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- Written Answers — Undocumented Emigrants: Undocumented Emigrants (28 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: As I stated in replies to Parliamentary Questions on 23 November, the Government attaches the highest priority to the issue of the undocumented Irish in the United States. I continue to raise our concerns in all of my dealings with key figures in the US Administration and Legislature, including during a wide ranging discussion which I had with the new US Ambassador on 1st November. In the...
- Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: It would be the case in Cuba.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: They should not lecture us about invasions. They are not so bad at invasions themselves.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: There is no shouting down at those meetings. It is uno duce.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: Why is there never a leadership crisis in Sinn Féin? Why is there never a leadership battle? I often wondered that.
- Leaders' Questions (29 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: They were the first to shake his hand. They made a beeline for him. It is one thing here but another over there.
- Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: The Opposition should go back to Mullingar.
- Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: The Opposition Members should go back to Mullingar.
- Order of Business (29 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: They appear to be talking about the Mullingar accord less and less.
- Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (29 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: It is the Government's intention that Ireland proceed a) to ratify the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and b) to sign and ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings, as soon as the necessary legislation is...
- Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (29 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: The interests and needs of the Irish community in Britain are of particular importance to the Government. The strong commitment of the Government to support our community abroad is reflected in the unprecedented level of funding secured for emigrant services. This year, â¬12 million is being disbursed to assist our communities abroad, an increase of 45% on 2005. The allocation for next year...
- Written Answers — Missing Persons: Missing Persons (30 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: A diplomatic officer from the Irish Embassy in Ljubljana was in Bosnia-Herzegovina recently to advance a further search for the Irish citizen missing in the Medjugorje area. This was the third such visit by Embassy staff, including the Ambassador, both in the context of providing consular assistance and support to the family of the missing person and to review the search operation....
- Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (30 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: The names of the two children to whom the Deputy has referred are not included on the passport of their father, who resides in Lebanon. The children were in fact issued with passports in their own names in 1998, with the consent of both parents. The Department has been in contact on several occasions with the children's mother including during the recent Lebanon crisis, when it was also in...
- Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (30 Nov 2006)
Dermot Ahern: The Headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Iveagh House, is owned by the State. The Department has staff in seven other premises in Dublin. In the case of six of these, the premises are rented on the Department's behalf by the Office of Public Works. The same arrangement applies in regard to the Passport Office in Cork. One property in Dublin is leased directly by the...
- Leaders' Questions (5 Dec 2006)
Dermot Ahern: Hear, hear.
- Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (5 Dec 2006)
Dermot Ahern: My Department monitors the situation in Colombia through our Embassy in Mexico City, which is also accredited to Colombia, as well as in cooperation with our EU partners with resident diplomatic missions in that country. As the Deputy will be aware from my replies to previous questions on this subject, Ms Ingrid Betancourt â a candidate in the 2002 Colombian presidential election â was...
- Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (5 Dec 2006)
Dermot Ahern: I would refer the Deputy to the statement I made at the European Parliament on 30 November 2006, which is available on my Department's website, in which I dealt in detail with the issues raised by the Deputy. In that statement, I made clear that I would have the most serious questions about the methodology used by the Rapporteur of the relevant European Parliament Committee in establishing...
- Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (5 Dec 2006)
Dermot Ahern: In the absence of more detailed information, I have no views to offer on the matter.
- Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (5 Dec 2006)
Dermot Ahern: While I am aware that it has been alleged that there were plots to assassinate President Castro in the early years of his tenure of office, I have no further information on the matters to which the Deputy refers.
- Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (5 Dec 2006)
Dermot Ahern: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table in respect of the two Votes for which this Department is responsible â Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs) and Vote 29 (International Cooperation). Vote 28 Year Number of consultants Amount â¬m 2003 11 0.72 2004 24 0.47 2005 17 0.57 Vote 29 Year Number of consultants Amount â¬m 2003 87 2.6 2004 116 2.76...