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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Youth Unemployment Measures (14 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Youth unemployment is one of the greatest challenges of the current crisis and the Irish Presidency has worked hard to address the problem and mobilise available instruments and resources to support Member States with the greatest difficulties posed by youth unemployment. The EPSCO Council under the chairmanship of the Irish Presidency agreed on the key principles of the Youth Guarantee...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (14 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: We were pleased that the December 2012 European Council Conclusions left scope for progress on EU enlargement during the Irish Presidency. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has been an official candidate for EU accession since 2005. With a view to a possible decision on opening accession negotiations, the December Council invited the Commission to report on progress in three areas:...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (14 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Overtime payments to Ministerial appointees are detailed in the table below. Personal Secretaries and Personal Assistants may be required to work additional hours from time to time and have access to a maximum of 6 hours paid overtime per week, subject to the normal approval arrangements. Secretaries General at my Department, both current and past, are not entitled to claim overtime....

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

Eamon Gilmore: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the table below. Rotation of Ambassadors normally takes place in late summer. NAME CURRENTLY SERVING TRANSFERRING TO Michael Collins Washington Berlin Anne Anderson Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York Washington David Donoghue HQ Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York Rory Montgomery Permanent...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (14 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I am honoured to have been invited by the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia, Ms. Vesna Pusiç, to attend the central celebration on the occasion of Croatia’s accession to the EU to be held in Zagreb on 30 June. Ireland very much looks forward to welcoming Croatia as the 28th Member State of the EU on 1 July.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Councils: Discussion with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I will start with what Deputy Durkan, Deputy O'Reilly and Senator Reilly said about the social consequences of high unemployment levels. Deputy Durkan drew parallels between current high levels of unemployment in Europe and what occurred in the 1930s. This is Europe Day and it is useful to recall that the European Community's founding fathers saw the development of the European project as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Councils: Discussion with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I will start with the questions raised by the Chairman. First, on the issue of development aid, I refer to the provision in the MFF that was agreed at the Heads of State and Government meeting last February. On heading 4, Global Europe, which includes development aid, the provision in the previous MFF was €56.815 billion and the provision in the new MFF, from 2014 to 2020, is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Councils: Discussion with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the Chairman. The event that I need to get to by 4 p.m. is in my own constituency. It is a very important event organised by the local authority, the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, to celebrate Europe Day. The parks department of the Council has put together a fabulous arrangement of plants in Cabinteely Park in the form of the European flag and has asked me to do the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Councils: Discussion with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I thank the embassies of the member states which helped and provided information for the various panels and so on which will adorn the exhibition. I am pleased to be here to discuss the progress made to date during Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the EU and to outline developments at the General Affairs Council. As members are aware, managing a Presidency places considerable demands...

Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: My understanding is the arrangements for the debate on Committee Stage must be made by the committee.

Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Taoiseach answered this question yesterday. The position is that the chief executive of the Labour Relations Commission has been given additional time to have direct discussions with individual trade unions. He will report to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on Monday and the Minister will report to the Cabinet on Tuesday. Then it will be a matter for the Government to...

Leaders' Questions (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: It is what one does. Saying something is one thing and doing it is another. That is the difference between what Deputy Daly represents and what the Labour Party represents in government. We act to resolve problems and make things better rather than to go on shouting about them forever.

Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 9a, motion re proposed approval by Dáil Éireann on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for maritime spatial planning and integrated coastal management; No. 9b, motion re membership of committee; No. 20, Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 Seanad - Report Stage (resumed); and...

Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not have a date for the first Bill Deputy Dooley mentioned. The Shannon aviation services centre Bill to establish a new State-owned commercial entity to merge the Shannon Airport Authority and the restructured Shannon Development will be published this year.

Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not have a date for Mr. Justice Quirke's report. As I have said to the Deputy previously, the Bethany Home issue is under consideration by the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Alan Shatter, and the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch. I have a strategy to support Irish emigrants abroad. I would be very happy to answer a question in detail on the emigrant support...

Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Summerhill is also under consideration.

Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The health information Bill will be published in early 2014.

Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The national cultural institutions (amendment) Bill to give effect to actions arising from the Government's reform programme on certain national cultural institutions will be published next year.

Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The heads of the pyrite levy Bill were approved by Government on 30 April 2013 and it is expected that the Bill will be published later this year. The draft heads of the bail Bill are at an advanced stage but it is not possible to indicate a date on which it will come before the House.

Order of Business (9 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand the Bill will be in the House next week. It will be in the hands of the House.