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Leaders' Questions (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I want to give the answer without his colleagues constantly interrupting.

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The position is that our intention is to be back in the markets, and to do that we must continue the investment. That continued investment is dependent on there being a stable euro, which is the reason it is necessary for us to ratify this treaty. Deputy Pringle said he does not believe we will get back into the markets. If we do not get back into the markets and if it turns out that a...

Leaders' Questions (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The only source of funding that will be available is the ESM, and access to the ESM will be possible only if the treaty is ratified. If, as a country, we want to have the insurance, the safety net and the reliability that is associated with having emergency funding available to us, which is prudent, we should be clear that the only source of that is the ESM, and access to that means...

Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 11a, motion re proposal that Dáil Éireann notes the report to the Committee on Members' Interests of Dáil Éireann in accordance with section 21 (4) of the Standards in Public Office Act 2001; No.2, Construction Contracts Bill 2010 [Seanad] - Second Stage, to adjourn at 2.30 p.m., if not previously concluded; and No. 19, Dormant Accounts (Amendment) Bill 2011...

Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government's intention is that the personal insolvency Bill will be published this session. As Deputy O'Dea acknowledged, it is complex legislation. We are dealing with a new approach to the issue of personal insolvency and radical changes in the period of time involved but also the introduction of various non-judicial settlement approaches for dealing with debt, and those are complex,...

Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I acknowledge that, and the practical arrangements have to be addressed, but we must have some certainty about what will be in operation before we can start putting in place those practical arrangements. That will be examined once the issues relating to the content of the Bill have been resolved.

Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I agree with the Deputy that this is an issue, and everybody in the country would agree, which has to be given priority attention in the Dáil. That is what the Government is doing. I note, however, the Deputy did not give it priority attention in selecting the topic she chose for Leaders' Questions but that is her call. With regard to the items of legislation, Second Stage of the Criminal...

Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The heads of that Bill have been approved by Government. It is intended that it will be published this session. On the issue relating to deposits, the Private Residential Tenancies Board is currently researching the viability of a deposit retention scheme.

Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: On the two items of legislation, the microfinance Bill is being progressed by the Minister, Deputy Bruton, and the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill will be published later this year.

Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The report is with the Minister who is taking legal advice on it. It is her intention to publish it shortly.

Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The explosives Bill is expected late this year.

Order of Business (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The relevant provision was approved by government in April and the legislation is being drafted. It is intended that it will be part of the local government Bill. While I do not have a precise date for publication, I expect the Bill later this year.

Report to the Committee on Members' Interests: Motion (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I move: That Dáil Éireann: — takes note of the Report on the Investigation by the Standards in Public Office Commission into contraventions of section 21(1) of the Standards in Public Office Act 2001 by Deputy Arthur Spring which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 22nd March, 2012; — considers that the requirements of the Standards in Public Office Act 2001 that members must provide...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The case of Chen Guangcheng has been raised frequently by the European Union including at the EU-China human rights dialogue on 16 June 2011. Mr. Chen, a blind human rights defence lawyer was, until recently, being held under house arrest in Shandong Province in China. Currently, reports indicate that he escaped from house arrest last week, was at the US Embassy in Beijing for a number of...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government remains concerned about the case of Mrs. Asia Bibi. In November 2010 a Punjab court found Mrs. Bibi guilty of blasphemy, sentencing her to death by hanging. This is the first time that a woman has been sentenced to death in Pakistan under its blasphemy law. When the case came to the attention of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the Ambassador accredited to...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The administrative costs associated with running the Embassy in Washington DC from 2008 to 2011 to date are provided below. This budget is considered to be the locally-devolved administrative (day-to-day) budget including local staff salaries but not salaries of diplomatic staff, which are a charge on the Headquarters budget. In line with overall Departmental cost-containment policies, the...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department does not have an office in County Waterford. There are no State agencies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (8 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: On 25 March 2011, the European Council agreed to amend Article 136 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to insert the following text: '3. The Member States whose currency is the euro may establish a stability mechanism to be activated if indispensable to safeguard the stability of the euro area as a whole. The granting of any required financial assistance under the mechanism...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (8 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is responsible for two Votes – Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs) and Vote 27 (International Cooperation). The following tables set out the details of external reports commissioned by the Department from February 2011 and the costs in each case. The tables have been prepared by reference to directly contracted engagements in respect of which professional...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (8 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department does not engage external consultants or professional service providers for marketing purposes.