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Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 October 2015
174. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans for paternity benefit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34245/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2015
158. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities have a records manager in place to deal with information management, as was recently announced by the central policy unit of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33465/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 September 2015
92. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of a building (details supplied) in Dublin 12; the future plans for this building; if it can be transferred or made available for use by community groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33642/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
1676. Deputy Eric Byrne asked 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]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
1252. Deputy Eric Byrne asked 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]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
632. Deputy Eric Byrne asked 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]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
606. Deputy Eric Byrne asked 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]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
605. Deputy Eric Byrne asked 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]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2015
604. Deputy Eric Byrne asked 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]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2015
591. Deputy Eric Byrne asked 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]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 July 2015
56. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Tánaiste and 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]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2015
261. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the 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]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2015
249. Deputy Eric Byrne asked 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]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2015
496. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an outline of any voluntary repatriation programmes in place; the budget allocation for same; if he will provide, in tabular form for each of the past ten years, the number of persons who have availed of such a scheme and the cumulative total for the years in question; the number of persons who have applied and the countries to which they wished to be repatriated, including the number in respect of each country and-or region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26094/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2015
444. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Health his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26089/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 June 2015
373. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide an outline of any voluntary repatriation programme in place; the budget allocation for such a programme; if she will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons over the past ten years who have availed of such a scheme, per annum, and a total figure for the number of persons who have availed of a scheme; the number of persons who have applied and the countries in respect of which they have applied; the number for each country and-or region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26093/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2015
555. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding matters raised in correspondence in respect of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12 who is encountering difficulties in relation to fees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24945/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2015
501. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a matter (details supplied) regarding the recognition of the Armenian genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24607/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 June 2015
224. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Finance his view on correspondence (details supplied) regarding standard variable rate mortgages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24489/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2015
93. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24182/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
950. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding school admissions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21564/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 June 2015
927. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the withdrawal of funding from the post-primary European Studies Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21281/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 May 2015
920. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason for the levying of a charge in respect of a community group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20867/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 May 2015
300. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will arrange to have appropriate lighting installed in the car park and drive between the gates of the park and the boathouse of the War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge in Dublin 8, to help ensure the personal safety of those who use the park when it is dark; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18529/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 May 2015
56. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an explanation of the way an insurance company can suddenly deem an area to be a flood area without notice, and subsequently refuse to make home insurance cover available; the way the said insurance company can also refuse to provide cover for home contents, as well as risks including fire, theft, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17983/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 April 2015
60. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Finance if legislation will be introduced to tackle and prevent vulture funds from claiming more than other lenders in the case of sovereign debt crises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15901/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 April 2015
45. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by some community employment schemes in recruiting staff to meet their quota of participants; the additional incentives that are needed to encourage more persons to take up vacant positions on such schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15907/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2015
549. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that in the proposal to consider the future of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly that an Irish comprehensive review of the duplication of functions and operations be explored, in order to have a complimentary role evolve between the Parliamentary Assembly and the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Vienna; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15188/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2015
210. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the decision of the Secretary General of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Parliamentary Assembly not to seek re-election, his plans to contribute to the debate on the possible restructuring of the organisation. [15186/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 April 2015
196. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position on the status of Balochistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15185/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 April 2015
225. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation to set out his plans to transpose the European Union directive on part-time work into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14815/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2015
432. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when full funding will be restored to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12928/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 31 March 2015
381. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when full funding will be restored to an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 12; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12930/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2015
894. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding the roll-out of the social inclusion and community activation programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11770/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 March 2015
710. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Health if e-cigarettes come within the ambit of the smoking ban; if the use of these is illegal in public premises such as bars and restaurants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12020/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2015
229. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Greentrees Road, Dublin 12, is in Walkinstown, Terenure or Perrystown; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9466/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 March 2015
184. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding Down syndrome; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9471/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 March 2015
596. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views in relation to active, and public, transport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8765/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 February 2015
590. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when the date for the upcoming referendums will be announced; and his plans for an extension of a postal vote in respect of a person (details supplied). [8150/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 February 2015
244. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding certification by the National Standards Authority of Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6960/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 February 2015
215. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Finance the reasons for the changes to the standard fund threshold regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5630/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 February 2015
211. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Finance his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the Central Bank of Ireland restrictions on mortgage lending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6111/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 February 2015
628. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the frequency that the sports capital grant applicants are sanctioned for moneys that have been returned to his Department by groups who are unable to fulfil their obligations in carrying out their developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4563/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 February 2015
627. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the points system used in deciding on sports capital grants schemes and the placing on the list of successful and unsuccessful applicants; the rationale behind this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4562/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 February 2015
626. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of all weather pitches that have received funding over the past five years from the sports capital grant programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4561/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 February 2015
570. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government when he will sign off on legislation or statutory instrument, further to and inclusive of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2014, empowering local authorities to deal with tenants engaged in anti-social behaviour; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4565/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 January 2015
600. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a grant in respect of an organisation (details supplied) in Dublin 6W; when all funds will be advanced to this organisation to clear the outstanding balance regarding works carried out on foot of receiving the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3560/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 27 January 2015
432. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills her views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the honours allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3391/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 January 2015
238. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps being taken to ensure the implementation of the Destination Dublin Strategy 2020 through the Grow Dublin Tourism Alliance; the way in which organisations and cultural institutions can get involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2907/15]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 January 2015
208. Deputy Eric Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the difficulties that many parents are experiencing in accessing second level schools in and around the catchment area of Harold’s Cross, Mount Argus, Kimmage and Crumlin, Dublin; in view of the planned closure of a school (details supplied), if she will acquire the school site with a view to developing it as a secondary community school, thereby alleviating the burden on families who are experiencing difficulties in enrolling their children in a secondary school in this catchment area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1945/15]