Written answers

Thursday, 14 April 2016

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

 
  • Military Aircraft
    617. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any military drones belonging to the US operated via any location here; if permits for such activity have been sought or issued; and if...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    618. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to meet the Secretary General of NATO, Mr. Jens Stoltenberg; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6325/16]
  • Shannon Airport Facilities
    619. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of a recent report entitled Irradiated Iraq by Ms Barbara Koeppel which reveals that for the past 25 years the US and its...
  • Ministerial Meetings
    620. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had talks or consultations with the US Government regarding the Hibernia Atlantic cable being used as a data conduit to facilitate...
  • Bank Guarantee Scheme
    621. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department was contacted regarding a breach of Ireland's neutrality through the bailout of Bank of Ireland which owned, among its...
  • Passport Applications
    622. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of first-time passport applicants who are required, as and from 29 March 2016, to submit a copy of their public services card; if...
  • Human Rights Issues
    623. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to support or introduce a motion in Dáil Éireann to label as genocide atrocities committed by Islamic State against Christians and...
  • Passport Data
    624. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports and identity cards he has issued in 2016 to date; if the ten-day turnaround for re-issuing passports has been met in...
  • Departmental Contracts Data
    625. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of each statutory instrument signed; each contract entered into; each tender issued; each tender awarded; each State board...
  • UK Referendum on EU Membership
    626. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on his visit to the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6848/16]
  • International Agreements
    627. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the European Union agreement with Turkey on refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6849/16]
  • Middle East Peace Process
    628. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the new initiatives the European Union will take in relation to the Middle East peace process; and if he will make a statement on the...
  • Syrian Conflict
    630. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he and his European Union counterparts are taking to find a political and diplomatic solution to the ongoing conflict in Syria;...
  • Northern Ireland Issues
    631. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his discussions with the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Theresa Villiers, regarding the implementation of the Fresh...
  • Military Aircraft Landings
    633. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of permits requested and granted for military aircraft to land at Shannon Airport, in each of the years 2013 to 2015 and the...
  • Middle East Issues
    634. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 610 of 6 April 2016, the steps he is taking to ensure correct labelling of goods from Israeli...
  • State Properties Data
    635. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of vacant State properties and land, including car parks not in use, owned by his Department or by bodies and agencies under the...
  • Passport Applications Data
    637. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the waiting time for a properly completed passport express application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7005/16]
  • Departmental Expenditure
    640. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure profile for his Department at the end of March 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7037/16]
  • Human Rights Issues
    641. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals to raise the need for a co-ordinated response to the persecution of Christians in many regions throughout the world at the...
  • Emigrant Support Services
    642. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding he has provided to the emigrant support programme in 2016 to date and the various programmes he will fund; and if he will make a...
  • Foreign Conflicts
    643. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the ceasefire agreed in Yemen; the efforts made at European Union level to secure peace in the region; and if he will make a...
  • Syrian Conflict
    644. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding he has provided to countries neighbouring Syria who have been affected by the conflict; his plans to increase funding to these...
  • Human Rights Issues
    645. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures being taken at a national and European Union level to address the persecution of women and the abuse of female human rights...
  • UN Guiding Principles
    646. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he has made to the Secretary General of the United Nations, Mr Ban Ki-moon, to put new structures in place, given that the...
  • Election Monitoring Missions
    647. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his efforts to stem electoral violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo; if he has raised the issue at recent European Union Foreign...
  • North-South Ministerial Council
    648. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues he discussed at the most recent North-South Ministerial Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7092/16]
  • Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
    649. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the overseas development aid expenditure in 2015; the provision he has made for 2016; the programmes he will fund in 2016; and if he will...
  • Visa Waiver Programme
    652. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed changes to the J1 visa programme during his visit to the US for the recent Saint Patrick's Day celebrations; and if he will...
  • Human Rights Issues
    653. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that 30 civilians have been assassinated in Colombia over a 30-day period from 21 February to 18 March 2016; that the Justice...
  • Emigrant Support Services
    654. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the grants available to voluntary organisations for acquiring new equipment in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the...

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