Gilmore, EamonWednesday, 18 April 2012 |
Dáil Éireann Debate
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Order of Business
Question put.
Voted Yes 
Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Order for Second Stage
Tairgim: “Go dtógfar an Dara Céim anois.” I move: “That Second Stage be taken now.”
Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage
Tairgim: “Go léifear an Bille an Dara hUair anois.” I move: “That the Bill be now read a Second Time.” I wish to share my time with the Minister of State, Deputy Creighton.
Ireland is a good country with a proud people and it will recover. The past three years have tested us, our democracy, our values and our determination, but we have not been found wanting. This is b...
Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union) Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed)
The Deputy’s party voted for that.
Has the Deputy heard of the euro?
Sinn Féin said that about every treaty.
Is it also a treaty for bad weather?
Sinn Féin supported that decision.
Written Answers - Overseas Development Aid
Was asked: the position regarding the amount of aid given by Ireland to Malawi in 2010 and 2011; what the money was spent on; the way it was spent; if it was audited and the results that were obtained.
Was asked: the position regarding the amount of aid given to Uganda in 2010 and 2011; what the money was spent on; the way it was spent; if it was audited and the results that were obtained.
Was asked: if there are any concerns regarding the use of Irish aid in Malawi or Uganda.
Was asked: if he is considering any changes in Irish aid policy towards Malawi or Uganda in view of the concerns regarding the use and destination of that aid and in view of changes by other countries in simila...
Written Answers - Equality Issues
Was asked: the failure of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, for the first time in its history, to adopt agreed conclusions during its March 2012 meeting, the reason such agreement could not ...
The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) is the principal global policy-making body on gender equality and advancement of women. The theme of the 56th session of the Commission was “the empowermen...
Written Answers - EU Directives
Was asked: if he is aware of the concerns expressed by Irish non-governmental organisations including Christian Aid in relation to the revisions to the accounting and transparency directives currently underway ...
In November 2011 the European Commission published proposals for a revision of the EU Transparency and Accounting Directives. One of the aims of the new proposals is to improve transparency among EU m...
Written Answers - Passport Applications
Was asked: if the passport service is currently examining proposals to develop an on-line system for the renewal of passport applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
The Passport Service is considering the feasibility of developing an online system for the renewal of passport applications. However, on the basis of the preliminary examination to date, I understand...
Written Answers - Decentralisation Programme
Was asked: if he will review the last Government’s decentralisation policy as it affects the offices of his Department, with a view to relocating back to the capital those sections of the office that have been ...
The Headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is currently divided between Dublin and Limerick. The majority of the officers assigned to the Development Cooperation Division which ma...
Written Answers - Passport Applications
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 27 March 2012, when the person (details supplied) may make an application; and if he will make a statement on the matter.
In my reply to Question 117 on 27 March, 2012, I stated that applications, made on behalf of the person in question, were refused under the Passports Act 2008 on the grounds that he is not an Irish ci...
Written Answers - Parliamentary Questions
Was asked: the number of written parliamentary questions replied to from 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2012; the number of these that were answered in full; the number that related to issues where details supplied...
I have answered a total of 355 Parliamentary Questions during the period in question. A large majority of questions are of a non-personal nature and relate to the main policy areas that my Department ...
Written Answers - Ministerial Staff
Was asked: if he will provide, in tabular form, the names and salaries of all his special advisors including special advisors of Ministers of State and any salary increases they have received since they took of...
Was asked: if he will provide, in tabular form, details of all salary increases for special advisors requested by him or any Ministers of State in his Department; the names of the advisors and the amount reques...
I propose to take Questions Nos. 62 and 63 together. The names and salaries of the Special Advisers appointed to my Department are set out in the table below. The figure for Ms Jean O’Mahony includes...
Written Answers - Departmental Expenditure
Was asked: if he will provide a breakdown of the amount paid by his Department to mobile telephone companies for the past five years; the name of the companies used; the criteria used in deciding which mobile t...
My Department avails of the Mobile Telephony Services Framework operated by the Department ofFinance. Under this Framework, as the most economically advantageous response received, O2 was awarded the...
Written Answers - Human Rights Issues
Was asked: the murders of Manuel Ruiz and his son in Colombia, if he will call on the Colombian Government to take immediate and effective measures against attacks on persons defending land restitution in the C...
