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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (11 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department has not placed any articles on a commercial basis with any national or local newspapers in the past six months.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (11 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The 2013 grant round for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s Emigrant Support Programme closed on 20 February 2013. Since then applications received for 360 projects from 16 countries have been considered. The focus in 2013 will be on key frontline welfare and advisory services and on projects aimed at supporting new arrivals. I expect to be in a position to make...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Issues (11 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department maintains a network of 73 overseas missions consisting of 56 Embassies, 7 multilateral missions, and 10 Consulates General and other offices overseas.Secondary accreditations are an important and cost-effective way of promoting Ireland in countries where we do not have a resident office and of maximising the reach of the Missions network. Thirty-five of our bilateral Embassies...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (11 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I continue to follow developments in Egypt with great concern, not least the resulting loss of lives and hundreds of casualties which I deeply regret. In particular, it is important that the events of 7 July which resulted in considerable loss of life at the Republican Guard HQ in Cairo should now be thoroughly and impartially investigated. The situation in Egypt will be discussed at the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Department advises people resident on the island of Ireland to apply for their passports through the Passport Express service. However the Department recognises that passport applicants may on occasion require a faster turnaround service. Priority at public counters in Dublin and Cork is given to those travelling at short notice where the fastest turnaround time for these applications is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Consulate in New York was been in contact with the couple in question last weekend. It transpired that their passports had not been lost but rather misplaced in their hotel room. Therefore the issuance of temporary passports to return home was not required.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 166 together. I very much welcome the adoption earlier this month by the US Senate to approve a bill that provides for comprehensive reform of the American immigration system. This is a very positive development that takes us another step closer towards addressing the problems faced by undocumented Irish emigrants in the US and will allow them to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The person referred to by the Deputy first came to the attention of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on 24 June 2013, when a family friend contacted the Embassy of Ireland in Kuala Lumpur and our Honorary Consul in Bangkok. My Department has been providing consular assistance through our Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, the Honorary Consul in Bangkok and the Consular Assistance Section in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The matters to which the Deputy refers pertain to the arrest of a number of persons by the PSNI. I am advised that these persons have been charged subsequently with criminal offences by the Public Prosecution Service of Northern Ireland. Under the Hillsborough Agreement, of which the Irish Government is a co-guarantor, responsibility for policing in Northern Ireland is now a devolved matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reports (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: My 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: Foreign Conflicts (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I am following events in Egypt with great concern. I very much regret the loss of lives, estimated at around 100 persons, and the many casualties since the onset of the current crisis. Incidents such as the heavy loss of life outside the Republican Guard HQ in Cairo on 7 July must be thoroughly and impartially investigated. It is not correct that Ireland, the EU and UN have stayed...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: There are no State Bodies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: There are no State Bodies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department engages professional services in a number of areas where the required skills are not available in-house and it is more cost-effective to source them externally. Details of payments in the period in question are included in the tables below in respect of Vote 27 (International Cooperation) and Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs and Trade). There are also costs incurred on professional...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table: Expenditure on Third Level Courses and Training Programmes Sept 2012 to June 2013 Nature Cost€ Third Level (Refund of Fees Scheme) 67,006 Language Tuition 143,134 Other Courses & Programmes 47,880 Total 258,020 Refunds of fees arise in cases where staff of the Department undertake qualifying...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Exchequer Savings (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Further to my reply to Question No [34546-13], the total amounts spent on professional fees including but not limited to legal, consultancy, IT related, advisory, advertising and other external service provision in the period between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013 are as follows: Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs and Trade): €4,859,005 Vote 27 (International Cooperation): €1,033,082 ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Exchequer Savings (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: A breakdown of the Department’s administrative budgetary allocation for 2013 was published in the Revised Estimates Volume which shows the Department’s allocation for Travel and Subsistence as follows: Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs) €6.382 m Vote 27 (International Cooperation €2.2m Total: €8.582 m The percentages specified would be equivalent to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Exchequer Savings (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Expenditure on Training & Development in my Department in 2012 was €503,045. Based on that figure, the percentage reductions specified by the Deputy would result in the following outcomes: - 5% € 7% € 10% € 12% € 15% € 17% € 20% € Resulting reductions in expenditure 25,152 35,213 50,304 60,364 75,456 85,517 100,608

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Exchequer Savings (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Details of the salaries paid to my Special Advisers, which are commensurate with the responsibilities attaching to their positions, are provided in the following table. Position held Annual Salary with effect from 1 July 2013 Chief Adviser - Office of the Tánaiste €156,380 Economic Adviser - Office of the Tánaiste €144,550 Special Adviser - Tánaiste and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Programme for Government Implementation (16 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I have set out in the table below the current status of each of the recommendations in the Programme for Government for which the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has primary responsibility. Those commitments which continue to be in progress represent sustained and ongoing actions, rather than discrete undertakings for which a completion date is envisaged. Further consideration of...