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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Application Numbers (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Passport Service offers an express service through over 70 post office branches in Northern Ireland. Customers applying through passport express are given a commitment by the Passport Service that, where the application was properly completed, a passport will be returned to them within ten working days. The total number of passport applications processed for through these post offices...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Nuclear Proliferation (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I have repeatedly stated in public, including in reply to Questions from the Deputy and others, that the issue of Iran’s nuclear programme and the serious concerns which surround it can only be resolved by diplomatic means. I have made clear my view that military action would be very destabilising and harmful to regional stability and should be avoided. The nature of Iran’s...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Transport (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The following table provides the cost of Ministerial drivers and ground transport for Ministers of State at my Department in 2012. My Department currently employs two Civilian Drivers. Ministerial Transport Costs 1 January 2012 to 31 December 2012 € Driver salaries, including PRSI 82,796 Driver subsistence 2,201 Mileage payments to Ministers of State 12,023 Total 97,020

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Marching Season (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89 to 91, inclusive, and 93 together. I have discussed the role of the Parades Commission in the context of non-notified parades and the upcoming marching season with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Theresa Villiers on a number of occasions. I have also discussed these issues in regular ongoing contacts with the party leaders in Northern...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 92 and 94 together. The Government remains firmly committed to ensuring the full and effective implementation of the Good Friday and St. Andrew’s Agreements. In contacts with the British government, we continue to stress the importance of implementation of all aspects of the Agreement, including of a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland which takes...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: During the St. Patrick’s Day period in Washington D.C., I met with the First Minister and Deputy First Minister and with the SDLP leader, Alasdair McDonnell. I also met with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whom I had previously met in Dublin on 11 February, 2013 and again in London on 1 March 2013. At all these meetings, I discussed the political and security situation...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I first met with the new US Secretary of State John Kerry at a working dinner hosted by the Italian Foreign Minister for EU colleagues in Rome on 27 February last during the Secretary of State’s visit to Europe and the Middle East. I subsequently met and had informal discussions with the Secretary of State in Shannon Airport on 6 March when he was en route home from that visit. Our...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: There is no doubt that the current unseasonable weather conditions are very difficult for farmers. Some concerns have been expressed over the past few days about cashflow and the availability of fodder. The harsh weather experienced in the past few weeks has been exacerbated by the problems caused by last year's wet summer, and some farmers are experiencing difficult conditions. In...

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I acknowledge the welcome Deputy Ó Cuív has given for the initiative taken by the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Burton, regarding the fuel allowance.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: We all agree that if these harsh weather conditions continue that there has to be an appropriate response to them. Deputy Ó Cuív's difficulty with the issue of feed for livestock is that the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Coveney, is already ahead of him and has already responded to the matter.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I have suggested that if there is surplus feedstock and fodder available, then it should be released.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: That is very much in line with what the IFA requested. Yesterday, it requested “co-ops, feed mills and banks to continue to support their farmer customers and do everything to ensure adequate feed and cashflow is provided.”

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The IFA has also called on farmers to “take stock of what fodder they have at this stage, and if they have some surplus, they should make it available to their fellow farmers who are in short supply”, a point derided by Deputy Ó Cuív.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: That is the position the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has taken.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Fianna Fáil is reduced to blaming the Government for the bad weather.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The terms of the Croke Park II agreement are currently the subject of a ballot among those unions party to the agreement. All of us, including Opposition Members, should respect the right of individual union members to make up their own minds about this agreement. They are perfectly capable of doing so without any advice whatsoever from Sinn Féin.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: With regard to the issue of Garda discipline, the Government is not disciplining any member of the force. The matter of Garda discipline is a matter for the Garda Commissioner. It is not a matter for the Minister for Justice and Equality or the Government. Neither should it be a matter for political debate or interference. It is a matter for the Garda Commissioner.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: It should be left with the Garda Commissioner. In respect of the issue of Garda vehicles, the Deputy is wrong again. The Government has spent an additional €9 million on the purchase of Garda vehicles.

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: In respect of the effectiveness of our Garda Síochána, our gardaí do a superb job. The crime figures which will be made available later today will show there have been significant increases in the level of crime which is a testament to-----

Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Reduction is what I meant to say. This is a testament to-----