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Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 288 and 291 together. On Monday the General Affairs and External Relations Council adopted Conclusions reaffirming the EU's commitment to long-term support for Afghanistan. These make clear our core principles of promoting Afghan leadership, good governance, responsibility and ownership, and fostering the development of a democratic, secure and sustainable...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The reduction of poverty, hunger and conflict in Africa is one of the most important tasks of the international community in the 21st century. Conflict has many causes and many manifestations, but poverty, inequality and exclusion have proved to be the most fertile breeding grounds for violence and ethnic hatred. Most wars occur in poor countries, and the causes and effect of conflict are...

Written Answers — Drugs Trade: Drugs Trade (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Co-operation between the European Union and Latin America in combating the trade in illicit drugs takes place within a well-defined framework, both in terms of policy and institutional mechanisms. EU policy toward illicit drugs is founded on the basic principles adopted under the 1998 Political Declaration of the Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGASS), the current EU...

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: He would have been.

Estimates for Public Services 2008 (12 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I move the following Supplementary Estimate:

Finance Act 2004: Motion (12 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2008, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 28th January, 2008.

Written Answers — Consular Services: Consular Services (12 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 and 203 together. As the Deputy will be aware from my reply to him of 14 February 2008 and previous replies, my Department has provided wide ranging, sensitive and, in many ways, exceptional consular assistance to the family of the person concerned since his tragic death in Lanzarote on 1 August 2007. This assistance included: extensive efforts to...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (12 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Processing of this application was delayed for two reasons. Firstly the applicant, who originally was on her first husband's passport and then applied for a passport in her new married name, initially submitted a photocopy of her marriage certificate rather than the original. She also failed to include her birth certificate and her certificate of Post Nuptial Citizenship. These original...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (12 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Passport Office has no record of issuing an Irish passport to the person in question, nor has it any record of a current application.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (13 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am very concerned by the situation of the individual referred to. This case has been repeatedly raised with the Chinese authorities through the EU-China Human Rights Dialogue, including at the most recent round held in Beijing in October 2007. This Dialogue is the agreed formal framework through which the EU raises human rights issues and concerns, as well as individual cases of concern....

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (13 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: As is required in many countries, Egyptian citizens carry identity cards, which are particularly important for their interaction with the institutions of the State. Egyptian identity cards include an entry denoting the religion of the holder. The question of conversion from Islam to any other faith is a very sensitive one in almost all Islamic countries. In the case of Egypt, the general...

Order of Business (2 Apr 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The other parties are jumping on the bandwagon.

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Order for Second Stage (2 Apr 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Tairgím: "Go dtógfar an Dara Céim anois." I move: "That the Second Stage be taken now."

Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008: Second Stage (2 Apr 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Tairgim: "Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois." I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." It is illustrative to note that only four Members did not want us to discuss this Bill, which I am delighted to introduce on behalf of the Government, despite the efforts of Sinn Féin to prevent us from doing so. It is designed to pave the way for the ratification by Ireland of the EU...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (2 Apr 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I have been aware of difficulties surrounding a container of sporting goods which is being donated to the organisation 'Strips for Africa' in South Africa and, as a result, I instructed our Embassy in South Africa to pursue the matter with the relevant authorities there. The Embassy has made strenuous efforts to resolve the situation, including through a meeting with the Controller of Customs...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (2 Apr 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Ireland has great sympathy for the suffering of the Ukrainian people during the devastating famine of 1932-33, known as the Holodomor. In view of the enormous effect of famine in the nineteenth century on our own people and subsequent history, the Irish people can empathise deeply with the Ukrainian experience. At the Madrid OSCE Ministerial last December, Ireland was pleased to be...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (2 Apr 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Passport Office provides a comprehensive range of options for citizens to apply for passports. Applications may be made by express post through some 1,000 post offices across the state and some 70 post offices in Northern Ireland. A guaranteed 10 working day service is available for such applications which are complete and in order. Less urgent applications can also be made by ordinary...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (2 Apr 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I am deeply concerned by the situation in Tibet, and deplore the loss of life there and in other regions of China. These concerns have been directly conveyed to the Chinese Ambassador in Dublin, and my Department has remained in close contact with the Chinese Embassy on this issue. I also met with representatives of the Tibet Support Group-Ireland on 1 April. I have also carefully noted the...

Written Answers — Departmental Facilities: Departmental Facilities (2 Apr 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The number of parking spaces available nationally to the staff working in my Department is 284. These are distributed across nine buildings in Dublin, Balbriggan and Limerick. The Office of Public Works is responsible for the rental of premises occupied by my Department and costs incurred are a matter for that office. The Department promotes the use of public transport for travel to work by...

Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (2 Apr 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The establishment and operation of the Irish Abroad Unit in the Department of Foreign Affairs has greatly enhanced our capacity to develop and implement policies to support the Irish community in Britain, in particular elderly people and those at risk of social exclusion. This has been, and continues to be, the key priority of the Government's Emigrant Support Programme. Britain is home to...