next issue really gets to...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: I have not named anybody.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Commission Country Specific Recommendations for Ireland: Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (12 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: The concept of what a market can bear seems to apply to the legal profession and I ask the Minister of State to address that.
- Leaders' Questions (12 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: Will the Deputy please take his tablets?
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Public Services Card (12 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: 113. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason PPS numbers are shown on free travel passes; in view of the personal nature of these numbers, if this practice will be stopped in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25034/14]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in South Sudan: Concern, GOAL and Oxfam (11 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: I welcome the witnesses. This is not the image of Africa we wanted or thought we were achieving. We pride ourselves in recognising the economic growth in certain countries in Africa and the development and maturity of Africa as a continent. The witnesses expose to us again the horrors and somebody used a comparison with the Ethiopian famine. The irony of that is that Ethiopia is on the...
- Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Back to Education Allowance Eligibility (11 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: 62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a person who has a level 4 major award can repeat another level 4 under a new scheme, (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24835/14]
- Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: Deputy Martin is supposed to be the leader of the Opposition. He is a disgrace.
- Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: The Ceann Comhairle should throw Deputy Martin out of the House.
- Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: Deputy Martin is a bully.
- Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: I am sure the Taoiseach did not collect as much money on his trip to the US as Deputy Adams did on his visits there in the past.
- Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: Is Deputy Martin interested in a position?
- Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)
Eric Byrne: It is no wonder the Deputy is losing his hair.