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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Charles Flanagan: The point at issue is defining what constitutes an emergency. In the event of there being a bereavement or death abroad, an extra charge does not apply to the procurement of a passport. The only additional charge arises in cases where non-emergency applications for a passport are made seeking a quick turnaround. Where a person in a non-emergency case requires a passport to issue in a time...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Charles Flanagan: The amount allocated for the programme for 2015 is €20 million, an increase of €2.5 million on the provision for 2014. The maintenance of peace, stability and economic growth in Northern Ireland remains a priority of the Government. The focus for 2015 will be on the implementation of the Stormont House Agreement. A review meeting has been convened by the UK and Irish...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Charles Flanagan: On the matter of reconciliation, the whole objective and aim of the funding is to foster a spirit of reconciliation in areas where that has not been possible over the years. Since the fund was first established back in 1982, over €44 million has been disbursed to approximately 2,000 projects. It is important to stress that the International Fund for Ireland is focused on...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Charles Flanagan: My Department's commitment to international peace, security and human rights is channelled through programme D, which has a total allocation of just over €69 million. This compares to a provision outturn of €63 million in 2014. Most of the expenditure under this programme relates to Ireland's mandatory contributions to international organisations of which we are a member,...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Charles Flanagan: I acknowledge the comments of Deputies Eric Byrne, Quinn and Smith and everybody on the very positive contribution made by Ireland to international peace, security and human rights. As Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, I find everywhere I go that the contribution over a long number of years and the status of Ireland in this area are widely acknowledged and very much in evidence. It is...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Charles Flanagan: I apologise to Deputy Crowe because I did not deal with his question on the Palestinian situation, Gaza and our contribution. Members will be aware that at the Gaza reconstruction conference in Cairo in September, Ireland committed a further €25 million towards the reconstruction of Gaza, which is a crisis of enormous dimensions. It is regrettable that progress on that reconstruction...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Charles Flanagan: Yes they are. It was remarkable on the occasion of the conference how a wide number of states coming from a particular ideological background were prepared from a humanitarian perspective to make a contribution. Our contribution to that region - our contribution to the Palestinian situation - amounts to in excess of €10 million per annum, which is a substantial sum in the general...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Charles Flanagan: This is an issue we continue to raise. I had the opportunity in September in my first address to the UN General Assembly to make a particular point in condemning all forms of persecution and discrimination based on belief or religion. I specifically highlighted the persecution of Christians and other minorities in the Middle East. As was mentioned to some effect in Poland at a very...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Conventions (29 Jan 2015)

Charles Flanagan: The Government is fully committed to the frameworks and mechanisms that have been established by the international community to eradicate torture. Ireland ratified the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment on 11 April 2002. The Criminal Justice (United Nations Convention against Torture) Act 2000 makes it an indictable offence in Ireland to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Appointments (29 Jan 2015)

Charles Flanagan: Departmental records indicate that no representations have been received by my office, directly or through departmental officials or advisors, from a member seeking persons to be appointed to positions that fall under the remit of my Department since March 2011. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has no state boards or bodies under its remit.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (3 Feb 2015)

Charles Flanagan: The cost of photography in my Department from 2007 to 2010 is as set out in the table below. The total costs include all official photography charged to the Department over this period. As you will see below, there was a higher-than-average spend in 2008. This was the result of an increase in the number of State and official events, such as visits by the President of Estonia, the President...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (3 Feb 2015)

Charles Flanagan: The cost of photography in my Department from 1997 to 2007 was the subject of a previous question in December 2007 and the figures provided at that time are set out in the table below. In September 2011, my Department led a collaborative advertised tender process for the procurement of a multi-supplier competitive framework of photographic service providers. This is now available for use by...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Flag (3 Feb 2015)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 496 and 499 together. On the occasion of the death in office of Heads of State or Government, or other figures holding high office in the international community such as Foreign Ministers or others, the condolences of the Irish authorities can be expressed in a number of ways. Following the death recently of Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah bin Abdul...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Relations Contracts Data (3 Feb 2015)

Charles Flanagan: A table containing the information is set out below. It is important to note that the expenditure in question was for the management of specific projects and events under Ireland’s overseas development programme. It was not for general public relations services. In 2007, following a competitive tendering process, a contract valued at just over €5,000 was awarded to a firm to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (3 Feb 2015)

Charles Flanagan: Ireland and Spain enjoy excellent bilateral relations and maintain frequent contact at the highest levels, especially as partners in the European Union. The President and the Taoiseach have both made official visits to Spain in recent years while Prime Minister Rajoy visited Dublin in March of last year. Government Ministers maintain direct contacts with their Spanish counterparts. Most...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (3 Feb 2015)

Charles Flanagan: Primary responsibility for the regulation of foreign aircraft depends on whether such aircraft are designated as civilian or military. The Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order 1952 gives the Minister for Foreign Affairs primary responsibility for the regulation of activity by foreign military aircraft in Ireland. The regulation of civilian aircraft is governed by the Convention...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (3 Feb 2015)

Charles Flanagan: Ireland adheres to the One China policy and does not recognise Taiwan as a State. As a result, Ireland does not have diplomatic relations with Taiwan and does not have an Embassy in Taipei. Irish citizens travelling to, or resident in, Taiwan can register their details on the Citizens’ Registration facility on the Department’s website at www.dfa.ie. The Citizen’s...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Conventions (4 Feb 2015)

Charles Flanagan: The UN Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights opened for signature by UN Member States in New York in September 2009. To date, forty-five States have signed the Optional Protocol, including eleven of the twenty-eight European Union member States. Seventeen States have ratified the Optional Protocol: Argentina, Belgium. Bolivia, Bosnia and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Applications (4 Feb 2015)

Charles Flanagan: Dominican Republic passport holders require a visa to enter Ireland. The Embassy in Washington processes visa applications from the Dominican Republic on behalf of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service. Detailed information on the online visa application process and documentary requirements are available on the Embassy website, . Visa applications should be submitted 8 weeks...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (5 Feb 2015)

Charles Flanagan: Ireland adheres to the One China policy and does not recognise Taiwan as a State. As a result, Ireland does not have diplomatic relations with Taiwan and does not have an Embassy in Taipei. Irish citizens travelling to, or resident in, Taiwan can register their details on the Citizens’ Registration facility on the Department’s website at www.dfa.ie. The Citizen’s...