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Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (8 Nov 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...in July 2011. Appointments to the Group are for a period of three years, with the possibility of extension to a maximum of five years membership. The Chairperson of the group receives an annual fee of €3,000. She is also remunerated by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for any expenses incurred as part of her membership of the group on a vouched basis. The Irish Aid Expert...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (25 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...'s Missions abroad may have occasional requirements for legal services and these are sourced from local legal practitioners as and when required. Year Subject matter Solicitor / Barrister Fee Nature of the work Tendering 2006 Passport biometrics Mason, Hayes & Curran 39,351.75 Legal advice and associated services Standard tendering using etenders 2006 Preparation of tender for...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (25 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...free facility, which provided those citizens who were aged 65 and over with a 10 year passport free of charge, would be withdrawn. Since 11 April 2011, these citizens must pay the standard adult fees for their selected passport service. Notice of this and other fee changes were published on the Department's website www.passport.ie and in advertisements in the national press. Current fee...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (4 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...reports commissioned by the Department from 2008 to 2011 and the costs in each case. The tables have been prepared by reference to directly contracted engagements in respect of which professional fees were paid and Professional Services Withholding Tax (PSWT) was deducted, where appropriate. e Department is very conscious of the need the achieve value for money and is in full compliance...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (4 Oct 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...7,079 VALUE ADDED IN AFRICA PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING 31,600 VOLUNTARY SERVICE INTERNATIONA PUBLIC RELATIONS AND ADVERTISING 320 CONSULTANCY 80:20 EDUCATING + ACTING FOR A CONSULTANCY - FEES 13,000 ACTRA ADVISERS LIMITED CONSULTANCY - FEES 17,787 AGULHAS DEV CONSULTANTS LTD CONSULTANCY - FEES 34,461 AISLING SWAINE CONSULTANCTY LTD CONSULTANCY - FEES 30,328 AODH O CONNOR...

Written Answers — Professional Fees: Professional Fees (14 Sep 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Irish Aid Programme, this level of monitoring, review and evaluation is both prudent and proportionate. My Department does not use the services of professionals who operate on the basis of agreed fee scales or fees which are set by statute or regulation. These services are procured on foot of competitive tendering which is designed to achieve the best value for money from the market....

Written Answers — Consultancy Contracts: Consultancy Contracts (21 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...of Lisbon 11,362 2010 Name Description € RITS Technical advice on the maintenance and development of the Department's ICT security infrastructure. 46,843 T. TAAFFE Professional accounting fees 1,100 MACAULEYASSOCIATES NETWORK Consultation with funded groups and stakeholders of the Reconciliation and Anti-Sectarianism Funds 7,118 VOTE 29 CONSULTANCIES 2007 - date Year Consultants...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (20 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: I can confirm that the fee for applications submitted through ordinary post is an extra €15, which is €6.50 more than those applications submitted through Passport Express, allowing for the Post Office charge of €8.50. The new fee was brought into effect by the Statutory Instrument 47 of 2011, which was advertised in the national press before its implementation on 11 April 2011. The...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (21 Jun 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: Passport Fees for those aged 65 and over were announced in the December 2010 budget and were re-introduced on 11 April 2011. Since that time the new fees have been publicised on the Passport Office website www.passport.ie and on the Passport Office telephone information line. Information regarding the new fees was also issued to An Garda and to An Post, who operate the Passport Express...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (31 May 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...since an additional 127 permanent posts were sanctioned by the Department of Finance in July 2006. However, the actual number of staff varies considerably depending on the time of year. Additional fees for the express service are paid directly to An Post, for services provided by that company, and accordingly information in respect of these fees is not held by the Department. However, I...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (10 May 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...information on the new requirements introduced in January since that time are currently being developed. The new forms will be available from June 2011. A decision to re-introduce passport fees for citizens, aged 65 or over, was taken by the previous Government. This measure, which was announced in the Budget last December, took effect from 11 April 2011, which was the date set out in...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (4 May 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...and 27 January 2011, my Department has given €259,048.68 to the Institute of International and European Affairs and its predecessor, the Institute for European Affairs. This funding included fees for annual corporate membership for the Department, payments for the production and printing of publications on European matters, and payments for organising lecture series and participation in...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (21 Apr 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The decision to re-introduce fees for citizens aged 65 or over was taken by the previous Government. The measure, which was announced in the Budget last December, took effect from 11 April 2011, which was the date set out in Statutory Instrument 47/2011 signed by the then Taoiseach and acting Minister for Foreign Affairs on 3 February 2011. Based on an estimated figure of 30,000...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (19 Apr 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: The arrangement whereby citizens aged 65 and over were exempted from passport fees was introduced in 2005. The decision to re-introduce fees for citizens aged 65 or over was announced in the Budget last December. This budgetary measure took effect from 11 April 2011, which was the date set out in the Statutory Instrument 47/2011 signed by the then Taoiseach and acting Minister for Foreign...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (19 Apr 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...in Cork is 10 working days. Applicants can ask to have an application expedited in the case of urgent business. In such cases, the Passport Office may issue a passport within 3 working days. A fee of €55, which is additional to the applicable fee for the issue of a passport, must be paid by the applicant. When applying through a public office, the applicant must state clearly at the...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (31 Mar 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ..., the passport was refused under the terms of the Passports Act, 2008. The Department wrote to the applicant's mother on 22 February, 2011 to inform her of this. A refund of the passport fee was subsequently made to the applicant's mother.

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (30 Mar 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...service where passports are guaranteed to be processed within three working days. Applicants should make contact with the Passport Service & provide this proof where applicable. An additional fee will apply in respect of such new applications. This is the fastest turnaround time for all applications except for those whose travel is required for urgent humanitarian reasons. This 3 day...

Financial Resolution No. 34: General (Resumed) (8 Dec 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: ...that the Government is protecting working people from tax increases and suggests that the Labour Party would tax them even more. Let us see what working people will say and how they will feel when they see their first pay packets in the new year. They will then realise the full combined impact of the reductions in tax credits and in the standard band, the loss of rent relief and the...

Programme for Government (9 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: ...other matters in the programme for Government. On the commitment that the Government will not proceed with any new scheme of student contribution for third level education, does this mean tuition fees will not be re-introduced? How does this commitment square with the proposed increase in the student registration fee? On the commitment that 127,000 jobs will be created in the green and...

Programme for Government (9 Nov 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: It related to student tuition fees.