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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (11 Jun 2015)

Eamon Gilmore: 162. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of persons who have applied to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland; the number of applicants who have successfully registered with the board and details of the longest, shortest and average length of time it has taken these applicants to complete the application to registration stage, and...

Order of Business (17 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...debate; (3) the proceedings relating to No. 24 shall be taken not later than 4 p.m. and shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after two hours today and the following arrangements shall apply: (i) the statement of a Minister or Minister of State and of the main spokespersons for Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Technical Group, who shall be called upon in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (9 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 39 to 42, inclusive, together. With regard to savings that would arise from reductions if applied to my Department's budgetary allocation for travel and subsistence this year (Question 39), the Revised Estimates Volume makes provision for this expenditure as follows in 2014: Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs) - €6.630 m; and Vote 27 (International Cooperation) -...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (9 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Guidelines on Ministerial Appointments issued in March 2011 do not apply to Special Advisors to the Taoiseach and Tánaiste. There are five Special Advisers in my Department. Salary details for each of them are set out in the following table. Name Position held Annual Salary Mark Garrett Chief Adviser – Office of the Tánaiste €156,380 Colm O'Reardon Economic...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...of the OSCE, all of which resulted in very positive international coverage of Ireland. In the case of Ireland's Presidency of the EU, there was a demand for photography which would not routinely apply. In September 2011, my Department led a collaborative advertised tender process for the procurement of a multi-supplier competitive framework of photographic service providers. This is now...

Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (2 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...of occasions on her discussions and I want to express my support for the work she is doing. Sanctions hurt not just the country against which they are targeted but they also hurt the countries applying them. I would like to see a situation where the sanctions can be lifted and where trade with Iran is normalised and grows again. The Deputy is right that is one of the contexts in which...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Horizon 2020 Agreement, which was formally signed by the European Commission and by Israel last month, states clearly in article 6, paragraph one that the agreement does not apply to the territory occupied by Israel in 1967. The paragraph then goes on to state that this agreed provision is without prejudice to the position in principle of the two sides. Essentially, the same points are...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (2 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Let us be absolutely clear about this. The European research funding under Horizon 2020 does not and will not apply in the occupied territories. That has been made very clear in the agreement and that is what is happening. In addition, EU High Representative Catherine Ashton has been working for some time now on the development of guidelines on the labelling of products from the occupied...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (2 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...no arms, ammunition or explosives, do not engage in intelligence gathering, and that the flights in question do not form any part of military exercises or operation. These conditions continue to apply. Furthermore, under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order 1973, the carriage of weapons through Shannon Airport on commercial aircraft is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (1 Jul 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...for the regulation of activity by foreign military aircraft in Ireland. My Department grants permission for the landing of foreign military aircraft at Shannon Airport subject to conditions that apply to landings at Irish airports by foreign military aircraft; namely that the aircraft are unarmed, carry no arms, ammunition or explosives, do not engage in intelligence gathering, and that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Jun 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Passport Service provides a comprehensive range of options for citizens to apply for passports. An appointment service has been in operation at the Molesworth Street Passport Office for over a year. The service allows customers to book via a simple web based system a guaranteed time slot between 9:00 and 17:00, Monday to Friday. The service removes the necessity for any citizen to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (25 Jun 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...the structures of the Security Council, are not fit for purpose in the modern world. I refer to the idea that a number of large states could have inherited a veto from the end of the Second World War and apply that now in circumstances where we need international institutions to be able to respond quickly and effectively. That is the kind of environment in which we are operating. On the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (24 Jun 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...to 2020, in accordance with the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement, and on the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories to which Part Four of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union applies Signed by Ireland on 24 June 2013 Euro-Mediterranean Aviation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Government...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (18 Jun 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...funding in the past. Most recently, in May 2014, I approved an award of €48,000 for the Pat Finucane Centre-Justice for the Forgotten. Organisations working in this and other sectors may apply to become strategic partners if they meet the eligibility criteria and their applications will be assessed against the criteria outlined in the strategy.

Order of Business (12 Jun 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...Topical Issues which shall be taken at the conclusion of No. 1a; No. 10 shall be decided without debate; Second and Subsequent Stages of No. 1ashall be taken at 3 p.m. and the following arrangements shall apply: the proceedings on Second Stage shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion after one hour and 45 minutes; the opening speeches of a Minister or a Minister of...

Leaders' Questions (29 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...and in public on how to deal with whistleblowing and whistleblowers. The Government is introducing legislation that will provide protection for people who draw attention to wrong-doing and this legislation will apply to An Garda Síochána. I believe that any member of the Garda who wants to report wrong-doing should be able to do that without fear of any kind of recrimination. ...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (28 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: There is a contest for the leadership of my party and I expect to be in this office until 4 July. I have been giving some consideration to the issues to which I should apply my attention and in the intervening period I intend to apply my attention to two issues which are the responsibility of the Department. They are Northern Ireland to try to have some advance in the window before the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Middle East Peace Process (28 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...powers should be as minimal as possible, carefully safeguarded and in accordance with international law. I am concerned that detention orders, rather than an extraordinary measure only applied in the most exceptional cases, are being used as part of the broader system of control of Palestinians. I will make a statement on the killing of the young people and I am also concerned about the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...citizen on the island need travel a significant distance to renew a passport. The attraction and popularity of this service is reflected in the fact that so far this year over 93% of all persons applying for their passports in the State have used Passport Express. I am satisfied that the range of service options meets the current demands of passport applicants.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (28 May 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: ...the rights and protections enshrined in international standards. In Israel, which is an established state and party to most of the relevant international instruments, these standards should apply to all persons imprisoned by Israel, be they in Israel or in occupied territory, be they citizens or not. The same standards should be applied by the Palestinian Authority, which is building a...