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Written Answers — Rights to Citizenship: Rights to Citizenship (31 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The legal situation of children born through surrogacy arrangements is a very complex area in Irish law. Whereas there is no specific legislation in Ireland relating to surrogacy, a range of Irish laws relating to the areas of citizenship, guardianship, consent for the child to travel and other parental rights must be comprehensively addressed by applicants before any travel document may...

Written Answers — Embassy Closures: Embassy Closures (31 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The total net economies that will be achieved by the closure of the Embassies to the Holy See and Iran and the Irish Representative office in Timor Leste are estimated at €1.175 million over a full year. It is expected that these savings will be fully realised in 2013. However, in 2012, there will be immediate disengagement costs (for example, local staff severance payments, running down...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Representation: Diplomatic Representation (31 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Council of the European Union is a key decision-making institution of the EU, at whose meetings all EU Member States are represented. As Minister for Foreign Affairs, I have represented Ireland frequently at Council meetings. Since March 2011, I have attended 3 Foreign Affairs Councils, 1 General Affairs Councils and 2 informal meetings of Foreign Ministers, the so-called "Gymnich"...

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

Eamon Gilmore: Responsibility for visas rests with the Minister for Justice and Law Reform. However, my Department is working with colleagues in the Department of Justice and Law Reform and other relevant Government Departments with a view to implementing additional protections, including revised procedures related to entry requirements for private domestic workers in diplomatic households consistent with...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (31 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101, 102 and 103, inclusive, together. As I stated in my earlier reply to which the Deputy refers, the primary purpose of my recent visit to the Middle East was to meet the parties in relation to the Middle East Peace Process, to hear from them the prospects and obstacles as they see them, and to encourage them to commit seriously to this effort. I also...

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

Eamon Gilmore: The visit of the Israeli Parliamentary delegation was an inter-Parliamentary visit at the invitation of the Ceann Comhairle. The only expense relating to my Department was a lunch hosted by Minister of State Creighton, which cost €849.03.

Written Answers — EU Treaties: EU Treaties (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 50 and 51 together. Work is progressing rapidly on the Intergovernmental Treaty to give effect to the political agreement reached in December on a new 'Fiscal Compact'. The Government has been working intensively, at the negotiating table, in Brussels, and in capitals, to make sure that our key points are understood and addressed appropriately. To that end...

Written Answers — Emigrant Support Services: Emigrant Support Services (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 53 together. Addressing the situation of the undocumented Irish and reforming our migration arrangements with the United States remain important priorities for the Government in its relationship with the US Administration and Congress. The Taoiseach and I discussed these issues with President Obama when we met with him on 23 May last year in Dublin....

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Higgins has a great penchant for hyperbole.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I have to say he has excelled his most outrageous excesses this morning by describing in such lurid terms a Government document that has not yet been published.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: He might at least have waited until he had read it.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Deputy Higgins is right to say the Government wants to get people off the live register. We want to get people back to work. That is why we have proposed a range of measures. This week, we will propose a range of measures at an EU summit that will provide for jobs and encourage the European and Irish economies to grow. We are taking steps to bring confidence back into our economy,...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government's approach to people who are out of work is to assist them with training and education. We help them to find job experience and internships, where appropriate. That will enable them to work themselves back into employment as jobs become available. The Government has no intention of allowing people to languish on unemployment payments without taking active measures to help...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: As always, Deputy Higgins is only seeing half of the equation. He quoted the redundancy figures, but he omitted to talk about the record levels of job creation by IDA Ireland since this Government came into office. He did not refer to this country's trade or export levels.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: We have the highest trade surplus ever.

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government is setting out to get people back to work by ensuring that jobs are created. That is what we are doing. For the information of Deputy Higgins, this means we have to attract investment into the country and that investment would certainly not be attracted into this country if we were to pursue the idiotic economic policies the Deputy advocates we should pursue. We must have...

Leaders' Questions (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----in a fair, reasonable, appropriate and supportive way with the people - I remind Deputy Higgins they are not statistics - who are out of work and who want some hope for their future, a hope that they can get back to work and to be equipped to do so as quickly as possible.

Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 7a, motion re membership of committees; No. 7b, motion re referral of papers to Joint Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture; No. 7c, motion re proposal that Dáil Eireann notes the report of the Joint Committee on Investigations, Oversight and Petitions, entitled Report on Revised Orders of Reference for the Joint Committee, and referral of...

Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: I do not intend to accept any change in the arrangements we have made for today. The arrangement for the conclusion of the Water Services (Amendment) Bill was agreed yesterday. There has been a considerable amount of time provided for this Bill-----

Order of Business (26 Jan 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and we have already had 35 hours of debate on this legislation.