Dan Neville
Question:54. Deputy Dan Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding receiving a copy of a will (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4711/13]
View answerConsular Services Availability
Questions (54)
Written answers
Investigating the existence or otherwise of a will is a private civil matter and is outside of my remit. However the following organisation (details supplied) may be of assistance to your constituent. (Massachusetts Probate Records: Link to website where enquiries can be made online:
http://www.mass-doc.com/probate_research.htm)
Colombian Peace Process
Questions (55)
Finian McGrath
Question:55. Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will continue to support the peace process in Colombia and not allow some elements wreck the efforts being made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4660/13]
View answerWritten answers
I strongly support the Colombian peace process and hope that the negotiations underway will bring an end to the long conflict that has caused much suffering. I recently led the Irish delegation at the EU-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean countries) Summit in Chile and I availed of the opportunity to meet with Colombia's President Santos and Foreign Minister Holguín. We had a very useful discussion on a range of issues including Colombia’s peace process, trade, human rights and other matters.
I assured President Santos of the Government's support for Colombia's peace process, and commended efforts to provide the people of Colombia with the peace and stability that they deserve. President Santos expressed his appreciation for our support. He added that he is very aware of our own peace process, saying that the Colombian process has already incorporated some useful lessons from it. I said that we stand ready within available means to share our experiences, if invited to do so by the parties to the process. I told President Santos that Ireland understands very well the challenges as well as the opportunities represented by a peace process and I expressed the hope that a successful outcome can be reached in the talks underway.
Foreign Conflicts
Questions (56)
Thomas P. Broughan
Question:56. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the EU or the UN are considering additional sanctions against Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4771/13]
View answerWritten answers
Since the crisis first erupted almost two years ago, the EU has been prompt in adopting a wide range of stringent measures against the Assad regime and its supporters so as to compel them to stop the violence and to engage in a genuine and inclusive process of national dialogue mapping a way out of the crisis. EU sanctions include a range of individual listings as well as restrictions on goods and services, including an oil and arms embargo. The EU General Affairs Council at the end of November renewed the sanctions package in place against Syria for a period of three months. A review of these sanctions is now taking place in Brussels at official level and the Foreign Affairs Council on 31 January will discuss the further extension of the EU sanctions package beyond the end of March.
Ireland’s position remains one of support for the continuation of the EU's sanctions, including the arms embargo. The sanctions complement the efforts on the political track which are being led by UN/Arab League Joint Special Representative, Lakhdar Brahimi, to bring about an end to the violence and to get some form of political process underway. Given the current divisions at UN level, there are no international harmonised sanctions in force and Ireland, together with its EU partners, will continue to urge the UN Security Council to adopt constraining measures against the Syrian authorities, including a global arms embargo.
Emigrant Support Services
Questions (57, 58)
Brendan Smith
Question:57. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total funding allocated in the Estimates for 2012 for the emigrant support programme; the amount spent under this programme for 2012; if he will list the recipient organisations in each country; the level of funding provided to each organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4799/13]
View answerBrendan Smith
Question:58. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding allocated in the Estimates for 2013 for the emigrant support programme; if he will list the organisations in each country that will receive funding under this programme; the amount per organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4800/13]
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 57 and 58 together.
The Emigrant Support Programme (ESP) provides funding to non-profit organisations and projects to support Irish emigrant communities overseas. The priority of the ESP, and of the organisations it supports, is in assisting the most vulnerable members of overseas Irish communities. These organisations have made a substantive difference to the lives of Irish people living abroad, reducing homelessness, tackling social isolation, and enabling Irish emigrants to access their local statutory entitlements.
The total funding allocated in the Estimates for 2012 for the Emigrant Support Programme was €11,595,000, with an outturn of €11,586,368. Details of all grant recipients since 2006 can be found on my Department's website, a full list of grant recipients and the amount that they received in 2012 is set out in the following table. I am pleased that despite the difficult financial situation we face, the Government has maintained funding under the ESP at a level of €11,595,000 for 2013. The 2013 grant round is now open and will close on 20 February. No decisions on the allocation for this year's grants will be made until after this date.
