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Written Answers — Rapid Response Corps: Rapid Response Corps (23 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 305: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the personnel involved in the Emergency Response Unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25427/07]

Written Answers — Common Foreign and Security Policy: Common Foreign and Security Policy (23 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 306: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent discussions he has had with respect to the situation in Kosovo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25428/07]

Written Answers — Diplomatic Relations: Diplomatic Relations (23 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 307: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the dealings Ireland has with Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25429/07]

Territorial Waters. (23 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions he has had with a view to extending Ireland's underwater territory under the new UN Law of the Sea Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25423/07]

Territorial Waters. (23 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: The Minister stated the first sector is agreed and Ireland will have jurisdiction over it. Will the Minister confirm it is an area of 270,000 square kilometres? Does the Department of Foreign Affairs or the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources lead on this issue? As this concerns a vast area, has the Minister considered the implications for the country with respect to...

Territorial Waters. (23 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Can the Minister indicate when he expects the discussions on sector two and sector three to be completed?

Foreign Conflicts. (23 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 84: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure peaceful protests are permitted to take place in Burma; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25424/07]

Foreign Conflicts. (23 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: What response did the Minister receive to his letters to China and India? Is it correct that the Minister's predecessor established diplomatic relations with Burma during the Irish Presidency of the EU in 2004 on the basis the Burmese regime would promote democratisation and national reconciliation? Where stands the seven-step road map for democratisation that was set out? Does the...

Foreign Conflicts. (23 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Have any Irish companies invested in Burma? Were the responses of the Indian and Chinese Governments made in writing? If so, is it possible to make those responses available in the Oireachtas Library?

Cross-Border Projects. (23 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 85: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of funding allocated by his Department to cross-Border bodies since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25425/07]

Cross-Border Projects. (23 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: My colleagues and I welcome the allocation of funding to the Implementation Bodies. The Good Friday Agreement had the overwhelming support of the people of this island, including the support of all political parties in this House. Does the Minister agree there is a responsibility on both Governments to oversee the implementation of the Agreement and that the functioning of the Assembly is...

Cross-Border Projects. (23 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: The Minister was looking to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle before he even intervened. I thank the Minister for his reply but I would urge caution. He quoted a Unionist figure who stated it would be logical for Fianna Fáil to extend into the Six Counties. Has the Minister, in his official capacity, had any representations from groups who have expressed concern at such a possible development?

Cross-Border Projects. (23 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: It is a bit of a grey area.

Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Bill 2006 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: That is a rare occurrence for Deputy Rabbitte.

Road Network. (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: Question 45: To ask the Minister for Transport the situation with regard to the proposed outer orbital route for the greater Dublin area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23882/07]

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: I did not say we should forgo our visa free status in the United States. I hope the Minister of State did not misinterpret my remarks.

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: I mentioned that holders of a biometric passport do not need to sign documentation at an airport. Must holders of the old style passport sign documents at airports?

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: This is quite a simple Bill that puts in place the administration of passports, as well as offences for the abuse and misuse of such passports. Having listened to the Minister of State and the reference to the births and deaths register, I believe that passports should be compulsory for everybody. It would save many problems for us. We had a big furore last year about the register not...

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: We do not have them in County Wicklow.

Passports Bill 2007: Second Stage (18 Oct 2007)

Billy Timmins: This might also happen at a Labour Party parliamentary party meeting. Could this have an impact? I would hate to think that an Irish person who had travelled to New York for a weekend to play hurling could, while returning, end up in Guantanamo Bay for carrying what was deemed to be a false passport, based on the biometric read-out. I understand the EU legislation will require the inclusion...