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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Departmental Funding (16 Jan 2013)

Eric Byrne: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the funding available from her Department and other agencies for local organisations, specifically, musical organisations (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1517/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (16 Jan 2013)

Eric Byrne: To ask the Minister for Health if the illness congentialadrenalhyplasia will be added to the long term illness scheme; and if persons who suffer from this illness will be able to avail of a medical card or long term illness card [1194/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (16 Jan 2013)

Eric Byrne: To ask the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the recruitment of 1,000 new graduate by the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1265/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (16 Jan 2013)

Eric Byrne: To ask the Minister for Health if there are allowances for sufferers of the Steven Johnson syndrome; if so, if he will confirm that these payments will continue to be made to sufferers of this syndrome; if he will also confirm from whom these rates are payable and the actual rates payable; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1330/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Eric Byrne: My question is to Bishop Jones. There were disturbing reports surrounding the death of Savita Halappanavar.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Eric Byrne: That is fair enough. Everybody will be conscious from newspaper reports that the lady concerned had asked the medical profession to terminate her pregnancy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Eric Byrne: It was suggested to the lady concerned that Ireland is a Catholic country. We are now all aware that that lady was a Hindu.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Eric Byrne: This issue is more than relevant. We are legislating-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Implementation of Government Decision Following Expert Group Report into Matters Relating to A, B and C v. Ireland (10 Jan 2013)

Eric Byrne: Okay. I will put my question to Bishop Jones. Ireland is a Catholic country with, according to the last census, 84% of people professing to be Catholics. Can Bishop Jones confirm that what he is suggesting to us as legislators is that we listen and implement the Roman Catholic Church's ethical and moral teachings and that we apply them to our hospitals? If so, will he then explain, given...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)

Eric Byrne: Mr. Maguire is more than welcome on the basis that anybody working with the Joint Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce is working on behalf of Ireland. His contribution during the years has been more than welcomed and, I hope, applauded. I have some difficulty with the concepts articulated. Mr. Maguire keeps referring to the Arab world. I still do not have an understanding of what constitutes...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)

Eric Byrne: Mr. Maguire mentioned another key issue, that of flights for people who wish to travel or holiday abroad but also in the context of the promotion of trade and commerce. I note that he specialises in the area of commercial, industrial, tourism and financial relations between Arab countries. I have a couple of questions in that regard. This is based on ignorance more than on anything else....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)

Eric Byrne: On banking, I had personal experience of dealing with a Muslim here who stated he could not borrow from a bank because his religion did not permit him to pay interest.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)

Eric Byrne: Is there a different kind of banking system in place?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)

Eric Byrne: No. They are trustworthy people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)

Eric Byrne: That is correct.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)

Eric Byrne: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)

Eric Byrne: It was a Mr. Louis J. Maguire that we were familiar with.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion: Discussion (Resumed) with Arab-Irish Chamber of Commerce (19 Dec 2012)

Eric Byrne: I welcome Mr. Maguire. I asked him if he was the same person as Mr. Louis J. Maguire, but the "J" has been dropped from his name. Those of us who were around 40 years ago remember that Louis J. Maguire was a household name.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (19 Dec 2012)

Eric Byrne: I refer to item No. 742 in the minutes which records that the committee agreed to seek to meet informally with members of the Oireachtas delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the OSCE. I ask the Chairman to elaborate on this matter.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (19 Dec 2012)

Eric Byrne: The Chairman will be aware of the item of correspondence received from the OSEPA which was referred to the committee-----