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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (15 Apr 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: Foreign Conflicts (15 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Under European Union sanctions regulations there are targeted asset-freeze measures in place against a small number of listed individuals in Sudan and South Sudan who are deemed to be impeding the peace process and breaking international law in the conflict in the Darfur region. However, there are no EU economic sanctions or measures in place which would prevent transfers of funds for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (15 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: As I indicated in my reply of 03 April last, An Garda Síochána has identified serious anomalies in relation to a supporting document submitted with the passport application and the matter has been referred to the Department of Justice and Equality. It will be a matter for An Garda Síochána and the Department of Justice and Equality to decide what action they may wish to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (15 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to inform the Deputy that there are no public funds available from my Department to repatriate the remains of Irish citizens for burial in Ireland.However, as the Deputy may be aware, there are various Irish groups and organisations in the UK which may be able to assist in the circumstances as outlined. Such groups and organisations would have links with the wider Irish community and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (15 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I am aware that a number of Sahrawi prisoners have been on hunger strikes in Tiznet prison for various periods over the last number of years in protest at their conditions of detention. However I have not received a report in relation to the specific political prisoner referred to by the Deputy from any of the human rights organisations with which my Department are in regular contact. I...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Department has put in place arrangements to issue passports at short notice in circumstances where there is a death or family tragedy for an Irish citizen and travel is required. Additionally, the Molesworth Street office already receive and process over 200 passport applications per day to assist those travelling at short notice (3-10 days). At the request of members of the Joint...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (15 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The jurisdiction and workload of the General Court has expanded in recent years leading to an increase in the number of cases pending before the Court. Ireland is conscious of the need to address the backlogs that have arisen and to this end has supported a draft Regulation of the European Parliament and Council which would amend the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Justice by...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (15 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The continuing violence in Syria has resulted in unprecedented levels of humanitarian need, requiring a sustained response from the international community. As the number of fatalities reaches an estimated 140,000 people, there are now over 9 million people within Syria who are in need of immediate life-saving support, with a further 2.6 million Syrian refugees requiring assistance in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I have raised our serious concern at the appalling situation in the Central African Republic at a number of recent meetings of the Foreign Affairs Council. At the Council meeting of December last, I highlighted the impact the crisis was having on the civilian population and reports by the UN and others of widespread human rights violations, including killings, rapes, kidnappings and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Missing Persons (16 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I refer the Deputy to the answer provided to PQ 6086/14 on 6 February 2014. There has been no update provided to my Department on the investigations into the case of the person referred to by the Deputy since that time. As advised, information exchange between Ireland and Spain on any investigation issues in this case should be on a police-to-police level.

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: In our programme for Government, we indicated that charging for water would be based on usage after a free household allowance was applied and measured on a metering system, which would have the advantage of enabling people to conserve water and thereby reduce their household bill. Work has been ongoing on this scheme and, as the Taoiseach confirmed yesterday, the Central Statistics Office...

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: No decisions have yet been made on any of these issues and the first discussion took place at Cabinet only yesterday. We have to find a way of dealing with the issue of households that will not be metered by the end of the year. If we want a water-charging regime which encourages water conservation and enables households to reduce their bill, we will have to deal with that issue. My view...

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: This is typical of Sinn Féin.

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Sinn Féin does not give a curse as to how it will impact on people, all it cares about is how it is going to play politically.

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: What we never hear from Sinn Féin is how it proposes to ensure that the people of this country will have an adequate, clean and satisfactory supply of water into the years ahead. Sinn Féin has never made a proposal in respect of this matter.

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Sinn Féin has never made a proposal as to how water is going to be supplied.

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Those in Sinn Féin conveniently ignore the fact that the previous Government agreed-----

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: -----in the memorandum of understanding it signed with the troika, that charging for water would be done on a full cost-recovery basis. The latter would, at a minimum, involve a charge of approximately €400 per annum per house, regardless of size.

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: As Deputy Ó Caoláin knows, the proposal the Government is considering involves a sizeable subsidy from the State in respect of the provision of water. Issues relating to the scale of the charge and how it will be structured are being considered by the Government. As stated earlier, we are examining this matter in the context of how metering will proceed in the fairest and most...

Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: There is one thing of which I cannot be accused, namely, making decisions to court popularity.