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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (18 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Presidential election in Mexico took place on 1st July 2012. Enrique Peña Nieto, the candidate of the PRI - the Institutional Revolutionary Party - has been confirmed by the Mexican electoral authorities as the winner of the election and will take office on 1 December. Mexico’s legislative framework for elections is highly detailed and provides for independent and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (18 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 177 together. The agreement by the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to engage in official peace negotiations is a positive development that I warmly welcome. The launch next month of peace talks in Norway represents an important opportunity to bring an end to the long conflict that has caused much...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Representations (18 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: As I confirmed to the Deputy in previous replies in relation to this Irish citizen, my officials remain in close and direct contact with the wife and family of the person mentioned by him and they liaise directly with her on any request for assistance or on any development on his case. The Ambassador and officers in the Embassy in New Delhi, which is accredited to Sri Lanka, have also been...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Training (18 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade places a high priority on staff professional development and provides essential training programmes for staff in key areas such as management, communication and language skills, including Irish, and customer service. The Department also provides a comprehensive pre-posting training programme for officers in advance of taking up duty at Missions...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Appointments to State Boards (18 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 180 and 182 together. There are no state boards and no state agencies operating under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (18 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: As I have stated consistently, the decision to close the resident Embassy to the Holy See will not be reversed in the immediate term. However, in the context of the budgetary situation, I will continue to review the deployment of our diplomatic resources overseas. Any discussions with the Holy See on arrangements whereby it might be possible to re-establish a resident Embassy at a future...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Adviser Pay (18 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: No such salary increases have been requested or approved. Ms Jean O’Mahony received a salary increment of €3,286 on 10 March 2012 in line with Department of Public Expenditure and Reform guidelines relating to Special Advisers.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The motion before us is one of the most cynical examples of political gamesmanship seen in this House. Fianna Fáil accuses the Government of failing to meet its budget commitments in the health service because it claims it will impact on patients and services to disabled people and the elderly. One must wonder whether Fianna Fáil Members were thinking of these same people when...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: To come into this House and cry crocodile tears for older people and people with disabilities when it is was they and they alone who put a catastrophic hole in the national finances is a cynical move indeed. The adjustments to the budget in the health service over the past number of years have been difficult. Since 2010, €1.75 billion has been removed from the health budget and...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Throughout all of this we are getting on with fundamental reform of the health service-----

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----reforms that stem from a core belief that every citizen in this country has a right to be treated when sick regardless of income.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Fianna Fáil has never believed in this simple principle. It defended the two tier health system to its last breadth. It now says that because nothing changed under its leadership then nothing can ever change. This is the first Government in the history of the State that is committed to a fair, single tier health system underpinned by universal health insurance. It will not happen...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Together with the Minister, Deputy Reilly, my party colleagues, the Ministers of State, Deputy Róisín Shortall and Deputy Kathleen Lynch, have been working extensively on progressing these reforms. Under the first phase of free GP care for people-----

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----with certain chronic illnesses some 300 key primary care staff will be in place by the end of this year. I commend the two Ministers of State on their work, in particular the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, for her work in the area of disability and for progressing the development of mental health care in the community, something that has been neglected for far too long.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Let us be clear, this Government-----

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and its Minister for Health is dealing with the catastrophic mess left behind by Fianna Fáil.

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Fianna Fáil is in no position to take this Government to task over the work it has been doing reforming the health service and making progress. We are doing this as fairly as possible. We have protected and will continue to protect those who are most dependent on health and care services. We do not always get it right and we are not afraid when we do not get it right to admit our...

Confidence in the Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Most of all, we respect the people who elected us to fix this broken country. We have been doing that for the past 18 months and will continue with that job, which will continue with reform of the health service which is being led by the Minister, Deputy James Reilly and Ministers of State, Deputies Shortall and Lynch.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The welfare of the Irish abroad is a very important priority for the Government. There are particular concerns in the United States where addressing the position of the undocumented Irish and reforming our migration arrangements are priorities for the Government in its contacts with the US Administration and Congress. The Government’s keen interest in a resolution of the situation...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Application Numbers (19 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Passport technology system currently does not differentiate between passports renewed and first time applications for passports. Accordingly it is not possible to provide the Deputy with the exact information sought. However I can confirm that the total number of passports issued for the years 2009-2012 is as follows: 2009 2010 2011 Jan-August 2012 572,783 603,753 ...