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Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The student registration fee was increased by Fianna Fáil by almost 1,000% between 1997 and when it left office in 2011.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Fianna Fáil is in no position to talk.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: For years, Fianna Fáil referred to the necessity to rationalise the way in which the student grants system was being administered. Some 66 local authorities and VECs dealt with student grants.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Education and Skills has given that role to one body, namely, SUSI, which is being run by the CDVEC and has responsibility for the processing-----

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----of student grants for first-time applicants. Student grant applications for existing grant holders continue to be processed by local authorities and VECs.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Education and Skills is on top of this issue.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Regarding the impact on students, potential concerns among those whose grants have not yet come through and possibly being put at some disadvantage in terms of participating in college, doing exams and so on-----

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----the Minister has directed the HEA to ensure the universities and institutes of technology, ITs, do not put any student whose grant has not yet come through at a disadvantage.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: There were 66,000 completed applications for student grants this year, of which 18,000 have been completed and awarded, provisionally awarded or refused.

Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: SUSI is awaiting documentation on 21,000 applications. The remain 27,000 applications are being processed. Additional staff have been provided to accelerate the processing, which is proceeding at a rate of 800 applications per day. CDVEC's chief executive officer, whose authority now has responsibility for this matter, is due to appear before the Joint Committee on Education and Social...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The offices of the Embassy of Ireland in Bratislava have been located at Mostová 2, 811 02 Bratislava, Slovakia, since 2002. The Ambassador’s residence was relocated to more economical premises in March 2012. The number of diplomatic officers serving in the Embassy was reduced to one last June as part of a move to a lighter and more cost-effective model of State representation...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Comprehensive Expenditure Report, published last year foresees a current budget allocation to my Department for 2013 of €733 million. This funding will support the achievement of my Department’s High Level Goals as outlined in its Statement of Strategy. On a “No Policy Change” basis, it is estimated that a total of €756m would be needed in order to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Immigration Policy (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: United States of America: In respect of the United States, the following are the relevant statistics based on information made available by the US Department of Homeland Security: Period Total Criminal Non-criminal Federal Year 2011(October 2010 – September 2011) 58 28 30 Source: Department of Homeland Security Yearbook of Immigration Statistics, 2011 Canada: In respect of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: There are no State agencies or similar bodies operating under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Sector Pensions (8 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: With regard to the staff of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the calculation and payment of superannuation benefits is a matter for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Staff of the former Agency for Personal Service Overseas (APSO) were integrated into the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in 2003. Two former APSO staff and a spouse of a deceased APSO staff...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (7 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The start last month in Norway of peace negotiations between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is a positive development that I warmly welcome. The next round of the negotiations will take place in Cuba. This peace process represents an important opportunity to bring an end to the long conflict that has caused much suffering in Colombia and to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (7 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Ever since the Syria crisis erupted 20 months ago at the beginning of a violent conflict that has so far claimed the lives of more than 20,000 people, Ireland has called consistently for an immediate end to the violence from all sides as a prelude to a necessary dialogue among all Syrians that should pave the way towards a peaceful and orderly resolution of the conflict. As I made clear when...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (7 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The question of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) has been the subject of resolutions adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations, as well as its special committee on decolonisation. In its most recent resolution, adopted on 14 June 2012, the committee expressed its regret that, in spite of the widespread international support for negotiation between the two Governments,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dual Citizenship (6 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: As the Passport Service does not request any information on other nationalities as part of the application process, information on the number of Irish passport holders who are dual nationals is not available.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (6 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Rockall is a small uninhabitable rock, 25 x 30 metres wide, located approximately 160 nautical miles west of the Scottish islands of St. Kilda and 230 nautical miles to the north-west of Donegal. It marks a point at which the Rockall Bank, part of the very large Hatton-Rockall area of continental shelf extending under the north-east Atlantic Ocean, protrudes 21 metres above sea level....