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Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: It is a start.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I know all about it; I do not need a lecture on this. I know more about this than the Deputy cares to know.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: What about the basic €1 billion that is missing from these sums?

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: You cannot do it.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Sinn Féin still does not have one.

Financial Resolutions 2014 - Budget Statement 2014 (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: We did that two years ago.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Remit (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I am aware of the situation concerning the person referred to by the Deputy. As he is not an Irish citizen it is not possible for my Department to offer him consular assistance. The Greek authorities are under no legal obligation to assist our Embassy with any requests made in connection with this case, as we have no locus standi in the matter. However, on hearing of his detention, and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order 1952 gives the Minister for Foreign Affairs primary responsibility for the regulation of activity by foreign military aircraft in Ireland. For the period to the 30 September 2013, my Department granted permission for the landing of 366 foreign military aircraft at Shannon Airport. Permission was granted in all cases subject to the normal...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Missions (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: In October 2010, a cholera epidemic struck Haiti as the country was still coming to grips with the effects of one of the most devastating earthquakes in recent history. The January 2010 earthquake killed more than 230,000 people, injured 300,000 others, and left 2.1 million homeless. Even before the spread of the epidemic, the health, water and sanitation infrastructure had been severely...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Certificate of Irish Heritage (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Since the Certificate of Irish Heritage was introduced in September 2011, 2,123 Certificates have been purchased – 124 in 2011, 1,242 in 2012 and 757 to date in 2013. In addition, 215 promotional Certificates have been presented to various individuals during this time.With the vast majority of the global diaspora not eligible for Irish citizenship, the Certificate of Irish Heritage...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Shannon Airport Facilities (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order 1952 gives the Minister for Foreign Affairs primary responsibility for the regulation of activity by foreign military aircraft in Ireland. My Department’s records of overflight and landing requests for foreign military aircraft indicate that permission was sought for 366 military aircraft to land in Shannon Airport in the period to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Recruitment (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: With the assistance of the Public Appointments Service, my Department is in the process of recruiting graduates to join the Irish Diplomatic Service at Third Secretary level. The competition was advertised on 20 September and applications were to be made online by 10 October. Candidates will be required to take a number of online and assessment centre tests in October and November, with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government’s new development policy, “One World, One Future”, sets out the vision, goals and priorities for our overseas aid programme over the coming four years. The policy includes a clear commitment to accountability and transparency, to the Irish people and to our development partners in what we do, how we work, and what we are achieving. It states clearly that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Remit (15 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I am aware of the situation concerning the person referred to by the Deputy. As he is not an Irish citizen it is not possible for my Department to offer him consular assistance. The Greek authorities are under no legal obligation to assist our Embassy with any requests made in connection with this case, as we have no locus standi in the matter. However, on hearing of his detention, and...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I explained that in previous years, the budget was on a Wednesday and that allowed for the normal Wednesday morning business and for the budget to be taken after Question Time at 3.45 p.m. The budget will be earlier this year. The sitting will commence at 2.30 p.m. and will start with the statements from the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform followed by...

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The issue which will occupy the minds of people on Tuesday is the content of the budget. We will have that at 2.30 p.m. It will not matter a whit what will be in the budget because Deputy Ó Snodaigh will oppose it anyway.

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: -----the budget is usually introduced on a Wednesday. When previous budgets were introduced, there would be a normal morning's business, including Leaders' Questions, Question Time, etc. The budget for 2014 is being introduced on Tuesday next. It is proposed that Tuesday's business will commence at 2.30 p.m. with the statements of the Ministers for Finance and Public Expenditure and...

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy has asked me to ask the Central Statistics Office to produce figures for us. We will do that and I have no problem with that. We will ask for advice from anybody who has advice to offer to us in this area. We will listen to what any of the organisations representing older people in this country have to say. We will take advice from wherever we can get it, but there is a...

Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Deputy asked whether we would ask the CSO to produce figures for us. The answer to the Deputy's question - let me be clear on this because he accused me of not answering your question - is: "Yes, we will."

Order of Business (10 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: It is proposed to take No. 9a, motion re membership of committees; No. 9b, motion re sittings and business of the Dáil; No. 17, statements on the Second Report of the Constitutional Convention; and No. 2, Forestry Bill 2013 - Second Stage (resumed). It is proposed, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders, that: (1) Nos. 9a and 9b shall be decided without debate; (2) the proceedings...