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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Working Holiday Programmes (11 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 48 and 51 together. The Working Holiday Programme with Canada gives young people from Ireland and Canada the opportunity to live and work in the other country. The agreement reflects the excellent relationship we enjoy with Canada and contributes further to that relationship by fostering increasing personal, cultural and professional ties between our people....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (11 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Emigrant Support Programme (ESP) provides funding to non-profit organisations and projects to support Irish communities overseas and to facilitate the development of more strategic links between Ireland and the global Irish. Since the inception of the ESP in 2004, some €104 million has been distributed to Irish community organizations in Britain, the US, Australia, Canada and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Legal Costs (11 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Department is responsible for two Votes, Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs and Trade) and Vote 27 (International Cooperation). There are no state or regulatory bodies under the aegis of my Department. With regard to legal services, my Department generally seeks advice on domestic legal matters from the Office of the Attorney General and/or the Chief State Solicitor’s Office. Depending on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (12 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The upcoming census in Myanmar/Burma will be conducted between 30 March and 10 April. It will be the first nation-wide population count in more than 30 years and will be key to the nation's future development, including the forthcoming elections. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has provided technical and financial support to the census preparations over the past 18 months, in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (12 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I met the owner of the named company in New York in February 2012 at an “Invest in Ireland” roundtable discussion hosted by former President Clinton when the Taoiseach and I briefed potential investors over the course of that event. On a separate occasion, in 2011, our Consulate General in New York made a meeting room available to a nongovernmental organisation supported by...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reports (12 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Department is responsible for two Votes – Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs and Trade) and Vote 27 (International Cooperation). There are no state agencies under the aegis of my Department. The Department commissions external reports where specialised skills are not available within the Department and particularly where ongoing independent evaluation of programmes and projects is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Application Fees (13 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: It is the policy of the Passport Service to refund fees that exceed the statutory amount or in situations where either the applicant has cancelled their application or does not qualify for a passport under the Passports Act, 2008. In this particular case, the applicant does not qualify for a passport on the grounds that he is not an Irish citizen. Accordingly, he is entitled to a refund of...

Death of Member: Expressions of Sympathy (25 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I join the Taoiseach in expressing our sadness at the death of our colleague, Nicky McFadden, and our deepest sympathy to her daughter, Caren, and her son, Eoin. We were all shocked when we heard some time ago of her illness and with a great deal of sadness saw her condition progress. We all understood where it would eventually lead, but, notwithstanding this, we are all struck with a great...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (25 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 and 163 together. I propose to take questions 162 and 163 together. Under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973, the carriage of weapons through Shannon Airport on commercial aircraft is prohibited unless an exemption has been obtained in advance from my colleague, the Minister for Transport. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reports (25 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 164 and 165 together. The Department commissions external reports where 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 engagement, these experts may prepare reports and other documentation for the Department. In-depth analysis...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (25 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Ireland strongly supports the new interim government in Kiev which took up office on 27 February following the dramatic events of the preceding weeks, culminating in the departure of Viktor Yanukovych. The government’s Minsters are drawn from a number of different political groupings including the Svoboda party. The Taoiseach has written to Prime Minister Yatseniuk, offering his...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Freedom of Information Requests (25 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Question Nos. 168 and 169 together. My Department has been at the forefront of publishing FOI requests and decisions, having provided this information on its website since 2004. This initiative was temporarily suspended in 2013 while work progressed on a new departmental website. Following the recent launch of the website, non-personal FOI requests and decisions are once...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (25 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I am not aware of any cases in which a person has been transited through Shannon Airport in the custody of agents of other nations' Governments and who are being detained in an extrajudicial manner in violation of international law. I have reiterated in this House on a regular basis that this Government is completely opposed to such practices, and that the use of our airspace or airports has...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (25 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department has had no requests from Philanthropy Ireland to meet in 2011, 2012, 2013. Since 2011, along with a number of other Government Departments, my Department has been represented on the Forum on Philanthropy and Fundraising. Philanthropy Ireland is also a member of the Forum. There have been no meetings between my Department and Philanthropy Ireland apart from attendance at Forum...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (25 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister of State at the Department of Health, Alex White T.D., represented the Government at the St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Moscow from 14-18 March. Minister White participated in the very successful St Patrick’s Day Parade held at Sokolniki Park in central Moscow on 15 March. It is estimated that the parade was attended by 15,000 people. Later that evening, he was...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Staff (25 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The staffing and salaries information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below. Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, TD No Grade Annual salary € Travel Expenses € 1 Personal Assistant 56,060 83.50 1 Personal Secretary 45,940 Nil 2 Clerical Officer 33,840 37,341 Nil Nil The accommodation occupied by the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (25 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Whilst this Government is committed to implementing policies that will in the future ensure that no Irish citizen has to emigrate because of economic necessity, we continue to support organisations both at home and abroad that are assisting those who are emigrating today. This support is administered through the Emigrant Support Programme (ESP) which provides direct assistance to Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: A passport reminder service is available on the Passport Service website. This reminder service sends an e-mail, to those who have registered, three months before a passport is due to expire. Registration is simple and merely requires those interested to record their name, e-mail address and the expiry date of the passport. It is possible to register a number of different passports (e.g....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Programme for Government Implementation (25 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I refer the Deputy to the recently published Annual Report on the Programme for Government which sets out the progress over the last 12 months of an extensive number of the Department’s commitments including increasing exports, promoting Ireland abroad, overseas development aid, humanitarian crises response, civilian corps, implementing the Good Friday Agreement and St. Andrew’s...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Meetings (25 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 177 and 178 together. My colleague the Minister of State for European Affairs, Mr Paschal Donohue T.D., attended the most recent Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on 17 March. While Council discussions were, understandably, dominated by the situation in Ukraine which I address below, other important issues were also discussed, and Conclusions were agreed...