Written answers
Wednesday, 17 September 2014
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Military Aircraft Landings
1164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether a military air display from the United States military is appropriate for any sporting event; the role his Department... - Undocumented Irish in the USA
1165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional steps he intends taking to regularise the situation of undocumented Irish living in the United States; and if he will make a... - Consular Services Provision
1166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken by his Department to provide assistance to a person (details supplied) an Irish citizen detained in Egypt; and if he will... - Human Rights Issues
1167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position regarding prisoners' rights and freedom of expression and protest in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Foreign Conflicts
1168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that sufficient measures have been taken to comply with the Phase 2 sanctions imposed at EU level on the Russian... - Human Rights Issues
1169. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will place on the record the Government's welcome for the Russian Federation's release of political prisoners Mikhail Khodorkovsky... - Foreign Policy
1171. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 147 to 151, inclusive, of 15 July 2014, the reason there were no overflights listed for Russian... - Human Rights Issues
1173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to work with the organisation Church in Chains to help the release of Christian prisoners in Iran; and if he will... - Trade Agreements
1174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will express opposition to the EU Preferential Trade Agreement with Israel until it ends the attacks on the Palestinian people. [33149/14] - Human Rights Issues
1175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will urge Israel to stop violence against civilians in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33151/14] - Northern Ireland Issues
1176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has any proposal to draft a White-Green Paper on national reunification (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Human Rights Issues
1177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of organisations have identified 60 countries throughout the world where... - Departmental Staff Data
1178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff who retired, left or otherwise departed from their employment from 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013, and the expected... - Overseas Development Aid Oversight
1180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action the Irish Government is taking to ensure Irish aid gets delivered cross-border to those in most acute need in opposition... - Human Rights Issues
1181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that have been taken by the Irish Government to ensure the release of the Nigerian schoolgirls who were abducted from their... - Diaspora Issues
1183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens that are registered in the citizens' registration system; the number in each country; and, if possible, to... - Passports Data
1184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports that were issued to citizens resident outside the State in the years 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009,... - Departmental Records
1185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of documents his Department have authenticated, apostilled and legalised in the years 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date... - Human Rights Issues
1186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the actions of the Ambassador to the United Nations in relation to the Israeli bombing of Gaza; if he made any... - Consular Services Provision
1187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to open an embassy or mission in Algeria, North Africa in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33464/14] - Foreign Conflicts
1190. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department have taken unilaterally and at a European Union and United Nations level to assist persecuted minorities inside... - Passport Services
1191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Ombudsman's investigative report on passports for Irish-born children of non-EEA-EU-Swiss citizen; and the steps... - Passport Application Refusals
1192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications for children of non-EEA/EU/Swiss parents rejected in the years 2007 to date in 2014 as the reckonable... - Overseas Development Aid Provision
1194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide in tabular form the number of projects, groups and other bodies that have been funded so far this year by Irish Aid... - International Agreements
1195. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; and if he will make a... - Human Rights Issues
1196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding steps taken to raise the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33900/14] - Foreign Policy
1197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the role his Department had in permitting two F16 fighter jets from the United States of America military enter Irish... - Foreign Conflicts
1199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Israeli plans to expand settlement at Gush Etzion near Bethlehem in the occupied Palestinian territories; the steps he has... - Departmental Contracts
1200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of administrative arrangements, as opposed to contracts for service his Department is a party to; if he will provide in tabular... - Consular Services Provision
1202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues regarding reinstating the Irish embassy in Rome to its former structure, in particular the reinstatement of Villa Spada (details... - Foreign Policy Review
1203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has prepared a memorandum on the implications here of a yes vote in the Scottish independence referendum; and if he will make a... - Diaspora Issues
1206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of any negotiations with the Canadian Government regarding the extension of the current time limit of two years on visas for... - Consular Services Provision
1207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the particulars of the case of an Irish citizen currently held in custody in Spain (details supplied)... - Foreign Conflicts
1208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be liaising with counterparts in the UN Human Rights Council to seek a referral of the conflict in Gaza to the Office of the... - UN Committees
1211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding financial assistance to NGOs, attending a conference in July 2014; and if he will make a... - European Council Meetings
1213. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at all European Union Foreign Affairs Council meetings since mid July; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Humanitarian Aid
1217. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the humanitarian assistance provided to date in 2014 to persons in need in Iraq in view of the very difficult circumstances that have... - Passport Services
1218. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason additional charges by way of administration fees for passports are applied in addition to the standard passport charges; the... - Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
1220. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals to discuss with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State and/or the British Foreign Secretary the motions passed unanimously... - Overseas Development Aid Provision
1221. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals to increase the budget for official development assistance for 2015 in view of the reduction in this budget below 0.50% of... - Northern Ireland Issues
1222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals to meet with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and with the party leaders in Northern Ireland in relation to the... - European Council Meetings
1228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals put forward at recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings in relation to the need for a lifting of the blockade on Gaza and a... - Departmental Appointments
1232. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of new appointments made in his Department and those under his remit since March 2011 to date in 2014, with a breakdown of...
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