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Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The peace process and the Good Friday Agreement have resulted in a transformation of society in Northern Ireland, perhaps most visibly in the normalisation of daily life and the dramatic decrease in terrorist-related incidents and violence. There remains, however, a threat from paramilitary groups who continue to assert their determination to impose a return to conflict on the people of...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 30 and 32 together. Ireland, along with our EU partners, have consistently asserted that the long term solution to the Middle East conflict, and the only way to secure the needs and interests of Israelis, Palestinians and others in the region is a solution based on two states, including a sovereign Palestinian state, and thus the ending of the Israeli...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Passports Act, 2008 provides, among other things, that only Irish citizens are entitled to be issued with Irish passports. Each application received by the Passport Service must, therefore, demonstrate that person's entitlement to Irish citizenship before a passport can issue. The Passport Service received an application from the person in question in April, 2011. At that stage, it...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department has not funded any organisation or scheme in County Meath in 2011 or to date in 2012. There are no State agencies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Ministerial Advisers: Ministerial Advisers (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The following are details of the Special Advisers appointed by me since I took up duty as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade on 9 March 2011 whose salaries exceed the first point of the Principal Officer standard scale. The salaries attaching to the first two listed posts are commensurate with the responsibilities the post holders carry in the Office of the Tánaiste. The...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: There are no state agencies under the aegis of my department.

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: There are no state agencies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Department engages professional services in a number of areas where the required skills are not available in-house and it is more cost-effective to source them externally. Details of payments in the period in question are included in the tables below in respect of Vote 27 (International Cooperation) and Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs and Trade). Vote 27 International Cooperation Description...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department does not employ agency staff with the exception of a small number of locally recruited clerical staff engaged by some Irish missions abroad through agencies, rather than directly. There are no additional costs involved. There are no State agencies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Public Private Partnerships: Public Private Partnerships (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department is not participating in any capital project on a public private partnership basis.

Written Answers — Departmental Contracts: Departmental Contracts (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department is committed to providing high-level services to the public both at home and abroad. These services include passports, consular assistance and a range of other citizenship and consular functions. My Department also provides non-consular services to Irish communities abroad including the Certificate of Irish Heritage project which is outsourced. The Certificate of Irish...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Excluding the exceptional costs associated with Ireland's Chairmanship-in-Office of the OSCE and preparations for our Presidency of the EU, the resources available to my Department for staff and other administrative costs are €3.175 million less than the corresponding allocation for 2011. While not all spending is evenly spread over the year, I anticipate at this stage that administrative...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: There are no state agencies under the aegis of my department.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: One official who retired from my Department on 29 February 2012 has been temporarily re-engaged in order to assist with the Department's activities in the lead-up to and during Ireland's Presidency of the EU from January to June 2013. The contract of employment in this case provides for attendance on a part-time basis from 1 May until 31 July 2012 and on a fulltime basis from 1 September...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: No such appointments were made by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the period in question.

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The telecommunications services allocation for my Department is €6.207 million for 2012.

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Details of the sick leave recorded as taken by staff of my Department in 2009, 2010 and 2011 are set out in the following table. Year Total number of sick days Number of which were certified by a Doctor Number of which were uncertified Average no. of sick days per employee 2009 10,160.3 9042.3 1118 8.1 2010 9,533.1 8512.6 1020.5 7.8 2011 8,832 7,984 848 7.6 It would be extremely...

Written Answers — Trade Missions: Trade Missions (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: As the Deputy will be aware, following the transfer of certain trade promotion functions to my Department last year, Enterprise Ireland proposals for trade missions are submitted simultaneously to both myself and the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, reflecting the close involvement of both our Departments in trade-related matters. The Export Trade Council, which I chair, also...

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 5, Supplementary Estimates for Public Services 2012 [Vote 32] - back from committee; No. 5a, motion re membership of committees; No. 12, Gaeltacht Bill 2012 [Seanad] - Committee and Remaining Stages; No. 15, Electoral (Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill 2011 [Seanad] - Order for Report, Report and Final Stages; and No. 15a, statements on the Government's response...

Order of Business (19 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Tá na Teachtaí ag caint as dhá thaobh a mbéil faoin ábhar seo.