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Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Northern Ireland Issues
Micheál Martin
61. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the recent violent protest near Belfast City Hall with the First Minister or Deputy First Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55447/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Northern Ireland Issues
Micheál Martin
62. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned about party political demonstrations on PSNI headquarters following recent arrests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55218/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Northern Ireland Issues
Gerry Adams
63. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with the Northern Secretary of State Theresa Villiers in relation to the recent decision to suspend the inquests into the victims of the Ballymurphy Massacre. [53793/12]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Nuclear Proliferation
Clare Daly
64. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will withdraw diplomatic support for the US/EU sanctions against Iran. [1630/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Passport Applications
Jack Wall
65. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider the following regarding an Irish passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1829/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Departmental Agencies Funding
Kevin Humphreys
66. Deputy Kevin Humphreys asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of the bodies, other than statutory bodies, that were fully funded by his Department in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1906/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Human Rights Issues
Bernard Durkan
67. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and his colleagues at EU and UN level can highlight the bravery of Ms Malala Yousufzai and her efforts to achieve education for women and girls in Pakistan and other regions worldwide; if the international community can use the attack on her life and her on-going recovery as a means of bringing positive attention to the issues that she highlighted in a coordinated international effort to ensure that her bravery does not go unnoticed and her sacrifices were not in vain; if he will be in a position to pursue these issues during the course of Ireland’s presidency with the help of his EU and UN colleagues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1934/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Human Rights Issues
Bernard Durkan
68. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community can assist through the medium of the EU and the UN to improve women’s rights in Pakistan; if specific objectives have been set out or will be set out in this regard; the extent, if any, to which he sees a role for the smaller countries in the EU and elsewhere being expanded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1935/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Human Rights Issues
Bernard Durkan
69. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which, at EU and UN level, he and his colleagues are in a position to focus attention on the rape and sexual assaults on women and girls worldwide regardless of nationality or culture with particular reference to the most recent incidents in India; if international pressure can be brought on all countries with a view to stamping out such attacks and the culture surrounding this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1936/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Foreign Conflicts
Bernard Durkan
70. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts continue to be made to bring about a cessation of violence and the provision of support for aid workers in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1937/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Foreign Conflicts
Bernard Durkan
71. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to become alerted to the difficulties faced by the Red Cross, Medicins San Frontieres and all aid workers and their agencies currently operating or attempting to operate in war zones or unrest in the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere; if he anticipates any particular improvements in this regard in the current year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1938/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Foreign Conflicts
Bernard Durkan
72. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts are being made to set up permanent structures to engage with all the protagonists in the Middle East conflict with particular reference to the need to ensure access to outside independent agencies to deal with on-going issues and avert new confrontations or the potential for such confrontation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1939/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Overseas Development Aid Oversight
Bernard Durkan
73. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has been reassured that overseas development aid continue to reach those for whom it was intended and that recompense is made in situations where this is not the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1940/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Foreign Conflicts
Bernard Durkan
74. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current situation in the top ten most sensitive locations worldwide which continue to suffer from war, starvation, famine, genocide, ethnic cleansing and human rights abuses; the degree to which it remains possible to deliver aid and support to the people in such cases; the extent to which deterrents such as referral to the International War Tribunal are used effectively in such situations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1941/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Foreign Conflicts
Bernard Durkan
75. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the international community can bring about positive influence on the protagonists in the various war-torn regions in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1942/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Human Rights Issues
Bernard Durkan
76. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to monitor the continued incarceration of former Prime Minister of the Ukraine, Yulio Tymoshenko; the extent of efforts, if any at international level to bring about her release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1943/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Overseas Development Aid Provision
Bernard Durkan
77. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he continues to be in a position to focus attention on hunger, famine, starvation and war associated atrocities throughout Africa; if he will set out the main locations for concern in this regard and the extent to which success can be expected in bringing about an improvement in the situation thereat in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1944/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Exports Data
Bernard Durkan
78. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he expects an improvement in trade with various countries throughout Asia, Africa and Latin America in the coming years with particular reference to the need to use such trade as a vehicle for economic recovery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1945/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Exports Data
Bernard Durkan
79. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the countries worldwide with which Ireland recorded greatest improvement in the expansion of trade and commercial activity in 2012; his objectives in this regard in the coming year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1946/13]
Wed, 16 Jan 2013
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Undocumented Irish in the USA
Bernard Durkan
80. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he might envisage progress in any discussions with the US authorities in regard to the possibility of addressing the issue of the undocumented Irish in the United States; if it might be possible on an annual or piecemeal basis to draw up a procedure whereby an agreed number of regularisations could be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1947/13]