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Written Answers — Consular Services: Consular Services (12 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 202 and 203 together. As the Deputy will be aware from my reply to him of 14 February 2008 and previous replies, my Department has provided wide ranging, sensitive and, in many ways, exceptional consular assistance to the family of the person concerned since his tragic death in Lanzarote on 1 August 2007. This assistance included: extensive efforts to...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (12 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Processing of this application was delayed for two reasons. Firstly the applicant, who originally was on her first husband's passport and then applied for a passport in her new married name, initially submitted a photocopy of her marriage certificate rather than the original. She also failed to include her birth certificate and her certificate of Post Nuptial Citizenship. These original...

Written Answers — Passport Applications: Passport Applications (12 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Passport Office has no record of issuing an Irish passport to the person in question, nor has it any record of a current application.

Estimates for Public Services 2008 (12 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I move the following Supplementary Estimate:

Finance Act 2004: Motion (12 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft: Finance Act 2004 (Section 91) (Deferred Surrender to the Central Fund) Order 2008, copies of which have been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 28th January, 2008.

Leaders' Questions (12 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: He would have been.

Written Answers — Foreign Conflicts: Foreign Conflicts (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90, 285 and 286 together. The situation in Darfur remains dire, and the suffering of its people continues unabated. The fracturing of the main rebel groups over the past year, and the apparent determination of the Government of Sudan to pursue a military solution, at a high price in suffering for ordinary people, make the search for peace even more difficult....

Written Answers — International Day of Non-Violence: International Day of Non-Violence (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: In June 2007, the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution which declared 2 October, the birth date of Mahatma Gandhi, the International Day of Non-Violence. The resolution was tabled by India and Ireland was one of the co-sponsors. The resolution invited Member States to commemorate the International Day in an appropriate manner and to disseminate the message of non-violence, including...

Written Answers — International Women's Day: International Women's Day (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Ireland is committed to the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and is involved in a variety of initiatives at international level to this end. The Irish delegation participated actively at the 52nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women, which met in New York recently and my colleague, Sean Power, T.D., Minister of State at the Department of Justice,...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 95 and 139 together. I refer the Deputies to previous replies to similar questions concerning the United Nations Convention against Corruption, most recently on 6th February 2008. The Convention was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its 58th session in October 2003. It was signed on behalf of Ireland, when it opened for signature in December...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Relations: Diplomatic Relations (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 96, 104 and 150 together. At the General Affairs and External Relations Council on 18 February, EU Foreign Ministers agreed a common response to Kosovo's declaration of independence of the previous day, noting the uniqueness of Kosovo's situation, arising from the conflict of the 1990s and the eight years of UN administration which followed, and reaffirming...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The UN Human Rights Council is holding its seventh regular session this month in Geneva. The session, which began on Monday 3 March, will run until 28 March. The seventh session began with a high level segment which included statements by the President of the Council, Doru Costea, the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, and the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour. The...

Written Answers — Continental Shelf: Continental Shelf (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Under the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, a coastal state is entitled to a continental shelf of 200 nautical miles (approx. 370 km) in breadth regardless of whether its continental shelf physically extends that far, subject only to similar rights of its coastal neighbours. It may also claim a broader shelf where it can show that the natural prolongation of its land...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Issues: Northern Ireland Issues (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Officials from my Department have regular and ongoing contact at all levels with their counterparts in the Northern Ireland Executive. We have offered the Northern Ireland administration all the support we can, including through our Ambassador to the United States and his colleagues there, to ensure that the US Investment Conference which takes place in Belfast in May is a success. Both the...

Written Answers — Constitutional Amendments: Constitutional Amendments (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101, 152 and 271 together. Under the Referendum Act 2001, the Referendum Commission is expected to prepare statements containing a general explanation of the subject matter of the referendum and to publish and distribute these statements, including by print and broadcast media. The 2001 Act supersedes the Referendum Act 1998, under which the Commission had the...

Written Answers — State Airports: State Airports (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: The Government is totally opposed to the practice of extraordinary rendition and we have reiterated our position on numerous occasions, both domestically and internationally. The Government has received specific assurances from the US authorities that no prisoners have been transferred through Irish airports, nor would they be, without our permission. The assurances are of a clear and...

Written Answers — Diplomatic Relations: Diplomatic Relations (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Since the establishment of diplomatic relations between Ireland and Cuba in 1999, Ireland has been accredited to Cuba through our Embassy in Mexico City. In 2001, Cuba established a resident Embassy in Dublin, which has been headed by a resident Ambassador since October 2005. Both Embassies are active in promoting links between our two countries. Recent initiatives undertaken by my Department...

Written Answers — Middle East Peace Process: Middle East Peace Process (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106, 127, 129, 130, 141, 147, 274, 281 and 289 together. I have already outlined the Government's views on the appalling violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories and its implications for the political process in my earlier reply to a Priority Question on the issue. I have spoken clearly in a number of public statements and in the Oireachtas over the...

Written Answers — Energy Resources: Energy Resources (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: I propose to take Questions Nos. 107 and 120 together. The latest dispute between Russia and Ukraine must not be allowed to place the EU's long-term energy security at risk. For this reason, we welcome their recent agreement over gas supply contracts and would urge both sides to avoid any further actions which could lead to supply constraints. However, as a high percentage of Ireland's gas...

Written Answers — Official Engagements: Official Engagements (11 Mar 2008)

Dermot Ahern: Much careful consideration is given to determining appropriate destinations for Ministerial visits for St. Patrick's Day to ensure that Ireland's economic, trade, social and cultural interests are effectively represented and promoted. This year, an awareness of the fact that many people from the countries of central and eastern Europe have made their home in Ireland, and of the value of...