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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Remuneration (15 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: No performance related pay has been paid in the years 2011, 2012, 2013 or 2014 by my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passports Data (15 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: As there is no requirement for Irish citizens overseas to register their place of residence, it is not possible to confirm the number of Irish passports currently held by persons resident in the United States. However, I can confirm that the number of Irish passports issued by the Irish Mission network in the United States since 2005 to be 108,233.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (16 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: My Department has provided consular assistance to the family of the person mentioned by the Deputy since they were first informed of the death. While I am very conscious of the plight of the family and sympathise with their great loss, my Department is not in a position to directly intervene in the German legal process. We have advised the family to take professional legal advice on their...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question 219 on 14 October (38848/14), which was as follows:Ireland supports the full achievement of a Palestinian state. We believe this should happen soon. Our policies are designed to be supportive of the negotiated comprehensive peace agreement which we believe is fundamental to the achievement of this objective. I believe substantive political talks...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: This has been, and will remain, a key priority for the Government in our bilateral relationship with the United States. Through our Embassy in Washington and our Consulates throughout the U.S., we are working closely with many other individuals and groups across Irish America and beyond towards achieving some relief for undocumented Irish migrants in the United States and improved channels...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (21 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: Ireland is not seeking to avail of subsidised rental accommodation under a scheme operated by the Holy See for developing countries. A permanent Chancery for the resident Embassy to the Holy See has not yet been identified. My officials are addressing a variety of logistical, protocol and other tasks, including securing accommodation appropriate to the objectives of the Embassy, the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (21 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: Ireland supports the full achievement of a Palestinian state. We believe this should happen soon. Our policies are designed to be supportive of the negotiated comprehensive peace agreement which we believe is fundamental to the achievement of this objective. I believe substantive political talks on a peace settlement must take place as a matter of urgency and I reiterated that view recently...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Peace and Reconciliation Programme (21 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I am very conscious of the issue the Deputy has raised. A number of organisations have expressed their concern to me about the overall level of funding currently available for peace and reconciliation work.The advancement of reconciliation on this island remains a priority issue for me and my Department. I am pleased that the budget of my Department’s Reconciliation Fund has been...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (21 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: The Shannon Airport Authority has confirmed that no aircraft with the registration number 16/8073 was at the Airport on the dates in question. Arrangements under which permission is granted for US military aircraft to land at Irish airports are governed by strict conditions. These include stipulations that the aircraft must be unarmed, carry no arms, ammunition or explosives and must not...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (21 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 485 to 487, inclusive, together. Ireland condemns all forms of persecution on the basis of religion or belief, irrespective of where they occur or who are the victims. Ireland is deeply concerned by the persecution of Christians. Ireland attaches great importance to combatting all forms of discrimination based on religion or belief and incitement to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I wish to inform the Deputy that the individual referenced by him has not been in touch with my Department in relation to this issue. Our Embassy in Ankara has never the less been informed of the incident and stands ready to make follow up enquiries with the appropriate authorities. In this respect and to assist with those enquiries, it would be helpful if the individual could provide...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Redeployment (21 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: One officer, still serving in my Department, has applied for a transfer to a Government office in County Mayo. No officer has transferred from my Department to an office in County Mayo since 2011.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (22 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: Ireland does not possess, and has never possessed, any weapons, armaments or ammunition containing depleted uranium. It is the firm policy of the Government that depleted uranium munitions will never be used by the Defence Forces. Research carried out to date by the relevant international organisations, including by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the World Health...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (22 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: The Government regularly raises human rights issues in Iran with the Iranian authorities, including in ongoing regular contact with the Iranian Ambassador and Embassy here as well as at EU level and in international fora. For the most part we do so in relation to the type of activity or human rights abuse which is of concern, rather than on specific cases. This is both because we wish our...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (22 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I am familiar with the individual referred to in this question, Mr Nabeel Rajab and the circumstances of his recent arrest, including the reports that the charges against him relate to ‘publically insulting official institutions’ under Article 216 of the Bahraini penal code on foot of an opinion he expressed on Twitter. The apparent arrest, detention and prosecution of Mr Rajab...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (22 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I am aware of the disappearance of the students in the incident that took place at Iguala, in Guerrero State, in Mexico recently. I wish to extend my sympathy to the families of those affected and to record my hope that the Mexican authorities will be able to resolve speedily this terrible case. In keeping with Ireland’s commitment to the promotion and protection of human rights, we...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (22 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I am aware of the report to which the Deputy refers, which relates to a campaign in respect of Cuban citizens, imprisoned in the US, on charges connected to activities as unregistered agents of a foreign government and related offences. As this is a bilateral consular issue between the US and the Cuban authorities, the Government has no standing in the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (22 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: The Government has consistently and repeatedly called for the lifting of the blockade of Gaza, both in the Oireachtas and in public statements, and along with our EU partners in the formal Conclusions of the Foreign Affairs Council. Most recently, I made this a central point of my address to the major international conference on Gaza reconstruction held in Cairo on 12 October, in which I...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Meetings (22 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: I attended the most recent meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council in Luxembourg on 20 October 2014. Discussions were largely dominated by the Ebola crisis in West Africa, as well as by developments in the EU’s Southern and Eastern Neighbourhoods. In opening remarks, High Representative (HR) Ashton gave a short update on the progress of the negotiations with Iran on the nuclear...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Meetings (22 Oct 2014)

Charles Flanagan: The EU Foreign Affairs Council, which I attended in Luxembourg on 20 October, held a critical discussion on Ebola, and in particular on the need to step up EU efforts to tackle the crisis in a more coordinated way. At the Council, we reviewed the overall situation in West Africa as the Ebola virus continues to spread in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The Council recognised that a united...