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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Guiding Principles (16 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: On 16 June 2011, the UN Human Rights Council endorsed "Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations ‘Protect, Respect and Remedy’ Framework”. The Commission Communication of October 2011, entitled “A renewed EU strategy 2011-14 for Corporate Social Responsibility” invited EU member States to develop national plans for the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legislative Programme (16 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I sponsored two items of legislation in 2012 - the European Communities (Amendment) Bill 2012 and the Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012. Regulatory Impact Assessments are carried out on all legislation as necessary. However, most of the legislation brought forward by my Department does not...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Service Issues (10 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Last week I launched a new Irish passport. The passport combines the latest security technology with selected imagery in order to produce a passport which represents Ireland, our culture, our history, and our people. The book includes original artwork and photographs which were commissioned solely for use on the Irish passport. For security design reasons images were selected which could...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Expenditure (10 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The renovation work taking place at the Embassy of Ireland in Paris is primarily to upgrade the Consular offices located in the basement which have little or no natural light. It is necessary to carry out this work at this time as the offices have not been upgraded since 1992 and, as a result, are in serious need of renovation to meet current health and safety standards for a work-place and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Remuneration (10 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: There is no officer in my Department who is paid a salary in excess of that of the Taoiseach.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (9 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I am aware that a group of thirty activists affiliated with Greenpeace entered a Gazprom platform off the Russian coast on 18 September and were subsequently detained by the Russian authorities. All have now been charged with the serious crime of piracy. While there are no Irish citizens involved, the situation has been monitored by my Department and the Irish Embassy in Moscow. We are not...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (9 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: Ireland’s missions abroad perform a wide range of functions in pursuit of Ireland’s foreign policy interests. These include representing and advancing government policies with other States and in international organisations, in particular the EU and the UN; economic, trade and cultural promotion; frontline consular and passport services to Irish citizens overseas; engaging...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Job Creation Numbers (9 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Government's Trade Strategy, Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy, identifies high level targets for growth in exports, investment, tourism and jobs for the period to 2015 and feeds into the targets set in the Action Plan for Jobs. These targets have been identified by the relevant Departments and the State Agencies under their aegis. In overseas markets, my Department and our...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Data (9 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: To date, a total of eighteen age-related retirements have taken place in 2013 in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. A further eight officers will retire by the end of 2013 i.e. six age-related retirements and two under the cost neutral Early Retirement Scheme. A total of fourteen officers are scheduled to retire in 2014, on reaching mandatory retirement age. No officer has so far...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (8 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Passports Act, 2008 requires that before issuing a passport to a person, the Minister for Foreign Affairs shall be satisfied as to the identity of each applicant and that the person is an Irish citizen. Documentary proof in respect of identity and entitlement to citizenship are required for all passport applications. These requirements are outlined in the passport application form notes...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (3 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: The Passports Act, 2008 provides, among other things, that only Irish citizens are entitled to be issued with Irish passports. Each application received by the Passport Service must, therefore, demonstrate that person's entitlement to Irish citizenship before a passport can issue to him/her. The children in question were born in the State in 2008 and 2010, their entitlement to Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (3 Oct 2013)

Eamon Gilmore: I spoke with the EU High Representative Cathy Ashton on Wednesday 28 August about the gas attacks in Syria on 21 August 2013. Syria was among the principal topics discussed at the informal meeting of EU Foreign Ministers which I attended in Vilnius on 7 September and where we were briefed on the US perspective by Secretary of State John Kerry. I and my EU colleagues agreed that the Syrian...