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Departmental Staff Numbers
Barry Cowen
13. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of staff in his Department's audit committee and the evaluation and audit unit in 2010, 2011, 2012 and currently in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15584/13]
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Emigrant Support Services
John Browne
14. Deputy John Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of spending on emigrant support programmes in 2010, 2011, 2012 and planned for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15578/13]
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European Union Stability
Bernard Durkan
15. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which, arising from any appraisal of developments within the EU of a political, economic, social or structural nature, measures have been taken or are ongoing with a view to addressing the nationalistic trends currently emerging in some European countries which may result in permanent damage to the European project and divergence from the concept and vision of Europe's founding fathers, with particular reference to the growth of euro-scepticism as a replacement for the European project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15506/13]
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Official Engagements
Sandra McLellan
16. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an outline of what he and the Taoiseach discussed with American President Barack Obama during their meeting at the White House on 19 March. [15524/13]
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Human Rights Issues
Peadar Tóibín
17. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has any plans to issue a policy response to the endorsement by the Human Rights Council of the United Nations framework and guiding principles on business and human rights; and if the response will also address the European Commission's call for EU member states to develop national plans for the implementation of the guiding principles. [15539/13]
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Official Engagements
Martin Ferris
18. Deputy Martin Ferris asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he discussed issues which are directly affecting the Irish peace process and the difficulties that have been experienced recently with loyalist protest with the American Secretary of State John Kerry during their meeting on 18 March. [15526/13]
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Foreign Conflicts
Michael P. Kitt
19. Deputy Michael P. Kitt asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the further discussions he has held with his EU colleagues regarding negotiations with Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15593/13]
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UN Commission on the Status of Women
Sandra McLellan
20. Deputy Sandra McLellan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received a report from Ireland’s participants in the 57th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women; and if he will provide details of what was discussed. [15521/13]
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Cross-Border Projects
Billy Kelleher
21. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of money spent on cross-Border peace initiatives in 2010, 2011, 2012 and planned for 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15591/13]
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Passport Applications
Thomas P. Broughan
22. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is reviewing the issuing of passports to persons who already hold a passport of another state; if he has statistics on the number of dual passport holders with an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15419/13]
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Northern Ireland Issues
Clare Daly
23. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his recent initiatives with both the British and Northern Ireland authorities to end the imprisonment without trial of a number of persons in Northern Ireland, particularly Marian Price and Martin Corry. [15625/13]
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Ministerial Travel
Pearse Doherty
24. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of his recent official visit to South Africa; and if any of his meetings with South African business groups were successful in creating trade and investment for Ireland. [15528/13]
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Northern Ireland Issues
Gerry Adams
25. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to address the ongoing detainment and conditions of confinement of Martin Corry and Marian Price; and if he has raised concerns with the British Government over the revoking of licences based on unseen, unheard and incontestable intelligence reports. [15538/13]
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Ministerial Travel
Peadar Tóibín
26. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide information on the Invest in Ireland business forum, for IDA clients and target companies, that he hosted in Atlanta, Georgia, during his recent visit to America. [15523/13]
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Foreign Conflicts
Willie O'Dea
27. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has held with his EU counterparts regarding the ongoing conflict in the Congo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15607/13]
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Middle East Peace Process
Pearse Doherty
28. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the World Bank report on the Palestinian economy, which states that Israel's system of checkpoints and restrictions in the occupied West Bank has inflicted long-term damage on Palestinians' ability to compete in the global market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15533/13]
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Northern Ireland Issues
Michael Moynihan
29. Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the issue of the proposed bill of rights in Northern Ireland as specified under the Good Friday Agreement with the Northern Secretary of State and Northern Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15602/13]
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EU Treaties
Niall Collins
30. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the additional steps that have been taken to reform the institutional architecture of the EU since the outbreak of the sovereign debt crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15582/13]
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Foreign Conflicts
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
31. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support Ireland sending any non-lethal military equipment to the Syrian opposition, the Syrian National Coalition, as part of the EU agreement that was reached on 28 February, which allows EU members to send this non-lethal military equipment to the Syrian National Coalition. [15516/13]
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EU Conventions
Robert Troy
32. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised concerns regarding the series of constitutional changes initiated by Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban with his Hungarian counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15576/13]