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Order of Business (2 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not know the answer to that, but I will ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to communicate directly with the Deputy on the issue.

Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The jobs issue was part of the agreement reached last Monday at the European meeting of Heads of State and Government. There was a specific agreement that the economic situation in Europe cannot be resolved alone by budgetary and fiscal measures but that there needs to be a jobs and growth strategy. The Government was keen to have this on the agenda and for it to continue to be so. In...

Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Ó Cuív initially asked me three specific questions in respect of the measures being taken by the Government to deal with the jobs crisis. I am delighted that he was so satisfied with the specific answers I provided that he has entirely changed the topic of his supplementary question. I have read the report on what happened to Galway Airport, which is a privately-owned airport and...

Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: By way of general practice, the Government has set down specific targets for the banks' lending to small and medium enterprises. We have spoken directly to the banks about how they are meeting those targets and we intend to do so again in the near future. In respect of difficulties that arise with the operation of that initiative in practice, Deputy Ó Cuív will be aware that the Credit...

Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Under the supplementary welfare allowance scheme, the Department of Social Protection may make single payments to help meet once off and exceptional essential expenditure which a person could not reasonably be expected to cover out of his or her weekly income. The Department spent approximately €63 million on these payments last year and made payments to 226,000 individual claimants....

Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I again repeat for Deputy McDonald what the Government has done for people on low incomes. In this year's budget there was no cut in the basic rates of social welfare for the first time in a number of years. Some 330,000 people on the lowest incomes were taken out of the universal social charge-----

Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I ask the Deputy to listen.

Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I listened attentively to the Deputy's question and all I ask is that she listens to the reply.

Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Some 330,000 people on the lowest incomes were taken out of the universal social charge net. The cut to the national minimum wage that was made by the previous Government was reversed by this Government, something Deputy McDonald said we would not do. We are dealing with special needs payments, which are once-off payments made by community welfare officers. The guidelines given to the...

Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy should not constantly be saying "cutbacks". This is about using the scarce public resources to the best effect to ensure the money we spend on people who are in need goes to those with the greatest need for it. From time to time it is necessary to change the way in which those moneys are spent to ensure they go to those in the greatest need. Nobody can argue that rules that are...

Leaders' Questions (2 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: As the Deputy is aware this House unanimously passed a motion on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. The terms of that motion were conveyed to the British Parliament and British Government. I have met representatives of Justice for the Forgotten. On several occasions we have raised with the British Government the motion that was passed unanimously, one of the terms of which was a call for...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (1 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The administrative budgets for each embassy are provided in the table below. These budgets are considered to be the locally-devolved administrative (day-to-day) budget including local staff salaries but not salaries of diplomatic staff, which are a charge on the Headquarters budget. Likewise, my Department's capital budget is not allocated to missions on an ongoing basis but is managed from...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (1 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government remains closely engaged at both European Union and international level in monitoring the situation in Burma and in supporting the Burmese people in their struggle for democracy and human rights. We have been encouraged by recent movements including the opening of dialogue between the Burmese Government and Aung San Suu Kyi as well as approval of the registration of her...

Written Answers — State Visits: State Visits (31 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: A senior official from the Department of the Taoiseach and the Secretary General of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland's Ambassador-designate to the Holy See, attended the meeting of the Ireland Stand Up campaign on 18 January 2012. They both spoke with members of the Ireland Stand Up campaign about their concerns. As was outlined in my statement of 3 November last year,...

Written Answers — State Visits: State Visits (31 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand that the Catholic Bishops have issued an invitation to Pope Benedict to visit Ireland on the occasion of the International Eucharistic Congress in 2012, and that this invitation is under consideration by the Holy See. If the Government receives an indication that the Pope wishes to travel to Ireland for the Eucharistic Congress, or on a subsequent occasion, the Government will be...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (31 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Arrangements are currently being put in place aimed at bringing the turnaround time for properly completed Irish passports submitted in Britain to approximately three weeks. This will be comparable to passport services offered by other jurisdictions to their citizens who are resident overseas. There have been some technical problems with the telephone system in the Passport Service and...

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below: Office Private Secretary Annual allowance Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade GradeThird SecretarySalary scale€31,619 - €55,415 Standard scaleor€33,247 - €58,294 PPC scale €19,653 Standard scaleor€20,685 PPC scale Secretary General GradeThird SecretarySalary scale€31,619 - €55,415...

Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (31 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: There are no State agencies, and consequently no State boards, under the aegis of my Department

Written Answers — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (31 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Since 1 January 2011 the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has temporarily engaged a total of ten retired civil or public servants in connection with the following: Ireland's Chairmanship of the OSCE in 2012; the examination of Departmental files prior to their submission to the National Archives; the provision of technical assistance or the review of development cooperation programmes...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (31 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The entitlement of the person in question to American citizenship is a matter for determination by the relevant US authorities. I would advise that she make direct contact with the US Embassy in Dublin who might be able to provide help with her enquiries. The contact details for the Embassy are as follows: Address: Embassy of the United States of America 42 Elgin Road Ballsbridge ...