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Good Friday Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: ...colleagues in plenary session in July. The third challenge, namely, the continued role played by paramilitaries in some communities, is one about which we must never become complacent. Unfortunately, members of the security forces still have to remain vigilant, given the murders in recent years of Garda Adrian Donohue, Prison Officer David Black and PSNI officers Stephen Carroll and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Foreign Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (21 Nov 2012)

Eamon Gilmore: ...positive development. Agreement was reached in Doha earlier this month on the creation of a new umbrella opposition grouping called the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. The establishment of a unified, democratic opposition, comprising both internal and external opponents of the regime, has long been sought by the international community. It is to be...

European Summit: Motion (8 Dec 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...prior to European Council meetings never happened during previous Dáil sessions. This is one element of the Government's ongoing efforts to improve the way we do our business and most of all to strengthen the role which the Houses of the Oireachtas play in engaging with EU business, which is of critical importance not alone to the European Union but also to this country. It is in that...

Written Answers — Human Rights Issues: Human Rights Issues (5 Jul 2011)

Eamon Gilmore: ...degree of brutality, with large-scale attacks on the civilian population and widespread sexual violence. The humanitarian situation in eastern DRC, where more than a million people have been forced to flee their homes due to the effects of ongoing conflict, remains a cause of deep concern. The United Nations has sought to enhance stability in the DRC through the work of MONUSCO,...

Written Answers — Defence Forces Strength: Defence Forces Strength (21 Oct 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 51: To ask the Minister for Defence the present strength of the Defence Forces, broken down by Army, Naval Service and Air Corps; the anticipated figure for twelve months from now; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38096/10]

Written Answers — Defence Forces Recruitment: Defence Forces Recruitment (6 May 2009)

Eamon Gilmore: Question 82: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm that no recruitment to the Defence Forces will take place during 2009; the strength of the Army, the Air Corps and the Naval Service as of 1 January 2009; the projected strength of each at the end of 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17771/09]