2012 Emigrant Services Expenditure Summary (euro)
|
Britain |
7,596,425 |
|
USA |
1,669,227 |
|
Ireland |
1,290,463 |
|
Australia |
385,581 |
|
Singapore |
200,000 |
|
Canada |
152,498 |
|
New Zealand |
56,048 |
|
Argentina |
31,312 |
|
Zimbabwe |
27,371 |
|
France |
17,500 |
|
Korea |
10,666 |
|
South Africa |
10,635 |
|
Spain |
3,993 |
|
Norway |
2,169 |
|
Russia |
1,476 |
|
Global Irish Network and Presidential Distinguished Service Award |
131,004 |
|
Britain |
|
|
Acton Homeless Concern (London) |
58,677 |
|
Age UK Hillingdon (Middlesex) |
12,756 |
|
Aisling Project (London) |
122,707 |
|
Bell Farm Christian Centre (Middlesex) |
12,054 |
|
Benefits Advice Shop (Ryhl, Denbighshire) |
6,378 |
|
Birmingham St Patrick's Festival Ltd |
12,756 |
|
Blackfriars Advice Centre (London) |
25,149 |
|
Bolton Irish Community Association |
7,016 |
|
Brent Adolescent Centre (London) |
24,789 |
|
Brent Irish Advisory Service (London) |
183,685 |
|
Brian Boru Club (Wigan) |
7,449 |
|
Bristol Playbus |
5,784 |
|
Causeway Irish Housing Association (London) |
25,061 |
|
Celtic & Irish Cultural Society (Crawley) |
24,236 |
|
Conradh na Gaeilge, Glaschú (Glasgow) |
46,188 |
|
Corby's Young at Heart Luncheon Group |
10,843 |
|
Coventry Irish Society |
153,454 |
|
Cricklewood Homeless Concern |
221,315 |
|
Edinburgh Cyrenians |
6,287 |
|
Emerald Circle Club (Harrow) |
3,718 |
|
Emerald Senior Citizens Group (Wolverhampton) |
6,378 |
|
Federation of Irish Societies |
597,296 |
|
Feith an Cheoil School of Irish Traditional Music (London) |
6,817 |
|
Forest Bus (Southampton) |
6,378 |
|
Friends, Families and Travellers (Brighton) |
13,394 |
|
GEAR Projects (Gloucester) |
12,756 |
|
Halifax and District Irish Society |
14,032 |
|
Halifax Irish Centre |
1,239 |
|
Haringey Irish Cultural and Community Centre |
166,082 |
|
Haslingden & Davitt IDL Club |
4,958 |
|
Huddersfield Irish Centre |
3,720 |
|
Immigrant Counselling and Psychotherapy (London) |
197,520 |
|
Innisfree Housing Association (London) |
38,268 |
|
Irish Arts Foundation (Leeds) |
95,032 |
|
Irish Chaplaincy in Britain (London) |
282,940 |
|
Irish Charitable Trust (London) |
183,590 |
|
Irish Community Care Manchester |
202,545 |
|
Irish Community Care Merseyside |
311,244 |
|
Irish Community Services in Greenwich, Bexley (formerly Irish in Greenwich) |
255,939 |
|
Irish Cultural Centre, Hammersmith |
203,710 |
|
Irish Diaspora Foundation (Manchester) |
66,969 |
|
Irish Elderly Advice Network (London) |
109,701 |
|
Irish Festivals Ltd. T/A Irish Arts Festival (London) |
7,654 |
|
rish Heritage (Surrey) |
10,205 |
|
Irish Heritage Foundation (formerly Harps Community Project, Glasgow) |
51,024 |
|
Irish in Birmingham (formerly Irish Welfare and Information Centre) |
275,781 |
|
Irish Network (Stevenage) |
2,551 |
|
Irish Repertory Theatre and Film Company (London) |
7,437 |
|
Irish Traveller Movement in Britain (London) |
137,836 |
|
Irish Tuesday Club (Liverpool) |
9,567 |
|
Irish World Heritage Centre (Manchester) |
559,663 |
|
Kilburn Irish Pensioners |
3,759 |
|
Lancashire Federation of Irish Democratic League Clubs |
1,488 |
|
Leeds Gypsy and Traveller Exchange |
59,187 |
|
Leeds Irish Health and Homes |
186,705 |
|
Leeds St Patrick's Day Parade and Celebrations |
14,032 |
|
Leicester and Leicestershire Irish Forum |
47,962 |
|
Lewisham Irish Community Centre |
64,452 |
|
Lewisham Irish Pensioners Group |
