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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Development Fund: Motion (29 May 2014)

Eric Byrne: ...aid, predominantly to Africa. It is interesting that it is co-terminous with our eight programme partners, which leaves us in a very strong position as a relatively small island nation to advise and tap into some of these projects for the betterment of the communities that we as a nation have targeted for development. It is a substantial contribution from the Irish taxpayers. We often...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Review of Foreign Affairs Policy and External Relations: Discussion (4 Dec 2013)

Eric Byrne: ...-speaking. Members are almost embarrassed when dealing with embassy officials who tell them of huge potential markets of 126 million people or 80 million people and I do not believe we have really tapped into them as yet. As for the diaspora, I have a suggestion. As a politician, it is an embarrassment for me to know the embassies of some countries, about which we always are talking in...

Topical Issue Debate: Local Authority Staff Issues (3 Oct 2013)

Eric Byrne: ...rights on behalf of the workers of the partnerships. Let us call spade a spade. On the ground, at the coalface of poverty, alienation and hardship, people at community level know how to tap into this and to provide the programmes to assist people in development. If they are excluded, it becomes a bureaucratic structure. I must ask if the Minister believes in social partnership. The...