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Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (23 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 506: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding a passport application from a person (details supplied) who applied to the Irish embassy on 23 February 2010 to renew their passport; if this can be dealt with as speedily as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12734/10]

Passport Applications. (24 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing this Private Notice Question. I also thank the Minister of State for his reply. I have a number of questions for him. Does he agree that the reason for this difficulty in the first instance is the Government's policy of pay cuts? Had it followed Fine Gael's advice and started enacting pay cuts above the €30,000 level, it would have been carrying...

Passport Applications. (24 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Deputy Roche soon will be.

Passport Applications. (24 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: It would not be a satisfactory route to take but if the Government cannot facilitate people, they may have to do that.

Passport Applications. (24 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Or a person living in Grafton Street.

Passport Applications. (24 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Can the Minister of State inform me if the Government has any plans on how it might deal with the issue of passports or has it definitely ruled out the concept of outsourcing the service? The Department was asked to examine that option by KPMG in 2008. If this dispute continues, we cannot allow the public to be held to ransom. We must examine a mechanism to provide for the issuing of...

Written Answers — Departmental Correspondence: Departmental Correspondence (24 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 169: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13224/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (24 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 204: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the works that are proposed in the summer school building programme for an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13270/10]

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (25 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 96: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding the case of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13405/10]

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (25 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 157: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied); if this will be processed as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13406/10]

Written Answers — Schools Building Projects: Schools Building Projects (25 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 245: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Science the position regarding a school (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if approval will be granted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13487/10]

Passport Security. (30 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 69: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the use of stolen Irish passports in the United Arab Emirates in January 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13402/10]

Passport Security. (30 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Does the Minister agree the fraudulent use of Irish passports is an outrageous act? He has given a great deal of information, yet I am unclear about what progress has been made in our investigation. Who was behind the use of the passports? The Minister said in his talks with Mr. David Miliband that the British Foreign Minister stated that there was "compelling circumstantial evidence"...

Passport Security. (30 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: I agree with the Minister that it is important to conclude the investigation but when is that likely to occur? Was there a link between the eight fake Irish passports? If so, it should be relatively easy to trace who was responsible for falsifying them. Will the Minister confirm that he is of the view that the finger is strongly pointing at Mossad, the Israeli secret service, as the group...

Passport Security. (30 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Did the Attorney General receive any new information?

Middle East Peace Process. (30 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 72: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he discussed with US Secretary of State during his recent visit to Washington plans by Israel to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers in occupied east Jerusalem; if there are plans by the Spanish Presidency of the EU to hold an emergency meeting to discuss these recent developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. ...

Middle East Peace Process. (30 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Does the Minister agree that all settlement activity is illegal under international law? It is the policy of the Government and the EU that settlements that were constructed since March 2001 should be deconstructed and that there should be a freeze in settlements. Does the Minister also agree that as we speak there are continuing forced evictions in east Jerusalem? Does he further agree...

Passport Applications. (30 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 71: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to address delays in the passport office as a result of ongoing industrial action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13403/10]

Passport Applications. (30 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: If the Minister expects normal working practices to resume, when does he believe this will occur? Although I am aware the number of passport machines in operation is immaterial to the difficulties currently being experienced, will the Minister tell me the number of machines nationally and their work status? The KPMG report on the passport office, issued in 2008, requested that a...

Passport Applications. (30 Mar 2010)

Billy Timmins: Air Ryan, Ryanair - maybe it is a subliminal Freudian slip.