Was asked: if he will call on the Colombian Government to immediately instate measures to guarantee protection of Manuel Ruiz’s family currently displaced from their land; if he will call on the Colombian Gover...
I propose to take Questions Nos. 65 and 66 together. I would expect the Colombian government, no less than any responsible government, to fully investigate the abduction and apparent murder two of it...
Written Answers - International Agreements
Was asked: the reason Ireland is not a signatory to the new multilateral initiative, the open government partnership scheme of which 54 countries have become partners including the latest member Trinidad and To...
The Open Government Partnership (OGP) is an ad hoc international initiative which was launched in 2011 and which is overseen by a multi-stakeholder International Steering Committee involving Brazil, I...
Written Answers - EU Presidency
Was asked: the current state of preparations for the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union in January 2013; the priorities that have been identified to date; the engagement that has taken place ...
Was asked: if, in the planning of Ireland’s holding of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union in the first half of 2013, consideration is being given to holding events outside Dublin, in regions su...
I propose to take Questions Nos. 68 and 76 together. Preparations for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union during the first half of 2013 are continuing and are on track. Ireland’s...
Written Answers - Election Monitoring
Was asked: if he will send election observers for the elections due shortly to be held in Serbia and Armenia; if so, the number of observers for each election; the selection criteria being used to select observ...
Written Answers - Departmental Bodies
Was asked: the number of members that have joined or left the Irish overseas election observation panel for each of the past four years; if there is an upper age limit to be a member of the roster; and if he wi...
Was asked: further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of the 22 March 2012, the progress he has made on reviewing the working of the election roster and in preparing proposals on the future membership; if the exi...
Written Answers - Diplomatic Representation
Was asked: if he will request the release of an Irish citizen (details supplied) in Sri Lanka.
As I confirmed to the Deputy on previous occasions, my officials remain in close and direct contact with the wife and family of the person mentioned by him and they liaise directly with her on any req...
Written Answers - Consultancy Contracts
Was asked: the number of contracts that were issued to consultancy firms by his Department in 2011; the number that were issued in the first quarter in 2012; the cost of each contract and to whom they were issu...
My Department is responsible for two Votes: Vote 27, International Cooperation and Vote 28, Foreign Affairs and Trade. The Department is very conscious of the need the achieve value for money and is ...
Written Answers - Human Rights Issues
Was asked: if he will provide an update on steps he is taking to support the people of occupied Western Sahara; in particular if he will take steps to raise the on-going human rights abuses in the territory, in...
Ireland continues to support the right to self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, and the continuing engagement of the United Nations in the search for a political solution in the territor...
Written Answers - Passport Applications
Was asked: if a mechanism exists to notify passport holders that their passport expiry date is approaching; and, if not, if consideration will be given to implementing such a procedure should the technology or ...
A passport reminder service is available on the Passport Service website www.passport.ie. The reminder service sends an e-mail, to those who have registered, three months before a passport is due to ...
Written Answers - Middle East Peace Process
Was asked: if he will actively support the peace process initiated by the United Nations Arab League Envoy, Kofi Annan in Syria.
I wholeheartedly welcome and support the UN-Arab League Special Envoy Kofi Annan’s peace plan. It offers the only realistic basis for resolving the current crisis in Syria and bringing the unacceptab...
Written Answers - Diplomatic Representation
Was asked: if he will provide an update on Ireland’s relationship with the Philippines.
The key distinguishing feature of Ireland’s bilateral relationship with the Philippines is the extent and contribution of the Filipino Diaspora in Ireland, many of whom are employed in health care rol...
Written Answers - Overseas Development Aid
Was asked: if he will provide an update on Ireland’s 0.7% in overseas aid and its current position.
Was asked: if his attention has been drawn to the Ipsos-MRBI poll showing that notwithstanding our economic difficulties 80 percent of people here still want Ireland to deliver on this promise to spend 0.7% of ...
Written Answers - Diplomatic Representation
Was asked: the position on the closure of the embassy in the Vatican and its impact
In November 2011, the Government announced its decision to close Ireland’s resident Embassy to the Holy See, along with our Embassy in Tehran and our Mission in Timor Lester. This decision, taken with...
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