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Tue, 7 Jul 2015
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Driver Licences
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Wed, 1 Jul 2015
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School Enrolments
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Wed, 1 Jul 2015
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Local Authority Staff Recruitment
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Migration Data
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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HSE Correspondence
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Tue, 30 Jun 2015
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Repatriation Costs
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Mortgage Interest Rates
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Armenian Genocide
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Tue, 23 Jun 2015
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Student Grant Scheme Representations
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Wed, 17 Jun 2015
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Departmental Correspondence
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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Educational Projects
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Tue, 9 Jun 2015
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School Enrolments
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Tue, 26 May 2015
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Local Authority Charges Application
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Tue, 12 May 2015
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Public Parks Access
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Thu, 7 May 2015
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Insurance Coverage
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Wed, 22 Apr 2015
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Community Employment Schemes Places
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Wed, 22 Apr 2015
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Sovereign Debt
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Tue, 21 Apr 2015
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Foreign Conflicts
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Tue, 21 Apr 2015
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Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Eric J. Byrne
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]
Tue, 21 Apr 2015
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Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Eric J. Byrne
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]