Results 6,721-6,740 of 25,880 for speaker:Darragh O'Brien

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Agreements (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 506. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports that the United States graduate visa programme may be discontinued; the number of graduates currently availing of the visa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38349/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 507. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of recent efforts to resolve the situation of the undocumented Irish in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38350/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 508. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the next steps that the Government will take to secure the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38351/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Data (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 509. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports issued in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38352/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 510. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the target turnaround time for passports; the actual time it is taking to process passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38353/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 533. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the countries in which Ireland is lacking an embassy, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38922/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 534. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the countries in which Irish embassies and consulates exist; the number of staff in each embassy and consulate, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38923/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 536. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a review of our diplomatic missions has begun further to the Taoiseach's comments on doubling Ireland's global footprint; if so, the date of commencement of the review; the estimated completion date of this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38925/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 537. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific actions that will be taken by his Department further to the Taoiseach's comments on doubling Ireland's global footprint; the targets set; the timeframe for reaching same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38926/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 538. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the meetings he has had with relevant stakeholders in relation to doubling Ireland's global footprint further to the Taoiseach's comments; the dates of those meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38927/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Expenditure (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 535. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average cost of running an embassy and a consulate respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38924/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 643. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees to date in 2017 that have arrived here under the relocation and resettlement programmes, in tabular form; if the target of accepting 4,000 refugees by the end of 2017 will be reached; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38324/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 551. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason there has been no training of detectives in the Dublin metropolitan region Garda stations for the past nine years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36812/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 552. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason a competition for the appointment of detectives in the Dublin metropolitan region Garda stations was advised in 2015 and subsequently cancelled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36813/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 553. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the reason most of the personnel in the detective unit in the Dublin metropolitan region Garda stations are detective aides and have not received sufficient training in criminal investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36814/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Data (11 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons who are attached to detective units in the Dublin metropolitan region Garda stations by detective gardaí and detective aids; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36815/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (20 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 254. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39736/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 255. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding progress on a new school building project for a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39737/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (20 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the next phase of a school building for a school (details supplied) will commence; the status of this project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39738/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Site Acquisitions (20 Sep 2017)

Darragh O'Brien: 257. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the provision of a new site for a school (details supplied) as announced in November 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39739/17]