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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government of Ireland is aware of attacks on women in India in recent months and is concerned about the situation. I have been informed that India’s Parliament recently passed into law the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance (2013) in response to recent attacks on women. This follows a call on 31 December 2012, from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Navi...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I refer the Deputy to my reply of 20 February concerning this matter. As the Deputy is aware, the shooting of Malala Yousafzai in October 2012 drew widespread condemnation from all levels of the international community including the EU and UN. The High Representative / Vice President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton, and the Secretary General of the United National Ban Ki Moon...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: As the Deputy will be aware from previous replies in relation to this Irish citizen, my officials remain in close and direct contact with the person’s spouse and family and liaise directly with them on any request for assistance or on any development on this case. The Ambassador and officers in the Embassy in New Delhi, which is accredited to Sri Lanka, have also been very active in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (28 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: In 2012, the total value of merchandise exports was €92 billion, representing an increase of 1% on the 2011 figure (€91 billion), while services exports for 2012 reached €90 billion, an increase of 10.7% on the 2011 figure (€81 billion). Overall, Irish exports reached their highest level ever in 2012. Merchandise exports to Europe increased by 3.2% in 2012, with...

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: On the issue of the ESM and the recapitalisation, irrespective of what any individual may say or opinion that may be expressed by individuals, there is an agreement and a conclusion which was reached at the European Council last May and repeated in October and in December which provides for the recapitalisation of banks by the ESM. That is a specific commitment.

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: In regard to Deputy Adams's question on the Jerusalem report, as I said, what happened at the summit was that foreign affairs issues were referred to the Foreign Affairs Council. I am dealing with the issue of the Jerusalem report at the Foreign Affairs Council and with the High Representative in the context of the efforts we are making to try to get talks resumed to secure a settlement in...

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: In response to Deputy Higgins, the proposition that there should be a levy on deposits under €100,000 did not come from Ireland. It would be worth the Deputy's while checking from where it came before making that kind of allegation. I thank all the Deputies for their contributions to the debate. This month's European Council meeting represented an important opportunity for European...

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I can make the remainder of this script available.

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I neither know where the question is in that rant or the point being made.

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Let us start of the beginning. This country is not a tax haven.

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Boyd Barrett will find anyone he can find to quote to have a cut at his country. There is a time when one should take some degree of responsibility for the well-being of the country. On the issue of banks, we are not in the same situation as Cyprus. We are not taking a cut at people's savings. I do not know if Deputy Boyd Barrett agrees with the proposition that there should be a...

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy agrees with it over €100,000.

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Let us be clear on this because it is an interesting point. Deputy Boyd Barrett agrees that deposits over €100,000 should be taken and that we should have a 30% or 40% take of the money out of-----

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: What the Deputy is saying is that 30% or 40% of the money in people's deposits over €100,000 should be taken.

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: With somebody's pension, for example, or the lump sum someone received on retirement or when someone sells a house and puts the money on deposit, Deputy Boyd Barrett thinks it is okay-----

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: -----to take 30% or 40% from it. It is an interesting theory but, like many other things Deputy Boyd Barrett says, it will not work in practice.

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: With regard to Cyprus, it is worth going back on the sequence of how the agreement was initially reached and, following its voting down in the Cypriot Parliament, there was-----

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: -----renewed discussion and a revised agreement. It is worth reflecting on the degree to which our situation is dramatically different from that of Cyprus. It is worth reflecting on the scenario where banks are still closed in Cyprus and depositors face a very severe cut or levy on their deposits. It is not a situation in which we would wish to find ourselves but it is one in which we could...

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: It is not true that we did not support Cyprus in its hour of need. Ireland expressed its solidarity with Cyprus with regard to what was happening there. No country wants to see a crisis in its banking system. Cyprus's banks are closed and people are limited to taking €100 per day out of ATMs. We have seen a very severe package being put together to address the banking situation. ...

European Council: Statements (27 Mar 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: What I find interesting about the discussion on Cyprus is that when arrangements were initially agreed, there were voices here asking why we did not do what Cyprus was doing. Now we know. We are not doing what Cyprus is doing because it would not be in the interests of our people.