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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I am aware of this case in which an Indian national, Mr. Ezhur Gangadharan, caretaker at a school in Abu Dhabi for over 30 years, was sentenced to death last July for the rape of a 7 year-old female student at the school. Serious questions have been raised in relation to this case, including Mr. Gangadharan’s claim that his confession, the only evidence produced by the prosecution at...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (30 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The precise arrangements for elections, as well as a decision to hold any referendum, are a matter for the government and parliament of Ukraine. I am aware that the acting President of Ukraine, Aleksandr Turchinov, has spoken earlier this month of a possible nation-wide referendum on the same day as the presidential elections on 25 May if the Ukrainian parliament adopted the corresponding...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (30 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: As highlighted in my response to Question No. 63 of 8 April 2014, Ireland is actively engaged at both European Union and United Nations level in relation to the ongoing crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Great Lakes region. The Government, along with our partners at the EU and UN, condemns all forms of external support to destabilising forces active in the Democratic Republic...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Application Fees (30 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I can confirm that applications for passport renewal are currently taking on average 8 working days from receipt in the Passport Service. Applications from first time applicants are currently take 10/11 working days. The attraction and popularity of the Passport Express service is reflected on the fact that to date 141,000 Irish citizens have applied through Passport Express representing an...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Telecommunications Infrastructure (30 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I am aware of reports of US funding in the past for a social media project in Cuba known as ZunZuneo. I have asked officials of my Department to keep me informed on this issue.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Currently the Passport Offices receive and process over 200 passport applications per day to assist those travelling at short notice (3-10 days).In addition, the Passport Service last week launched a pilot Rapid Renewal service which will allow one-day passport renewals – by appointment only – for citizens who have a last-minute passport issue. A total of twenty appointments...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Certificate of Irish Heritage (30 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Since the Certificate of Irish Heritage was introduced in September 2011, 2,760 Certificates have been issued. This is broken down as 2,492 Certificates sold and 268 promotional Certificates presented to various individuals during this time.With the vast majority of the global diaspora not eligible for Irish citizenship, the Certificate of Irish Heritage was introduced to recognise...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Currency Exchange (30 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I am aware of difficulties in transferring funds from Venezuela internationally because of a serious shortage there of foreign exchange for either private or business purposes. This is, I am advised, creating difficulties for some Venezuelans living in Ireland and elsewhere abroad as they have been unable to receive funds from Venezuela. At my request, officials of my Department have brought...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passports Data (30 Apr 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The standards body for passport issuance, the International Civil Aviation Organisation, recommend that the maximum validity for passports should be ten years. As a result, it is necessary to commence the validity of new passports from the date of renewal rather than a future expiry date.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I agree that the Leader companies and local development bodies have been doing an outstanding job. This is a good example of a bottom-up approach to local development, bringing together the resources of statutory bodies, local groups and the voluntary and community efforts. I pay tribute to the work of local development companies and those who work with them. I am aware of the concerns in...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: It is important that the talks under way should continue. I understand from the Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government that the ILDN has resumed its participation in the talks and I very much welcome that. It is in the context of those talks that a resolution should be found to the issues in dispute between the local development companies and...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Sinn Féin representative today chooses to raise as the Leader’s question hardship on a family. I am quite prepared to address that. The hardship that families have endured in this country over the past few years would be a hell of a lot worse if this Government had pursued the daft economic policies that the Deputy’s party had recommended to us. Instead of now being...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: On the issue of carbon tax, which the Deputy has raised, it is my recollection that Sinn Féin supported a carbon tax.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The carbon tax was not introduced today. It was introduced in 2010. This Government delayed the implementation of the carbon tax on solid fuels in the first instance until after the 2012-13 season and then we decided to introduce it in two phases, last year, 2013, with the implementation of the first €10 per tonne of carbon. The second phase is being introduced today, the second...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Families are suffering because of the recession we had, the collapse of the banking system, what happened in the property bubble and the bad decisions made by the previous Government, which Sinn Féin supported. Deputy Doherty is in no position to come in here and rant and rave about what hard-pressed families are suffering. He is the Deputy who, as a Member of the Seanad, told the then...

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Does he still think the bank guarantee is such a good idea, as he did in September 2008?

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Anybody who got it so dramatically wrong on that occasion is in no position to lecture us on how to deal with the problem now.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: One day Sinn Féin will say it is for a carbon tax and when it is implemented, it will say it is against it.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Another day Sinn Féin will say it is for a wealth tax and when that is implemented, it will say it is against it.

Leaders' Questions (1 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Who is hurting now? We accept and acknowledge that fuel poverty is an issue in this country.