Results 14,661-14,680 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies (12 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: There are no bodies under the aegis of my Department for the purposes of Standing Order 34.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Appointments (12 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: There are six ad hoc advisory groups/committees to which I make appointments. These are: the Emigrant Services Advisory Committee; the Advisory Group of the Global Irish Network; the Irish Aid Expert Advisory Group; the NGO Standing Committee on Human Rights; the Standing Committee on Holocaust Education, Research and Remembrance; and the Monitoring Group on Ireland's National Action Plan...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Local Authority Functions (12 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: No new powers or functions have been conferred on local authorities by legislation sponsored by my Department since June 2009.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Application Refusals (12 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The Passports Act, 2008 provides, among other things, that only Irish citizens are entitled to be issued with Irish passports. Each application received by the Passport Service must, therefore, demonstrate that person's entitlement to Irish citizenship before a passport can issue to him/her. The person in question was born in Dublin in 2006. His entitlement to Irish citizenship is subject...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Controls (12 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade takes the issue of passport fraud very seriously. The Passport Service continues to balance measures to protect against identity theft on the one hand with maintaining our customer focus. The application and checking processes have therefore been designed to protect our customers. I can confirm that new measures were put in place in the last year...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I welcome the fact that the chairperson of the GSOC was before the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions yesterday to answer questions. I also welcome the fact that the committee intends to continue to have this issue examined. I understand it is inviting the Minister for Justice and Equality to attend-----
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----and he will be very happy to do so. I reject absolutely the suggestion made by Deputy Collins that there is some kind of co-ordinated strategy by the Government to undermine - I am not sure of the phrase he used - the GSOC. The Government entirely respects and values the independence of the commission. The GSOC was set up, after many years in which a body of this nature had been...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I understand the Minister has been asked to appear before the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions. He is willing to attend a meeting of the committee and answer whatever questions are put to him.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: I stand first for public confidence in the Garda Síochána, which does a very good job for the people of this country.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Second, I stand for an independent Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission-----
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: -----to examine allegations of any misconduct on the part of the Garda Síochána. It is important there is public confidence in the GSOC. What I do not stand is the kind of clap-trap which Deputy Collins has just come out with.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Collins is now seeking to politicise what-----
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: Fianna Fáil sees this an opportunity to have a go at the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Government. That is bad politics, Deputy Collins.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: It is important public confidence in An Garda Síochána is restored. We have an independent Ombudsman commission. It is important we all respect that independence of the-----
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: That is untrue.
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The Government respects the independence of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission. It is important that is underpinned and reinforced. As for the issue of whether or not the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission should have reported to the Minister for Justice and Equality about the issues in respect of which its investigation was conducted, the commission has itself...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: It is important that this issue is fully explored. For this reason, I support the process under way by the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions. As I understand it, that committee, on the conclusion of yesterday's meeting with the chairman of the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission, decided to do two things. First, to request the full report presented to the...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: The serious issue here is the possibility that an independent body, whose job it is to investigate complaints or allegations of misconduct against the Garda Síochána, might have been under surveillance and that confidentiality in respect of information of which it is seized has been breached. I think that is the serious issue here. The GSOC brought in experts to do the sweep of its...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: They figure this is a way in which they can put the Minister for Justice and Equality and the Government in the dock and that it is another issue with which to have a thump at the Minister, Deputy Shatter, and the Government. The Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Shatter, has been a long advocate of the establishment of an independent Garda ombudsman commission. He and the...
- Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)
Eamon Gilmore: No. That is not the case.