8,291 |
|
Liverpool Irish Festival |
9,567 |
|
London Gypsy and Traveller Unit |
116,717 |
|
London Irish Amateur Rugby Football Club |
10,205 |
|
London Irish Business Society |
6,167 |
|
London Irish Centre |
572,103 |
|
London Irish Graduate Network |
1,233 |
|
London Irish Music School |
5,030 |
|
London Irish Pensioners Choir |
3,827 |
|
Luton Irish Forum |
122,457 |
|
Manchester Irish Education Group |
1,240 |
|
Manchester Irish Language Group |
930 |
|
Mansfield and Dukeries Irish Association |
6,378 |
|
Marian Senior Citizens Club (London) |
2,806 |
|
Maya Centre (London) |
25,149 |
|
Milton Keynes Irish Centre |
14,924 |
|
Mind Yourself (formerly London Irish Women's Centre) |
76,535 |
|
Momentum Care Irish Elders Centre (Glasgow) |
101,873 |
|
Monica's Place (Birmingham) |
65,692 |
|
New Horizon Youth Centre (London) |
48,472 |
|
NOAH Enterprise ((Luton) |
96,109 |
|
North London Action for the Homeless |
6,569 |
|
North Wales Irish Society |
8,164 |
|
Northampton Irish Support Group |
71,889 |
|
Nottingham St Patrick's Day Parade |
4,933 |
|
Over 60s Pensioners Club (London) |
627 |
|
Oxford Irish Society |
3,189 |
|
Safe Start Foundation (Middlesex) |
139,677 |
|
Sandwell Irish Community Association |
13,455 |
|
Sandwell Irish Society |
46,559 |
|
SanKTus (formerly Our Lady Help of Christian's Welfare) (London) |
52,937 |
|
SIFA Fireside (Birmingham) |
28,063 |
|
Solace Women's Aid (London) |
53,442 |
|
Southwark Irish Pensioners Project |
183,264 |
|
Southwark Irish Youth |
6,817 |
|
Southwark Travellers Action Group |
87,382 |
|
St Michael's Irish Centre (Liverpool) |
73,347 |
|
St Patrick's Senior Tuesday Lunch Club (Leamington Spa) |
8,419 |
|
Streetwork UK (Edinburgh) |
37,184 |
|
Tara Irish Pensioners (London) |
893 |
|
The Connection at St Martins (London) |
25,512 |
|
The Emerald Centre (Leicester) |
58,039 |
|
The Felling Irish Association (Felling, Gateshead) |
868 |
|
The Golden Shamrock Club (Nottingham) |
12,072 |
|
The Hibernian Society (Reading) |
29,747 |
|
The Huddersfield St Patrick's Day Parade Association |
5,102 |
|
The Irish Club Warrington |
7,933 |
|
The Passage (London) |
46,526 |
|
The South London Irish Association (Wimbledon, London) |
8,174 |
|
Tricycle Theatre (London) |
4,958 |
|
Tuesday Club Leeds Irish Centre |
8,676 |
|
Tyneside Irish Centre |
40,181 |
|
Tyneside Irish Cultural Centre |
25,512 |
|
Watford Irish Association |
3,100 |
|
West Hampstead Women's Centre (London) |
7,398 |
|
Britain |
7,596,425 |
|
USA |
|
|
Aisling Irish Centre, New York |
111,551 |
|
American Irish Historical Society, New York |
65,455 |
|
Catholic Charities Community Services - Project Irish Outreach, New York |
79,239 |
|
Chicago Celts for Immigration Reform |
10,271 |
|
Chicago Irish Immigrant Support |
147,887 |
|
Coalition of Irish Immigration Centres |
42,238 |
|
Crossroads Irish-American Festival |
8,043 |
|
Cumann na Gaeilge i mBoston |
5,698 |
|
Emerald Isle Immigration Centre, New York |
173,964 |
|
Glucksman Ireland House, New York University |
17,711 |
|
Greater Danbury Irish Cultural Centre, Connecticut |
3,848 |
|
Hudson Valley Irish Festival |
7,137 |
|
Irish American Heritage Museum, Albany, New York |
7,701 |
|
Irish Apostolate USA, Washington |
16,547 |
|
Irish Cultural Centre of New England, Canton |
87,225 |
|
Irish Heritage Society of Milford |
6,931 |
|
Irish Immigration and Pastoral Centre, San Francisco |
