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

Micheál Martin: We have.

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

Micheál Martin: Yes, we have.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: Read on.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: If Deputy Gilmore reads on, he will see the answer to the question. Read on.

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: The rationale is there.

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (7 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: Relations between Ireland and Australia are excellent. Visits and contacts take place on a regular basis. The Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Dermot Ahern T.D., acting on my behalf, met with Australian Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith M.P., on 3 December 2008, while both Ministers were in Oslo for the signing of the Convention on Cluster Munitions. A range of bilateral and...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (7 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: I would like to take this opportunity to express again my deepest sympathy to the family of the person mentioned by the Deputy. I can assure the Deputy that our Embassy in Ankara and the Consular Division in Dublin provided extensive consular assistance to the family involved. Embassy staff were available at all times to support the family concerned from their arrival in Turkey. Embassy staff...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: The Scheme of Performance-Related Pay Awards in the Civil Service applies to Deputy and Assistant Secretaries and equivalent grades. It does not apply to Secretaries General. The following table sets out the amounts paid for the years 2005 to 2007, inclusive. Year Total Amount Number of staff to whom awards were made 2005 €532,000 46 2006 €609,000 45 2007 €656,000 48 These payments...

Written Answers — Overseas Development Aid: Overseas Development Aid (7 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: A number of programmes operating in my Department provide funding to community and voluntary sector organisations: the Reconciliation Fund for North-South and Anglo-Irish Co-operation; the Emigrant Support Programme; the Communicating Europe Initiative and the Irish Aid programme, Ireland's programme of official development assistance. Funding under these programmes is provided on an annual...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 217 to 220, inclusive, together. I have set out, in tabular form, figures for entertainment incurred by my Department in Ireland. As requested by the Deputy, the figures have been presented to reflect the period prior to, and since, the most recent Cabinet changes. In the time available, it has not been possible to provide a breakdown of the overall figures in...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (7 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: The table sets out the costs relating to my official mobile telephony service since I was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs in May 2008. Rental Calls Handset Purchase Other Costs Refunds PDAs Blackberries 2008 €57.06 €980.00 nil €13.31 Car charger nil nil nil 2009 to Date nil €182.25 nil nil nil nil nil My Department avails of the Department of Finance Central Framework for...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: Section 5 of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act allowed for certain public servants to give one month's written notice to terminate their employment before 1 April 2009. No member of staff of my Department has given written notice of termination of their employment under Section 5 of the Act.

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (7 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 224 and 225 together. Further to my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 269 of 3 March 2009, there are a total of two US officials of Administrative and Technical status attached to the Embassy of the United States who act as liaison officers at Shannon Airport. They have been notified to this Department by the Embassy under Article 10 of the 1961 Vienna...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (7 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: At present there are 37 individuals working in my Department on temporary employment contracts which will expire before the end of 2010. All but one of those contract staff will cease their employment in my Department before the end of this year. The majority of these temporary contracts would, in any event, have come to a natural end, irrespective of the moratorium announced by the Minister...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (2 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: The situation in Zimbabwe remains fragile following the formation of a power-sharing government involving Zanu-PF and the MDC in February. There have been some small signs of progress, and I hope that the new Government will be able to address the significant problems now facing Zimbabwe. The release of Roy Bennett, the designated MDC deputy agriculture minister, sent a positive signal,...

Written Answers — Departmental Programmes: Departmental Programmes (2 Apr 2009)

Micheál Martin: The Finance (No. 2) Act 2008 provided for the introduction of an exemption from income tax in respect of a benefit-in-kind arising from a bicycle or associated safety equipment being supplied by an employer to an employee for the purposes of commuting to work. The implementation of this scheme for the Civil Service is being dealt with by the Department of Finance. It is understood that...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (31 Mar 2009)

Micheál Martin: The Passports Act 2008 requires that before issuing a passport to a person, the Minister for Foreign Affairs shall be satisfied that that person is an Irish citizen. Proofs of identity and entitlement to citizenship are required in respect of all passport applications. These requirements are outlined in the passport application form notes that accompany each application form. Details are also...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (31 Mar 2009)

Micheál Martin: I have made enquiries and been advised that there are no service agreements within my Department that come within the scope of the Deputy's question. There are no public bodies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (31 Mar 2009)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 337, 338 and 341 together. The Government remains steadfast in its commitment to developing our bilateral migration arrangements with the United States, including finding a solution for our undocumented citizens. The Taoiseach and I emphasised the importance of this issue in our engagements with the US Administration and Congress during our visit to the...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (31 Mar 2009)

Micheál Martin: The case to which the Deputy refers relates to five Cuban men, known as the Miami Five, who were convicted in the US in 2001 on charges ranging from espionage to first degree murder. As I have previously stated on a number of occasions to the Deputy, most recently on 25 February 2009, the Government has no standing in this matter, which is a bilateral consular question between the US and the...