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- Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Health is establishing an implementation group on universal health insurance and it will play a central role in supporting the Government to deliver on its commitment to introduce a single-tier health system, supported by universal health insurance. The legislation required will arise following that. A number of items of health legislation have been planned for this session...
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Approval to draft heads of the Bill was given by the Government on 20 December 2011 and it is hoped the Bill will be published this session.
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: He is establishing an implementation group.
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I am not sure at what stage the establishment of the group is at.
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform brought the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill before the House some time ago. A number of items of legislation exist, including a Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) (Amendment) Bill, for which the heads are being finalised. It is expected to be published this year.
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: We have already announced the Bill that will be the core legislation to deal with this issue, namely, the personal insolvency Bill. Its heads were approved by Government on 24 January and it will be published this session.
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: It was discussed by the Government this week. The Minister of State, Deputy Brian Hayes, is progressing it.
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The betting (amendment) Bill is expected this session.
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I expect the proposals will be brought forward shortly. The Minister for Finance is dealing with the matter.
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: We will deal with the PCAR results when they are available. I cannot say if any legislation will be required. As regards the payments, we would all have been paying a lot less if Deputy Doherty had not been so enthusiastic about the bank guarantee.
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: No, not on that matter.
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: It is not possible at this stage to give a date for that Bill.
- Order of Business (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The DNA Bill is expected in the middle of this year. The companies Bill is large, comprising 1,270 heads. The heads of the Bill have been approved by Government and it is expected to be published late in 2012.
- Written Answers — Working Holiday Visas: Working Holiday Visas (1 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Working Holiday agreements are concluded between Ireland and other Governments on a reciprocal basis. For Irish citizens the application is administered directly with the Embassy concerned or through a sponsoring organisation. The table sets out the visa allocation for 2012 and the available information on the number of visas approved in 2010 and 2011. In the case of Australia and New...
- Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (6 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The Passport Office has no record of an application from the person in question. She has since advised the Passport Office that she is not an Irish citizen and that she made an application for citizenship through naturalisation in June 2011. This is therefore a matter for the Minister for Justice and Equality.
- Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (6 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The Government decided to proceed with Ireland's signature of the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on 21 February 2012. Arrangements are now being made for signature, which will take place shortly. Ratification of the Optional Protocol is a separate step, which must be preceded by a thorough screening of the obligations to be assumed,...
- Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (6 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 and 107 together. Below in tabular format is a statistical breakdown of the Freedom of Information Requests processed by my Department since 2002 and the fees associated with such requests. Fees in respect of requests for access to non-personal information and requests for internal review were introduced in July 2003, in accordance with the Freedom of...
- Written Answers — Trade Relations: Trade Relations (6 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: In 2011, Argentina was Ireland's 44th largest trading partner. Total merchandise trade stood at â¬227,777,000, a 37.8% increase over 2010. Exports were valued at â¬60,261,000; imports at â¬167,516,000. The principal exports were medical and pharmaceutical products, and office machines and data processing machines. The principal imports were foodstuffs for animals - which account for...
- Written Answers — Trade Embargoes: Trade Embargoes (6 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Ireland's position on the United States' trade embargo of Cuba is long standing and well known. Ireland, and other EU member states, supports an annual draft resolution at the UN General Assembly introduced by Cuba rejecting the extraterritorial effects of the US embargo, most recently on 25 October 2011. We and our EU partners are not persuaded that the continued embargo on Cuba is...
- Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (6 Mar 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: As I have indicated to the House on a number of occasions, most recently on 31 January of this year, the question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) has been the subject of successive resolutions adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, as well as its special committee on decolonisation. The committee's most recent resolution was adopted on 21 June 2011. In this resolution, the...