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Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: All of these Revised Estimates, for which provision was made in last year's budget, have been discussed by the respective committees. The announcements made publicly by the Minister for Social Protection this week are in respect of measures already contained in the 2011 budget.

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The proposals before the Ceann Comhairle are for a period of 65 minutes to deal with a number of amendments to this Bill by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. She will propose them in due course. The proposal is that the debate will conclude at 2.30 p.m. If we agree the timetabling for the debate, Deputy Ó Caoláin will find that the Minister will be addressing the issue raised...

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: As the Deputy is aware, the House is sitting a lot longer this year than it has ever done to deal with several items of legislation. The placing of the guillotine is to ensure we get through all the legislation we need to have enacted. As Deputy Ó Snodaigh said, as it has turned out in practice the guillotine, while it has been provided for on the Order of Business, has not been used,...

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Higgins is so preoccupied with his litany of the ullogón that unfortunately he cannot see change when it happens. The first change is that this year, for the first time, we are sitting past the first week in July and will continue to sit until the end of next week. Second, we are having a sitting tomorrow, Friday - we do not normally have sittings on a Friday - and we are dealing...

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The proposal before Deputy Higgins is that this House will sit tomorrow to deal with legislative business and the decision he has to make is whether he agrees that the House will sit tomorrow or not.

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government shares the sense of outrage over the findings in the Cloyne report. Such findings are not emerging for the first time; they are part of a sequence in that we have had the Ferns and Murphy reports also. What is involved is a betrayal of trust and of the children who were abused, not supported and ignored. It is a betrayal of the trust that Irish people placed in the church,...

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister is working on the review and when he is in a position to bring proposals to the Government he will do so. Any legislative changes which arise from this will be brought before the House in due course.

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The companies consolidation and reform Bill is very comprehensive legislation and my information is that it will probably be the middle of next year before the Bill is ready to be presented.

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: There is no promised legislation.

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Yes, there is promised legislation.

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government has promised legislation to deal with the difficulties many people in commercial life and businesses face whereby they have been locked into rents which cannot be revised downwards. This legislation is being considered by the Government and I expect the Minister will be in a position to make a statement on it in the near future.

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The mental capacity Bill will be taken later this year. The legal aid Bill is being worked on as a priority and I hope it will be ready early in the next session.

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not yet have a date for the Bill.

Order of Business (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government is very much aware of the problem to which the Deputy refers and is conscious of the difficulties subcontractors have in this area. The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, is working on legislation which it is hoped will be introduced in the next session.

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The position in this case was outlined previously to the Deputy in my reply to Question No. 83 of 17 May, 2011. This stated that the Passports Act 2008 requires that before issuing a passport to a person, the Minister for Foreign Affairs shall be satisfied as to the identity of each applicant and that the person is an Irish citizen. Documentary evidence such as birth certificates are among...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 57, 60 and 62 together. My Department does not currently employ the services of any of the four companies referred to in the questions. In the timeframe available it is not possible to provide information earlier than 2004. From 2004 to date, my Department has contracted the services of KPMG on two occasions and PwC on one occasion. In 2007 and 2008...

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Since taking up office as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, I have appointed the following staff to my Department. 85 Temporary Clerical Officers (for the Passport Service) 4 Personal Assistants 4 Civilian Drivers 4 Interns 3 Special Advisers 3 Personal Secretaries 1 Temporary Cleaner In addition to the above, in April 2011, I appointed the members of the Emigrant Services Advisory...

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: All property owned by the State in Ireland is the responsibility of the Office of Public Works. One such property, Iveagh House, is occupied by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. The State owns 36 properties abroad. These premises are situated in locations where the Government considers it necessary that Ireland should be represented and where there is a clear economic advantage...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: In the timeframe available it is not possible to provide information earlier than 2006. Since that time, my Department has engaged the services of external public relations companies for a limited number of specific projects, including assistance with events relating to the Irish Aid programme and promoting awareness of the EU. The total amount paid to these companies was €880,544.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: A number of trade unions and related bodies have received funding from my Department through the Irish Aid programme and the reconciliation and anti-sectarianism funds. My Department operates reconciliation and anti-sectarianism funds, the objective of which is to assist individuals and organisations involved in reconciliation work and to encourage and facilitate better relations within and...