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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...represented by the Irish Joint Secretary to the British-Irish Intergovernmental Secretariat at a lecture in Queen’s University, Belfast on 13 February 2014 to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of Pat Finucane’s death. Both Governments accepted at Weston Park that certain cases from the past remained a source of grave public concern, particularly those giving rise to serious...

Topical Issue Debate: Report on Murder of Pat Finucane (12 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...paramilitary groups. There is no hierarchy of loss or grief and no acknowledgement or apology by those responsible for the loss can undo the wrong that was done. On a day when the murder of Pat Finucane has been recalled so vividly, for Geraldine, Katherine, Michael and John, we should be mindful of the many thousands of relatives of victims across Ireland who grieve the loss of a loved...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (17 Jul 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: ...with the policy director and counsel to the Majority Whip Congressman Kevin McCarthy and with Speaker Boehner's chief of Staff, Mike Sommers. In the Senate, I met with Senator John McCain, Senator Pat Leahy and Senator Dick Durbin. I also met with representatives of Irish-American community groups and others with whom we have worked closely. Summer J1 visa issues have been largely...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Feb 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: As the Taoiseach made clear in the Dáil on 12 February, the twenty fourth anniversary of Pat Finucane’s murder, the Government’s position remains in favour of an independent public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane, in line with the all-party view in this House. Agreement by the British government to hold such an inquiry would fulfil its commitment in the...

Topical Issue Debate: Report on Murder of Pat Finucane (12 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Some 23 years ago Pat Finucane was brutally murdered by loyalist paramilitaries in front of his wife, Geraldine, and three children, Michael, Catherine and John. Geraldine has since campaigned tirelessly to get to the truth about her husband's murder. Along the way she has had to endure the frustration of seeing evidence destroyed, justice obstructed and her husband's reputation impugned....

Financial Resolution No. 11: General (Resumed). (8 Apr 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: I wish to share my time with Deputies Pat Rabbitte and Ruairí Quinn.

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (16 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department has received a copy of the report by the Pat Finucane Centre which raised concerns about the health of the person in question. For my part I have discussed the status of this individual with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and I have directed officials from my Department to continue to monitor this case very closely.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Inquiries (18 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The murder of Pat Finucane was one of a number of cases which gave rise to allegations of collusion by the security forces in one or other of the jurisdictions on the island and which therefore had profound implications for public confidence and, consequently, for the wider peace process. It was because of their wider implications for confidence that these cases were a particular concern...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Equality Issues (19 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 21, 40 and 46 together. The New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade is organised by the St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee Incorporated, a private, not for profit organization. Since the early 1990s, the Parade Committee has clearly asserted its view that the Irish, and Irish-American, LGBT community are welcome to continue participating in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Dec 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Governments therefore committed to undertake a thorough investigation of allegations of collusion in the cases, of the murders of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan, Pat Finucane, Lord Justice and Lady Gibson, Robert Hamill, Rosemary Nelson and Billy Wright. The Government's position continues to be to fulfil the commitments we entered into at Weston Park,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (15 Jan 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Governments therefore committed to undertake a thorough investigation of allegations of collusion in the cases of the murders of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan, Pat Finucane, Lord Justice and Lady Gibson, Robert Hamill, Rosemary Nelson and Billy Wright. In line with Judge Cory’s subsequent recommendations, a Tribunal of Inquiry into the murders...

Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: That is what gets down the cost of heating a home and fuel. We are committed to doing this. Only last week I had a lengthy discussion with the Minister, Deputy Pat Rabbitte, about the plans he had to encourage more people to take up the retrofitting scheme and about the grants and various forms of assistance available through his Department and Sustainable Energy Ireland. We are going to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (19 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...think of them today and of their ongoing loss. On 11 May 2011, shortly after this Government took office, I met with members of Justice for the Forgotten, the organisation which, as part of the Pat Finucane Centre, provides support for victims of the Troubles in this jurisdiction, including the Dublin and Monaghan bombing families. The Taoiseach met with them subsequently on 18 July...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (19 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...families. I think of them today and of their ongoing loss. On 11 May 2011, shortly after this Government took office, I met with Justice for the Forgotten, the organization who, as part of the Pat Finucane Centre, provides support for victims of the Troubles in this jurisdiction, including the Dublin and Monaghan bombing families. The Taoiseach met with them subsequently on 18 July...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (20 Feb 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: ...her lawyer. She also met with the European Parliament’s monitoring mission to Ukraine, led by the former President of Poland, Mr Aleksander Kwaœniewski, and the former President of the European Parliament, Mr Pat Cox, earlier this month.

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (9 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Minister Cameron in Downing Street on 11 October last when they were informed of the British Government's decision to proceed with a non-judicial Review, rather than a judicial Inquiry, into the Pat Finucane case, I was in contact with the Secretary of State to inform him personally that our Government fully shared the family's disappointment with the decision. A meeting with the family...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 227 and 230 together. The Irish Government continues to seek an independent public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane as committed to in the Weston Park Agreement; on the basis of the findings of Judge Cory on the likelihood of state collusion. The work undertaken by Desmond De Silva QC can facilitate this, in my opinion, by helping ensure that an...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (14 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Montgomery Permanent Representation to the European Union, Brussels Paris Paul Kavanagh Paris Beijing Declan Kelleher Beijing Permanent Representation to the European Union, Brussels Pat Hennessy Rome Abu Dhabi Bobby McDonagh London Rome Dan Mulhall Berlin London Patricia O'Brien Special leave (as Legal Counsel and Under Secretary General at the United Nations ...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: ...families. They all seek the truth of what happened to their relatives. The Finucane family is no different in this regard. The Government continues to seek a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane, as committed to in the various agreements, on the basis of the findings of Judge Cory on the likelihood of state collusion. The work undertaken by Desmond de Silva QC can facilitate...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (18 Jun 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...groups for victims of the conflict in this jurisdiction and in Northern Ireland have received project funding in the past. Most recently, in May 2014, I approved an award of €48,000 for the Pat Finucane Centre-Justice for the Forgotten. Organisations working in this and other sectors may apply to become strategic partners if they meet the eligibility criteria and their...