106,076 |
|
Irish Immigration and Pastoral Centre, Philadelphia |
100,185 |
|
Irish International Immigration Centre, Boston |
206,169 |
|
Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform |
27,722 |
|
Irish Outreach, San Diego |
17,671 |
|
Irish Pastoral Centre, Boston |
105,463 |
|
Irish Technology Leadership Group |
100,054 |
|
Mission of our Lady of the Holy Rosary Heritage Project at Watson House, New York |
21,177 |
|
Museum of Newport Irish History |
1,221 |
|
New York Irish Centre |
114,636 |
|
Seattle Irish Immigration Support Group |
8,894 |
|
The Gathering: Collected Oral Histories of the Irish in Montana |
51,384 |
|
The Society of Commodore John Barry, Philadelphia |
9,198 |
|
Worcester Hibernian Cultural Foundation |
7,930 |
|
USA |
1,669,227 |
|
Ireland |
|
|
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann |
177,411 |
|
Crosscare Migrant Project |
172,000 |
|
Football Association of Ireland |
35,000 |
|
Glór na nGael |
40,000 |
|
Ireland Reaching Out |
78,000 |
|
Irish Council for Prisoners Overseas |
95,779 |
|
Irish International Diaspora Centre |
40,000 |
|
Safe Home Programme Ltd |
248,273 |
|
Ireland Canada University Foundation |
34,000 |
|
GAA |
370,000 |
|
Ireland |
1,290,463 |
|
Australia |
|
|
Australia Irish Welfare Bureau, Melbourne |
106,045 |
|
The Claddagh Association, Perth |
10,181 |
|
Friends of St Brigid's Association, Koroit, Victoria |
14,530 |
|
Ireland Western Australia Forum, Perth |
2,004 |
|
Irish Australian Chamber of Commerce Inc., Melbourne |
26,214 |
|
Irish Australian Support Association of Queensland, Brisbane |
65,737 |
|
Irish Australian Welfare Bureau & Resource Centre NSW, Sydney |
134,415 |
|
Irish Brekkie Club, Sydney |
4,810 |
|
Irish Language School/ Scoil na Gaeilge, Sydney |
1,603 |
|
John Hume Institute of Global Irish Studies, UNSW |
20,042 |
|
Australia |
385,581 |
|
Singapore |
|
|
Farmleigh Fellowship |
200,000 |
|
Singapore |
200,000 |
|
Canada |
|
|
Emerald Isle Seniors Society, Toronto |
19,374 |
|
Irish Canadian Club of Hamilton |
4,494 |
|
Irish Canadian Immigration Centre |
61,996 |
|
Irish Women's Network of British Columbia |
1,854 |
|
Lar na nGael - Irish Centre of Brampton |
20,653 |
|
St Patrick's Society, Montreal |
3,487 |
|
The Irish Benevolent Society of British Columbia |
5,767 |
|
The Irish Cultural Society, Calgary |
34,873 |
|
Canada |
152,498 |
|
New Zealand |
|
|
Irish Community of New Zealand Trust |
32,947 |
|
Auckland Irish Society |
23,101 |
|
New Zealand |
56,048 |
|
Argentina |
|
|
Asociación Argentino Irlandesa de Bahia Blanca |
954 |
|
Hurling Club, Buenos Aires |
27,441 |
|
Sociedad Irlandesa de Arrecifes |
1,591 |
|
Hogar San Patricio (St Patrick's Home) |
477 |
|
Asociación Argentino Irlandesa Guillermo Brown (Asociación Irlandesa de Capital Federal) |
849 |
|
Argentina |
31,312 |
|
Zimbabwe |
|
|
Irish Association of Mashonaland |
20,572 |
|
Matabeleland Irish Association Bulawayo |
6,799 |
|
Zimbabwe |
27,371 |
|
France |
|
|
Network Irlande |
17,500 |
|
France |
17,500 |
|
Korea |
|
|
Irish Society of Korea |
10,666 |
|
Korea |
10,666 |
|
South Africa |
|
|
Irish South African Association |
10,635 |
|
South Africa |
10,635 |
|
Spain |
|
|
Spanish Irish Business Network |
3,993 |
|
Spain |
3,993 |
|
Norway |
|
|
Norwegian Irish Society |
2,169 |
|
Norway |
2,169 |
|
Russia |
|
|
Irish Business Club Moscow |
1,476 |
|
Russia |
1,476 |