Written answers

Tuesday, 3 November 2015

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

 
  • UN Sustainable Development Goals
    108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the United Nations' sustainable development goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36987/15]
  • Syrian Conflict
    109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on how the conflict in Syria can be ended. [36988/15]
  • Northern Ireland Issues
    110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware, of the decision by the family of a person (details supplied) to appeal a decision that the British Prime Minister, Mr. David...
  • Trade Strategy
    111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his Dáil statement on 30 April 2015 regarding his efforts, as Minister, to promote Ireland's trade and export markets...
  • Official Engagements
    112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the envoy of the United States of America, Senator Gary Hart; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Northern Ireland Issues
    113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made any representations to the Northern Ireland authorities regarding the length of remand that segregated prisoners are held...
  • Passport Services
    114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of alternative methods of identity verification which could release hard working gardaí from this...
  • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
    115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way the allocation of the welcome increase in overseas development aid will be determined; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Military Aircraft Landings
    116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of requests that have been made to his Department by the military of the United States of America for landing permits at Shannon...
  • UN Resolutions
    117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the Cuban people by calling for an end to the blockade by the United States of America which has been estimated to cost...
  • Trade Relations
    118. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland's current trade status with China; if this trade continues to grow; if Chinese companies are, or will be,...
  • Middle East Issues
    119. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent events in Palestine and Israel which have seen a number of civilians die in violent circumstances. [37732/15]
  • Undocumented Irish in the USA
    120. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress on establishing a reciprocal E3 visa with the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37731/15]
  • Consular Services Provision
    121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his Department's efforts to support the families and friends of Irish students who lost their lives in Berkeley in...
  • Trade Relations
    122. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's plans for safeguarding Ireland’s trade relationship with the United Kingdoom, should the latter decide to exit the...
  • Human Rights Issues
    123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to raise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights internationally, in particular with states that criminalise...
  • Northern Ireland Issues
    124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his Department's contacts with the independent chairperson of the review regarding the situation in Maghaberry Prison, and...
  • European Council Meetings
    125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his discussions with his European Union counterparts regarding the need to assist refugees from the Middle East and...
  • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
    126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the precise timeline to which the Government plans to achieve the target of 0.7% of gross domestic product spending on overseas development...
  • Military Aircraft Landings
    127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will confirm whether the United States of America gunship, AC-130W, responsible for the horrific bombing of the Médicins Sans...
  • Middle East Issues
    128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action the Irish Government or the European Union intends to take to force Israel to cease the increase in civilian deaths in Palestine,...
  • Foreign Conflicts
    129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the Free Otegi, Bring all Basque Political Prisoners home campaign, which pushes for the release of Basque political...
  • European Council Meetings
    130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with his European counterparts; or at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council, in respect of the escalating...
  • EU Membership
    131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European Union colleagues continue to examine and evaluate the consequences of a possible British exit from...
  • Undocumented Irish in the USA
    132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress on the establishment of a visa waiver scheme with the United States of America for undocumented Irish; and if he will make a...
  • Military Aircraft Landings
    133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will guarantee that none of the military planes of the United States of America that have passed through Shannon Airport or Irish...
  • Middle East Issues
    134. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the continuing and escalating aggression by Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian territories, resulting in a number of deaths...
  • Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
    135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of any recent discussions that he had with the Northern Ireland Secretary of State, Ms Theresa Villiers, and-or with the British...
  • UN Sustainable Development Goals
    136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the work on the implementation of the sustainable development goals; and if Ireland will support the disability caucus...
  • Foreign Conflicts
    137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the Government's actions to highlight the ongoing genocidal activity against Christians, Yazidis and other Muslim...
  • Passport Services
    138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made with the proposed online passport application process; when he anticipates it will be in operation; and if he will...
  • Human Rights Issues
    139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware, of the ongoing and continued detention of a person (details supplied), a non-violent anti-slavery activist in Mauritania;...
  • EU Migration Crisis
    140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his European Union colleagues have examined the EU's response to the recent refugee crisis with a view to...
  • Departmental Strategies
    141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, with the impending expiry of the Trading and Investing in a Smart Economy, the Government Trade, Tourism and Investment Strategy...
  • EU Migration Crisis
    142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the European Council's action plan with Turkey on the refugee crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • UN Committees
    143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legal obligations that exist directing the Government to act on the reports and recommendations of the United Nations human rights...
  • Northern Ireland Issues
    144. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with Minister of Justice in the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mr David Ford, and with the British Secretary of State for...
  • International Agreements
    145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade recognising that Ireland has signed the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a humanitarian pledge to stigmatise,...
  • Northern Ireland Issues
    146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations made by him to the Northern Ireland authorities in relation to the lack of implementation of the stock-take of prison...
  • EU Migration Crisis
    147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the €3 billion in aid for Turkey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37147/15]
  • European Council Meetings
    148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the recent European Union Council meeting discussed the human rights situation in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

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