Results 141-160 of 1,687 for speaker:Eric Byrne

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (23 Sep 2015)

Eric Byrne: I thank Minister of State very much. I am very conscious he is familiar with the mountain ranges of Ireland and that he is keen to protect our national heritage. He will see from the photograph that what happened required the movement of quite a substantial amount of the walls of the passage grave. He will see the entranceway to the grave. I am interested to learn it was rebuilt in the...

Topical Issue Debate: National Monuments (23 Sep 2015)

Eric Byrne: It is with great sadness that I have to raise this issue, which I raised on 22 May 2012 with the Minister of State, Deputy Deenihan, yet again. I brought to the attention of his Department the recklessness of scramblers, quad bikers and others engaging in anti-social activities in the Dublin and Wicklow mountains. I am a regular visitor to them - I am on the mountains every weekend. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Refugee and Migrant Crisis in the EU: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Eric Byrne: I apologise for being so late. We were in session next door at the Joint Committee for Foreign Affairs and Trade dealing with somewhat the same issue. This international problem is creating terrible riots within the European family. I am thinking in particular of the position of Hungary and Slovenia as two examples of unsympathetic and unco-operative European countries. Having said that,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Refugee and Migrant Crisis: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Eric Byrne: I welcome the delegation. This crisis is so vast - Mr. Andrews mentioned comments made in the Dáil in 2012 - that it is difficult for us, as backbenchers, to get our heads around it. It is so vast internationally and has ramifications and implications right across the world. I note with particular interest the reference to the inability of the United Nations to perform. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Eric Byrne: I fully support the idea of the Chairman leading a delegation. It would be important for continuity given that he has been to Egypt and has already spoken to the individual.

Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion (22 Sep 2015)

Eric Byrne: There is a deep problem with Northern Ireland.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners Data (22 Sep 2015)

Eric Byrne: 604. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of peace commissioners appointed since 2011; if she will provide in tabular form a breakdown of this information by Garda administrative area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30685/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners Data (22 Sep 2015)

Eric Byrne: 606. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form the number of peace commissioners in the state by Garda administrative area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30687/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Peace Commissioners Appointments (22 Sep 2015)

Eric Byrne: 605. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the criteria for being appointed a peace commissioner; if background checks, vetting and so on are carried out; if these persons can charge for their services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30686/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (22 Sep 2015)

Eric Byrne: 632. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the actions being taken to deal with the humanitarian situation in Europe (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31156/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Programmes (22 Sep 2015)

Eric Byrne: 1252. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a Departmental scholarship (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31214/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Waterways Issues (22 Sep 2015)

Eric Byrne: 1676. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to review the no swimming in locks and harbours under the by-law within the Canals Act by-laws of 1988 in view of the fact that there is no penalty for ignoring such signs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31419/15]

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2015)

Eric Byrne: Will the Deputy be in charge? He has a good track record.

Civil Debt (Procedures) Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) (16 Jul 2015)

Eric Byrne: How are things in Athens?

Leaders' Questions (15 Jul 2015)

Eric Byrne: The Deputy should go before the Committee of Public Accounts with this information. He is grandstanding here.

Order of Business (14 Jul 2015)

Eric Byrne: Deputy McDonald must have been out advising Syriza on the mathematics.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Data (7 Jul 2015)

Eric Byrne: 56. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of new community employment schemes that have been approved in each year since 2011; if she will provide a list of each one of these; their name and address; the number of supervisors and participants on each, as of 2015; the expected cost in each year since created; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27169/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (7 Jul 2015)

Eric Byrne: 591. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the location where Irish full and provisional driving licences are printed, produced and processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27475/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (1 Jul 2015)

Eric Byrne: 249. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to set out her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding religious discrimination in primary school enrolment policies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26549/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Recruitment (1 Jul 2015)

Eric Byrne: 261. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are recruitment embargoes applying to local authorities, for example, Dublin City Council, if they wish to recruit additional dog wardens or litter wardens, for example; if they are free to do so or if all local authority recruitment is embargoed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26547/15]