Results 4,761-4,780 of 15,491 for speaker:Eamon Gilmore

Written Answers — Referendum Expenditure: Referendum Expenditure (12 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: A total of €4.2 million was allocated by the Government for the Referendum on the Stability Treaty. €2.2 million was allocated to the Referendum Commission and €2 million to the Government's information campaign. Until all bills and invoices have been issued and settled, it will not be possible to give a final figure. However, the breakdown of costs associated with the Government's...

Written Answers — International Election Monitoring: International Election Monitoring (12 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government believes that international election monitoring missions have an important role to play in the promotion of human rights and democracy, and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains a roster of observers for election monitoring missions. We aim to ensure that, when requested, Ireland is represented at an appropriate level in international observation missions for...

Written Answers — International Election Monitoring: International Election Monitoring (12 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Irish Aid in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade maintains a roster of observers for election monitoring missions. We aim to ensure that, when requested, Ireland is represented at an appropriate level in international observation missions for elections and constitutional referendums. Irish observers participate primarily in missions organised by the European Union and the...

Written Answers — Driving Licences: Driving Licences (12 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Matters relating to the processing of driving licences in Ireland and reciprocal exchange agreements are the responsibility of the Road Safety Authority which falls under the aegis of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport. Driving licences in Canada are issued on a provincial rather than federal basis. Therefore, in response to requests from a number of people seeking to exchange...

Written Answers — Ministerial Staff: Ministerial Staff (12 Jun 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 on 9 March 2011. 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 salary for Ms Jean O'Mahony, which is within the Department of Public Expenditure and...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (12 Jun 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 must operate within the law on this as in all matters. The Department received an...

Written Answers — Misplaced Passports: Misplaced Passports (12 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: In January 2011, with a view to preventing identity theft and the circulation of falsified passports, a range of additional safeguards were introduced into the passport application procedure for those seeking to replace a lost/stolen passport. Applicants in this category are required to submit the following additional evidence in support of their passport application: A completed and...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (12 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I am aware of the case of Mr Guilien, and I deplore threats against any individual. In this regard, I have made known my concerns to the Colombian authorities through their embassy in London.

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (12 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: During the course of the recent hunger strikes by Palestinian prisoners, I called on the Israeli authorities to seek a solution which would avoid a tragic outcome, and I made clear here in the Dáil my view that the widespread use by Israel of administrative detention should cease, and that the punitive conditions imposed on Palestinian prisoners while Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was in...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (12 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department's salaries budget is not allocated on the basis outlined in the question and the type of information sought is therefore not currently available. However, in order to be helpful to the Deputy, I am providing below a table containing a full breakdown of the core staffing of the Department at home and abroad on 30th April 2012. Just less than 590, or approximately 42% of posts...

Written Answers — Humanitarian Access: Humanitarian Access (7 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government remains seriously concerned about the situation in Sudan and South Sudan. We are working with our EU partners to ensure that, in addition to a focus on the political and security situation, priority is given by the international community to the vital issue of humanitarian access to people and communities affected by the conflict and the tension in the region. We will...

Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The European Stability Mechanism Bill is not being put through the House in one day. The European Stability Mechanism is due to take effect from 1 July. This means the Bill must be enacted by that date. For it to be enacted by that date, it must be debated in this House on Second Stage. On Committee Stage the Deputy will have ample opportunity to examine the legislation in detail and...

Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: That is different from saying the Bill will be put through the House in one day; it is not.

Order of Business (7 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: We are providing for the debate on Second Stage to end today in order that Deputies will have the opportunity to prepare amendments for Committee Stage, on which they may make the case for whatever changes they wish to make to the legislation. If necessary, they may do so again on Report Stage. Today's debate on Second Stage is on the general principles of the Bill. It is proposed that,...

Valuation (Amendment) Bill 2012: First Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: No.

Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Amendment) Bill 2012: First Stage (7 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: No.

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The economic management council will meet the banks. We plan in any event on meeting them in the near future. I welcome the Credit Review Office report. Since the office's establishment in April 2010, 197 appeals have been received, 60% of which have been completed, and 69 of these refusals have been overturned, resulting in the banks subsequently supplying €6.9 million of credit and...

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government has set lending targets for the banks - €3.5 billion in 2012 and €4 billion in 2013. Unlike the practice of the previous Government, the Government meets the banks regularly to discuss with them their progress or lack thereof in meeting those targets.

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The effect is that the Credit Review Office has made decisions which have overturned banking decisions in respect of the provision of credit.

Leaders' Questions (7 Jun 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: In respect of mortgages, the Government intends to publish the personal insolvency legislation this month. Unlike the previous Government, the Government has brought forward a range of measures through the Keane report to address the issue of mortgage distress, which is very real and which is a priority. The legislation will contain for the first time in Irish law non-judicial debt...