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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: I move:That the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade notes:- that Mr. Sergei Magnitsky died in prison after being held for 358 days at the Butyrka detention centre in Moscow; - that the independent inquiry by the Russian Human Rights Council found that he had died as a result of beatings by prison guards; - the dropping of charges of death by negligence against two...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: Yes. It can get rather complicated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: No, we have that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: I have no problem with that. We have just consulted briefly with three-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: Can I explain that the last bullet point-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: The members will be aware that we tried to amalgamate two motions. The last bullet point covers Deputy Durkan's main point. The three of us have no problem in incorporating the note about Catherine Ashton; it is in the public arena and we are happy that it be added. I would have to think more deeply about changing our motion from noting the European Parliament's position to actually...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: Is that the full motion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: That is my request.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: I ask the Chairman to bear with me as I am relatively new to the committee. I thank the Chairman and committee for nominating me and Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan to try to come up with wording that was fair to the proposer of the original motion and the amendment. I took it terribly seriously. I have had sleepless nights while working out how best to present to the committee a motion that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion with American Chamber of Commerce Ireland (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: I was hoping that Senator Norris would address the skills shortage issue raised by Mr. Cotter. I ask him as an academic why the third level sector is not producing men and women who are quite capable of taking up employment that is being brought into the county?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion with American Chamber of Commerce Ireland (Resumed) (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: I want to assure Mr. Cotter that I will not start my contribution by asking what his position is on illegal Irish immigrants in America, because I know it is not his field. Mr. Cotter's paper was a breath of fresh air. It was an exciting and positive presentation. It presented the facts of the situation to us. It made it clear that there are wonderful trade relationships between America...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: 163. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether current legislation governing derelict sites is too restrictive when it comes to the rights of residents and communities to attempt to have property owners repair or maintain buildings which are clearly becoming derelict . [20642/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: 164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether the Chapelizod Old Village Association are fighting an uphill struggle to get their village recognised for the tidy towns competition for prize-winning as a result of the dereliction on the main street of Chapelizod comprising local authority and private owned buildings which are detracting from the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: 165. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to amend the legislation in order to facilitate serious groups and individuals to challenge property owners to maintain their properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20644/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (1 May 2013)

Eric Byrne: 249. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8 who submitted their application for a medical card before 1 April 2013 are disqualified from including expenses previously taken into account before additional legislation was enforced on 1 April 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20692/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (Resumed) with Central Bank (30 Apr 2013)

Eric Byrne: What about the ratio of 123% of GDP? Does Professor Honohan have an opinion on whether we can exit the programme with a debt ratio that high?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (Resumed) with Central Bank (30 Apr 2013)

Eric Byrne: The topic is economic and monetary union, but I will play it by ear. I apologise for interjecting, but I asked Professor John McHale and Dr. Alan Ahearne last week whether economists lived in a different world from politicians. We do, but we are co-dependent. From an economic point of view, I can see the argument that we should have inflicted more pain more quickly, but I ask the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (Resumed) with Central Bank (30 Apr 2013)

Eric Byrne: We need to think of the public out there. They would have been suffering even more.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (30 Apr 2013)

Eric Byrne: 150. To ask the Minister for Finance the revenue raised from an increase in capital acquisitions tax from 33% to 35%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19807/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases Incidence (30 Apr 2013)

Eric Byrne: 555. To ask the Minister for Health if he will clarify the situation regarding the reporting of infectious diseases, subject to the 1981 infectious disease statute, specifically, at paragraph 17.2, which states that practitioners are paid for reporting an infectious disease; if this is still the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20043/13]