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Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: That is something to pursue with the Minister.

Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: A horseracing Bill is due to be published later in the session, but obviously that issue does not come under that Bill. The Animal Health and Welfare Act was enacted earlier this year, so it is probably a case of the application of the law by the relevant authorities.

Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The road transport Bill is scheduled for next year.

Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Bill to protect temporary agency workers was enacted in 2012.

Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: This is important legislation to modernise the foreshore planning regime in the maritime area. It is to streamline the development of the consent process for the foreshore. The heads of the Bill were approved by the Government at the end of July 2013 and we expect it to be published in this session.

Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not have a date for publication of the national paediatric hospital development board (amendment) Bill but, as the Deputy is aware, the Government has decided to proceed with building the national children's hospital and has provided funding for that. After decades of talk about it, we are getting on with it. It is intended that the education (admission to schools) Bill will be...

Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government took the lead in initiating a range of reforms of the way in which the House does its business, including some changes to the way in which parliamentary questions are asked and to the Topical Issue debate. We are absolutely open to having an engagement with the Opposition about any further ways in which we can improve the operation of the House. It is important that the...

Order of Business (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: There is too much fiction.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department only avails of the services of external photographic agencies where it is warranted, in particular, for major events and State occasions. This is a service which my Department provides so that the media can easily and freely avail of photography where their own staff photographers cannot be fully accommodated. There was a significant number of such events in the period in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Expenditure (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: For the period referred to by the Deputy my Department has not incurred expenditure on external public relations and communications services. From time to time, consultants or companies with a public relations and communications background are commissioned to provide other professional services such as project management, logistics and event management. DHR Communications has been...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consultancy Contracts Data (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is responsible for two Votes – Vote 28: Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Vote 27: International Cooperation. Consultants are engaged only where specialised knowledge and skills are not available within the Department and, especially in the case of Ireland’s official overseas aid programme, known as Irish Aid, where independent...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Global Economic Forum (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The current structures and policies for engagement with the Diaspora have been in place for some years, during which time my Department has been providing assistance and support to Irish people overseas through the Emigrant Support Programme, as well as establishing and coordinating the Global Irish Network and hosting successive meetings of the Global Irish Economic Forum to enhance...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consultancy Contracts Data (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department engages a range of external service providers 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 respect of the areas specified by the Deputy for the period in question are set out in the tables below in respect Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs and Trade) and of Vote 27 (International...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: There are no state agencies or other organisations of the type referred to by the Deputy under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: This is an issue to which I accord very high priority. I am conscious of the difficulties experienced by Irish citizens who are undocumented in the United States, and I have met and spoken with many of them on my working visits there, and also with the various groups who lobby on their behalf. I have maintained contact, both directly and through our Embassy in Washington, with many key...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department is responsible for two Votes – Vote 28: Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Vote 27: International Cooperation. The Government’s international aid programme, Irish Aid, which is managed by my Department, is recognised internationally for its effectiveness in improving the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable communities. About a quarter of Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: All passport applications are subject to the provision of the 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...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Language Issues (16 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department fully supports the measures to support Irish language proficiency in the civil service which were approved recently by Government and is committed to providing services and answering correspondence through Irish whenever required. A skills audit of all staff carried out in 2012 revealed that 55 staff members in my Department had advanced or fluent Irish language skills while a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: North-South Implementation Bodies (21 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I refer the Deputy to my reply to Question 79 on Wednesday 15 January 2014 which includes the information that he has requested.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (21 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: UK combat troops were withdrawn from Iraq in 2009. I note that a number of cases have been taken in the UK to bring individuals to account for alleged abuses in Iraq and that convictions have resulted. I have no plans to raise the issue at EU or UN level. In discussions relating to Iraq, the immediate focus of my concern would be the very serious violence afflicting the Iraqi people at the...