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Official Engagements. (16 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: It is a short life.

Official Engagements. (16 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy should give way to Deputy Barrett.

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 32 (16 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: Deputy Barrett, we need that interconnector fast.

Order of Business (16 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: That is going back a long time.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (16 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: I am aware of and share the deep concern that has been expressed at the manner in which trade union activists and human rights defenders have been treated in Colombia. Ireland, along with its EU partners, monitors the human rights situation in Colombia and raises issues including such human rights abuses with the Colombian Government through the on-going EU-Colombia dialogue on human rights...

Written Answers — Programmes for Government: Programmes for Government (16 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: The Programme for Government is designed to be implemented across the full range of government Departments and over a series of budgets. The current budget was prepared having full regard to the Programme for Government and is designed to implement the Programme rather than to stimulate actions additional to it. In terms of my Department's core responsibilities in implementing the Programme,...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (16 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: I refer the Deputy to Question No. 54, ref. PQ46864, answered yesterday by my colleague Peter Power, T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for Overseas Development:

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (16 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 to 221, inclusive, together. The following table sets out the name, title and salary details of the four special advisors in my Department. The salaries are linked to the Principal Officer standard scale and will be reduced as a result of the reduction in public service pay rates as announced in last week's budget. Minister Micheál Martin, T. D. Name...

Written Answers — Irish Language: Irish Language (16 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: The number of reports documents and memos in my Department that have been translated by external translators since the commencement of the 30th Dáil is 22. I set out below a breakdown of the documents in question including the cost of the translation per document. Document Translation costs Application Forms and Brochure for Consular Services €734.25 Regulatory Impact...

Written Answers — Ministerial Travel: Ministerial Travel (16 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: As the Deputy will appreciate, Ministers serving at my Department, by the nature of its responsibilities, are obliged to undertake a significant amount of official travel overseas. In regard to official travel overseas, I have included below, in tabular form, the costs incurred on commercial flights from 2006 to date in 2009, in regard to Ministers and Ministers of States serving at my...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: EU relations with Colombia are conducted in the framework of regional relations between the EU and the Andean Community comprising Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. In 2007, negotiations aimed at concluding a comprehensive Association Agreement between the EU and the Andean Community were formally launched. This Agreement will cover all facets of relations between the EU and these...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (17 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: The number of staff employed by my Department, excluding those who are locally recruited abroad, was 1332 on 1 January 2009 and 1279 on 10 December 2009. This is the number of actual staff working in the Department, including worksharing staff.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: The Budget 2010 statement and the Estimates for Public Services and Public Capital Programme published on 9 December provides for a total of €714 million for my Department for 2010 under Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs) and Vote 29 (International Cooperation). Under Vote 28, €56.4 million is allocated to programmes, which represents a reduction of €12.8 million on the corresponding allocation...

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (17 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: Relations between Armenia and Turkey have long been overshadowed by the events which resulted in the tragic deaths of very large numbers of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire more than ninety years ago. Both sides hold sharply different historical interpretations of these events. More recently, there have been signs of an improvement in this difficult relationship. I welcome the signature by...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 to 205, inclusive, together. There are no state boards, agencies or regulatory bodies operating under the responsibility of my Department. There are however currently three bodies; two Advisory Committees and one Educational Commission, which operate under the aegis of my Department; the Development Education Advisory Committee; the Government Emigrant...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (17 Dec 2009)

Micheál Martin: The person in question submitted his application for a passport having lost his first Irish passport and the vital documents which provide evidence of his citizenship. Section 7 of the Passports Act 2008 requires that before issuing a passport to a person, the Minister shall be satisfied that the person is an Irish citizen, and as to the identity of the person. The passport office is...

Written Answers — Good Friday Agreement: Good Friday Agreement (19 Jan 2010)

Micheál Martin: The British-Irish Agreement dated 10 April 1998 provides at article 1(vi) that the Governments recognise "the birthright of all the people of Northern Ireland to identify themselves and be accepted as Irish or British, or both, as they may so choose, and accordingly confirm that their right to hold both British and Irish citizenship is accepted by both Governments and would not be affected by...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jan 2010)

Micheál Martin: The current number of staff employed in my Department is 1276. This number includes work-sharing staff, but e excludes approximately 300 members of locally-engaged staff working in Irish Missions abroad. Accurate information about the specific academic backgrounds of each individual staff member of my Department is not readily available. As the Deputy will be aware, recruitment into the Civil...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (19 Jan 2010)

Micheál Martin: As I stated in my reply to priority questions no. 29 and no. 30 on 15 December last, the Papal Nuncio, H.E. Archbishop Giuseppe Leanza, called to Iveagh House at my request on Tuesday 8 December to discuss the report of the Dublin Archdiocese Commission of Investigation and the issue of the cooperation received by the Commission from the Holy See and successive Papal Nuncios as it carried out...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jan 2010)

Micheál Martin: The Government has substantially increased funding for the Emigrant Support Programme in recent years; from €4.1M in 2004 to over €15M in 2009. Due to the increased budgetary pressure currently being felt across Departments, the budget allocation for the Programme in 2010 has seen a decrease of 14%, to €12.983M. While regrettable, it must be recognised that this allocation still remains...