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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: Did he get married or something?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: As the witness has raised the hare of Northern Ireland, I have a supplementary observation. Perhaps we need to bring in the Border poll to decide once and for all who would have the ultimate right to vote in the North.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: The amount of work involved for Irish centres or embassies in handling an election that way would be phenomenal.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: We found it very strange that one can change one's vote.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Voting Rights of EU Citizens: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: I thank both delegates. We must go back to the fundamentals and I am asking them for their opinions. What do we mean when we speak about the Irish diaspora? Does it amount to 30 million or 40 million people? Is it 3 million in England? I am looking for guidance on the foundations of this debate. Whom do the delegates believe should be allocated the right to vote and what criteria should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: Is this information note for debate today?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: I ask because I wish to extend the coverage of this note. It refers to northern Nigeria around Maiduguri and Kano State. I suggest the joint committee should consider carefully what Tony Blair has said about that particular region, which as the Chairman is aware, extends from Niger through the Central African Republic, northern Nigeria and the borders of Cameroon and Chad. Right across...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: As people keep asking what Europe is doing about that region, I note the French are very annoyed that Europe is so slow in acting. As the Chairman is aware, they moved into Mali.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: Were members to restrict this debate to the area around Maiduguri, I note that unfortunately, a vast remaining strip of Africa is experiencing similar difficulties. The French are annoyed that they have been obliged to move into Mali and into the Horn of Africa, as well as driving them back from the Central African Republic.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: The joint committee must examine this region very carefully.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: It seemed to be contradictory because $32 billion is a lot of money.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: It just proves that I read the document.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Role and Functions of Christian Aid Ireland (7 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: I wish to make two comments. I must apologise first because I have read both of the reports but cannot comment on them because of my voice. Christian Aid projected the image of an uncaring regime imposed by the MPLA in Angola. Can it explain the contradiction of a government recently allocating $32 billion for food security measures in the country?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council Meeting and European Parliament Elections: Minister of State for European Affairs (6 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: This is the second time I have heard the Minister of State elaborate on the role he is going to play in Europe. I thank him for his detailed presentations and I agree with most of what he has said. In regard to his new engagement with those who will be elected to the European Parliament from the far left and the far right, it constitutes a worrying trend in European politics that people...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (6 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a recent circular from his Department (details supplied) regarding the provision of special needs assistants; if he will address the concerns raised by parents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20200/14]

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. No Member can come into this Chamber and not recognise there is a terrible human tragedy in society, whereby people find it difficult to put a roof over their heads. It is almost sickening to remember the cause of this problem, that is, the obscene relationship between Fianna Fáil and the construction industry. This obscene relationship gave carte...

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: I had thought I had five minutes.

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (1 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: Very well. I can elaborate better. This problem in respect of the rent subsidy to people in the private rented sector exists and must be addressed. In my 40 years in politics, I have never seen the logic of hard-earned taxpayers' money being diverted to the extent it is into the pockets of the private rented sector and the landlords therein. One can be honest and acknowledge they are...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: It is nothing to the crisis the Deputy’s lot is in.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: Where is the Deputy’s Leader?