Written answers
Monday, 11 September 2017
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Visa Agreements
465. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to modify the upper age limit to 35 years of age for Australian citizens applying for a working holiday visa here, in line with... - Military Aircraft Landings
466. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that Shannon Airport will not be used for current and future military interventions by foreign interests in view of the... - Brexit Negotiations
467. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and at European level regarding the need to ensure that... - EU Meetings
469. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the recent Foreign Affairs Council meeting; the outcome of such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the... - Ministerial Staff
470. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of political staff employed in his Department, including parliamentary assistants, secretarial assistants, special advisers,... - Passport Applications Fees
471. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the cost of applying for a passport is discouraging some persons from applying for same;... - Departmental Staff Data
472. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of women and men respectively employed in his Department in tabular form. [37072/17] - Passport Applications
474. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person that has changed their name by deed poll into Irish must wait for two years before being able to apply for their... - Departmental Expenditure
475. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost his Department incurred in each of the past five years due to debit and credit card payment services and banking fees; the... - Israeli Settlements
476. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will convey its concerns to the Israeli authorities regarding the disturbing increase in the demolition of Palestinian... - Subsidiary Protection
477. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the conclusions of the legal proceedings surrounding subsidiary protection residence if a decision has been reached on the legal... - Departmental Funding
478. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the investment made by his Department in the Cavan, Monaghan and north Meath area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37645/17] - Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
479. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and the British Foreign Secretary the need for the British Government to... - Passport Applications Data
480. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of new passports that have been issued in each of the years 2014 to 2016, and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on... - Middle East Issues
481. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the revocation by Israel of Bedouins' Israeli citizenship in large numbers over recent months (details supplied) with no... - Public Services Card
482. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the purpose the public services card plays in identifying a person that is renewing a passport; and if he will make a statement on the... - Departmental Staff Data
483. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and grade of all staff in his Department; the number and grade of vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37779/17] - North-South Implementation Bodies
485. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of funding for the Centre for Cross Border Studies; the funding it has received in the past five years; and if he will make a... - Ministerial Meetings
487. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting in August 2017 with Secretary of State Brokenshire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37815/17] - Foreign Conflicts
488. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures the Government plans to take in defence of the rights of the Rohingya people in Myanmar in view of recent reports (details... - Consular Services Provision
489. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports his Department provides to Irish citizens with children holding Irish citizenship who are involved in custody battles involving... - Foreign Policy
490. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to recognise the deaths of a very large number of Armenian persons in 1915 as genocide; and if he will make a statement on the... - Brexit Staff
492. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is a senior official with designated responsibility for Brexit matters in his Department; if so, the grade of the designated... - Construction Costs
494. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of construction inflation that has been experienced by his Department in the 18 months to September 2017 in respect of... - Northern Ireland
495. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Stormont talks to restore power sharing in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38086/17] - Foreign Conflicts
496. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the advice and actions his Department has taken in respect of the military stand off in Bhutan between the People’s Republic of China... - Foreign Policy
497. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action his Department has taken in respect of the tensions in the Korean peninsula and the threat to civilians in Japan posed by ongoing... - Ministerial Meetings
498. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the meeting with the Northern Ireland Chamber of Commerce on 29 August 2017; and if he will make a statement on the... - Brexit Issues
499. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work his Department has undertaken in engaging with and studying the policy positions of business and political groupings in Britain... - Consular Services Provision
500. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to help the family of a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that Egypt is not party to the Hague Convention... - Public Services Card
501. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he, or bodies and agencies under the remit of his Department, plans to make services or payments dependent on the mandatory use and... - Brexit Negotiations
503. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the progress made to date in 2017 in the Brexit negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38346/17] - Election Monitoring Missions
505. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the situation in Kenya in view of the fact that the August 2017 election results have been annulled; and if he will make a... - Visa Agreements
506. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports that the United States graduate visa programme may be discontinued; the number of graduates currently availing of the... - Undocumented Irish in the USA
507. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of recent efforts to resolve the situation of the undocumented Irish in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the... - Irish Prisoners Abroad
508. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the next steps that the Government will take to secure the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the... - Passport Data
509. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish passports issued in each of the years 2012 to 2016 and to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Passport Applications Data
510. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the target turnaround time for passports; the actual time it is taking to process passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Departmental Staff Data
511. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the percentage of public service staff under the remit of his Department who were women in each of the years 2010 to 2016 and to date in... - Brexit Issues
512. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the safeguards he envisages the EU will put in place to protect the rights of Irish citizens living in the UK, including Northern Ireland;... - Northern Ireland
513. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with the US authorities regarding the appointment of a special envoy to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a... - Diplomatic Representation
514. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with the US authorities regarding the appointment of an ambassador to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on... - Passport Services
515. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the required additional resources needed to address additional demand for passport services; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Brexit Issues
516. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the development of sectorial response plans to Brexit, the publication date of these plans; and if he will make a statement on... - Brexit Negotiations
522. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of meetings he has had with the Brexit negotiation taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38791/17] - Brexit Staff
524. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of vacancies in his Department for Brexit related roles; the expected date for these rolls to be filled; and if he will make a... - Brexit Issues
526. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the membership and role of all Brexit related stakeholder engagement groups working with his Department on Brexit issues; the number of... - Departmental Expenditure
529. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure savings that are earmarked for his Department for 2018 that are not accounted for in the mid-year expenditure report or are... - Consular Services Provision
530. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he plans to open an embassy in Georgia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38913/17] - Consular Services Expenditure
535. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average cost of running an embassy and a consulate respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38924/17] - Passport Applications
542. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the increased number of applications post Brexit from persons born and living in the UK; the resources put in place to... - Departmental Expenditure
544. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of all moneys given or paid to an organisation (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; the purpose of these funds in...
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