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Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: That is fair enough and I recognise it for what it is and call it as it is.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Regarding the question on the mobility allowance, we have the report from the Ombudsman which is under consideration by the Government. We must obtain legal advice on how to proceed because, obviously, the recommendation made in the report concerns compliance with the terms of the Equal Status Act. We are obtaining that advice. The second report issued by the Ombudsman yesterday will be...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I could not possibly do so.

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Deputy for raising this matter and agree with him on the huge tragedy suicide presents for families, loved ones and friends of those who take their own lives. I also agree that the level of suicide in Ireland is very disturbing. It is something Deputy Dan Neville, in particular, has been highlighting for quite some time. It is also an issue about which the Minister of State at...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I will ask the Minister of State to brief the Deputy directly on the measures she is taking to address the issue of suicide and also the way in which the budget for mental health services is being spent. We must ensure any measure we take to deal with the issue of suicide, the level of which I agree is alarmingly high, is effective, whether it be the establishment of a dedicated office or...

Order of Business (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 13a, motion re statement of Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission 2013; and No. 19, statements on the economy (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that the Dáil shall sit later than 5.45 p.m. tonight and shall adjourn on the conclusion of Oral Questions; No. 13a shall be decided without debate; the...

Order of Business (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand this motion is required to be passed by the end of October and this is the last opportunity to do so. I propose that the motion be taken for that reason. However, the Government is agreeable to a debate on the Estimates for the Houses of the Oireachtas. We will arrange through the Whips for that debate to take place at the earliest opportunity.

Order of Business (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: There is no problem-----

Order of Business (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I have no problem holding a debate or taking whatever action is required on foot of that debate. However, this motion has to be passed by the end of October.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: An overarching focus of the Government in planning for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first half of 2013 is to perform this important function in an efficient and cost-effective manner. An effectively managed Presidency will deliver long-term reputational benefit for Ireland. Short-term benefits include significant benefits for the local economy...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consultancy Contracts (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Department is responsible for two Votes – Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs and Trade) and Vote 27 (International Cooperation). The Department commissions external expertise where highly specialised skills are not available within the Department and particularly where ongoing independent evaluation of programmes and projects is required. During the course of their engagements these...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Programmes (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: A successor programme to the current PEACE programme is highly desirable given the importance that PEACE funding has played in the past in Northern Ireland and the border counties of Ireland. It is the Irish Government’s view that a successor PEACE programme should deliver sufficient funding to sustain important ongoing work and that the funding should be spent on projects in an...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The cost of attendance at conferences on the island of Ireland by staff of my Department in the past 12 months was €5,386.21.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Promotions (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Promotions in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have been relatively few since the introduction of the moratorium by the Government with effect from 27 March 2009, with any exceptions requiring the specific approval of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. In the period since then the Department’s core staffing decreased by approximately 190, or about 12%....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Redeployment (25 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 45 and 46 together. My Department’s current staffing levels are within the ceilings authorised under its Employment Control Framework. No staff have been redeployed with the exception of one Architect who recently took up a position in the Office of Public Works following a reduction in the Department’s Architectural Services capital budget....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dual Citizenship (6 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: As the Passport Service does not request any information on other nationalities as part of the application process, information on the number of Irish passport holders who are dual nationals is not available.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (6 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Rockall is a small uninhabitable rock, 25 x 30 metres wide, located approximately 160 nautical miles west of the Scottish islands of St. Kilda and 230 nautical miles to the north-west of Donegal. It marks a point at which the Rockall Bank, part of the very large Hatton-Rockall area of continental shelf extending under the north-east Atlantic Ocean, protrudes 21 metres above sea level....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (6 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Details are set out in the following table of the retired officials of my Department who were temporarily re-engaged or who were already contracted to the Department during the period in question: NAME /GRADE POSITION HELD DURATION ESTIMATED COST € Frank Cogan Assistant Secretary Head of Task Force in connection with Ireland’s Chairmanship of the OSCE, 2012 Contract from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (6 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I have stated repeatedly that the overall restrictions placed on Gaza by Israel are unjustified and counterproductive and I have called for the blockade to be lifted. However, in circumstances where groups in Gaza continue to fire missiles at Israel, primarily at civilian targets, as has been happening again in the last week, Israel is entitled to interdict supplies of arms destined for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Illegal Israeli Imports (6 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 163 and 181 together. I have stated on many occasions my view that it would be entirely consistent with EU policies and values for the products of illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory to be excluded from the EU altogether, and that Ireland would support such a proposal at EU level. However, there is no prospect at present of...