Typed copy of speech given by Taoiseach Charles J. Haughey, TD on the opening of the debate on European Union in Dáil Éireann [lower house of parliament in Ireland], 28/11/1991. [Relates to the Treaty on European Union aka the Maastricht Treaty and Ireland's membership of the EU].

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Briefing notes, background information, reports and other research material used by Mary Robinson ahead of meetings and for reference, 1992, including material sent by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

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Background material including document "Signature of the Agreement on Social Policy concluded between the Member States of the European Community with the exception of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland", sent to Mary Robinson (MR) with note from Kay [Gleeson], 06/02/1992; briefing note on meeting between MR and Taoiseach on 7th May 1992; faxed communication from Emer Colleran, Department of Microbiology, University College Galway (UCG) relating to a Bill being discussed in the Seanad which related to the planning process, An Bord Pleanála, and how appeals were dealt with, 13/07/1992.

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Correspondence relating to the Irish language including in relation to the push for it to become an official language of the enlarged European community. It consists of correspondence from Dónall Ó Móráin, Gael Linn, and background material including text of lecture delivered by Cardinal Tomás Ó Fiaich, 18/11/1988, "Europe 1992: The Irish Contribution", a supplement produced by Fortnight Educational trust, Northern Ireland "The Future of Irish - 10 essays celebrating one hundred years of the Irish language movement" and newsletter from the Ultacht Trust "The Protestant Gaelic Tradition". The file also includes a draft speech in Irish and English which may have been given on 10/07/1992, and newsletter from An Comhchoiste Réamhscolaíochta Teo [organisation concerned with Irish medium Pre-school education] with cover Christmas card from Máire Uí [Arnín?], 12/1992.

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Briefing notes, background information, reports and other research material used by Mary Robinson ahead of meetings and for reference, 1993, including material sent by the Department of Foreign Affairs.

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Folder of photocopies of typed documentation "Department of Foreign Affairs Selected Briefing Material for week ending 12th February 1993", marked confidential, with cover letter from Kevin Conmy, Private Secretary to the Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs, to Peter Ryan, Secretary to the President, for attention of President Mary Robinson. Consists of reports from various ambassadors and embassies to the Taoiseach including from Bonn, Germany, Copenhagen, Denmark, The Hague, The Netherlands, and Paris, France relating to currency and the EMU [Economic and Monetary Union]; from Washington, USA and Bonn in relation to visit to Washington by German Foreign Minister, Klaus Kinkel on 4th Feb 1993; from Rome, Italy relating to visit by Italian Foreign Minister Colombo to Bosnia and Croatia, 4th Feb 1993; from The Hague on EC [European Community] luncheon with new Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs at which Yugoslavia, EMU, Zaire and transparency in workings of the Community were discussed; from Madrid, Spain in relation to Spanish policy on Gibraltar; from Moscow, Russia in relation to ratification of START II Treaty by Russian Parliament; from Paris in relation to domestic situation in Morrocco, Western Sahara and Mahgreb Arab Union; from Lagos, Nigeria on new government structures in Nigeria, from Canberra, Australia on visit of Australian Foreign Minister, Gareth Evans, to Thailand and Cambodia, from Tokyo, Japan on efforts being made by Japan to develop closer ties with ASEAN countries [Association of Southeast Asian Nations] and from New Delhi, India on visit to India by UK Prime Minister, John Major, on 26 Jan 1993.

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Folder of photocopies of typed documentation "Department of Foreign Affairs Selected Briefing Material for week ending 19th February 1993", marked confidential. Consists of reports from various ambassadors and embassies to the Taoiseach including from Paris, France in relation to conversation with Commission President Delors regarding the currency situation and the EMU [Economic Monetary Union], and coverage of same in press; from Madrid, Spain regarding tensions between Delors and Spanish Economic Minister, Carlos Solchaga, following comments by Delors re preparedness of Member States for EMU; from Bonn, Germany relating to article in Bonn newspaper "Market battles in EMS leave scars - the Irish and Germans are no longer close"; from Bonn on conference on security policy in Munich and from The Hague, The Netherlands on reports on discussions on roles of NATO and WEU [Western European Union]; from EC Division and from Permanent Representation Brussels, Belgium in relation to EC [European Community] Enlargement and Trade; from Moscow, Russia in relation to implications of President Yeltsin's offer to abandon April referendum; from Ottawa, Canada on development of Canada / Russia relations; from Permanent Representative, New York, USA on briefing by Lord Owen on US policy in Bosnia; from Vienna, Austria on EC/Czech relations and from Bonn on visit of German Foreign Minister Kinkel to Prague; from Vienna on political developments in Hungary and from Madrid on Spanish reservations on UN Secretary General's proposals for a referendum in the western Sahara on terms considered favourable to Morocco.

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Folder of photocopies of typed documentation "Department of Foreign Affairs Selected Briefing Material for week ending 26 February 1993", marked confidential. Consists of reports from various ambassadors and embassies to the Taoiseach including from Paris, France relating to meeting with Mr Jaques De LaRosiere, Governor of the French Central Bank, and with French Treasury Director Trichet covering devaluation, outlook for 1993 and acceleration of EMU [Economic and Monetary Union]; from Bonn, Germany and Copenhagen, Denmark in relation to the Maastricht Treaty ratification; from Rome, Italy in relation to fall-out from bribery scandals for Amato Government; from Somalia in relation to the tragic death of Irish Concern volunteer Valerie Place and meeting of Minister of State Mr Tom Kitt with US State Department and United Nations to discuss security of aid workers; from Tehran, Iran in relation to the fatwa endorsed by late Ayatollah Khomeini against author Salman Rushdie; from Cairo, Egypt in relation to activities of "terrorist Islamicist groups" directed at foreign tourists and at police; from Canberra, Australia on upcoming General election in Australia; from Beijing, China on views of a Chinese academic on human rights issues in China, Taiwan, on US-Sino relations and on the leadership of Communist party of China; from Stockholm, Sweden on visit of Prime Minister Bildt to Moscow, Russia 03-05 Feb; from Bonn on visit of Foreign Minister Kinkel to the Ukraine on 15/16 Feb; on Warsaw, Poland on internal and foreign policy issues in Poland; from Vienna, Austria on visit to Hungary with Mr Bela Kadar, Minister for International Economic Relations, for EC [European Community] working luncheon, 18 Feb; from PMUN NY [Permanent Mission to United Nations, New York, USA] on unanimous adoption of resolution to establish "War Crimes Tribunals" in former Yugoslavia, 22 Feb; and from Buenos Aires, Argentina on nominations for Presidential election in Chile and economic boom there.

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Typed list of female elected Heads of State/Heads of Government from 1960-1993; typed background note on US Morrison Visas, prepared by the consular section of Foreign Affairs, with post-it note from Joe Brennan [Deputy Secretary to President Mary Robinson], 03/09/1993; two typed papers by Mary Condren - "Women in Religion", presented/prepared at Magill Summer School. Glenties, Donegal, 1993, and "Women and Colonization"; "Light Up the Earth" an outline proposal presented to Ambassador Jean Kennedy Smith by Noel O'Shea and Dr Anthony Collis, September 1993, with objective "to arrest the destruction of planet Earth by humankind".

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Report "Equality of Opportunity in the Civil Service 1991".

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