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- Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (3 Jul 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Each application for a passport, which is received by the Passport Service, is processed in accordance with the provisions of the Passports Act, 2008 (the Act). Details of the various requirements are outlined in the Passport Application Form Notes which accompany each application form. These are also available on the Department's website www.passport.ie As regards the person in question, I...
- Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (3 Jul 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: My Department provides a Duty Officer Service outside normal office hours to deal with matters requiring immediate attention, including the issue of passports in situations of genuine urgency or emergencies. The nature of this service is currently under review in the context of budgetary pressures and the review of allowances being conducted by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform....
- Written Answers — Legal Cases: Legal Cases (3 Jul 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The details of legal cases pending against my Department and the year of commencement of each case are set out in the table below. Year 2002 2006 2009 2010 2011 2012 Number of cases 1 2 1 4 1 1
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (3 Jul 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 173 and 174 together. My Department is responsible for two Votes â Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs) and Vote 27 (International Cooperation). The Department necessarily works with a wide range of partners in pursuit of its strategic goals. In some cases, this involves the provision of funding to associations, organisations or other bodies. In addition to these...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (3 Jul 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Details of allowances paid in my Department are set out in the tables below. As the Deputy will be aware, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is currently reviewing all allowances paid in the public sector and it is expected that the outcome of that review will be considered by Government in the near future. Allowances common to more than one Department Allowance Number of...
- Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (3 Jul 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The Passports Act, 2008 provides that the Minister for Foreign Affairs must be satisfied that before issuing a passport that each person who is a guardian of the child consents to the issuance of that passport. In this case, the parents are married. Under Irish law they are the legal guardians of their child. Accordingly, their witnessed consent, albeit provided from different locations,...
- Written Answers — EU Presidency: EU Presidency (3 Jul 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Presidency preparations are now at an advanced stage and have been operating at an intense level for more than a year. The principal focus across a very wide range of policy areas and Council formations will be on stimulating sustainable economic growth and job creation across Europe. On 1 June a draft calendar of meetings to be held in Brussels during the Presidency was circulated to...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (3 Jul 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: There are no state boards under the remit of my Department.
- Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (28 Jun 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 51 to 55, inclusive, together. I have already made clear on a number of occasions, including in this House, my own deep concern and that of the Irish Government and people regarding the general human rights situation in Bahrain. As I have advised the House previously, it is my view that civilians should never be tried in military courts. In the course of the...
- Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (28 Jun 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Entitlement to Irish citizenship is governed by the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act, 1956, as amended (the Act). Section 6A of the Act provides that persons born in the State on or after 1 January, 2005, where neither parent is an Irish or a British citizen or otherwise entitled to reside in the State or Northern Ireland without restriction, may claim citizenship by birth in the State...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (28 Jun 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: An annual revenue/cost statement for Passport Service for the period 2008-2011 is set out below. Figures for 2012 will not be available until the Department's Appropriation Account has been signed after the end of the financial year. Passport Service - Revenue/Cost Statement 2008-2011 2008 2009 2010 2011 Total Revenue â¬29,720,000 â¬31,687,000 â¬32,995,000 â¬35,880,000 Current...
- Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (28 Jun 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The total number of passport applications processed for the period 2008 to 24 June 2012 is detailed as follows. Year Applications 2008 664,638 2009 642,777 2010 675,324 2011 679,946 2012 â to 24 June 418,406
- Written Answers — Passports Applications: Passports Applications (28 Jun 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The fee for a standard 10-year adult Irish passport, where the application is made through passport express, is â¬80. A 3 year passport costing â¬16 is available to infants (children under 3 years of age). Minors (children aged 3 to 17) may obtain a 5 year passport for â¬26.50. The fee for a standard 10-year adult passport submitted other than through Passport Express is â¬95. The rate...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (28 Jun 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform is responsible for the sick leave regulations and procedures that apply to civil servants. The Deputy will also be aware that, under the Public Service Agreement 2010-2014 ("Croke Park Agreement"), the civil service is committed to achieving a substantial reduction in sick leave absences. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has adopted...
- Written Answers — Public Sector Reform: Public Sector Reform (28 Jun 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The Public Service Agreement, 2010-2014 (the "Croke Park" Agreement) provides a framework for public service management and staff to work together to reduce the cost of delivery of public services while also maintaining or improving the quality of those services. An Implementation Body was established to drive the implementation of the Agreement across all sectors and ensure that early,...
- Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (27 Jun 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I am deeply aware of the threats hanging over these Bedouin communities. I have made clear directly to the Israeli authorities my opposition to these threatened relocations. During my visit to the region last January, I visited the affected communities in order to demonstrate my support for them. I was therefore glad to learn shortly afterwards that the immediate threat of eviction had...
- Written Answers — Ministerial Transport: Ministerial Transport (27 Jun 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: Listed as follows are the details of the mileage claimed by each Minister of State at my Department in the years 2009 to 2011. Figures reflect the motor travel allowances claimed for official travel undertaken. Minister of State 2009 2010 2011 Dick Roche T.D. â¬21,564 â¬17,242 â¬3,370.21 Lucinda Creighton T.D. N/A N/A â¬4,834.02 Peter Power T.D. â¬27,919 â¬9,144 â¬2,402 Jan...
- Written Answers — Nuclear Proliferation: Nuclear Proliferation (26 Jun 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The SIPRI Yearbook 2012, to which the Deputy is referring, has not yet been published in full and I cannot therefore comment on its content. Ireland has never subscribed to the view that nuclear weapons represent a safe or prudent strategic deterrent, and will continue to press the five nuclear weapons states to fulfil their obligation to disarm their nuclear arsenals. The UK is entitled to...
- Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Jun 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: The Government remains committed to assisting the Ballymurphy Massacre Campaign in their search for justice and will endeavour to provide support to them whenever possible. Officials from my Department met with the Ballymurphy families recently in Belfast and discussed with them their concerns regarding the original investigations into the eleven killings. The Taoiseach has also committed to...
- Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (26 Jun 2012)
Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 142, 145 and 152 together. My Department's current staffing levels are within the ceilings authorised under its Employment Control Framework and the available staff are required to assist the Department in delivering the diverse range of foreign policy, economic promotion, programme management and citizen services it provides at home and abroad. There are no...