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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Translation Services Expenditure (4 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Expenditure by my Department on translation services is set out in the table below for the period from 1 January 2013 to date. The upgrading of departmental websites and associated online services included once-off translation of a large volume of content on the website from English to Irish. Website and online translation costs over the period in question were €79,816. Other...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 14, 16 and 21 together. I am seriously concerned about the passing of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill by the Ugandan Parliament and its subsequent signing into law by President Museveni. I have made it clear, including in direct talks with President Museveni, that the enactment of this draconian legislation will affect our valued relationship with Uganda. ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (4 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I am aware of the reports of attacks on 24 February 2014 on the towns of al-Neshabieh, close to Damascus, in which 2 women and 10 children were killed, al-Hosn, in Homs province, where 6 people died, the town of Talbiseh in which 4 children died, and further reprehensible use of barrel bombs against the civilian population of Aleppo which resulted in the deaths of four children. All these...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (4 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I can confirm that my Department was notified that a US military aircraft had to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in advance of its arrival there on Monday 24 February. Confirmation was provided by the US Embassy that no munitions, explosives or hazardous material was on board, and the aircraft was not engaged in military exercises or operations.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (4 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I have asked the Irish Embassy in Madrid to make contact with the relevant Spanish authorities to establish the position in relation to the matter which the Deputy has raised. The Embassy would of course be happy to speak to the family of the Irish man in question should they wish to make direct contact.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (4 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: There are no State agencies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (4 Mar 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I support the establishment of a Civic Forum which would provide for a broad range of voices on community relations and stimulate informed public debate in relation to key societal challenges. On my regular visits to Northern Ireland, I continue the practice of engaging with civil society representatives. In my ongoing contacts with the Secretary of State, including on 6 February last, I...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (27 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 46 and 51 together. As the Deputy is aware this Irish citizen has been detained for over six months. I have raised my concerns at his continued detention without trial with the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Nabil Fahmy, on 11 November and 23 December 2013. The Embassy of Ireland in Cairo has been actively liaising with the Egyptian authorities in relation...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Membership (27 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The developments in the United Kingdom in relation to engagement with the European Union are followed in detail in my Department and in the Department of the Taoiseach as well as other Government Departments concerned. The debate in the UK has moved quickly, but its outcome remains uncertain. There are a large number of variables which could affect whether a referendum on EU membership will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reports (27 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The people of Scotland will vote in a referendum on 18 September 2014 on the question: ‘Should Scotland be an independent country?’ Ireland is entirely neutral in the debate, on the basis that the question is one for the people of Scotland to decide. That being said, the issues arising in the Scottish debate are of major importance, and have potentially significant direct and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (27 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: Ireland remains strongly supportive of Bosnia and Herzegovina and of its efforts to become a member of the European Union. Through the enlargement process, the EU has set out the reforms that are needed in Bosnia and Herzegovina. We have underlined that these measures are not just necessary for the country to advance towards EU membership, but that they are also in the interests of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Naturalisation Applications (27 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: The Passports Act, 2008 requires that before issuing a passport to a person, the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade shall be satisfied as to the identity of each applicant and that the person is an Irish citizen. The issue of a passport is the culmination of an important and legally binding process. The checks and balances within the passport process embrace the standard principles that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Marching Season (26 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I am in regular contact with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers MP about the overall situation in Northern Ireland including contentious marches and overall parades issue. In recent months, I met with all of the party leaders in the Executive and with the British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg MP as well as with the Independent Chair of the Panel of Parties, Dr...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I discussed the current political situation in Northern Ireland with the First Minister and deputy First Minister when I met with them in Dublin on 10 January 2014. I have spoken to each of them individually on a number of occasions since, most recently last week. During my conversations with the First Minister and with the deputy First Minister, I stated the Government’s view that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (26 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I met with Geraldine Finucane and other members of the Finucane family, together with their legal representatives, on 17 October 2011. I have since spoken and met with her informally, including since the publication of the da Silva Report in December 2012, and have indicated my ongoing availability to her and to the Finucane family. Officials from my Department are in ongoing contact with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (26 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: There is one vacancy at Ambassador level, in our embassy in Kampala, Uganda. It is intended that this position will be filled shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consultancy Contracts Expenditure (26 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: My Department is responsible for two Votes, Vote 28 (Foreign Affairs and Trade) and Vote 27 (International Cooperation). My Department engages a range of external service providers in a number of areas where the required skills are not available in-house and it is more cost-effective to source them externally. I have set out in the tables below details of payments to providers of external...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Travel (25 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 162 to 164, inclusive, together. St. Patrick’s Day offers a unique opportunity to promote Ireland’s economic and political interests overseas, with levels of publicity and media attention unmatched by the national day of any other country. Ministerial visits around this period are organised to ensure that we use this exposure to maximise the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (25 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I propose to take Questions Nos. 165 and 169 together. I attended an extraordinary meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council which was held in Brussels on 20 February 2014 to discuss the serious deterioration of the situation in Ukraine earlier in the week. On the same day, my German, French and Polish counterparts were in Kiev for discussions with the Government and opposition and we were...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (25 Feb 2014)

Eamon Gilmore: I am very concerned regarding reports of abuses of migrant workers’ rights in Qatar, and strongly deplore any such abuses. Qatar has the highest ratio of migrants to citizens in the world; nearly 88 per cent of the total population are foreign workers, employed largely in construction, services and domestic work. The presence of large numbers of migrant workers in the Gulf area,...