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Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (25 May 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 275: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the bilateral or other arrangements that have been discussed between his Department and its counterpart in the United States in respect of the undocumented Irish in the United States in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21959/10]

Written Answers — Fisheries Protection: Fisheries Protection (26 May 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 73: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the position regarding the cod recovery plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22083/10]

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (26 May 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 136: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his European counterparts on the formation of an independent ratings agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22143/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (26 May 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 206: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants in his Department who received coaching in a foreign language in the past 12 months; the expenditure that his Department incurred in providing such coaching; the languages in which such coaching was provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22175/10]

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (26 May 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 207: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the training his Department's staff received in the past 12 months in providing support and assistance to the families of Irish victims of disasters and personal tragedies abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22179/10]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (26 May 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 224: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the estimate he has made of the change in demand for electricity by 2025; the provisions he has put in place to deal with those changes; the costs that are likely to be incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22198/10]

Written Answers — Electricity Generation: Electricity Generation (26 May 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 225: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the most recent estimate of the proportion of electricity generated from renewable sources; his estimate of the proportion of electricity that will be generated from renewable sources by 2025; the way he intends to achieve those estimates and the costs likely to be incurred in so doing; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Bullying in Schools: Bullying in Schools (26 May 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 250: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Education and Skills the number of incidents of bullying between pupils and verbal and physical abuse of school staff by pupils that were recorded in schools in each of the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22210/10]

Requests to Move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (1 Jun 2010)

Billy Timmins: On the basis that the matter I wished to raise under Standing Order 32 has been met by the motion as set out in the amended Order of Business, I am happy to withdraw it.

Interception of Gaza Humanitarian Flotilla: Motion (1 Jun 2010)

Billy Timmins: Fine Gael supports the motion. The action was terrible and Fine Gael condemns it in the strongest manner. The killing of individuals seeking to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza was a deplorable act and we extend our sympathies to those families who have suffered bereavement, to the colleagues of the people murdered and to the wounded and their families. The root cause of the issue is the...

Interception of Gaza Humanitarian Flotilla: Motion (1 Jun 2010)

Billy Timmins: Does the Minister agree that there is almost unanimity among Members in respect of the motion? I regret some of the comments made by Deputy Ó Snodaigh, who could not refrain from pursuing some personal agenda and who sought to find division where none exists.

Interception of Gaza Humanitarian Flotilla: Motion (1 Jun 2010)

Billy Timmins: Deputy Ó Snodaigh's comments on this issue have never been that constructive. They have, in fact, been divisive. Such division will do nothing to solve the problem. Will the Minister relate to the House what the Israeli ambassador said with regard to the killings that took place yesterday? Did the ambassador provide any information in respect of the circumstances relating to those...

Interception of Gaza Humanitarian Flotilla: Motion (1 Jun 2010)

Billy Timmins: The Acting Chairman has done so now anyway.

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (1 Jun 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 147: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his EU counterparts regarding the proposal that European Union countries will be required to impose an up-front levy on banks, with the proceeds to be paid into national funds to insure against future financial failures under proposals to be unveiled shortly; if the taxpayer will again end up footing the bill...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (1 Jun 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 178: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23256/10]

Written Answers — Economic and Monetary Union: Economic and Monetary Union (1 Jun 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 148: To ask the Minister for Finance the discussions he has had with his European counterparts in respect of the European Union leaders summit next month to assess proposals for strengthening the eurozone's economic governance with a view to averting a sovereign debt disaster that might destabilise the global financial system; his views on whether the proposed reforms will be a...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (1 Jun 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 165: To ask the Minister for Finance the way he can reconcile the appointment of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that those who oversaw the bank's actions at a time of light touch regulations should be removed from that system as opposed to being brought back; the significant contribution that he will make to attempt to stabilise and de-risk this bank; and if he will...

Written Answers — Banking Sector Regulation: Banking Sector Regulation (1 Jun 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 172: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23180/10]

Written Answers — Inter-Country Adoptions: Inter-Country Adoptions (1 Jun 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 217: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow; if this application will be processed promptly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22963/10]

Written Answers — Ministerial Meetings: Ministerial Meetings (1 Jun 2010)

Billy Timmins: Question 331: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he has had with his American counterparts in respect of their proposed expansion of clandestine military activity in an effort to disrupt militant groups or counter threats in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia and other countries in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22830/10]