Results 801-820 of 1,687 for speaker:Eric Byrne

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (18 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: 286. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will clarify a situation regarding schools (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8201/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Local Employment Service Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: 367. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her Department will be obliged to put the provision of Local Employment Services and Jobs Clubs, currently provided by a range of community and voluntary organisations, out to public tender from 2015 onwards; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7587/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Experience of the Irish Delegation to the Committee of the Regions (13 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: I welcome the delegation. It is my pleasure to speak to the experts. Senator Catherine Noone and I have just returned from a familiarisation visit to the European Union, the Parliament and the Commission. It is rather complicated so the witnesses will excuse me if I get the dot on the wrong "i"; they are the experts, having been there for five years ploughing their furrow. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Experience of the Irish Delegation to the Committee of the Regions (13 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: -----the EPP? It is meeting in Dublin to nominate its candidate.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Experience of the Irish Delegation to the Committee of the Regions (13 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: They are more than welcome. Do the witnesses have a vote with their MEPs and the Christian Democratic parliamentarians in choosing the candidate?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Experience of the Irish Delegation to the Committee of the Regions (13 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: Mr. Derek Dignan is a very active man who operates out of Brussels. The witnesses mentioned the permanent representatives. We have a wonderful ambassador and deputy ambassador but do they interact with the Committee of the Regions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Experience of the Irish Delegation to the Committee of the Regions (13 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: It is still a mystery. During my 30 years in local government, local government and regional government, as stated in the presentation, have been highly centralised. I am thinking of a country, such as Belgium, which did not have a government for more than 12 months but its regions were strong. In Spain, the regions are also strong, and presumably their representatives are better resourced...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: The discussion has refreshed my memory about the Tanzania railway. In the early 1970s or late 1960s the Americans built the road which ran alongside the railway. I understand the Chinese were building a narrow gauge railway at the time. Is the road still there? Is the railway still there? Is that one of the projects funded?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: No, in the late 1960s and early 1970s the Americans were there. Let us call a spade a spade. They all wanted access to the Copperbelt at Kitwe and Angola and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: My question is about the status of the road and railway at this stage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: Is the railway not there anymore?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (12 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: Deputy Crowe and I have just returned from Europe, having looked at how it operates and its structures. When one hears eurosceptics, etc., one should argue that they should look at the humanity of the European Union, as a 28 nation group. It is prepared to put €30.5 billion into the alleviation of hunger and development programmes, mainly throughout Africa, but also in the Caribbean...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (11 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: 258. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding the free trade agreement between Ireland and Canada; what it entails; if he will clarify a situation regarding this agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6278/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Exceptional Needs Payment Eligibility (11 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: 303. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an exception will be made in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 in relation to an exceptional needs payment to cover expenses in relation to a continuous cardiac monitor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6442/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (6 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: 13. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of Irish personnel that are serving with the UNDOF mission in Syria; their roles and the duration of their tours of duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5562/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Foreign Conflicts (6 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: 16. To ask the Minister for Defence the outcomes of his high level meetings in Ramallah and Israel on his trip to the Middle East; if he will provide an update on the current difficulties in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5563/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local and Community Development Programme Planning (6 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: 122. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if future rounds of the local community development programme or Leader programmes will be subject to a competitive tendering process; if so, will private for profit companies be eligible to tender; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5939/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (5 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: In regard to the Minister of State's reference to a Mediterranean and maritime flavour over the next six months, I hope he likes eating fish and drinking quality wine and that if he can get some time off from his busy schedule he will enjoy doing so. I understand the Minister of State wishes to concentrate today on issues such as security of energy and so on. However, he has caused a drift...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigrant Investor Programme (5 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: 46. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications that have been received and approved for the immigrant investor programme and the start-up entrepreneur programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5247/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Seanad Reform (4 Feb 2014)

Eric Byrne: The Deputy is wrong.