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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passports Data (18 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The information requested regarding current place of residence of Irish passport holders is not maintained by the Passport Service. The Passport Service technology system does not currently record "address" information in the structured format necessary to facilitate the production of management information in relation to place of residency, place of birth etc. Additionally passports are...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (18 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister of State for European Affairs attended the Informal Meeting of Ministers and Secretaries of State for European Affairs in Vilnius on 29-30 August 2013. The topic for the meeting was inter-institutional relations, and specifically the relationship between the Council and the European Parliament. The first session, with the participation of representatives from the European...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (18 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I visited Belfast on 29 August 2013 to meet with members of communities living at interfaces, with representatives of the local business and retail sector and with a number of organisations and individuals involved with reconciliation and with legacy issues. The visit provided me with an opportunity to take soundings on the range of issues which will be dealt with in the context of the Haass...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (18 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 120 and 121 together. As co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement, the security and political situation in Northern Ireland is a central concern for me, my Government colleagues and for members of the Oireachtas. I maintain contact on an ongoing and regular basis with the First and deputy First Ministers, with the party leaders within the Northern Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I welcome the timely report by Amnesty International entitled “Northern Ireland: Time to deal with the past” and will give it my full consideration. I visited Belfast in August and it is clear from my extensive consultations there and elsewhere that the past is having a corrosive effect on political life and on community relations throughout Northern Ireland. The current...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (18 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The tragic crisis unfolding in Syria and in neighbouring countries has resulted in enormous humanitarian needs, requiring an urgent and sustained response from the international community. With the number of fatalities surpassing 100,000, there are now close to 7 million people who are in need of immediate life saving support. In addition to more than 4 million people who are displaced...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (18 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department is continuing to provide consular assistance to the family of four Irish nationals in detention in Egypt. Our Embassy in Cairo is liaising with the Egyptian authorities and has been granted consular access on a number of occasions to visit the four. The Egyptian authorities are still reviewing their cases and at the present time it is still unclear whether formal charges will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: As I stated recently at the British Irish Association Conference, the Good Friday Agreement recognizes the need to elaborate the principles according to which society could be protected and flourish and a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland is fundamental to ensuring these principles are given a legislative base. I believe that it is important that all voices are included in the process to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (18 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: In ongoing contacts with the British government, most recently at my meeting with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Rt. Hon. Theresa Villiers MP, on 24 July, I continue to stress the importance of implementation of all aspects of the Agreements. Since the restoration of the devolved Institutions on 8 May 2007, the question of an Irish Language Act for Northern Ireland is a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (18 Sep 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: A resolution of the situation facing the undocumented Irish in the United States has been and remains a priority for the Government in ongoing contacts with the US Administration and Congress. The Government has also attached great importance to providing for future flows of migration between Ireland and the United States through the extension of the “E-3” visa scheme to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (18 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 26 and 61 together Immigration reform was the key feature of my visit to Washington DC on 11/12 July during which I met with many of the most significant Congressional leaders on immigration issues from both sides of the US political divide and at senior official level in the White House. These meetings included Congressman Paul Ryan, Congressman Bob...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Implementation Bodies (18 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 27, 28 and 29 together. I propose to take questions 27, 28 and 29 together. The three terms of reference of the review of the existing North South bodies and of North South co-operation generally which is being undertaken in accordance with the St Andrews Agreement, are to examine the existing bodies in terms of efficiency and value for money, to look at the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (18 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Paragraph 34 of Strand One of the Good Friday Agreement provided for the establishment of a consultative Civic Forum. Section 56 of the Northern Ireland Act1998 required the First Minister and the deputy First Minister, with the approval of the Assembly, to make arrangements for obtaining the views of the Civic Forum.The Forum was set up in October 2000 and was suspended along with the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Directives (18 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive is a matter for my colleague the Minister for Finance, and I would refer the Deputy to his substantive answer to No. 72 of 11 July 2013 which contains a list of representations received on the Directive, some of which were received through the Permanent Representation in Brussels. Given the extensive and routine contacts on legislative matters...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council Meetings (18 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Foreign Affairs Council on 20 June, which I attended, discussed the broad situation in relation to the Middle East Peace Process, and in particular the prospects for the current efforts of US Secretary of State Kerry to get the parties to resume direct negotiations. Secretary Kerry has been working intensively on this issue since he took office, and is presently making his sixth visit to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Conflict Resolution (18 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 33 and 35 together. The conflict in Syria and the search for a political settlement will figure prominently on the agenda of the next Foreign Affairs Council, which I will attend in Brussels on 22 July. Recent diplomatic efforts, particularly the initiative of the US and Russia aimed at bringing both sides in Syria to a further peace conference in Geneva on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (18 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Monthly profiles for expenditure and receipts are in place in my Department and performance against profile is reported regularly to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and published by the Department of Finance as part of the Monthly Exchequer Statement. The Monthly Exchequer Statement for June has been published on the website of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Information and Communications Technology Issues (18 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department is committed to maximising the use of available information and communications technology to enhance interaction with the citizen and the internal functioning of the Department and this is reflected in the ongoing investment in ICT. It is my Department's strategies, objectives and business process improvement initiatives which drive the selection, development and types of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (18 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has responsibility for the provision of consular assistance to Irish citizens abroad. Consular Services Division is the lead Division in relation to the response to consular emergencies and the provision of travel advice. The Development Cooperation Division which, inter alia, manages the Government's overseas aid programme, is also concerned with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Rockall Island (18 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: As I have explained in previous replies to parliamentary questions in respect of maritime claims in the Hatton-Rockall area, Rockall itself is of no relevance in the delimitation of maritime boundaries. Denmark (on behalf of the Faroe Islands), Iceland, Ireland and the UK all make claims to continental shelf in the Hatton-Rockall area. Ireland and the UK have reached agreement on the...