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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (19 Feb 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 227 and 230 together. The Irish Government continues to seek an independent public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane as committed to in the Weston Park Agreement; on the basis of the findings of Judge Cory on the likelihood of state collusion. The work undertaken by Desmond De Silva QC can facilitate this, in my opinion, by helping ensure that an...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: ...families. They all seek the truth of what happened to their relatives. The Finucane family is no different in this regard. The Government continues to seek a public inquiry into the murder of Pat Finucane, as committed to in the various agreements, on the basis of the findings of Judge Cory on the likelihood of state collusion. The work undertaken by Desmond de Silva QC can facilitate...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Inquiries (18 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: The murder of Pat Finucane was one of a number of cases which gave rise to allegations of collusion by the security forces in one or other of the jurisdictions on the island and which therefore had profound implications for public confidence and, consequently, for the wider peace process. It was because of their wider implications for confidence that these cases were a particular concern...

Topical Issue Debate: Report on Murder of Pat Finucane (12 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...paramilitary groups. There is no hierarchy of loss or grief and no acknowledgement or apology by those responsible for the loss can undo the wrong that was done. On a day when the murder of Pat Finucane has been recalled so vividly, for Geraldine, Katherine, Michael and John, we should be mindful of the many thousands of relatives of victims across Ireland who grieve the loss of a loved...

Topical Issue Debate: Report on Murder of Pat Finucane (12 Dec 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: Some 23 years ago Pat Finucane was brutally murdered by loyalist paramilitaries in front of his wife, Geraldine, and three children, Michael, Catherine and John. Geraldine has since campaigned tirelessly to get to the truth about her husband's murder. Along the way she has had to endure the frustration of seeing evidence destroyed, justice obstructed and her husband's reputation impugned....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consultancy Contracts (17 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Ltd €68,031.59 Sean Drysdale €51,689.48 Orla Duke €32,045.60 Martin Dwan €26,415.49 Kate Dyer €103,117.76 European Forum for Mediation & Dialogue €7,355.84 Economics for the Environment €34,646.51 Eilis Ryan €3,450.00 Deirdre Farrell €10,000.00 Farrell Grant Sparks €302,187.99 Margaret...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consultancy Contracts (17 Oct 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ... AVONDALE MEDIA SERVICES €1,125 BRIDGE INTERPRETING €1,610 CENAD €13,000 EMERGENCY CARE PRODUCTS €990 HEADSTRONG €250 HIGH PERFORMANCE €8,480 INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION €350 KATE KAVANAGH €2,075 PATRICK SUTTON T/A COMMUNICATE €14,332 PAULA MEE €200 PAUL LOFTUS & ASSOCIATES INC ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (18 Sep 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...MARY Mc KEOWN €5,900 CR2 SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT LTD €2,495 DEIRDRE FARRELL €9,200 DR MARGARET FITZGERALD €8,032 EAMONN O'REILLY €7,500 ECONOMIC + SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE €54,007 EILIS MURRAY €7,968 EMMA WARWICK €5,400 EVERYWHERE HUMANITARIAN & LOGISTICS SERVICE LTD €40,583 FITZPATRICK ASSOCIATES...

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

Eamon Gilmore: ...SWAINE CONSULTANCY LTD 3,643 BERNARD MCLOUGHLIN 6,642 BERNARD WOOD + ASSOCIATES LTD 3,000 CAROLINE BURKE 15,706 CATHY GAYNOR 5,528 DR MARGARET FITZGERALD 4,815 EMMA WARWICK 14,414 FITZPATRICK ASSOCIATES 4,015 GERALD CAWLEY 6,859 HUNTER MCGILL 107,726 INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION DEV 4,282 ITAD LTD 3,300 JIM KINSELLA 18,730 KEVIN FARRELL 53,660 MARCEL GROGAN 1,500 MARIE T...

Written Answers — Undocumented Irish in the USA: Undocumented Irish in the USA (11 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...with Senators Leahy and Brown to reiterate the importance the Government attaches to this issue and our support for their efforts to make progress. Most recently, I raised the subject with Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania during his visit to Ireland on 2 July. On 15 June, President Obama made an announcement in relation to the specific category of young illegal immigrants brought to...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...a number of visitors, including, among others, a visit by two rapporteurs on Ukraine from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in May. In June, former European Parliament President Pat Cox and former Polish President Aleksander Kwasniewski also travelled to Ukraine to monitor court proceedings involving Ms. Tymoshenko on behalf of the European Parliament. The High...

Written Answers — Undocumented Irish in the USA: Undocumented Irish in the USA (10 Jul 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...with Senators Leahy and Brown to reiterate the importance the Government attaches to this issue and our support for their efforts to make progress. Most recently, I raised the subject with Senator Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania during his visit to Ireland on 2 July. On 15 June, President Obama made an announcement in relation to the specific category of young illegal immigrants brought to the...

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (22 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Campbell Niall Roche Aoife Helly Gerald Cawley Neil Kennedy Barry Johnston Gernot Premper ODI-Overseas Development Institute Brian Barrington Grace Wells Orla Duke Brian Mccarthy Gregory Smith Patrick Mcmullin Cathy Gaynor Helen O'Neill Paud Murphy Catherine Butcher HLSP Ltd Paul Isenman Mary Jennings Integra Economic Development Consultants Ltd Paul Murphy Clare Mulvaney Intrac...

Northern Ireland Issues (22 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: This is a legally difficult and complex issue. The concerns referred to in this question have been raised with me by the Pat Finucane Centre and other human rights non-governmental organisations. Following receipt of these concerns, I discussed the issue with the Secretary of State on 27 April last. He told me that the process which led to the detention of the woman in question fully...

Northern Ireland Issues (22 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...that the life sentences were not, in fact, remitted by the royal prerogative of mercy and that the prisoner remains subject to the life sentence. I did receive a letter from a case worker at the Pat Finucane Centre on 27 March last raising detailed concerns on the legality of the conditions of the detention, and I thanked the centre for communicating these concerns to me. My officials...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (16 May 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department has received a copy of the report by the Pat Finucane Centre which raised concerns about the health of the person in question. For my part I have discussed the status of this individual with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and I have directed officials from my Department to continue to monitor this case very closely.

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (18 Apr 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Consultancy Title Contract value Delap and Waller Professional services rendered regarding installation of passport machines in the Passport Office, Molesworth Street, Dublin. €5,651 Fitzpatrick Associates Development of a DFAT Evaluation Plan €21,275 Cathy Gaynor Provision of Technical Assistance in the Development of new Evaluation Guidelines for the Evaluation Section in DFAT...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (28 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: As the Deputy will be aware, over this St Patrick's Day period, the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and 16 Ministers travelled to 15 of Ireland's key trading partners to promote Irish business, tourism and culture overseas and to advise our international partners that 'now is the time to invest in Ireland's recovery'. St. Patrick's Day offers a unique opportunity to promote Ireland's image and...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (13 Mar 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...York St Patrick's Day Parade. As a result of my meetings with them, the Minister of State for responsibility for equality, Ms Kathleen Lynch T.D. represented the Government this year at the St. Pat's for All parade and associated events. This parade is an inclusive event that welcomes the participation of LGBT groups and all those who wish to celebrate Ireland and it took place in...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (8 Feb 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...for the Forgotten with in excess of €1.2 million of funding for their activities. In 2010 a funding award of €7,500 was made under the Reconciliation Fund operated by my Department to the Pat Finucane Centre in the context of their work with Justice for the Forgotten. In total, it is estimated that the group has received almost €2.3 million of State funding since 2000. While the...