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Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: -----and he will be very happy to do so. I reject absolutely the suggestion made by Deputy Collins that there is some kind of co-ordinated strategy by the Government to undermine - I am not sure of the phrase he used - the GSOC. The Government entirely respects and values the independence of the commission. The GSOC was set up, after many years in which a body of this nature had been...

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I understand the Minister has been asked to appear before the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions. He is willing to attend a meeting of the committee and answer whatever questions are put to him.

Leaders' Questions (13 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I stand first for public confidence in the Garda Síochána, which does a very good job for the people of this country.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Summits (13 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy may be assured that Ireland strongly supports international efforts to focus on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons and that we will continue to play an active part in all related discussions, including at the Second International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Mexico this week. Officials from my Department will actively participate in that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (13 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: All passport applications are subject to the provision of Passports Act, 2008 (the Act). The issue of a passport is, therefore, the culmination of an important and legally-binding process. The checks and balances within the passport process embrace the standard principles that are provided for in the Act and help to ensure that the identity of the applicant is known and that the person in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (13 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Following passage of the comprehensive immigration reform legislation, on a bi-partisan basis, by the US Senate last June, the issue has been under consideration in the Republican controlled House of Representatives. Public comments and private conversations which I, the Taoiseach and our Embassy in Washington DC had with leaders of the House Republican caucus, had given rise to expectations...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies (12 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: There are no bodies under the aegis of my Department for the purposes of Standing Order 34.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Appointments (12 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: There are six ad hoc advisory groups/committees to which I make appointments. These are: the Emigrant Services Advisory Committee; the Advisory Group of the Global Irish Network; the Irish Aid Expert Advisory Group; the NGO Standing Committee on Human Rights; the Standing Committee on Holocaust Education, Research and Remembrance; and the Monitoring Group on Ireland's National Action Plan...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Local Authority Functions (12 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: No new powers or functions have been conferred on local authorities by legislation sponsored by my Department since June 2009.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Application Refusals (12 Feb 2014)

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 to him/her. The person in question was born in Dublin in 2006. His entitlement to Irish citizenship is subject...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Controls (12 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade takes the issue of passport fraud very seriously. The Passport Service continues to balance measures to protect against identity theft on the one hand with maintaining our customer focus. The application and checking processes have therefore been designed to protect our customers. I can confirm that new measures were put in place in the last year...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Contracts Data (11 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department engages a range of external service providers in a number of areas where the required skills are not available in-house and it is more cost-effective to source them externally. I have set out in the following tables details of all payments to external services providers over €25,000 from 2011 to the end of 2013 in respect of Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs and Trade) and of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (11 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is responsible for two Votes – Vote 28: Foreign Affairs and Trade; and Vote 27: International Cooperation. There are no agencies under the aegis of my Department. Advertising undertaken by my Department relates mainly to notification of changes to passport and consular fees, public office opening hours, and occasional notices concerning...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Social Media Monitoring (11 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department is among the most active on social media. My Department's Press Office monitors online media, including social media, for material relevant to the work of the Department. Officers ensure that colleagues within the Department are kept informed, as appropriate.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (11 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: A passport reminder service is available on the Passport Service website . This reminder service sends an e-mail, to those who have registered, three months before a passport is due to expire. Registration is simple and merely requires those interested to record their name, e-mail address and the expiry date of the passport. It is possible to register a number of different passports (e.g....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (11 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: My work and that of Ministers of State and officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade extends across a broad range of relationships in support of the peace process. This is an absolute priority for me, for my Department and for our missions, particularly our Embassies in London and Washington DC, our Consulates in the United States and our work through the European Union. Most...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (11 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I co-hosted an event, with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Theresa Villiers MP, to mark the Fifteenth Anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement in Belfast on the 29th of April 2013. In my remarks that day, I pointed to the great progress in the totality of relations since the overwhelming approval of the Agreement by referenda in both parts of the island. Whilst Northern Ireland...

Order of Business (6 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: On the inland fisheries (modernisation and consolidation) Bill, work is ongoing within the working group comprising the Department and Inland Fisheries Ireland to develop the heads of the Bill and publication is expected next year.

Order of Business (6 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: As regards the international recovery of child support (Hague Convention) Bill to implement the Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, it is not possible at this stage to indicate when the Bill will be published. As yet, there is no date for the publication of the credit guarantee (amendment) Bill.

Order of Business (6 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Spent Convictions Bill is awaiting Report Stage in this House. Therefore, it is a matter for the Whips to schedule the Bill, obviously in consultation with the Minister and spokespersons.