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Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and at the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality. I am sure the Deputy and the House will welcome that this Government, after a long number of years, has recommenced the recruitment of gardaí.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: It would be more appropriate to raise this issue with the Minister for Education and Skills. There is no legislation on this issue.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: If it is laid before the House, there are ways-----

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: There are ample ways in which this can be discussed, including at Question Time with the Minister for Education and Skills and at the Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection. That is the appropriate way to deal with it.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The monuments Bill is due next year. In regard to wind turbines, the Minister of State with responsibility for housing and planning has draft planning guidelines on that matter and is inviting submissions on them. She is very willing to consider the submissions made to her on the matter. She wants a very open and full public consultation on this issue because she is very aware of the...

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Companies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 was passed earlier today. I recommend that Deputy McGrath gets up a bit earlier in the morning and attend to business.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not see any legislation to prevent aeroplanes falling out of the sky.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not see any legislation that will prevent aeroplanes from falling out of the sky.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: There is not any metal Bill.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The common arrangements for gas Bill, which will amend the Electricity Regulation (Act) 1999 and allow for arrangements to be put in place to facilitate the development of an all-island gas market, is due for publication next year.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, is carrying out a review of this whole area. She will come back to the Government with her proposals when they are ready.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The National Economic and Social Development Office (amendment) Bill is due to be published next year. It is intended that a debate on the report of the Smithwick tribunal, which has been submitted to the House, will take place in the new year.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The heads of the housing (miscellaneous provisions) Bill are expected shortly. The Bill is due to be published next year. As the Deputy is aware-----

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The heads of the Bill are expected shortly, as I have said. It will be published after it has been drafted. The intention is to publish it next year. We are not waiting for legislation. In the meantime, the Minister of State with responsibility for housing has announced a €100 million housing programme for next year.

Order of Business (12 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Bill in question is still at Committee Stage. I understand that some amendments to that Bill are to be made. I understand the Minister for Justice and Equality will circulate those amendments in the near future.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (17 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: All passport applications are subject to the provision of Passports Act, 2008 (the Act). The issue of a passport is, therefore, the culmination of an important and legally-binding process. The checks and balances within the passport process embrace the standard principles that are provided for in the Act and help to ensure that the identity of the applicant is known and that the person in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Decentralisation Programme Expenditure (17 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is based in various locations, including in Dublin, Limerick and Cork. The decentralisation to Limerick of the Development Cooperation Division of the Department was formally completed in late 2008 and the majority of the officers assigned to the Division, which manages the aid programme, Irish Aid, are based there. The Development Cooperation...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Social Insurance Issues (17 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: On foot of the Deputy’s question, I have made enquiries into the operation of the arrangements for sharing of information between the British and Irish authorities in relation to social insurance contributions.I am advised that the Embassy of Ireland in London has not received representations on this subject, from individuals or from community groups with which we work. I am further...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (17 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Emergency passports permitting travel abroad are issued only in circumstances where the Passport Service is satisfied, on the basis of the application and supporting evidence, that:the proposed journey is related to the death or serious injury or illness abroad of a close relative or a medical emergency relating to the applicant him/herself; and the presence of the applicant at the foreign...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (17 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: This is an issue to which I accord very high priority, conscious of the acute difficulties experienced by Irish undocumented in the United States, many of whom I have met on my visits there. I have maintained contact, both directly and through our Embassy in Washington, with many key players in Congress including Republican Congressman Paul Ryan, Chair of the House Budgetary Committee and...