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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Update on Current Situation in Ukraine: Discussion (31 May 2022)

Charles Flanagan: ...again the presence earlier of Mr. Yermak, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine. He also posed a number of important questions that require our attention. We will undoubtedly be reverting to you, ambassador, later in the summer. We assure you that you are always welcome at this committee. I announce with regret that your deputy, Mrs. Olena Shaloput, is leaving Ireland...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Security Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ukrainian Ambassador (15 Feb 2022)

Charles Flanagan: We will come back to the ambassador after Deputy Berry. Then we will revert to members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Security Situation in Ukraine: Engagement with Ukrainian Ambassador (15 Feb 2022)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the ambassador. I am going to revert to Deputy Stanton and Senator Craughwell for brief comments.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Education in Developing Countries: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Charles Flanagan: ...be a specialist topic for us during the course of the year and on which we intend to produce a report. This engagement has been important to us and very informative. It is one to which we will revert. Before I ask Ms McKenna to make a final comment, I thank her colleagues, Ms Quadrini, Mr. Casey and Ms Kennedy, for joining us. I express the appreciation of the committee members to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Education in Developing Countries: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)

Charles Flanagan: ...chose as something of a specialist topic for 2022, so we are grateful that the witnesses have joined us so early in the year. We hope that, during the course of our year, this is an area that we would revert to, because it is an issue that we feel is of great importance as far as Irish policy, strategy and interests are concerned. I thank the witnesses for being with us. I remind our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Special Representative: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (14 Dec 2021)

Charles Flanagan: ...now turn to members of the committee. Given the wide-ranging nature of the overview and of the work under discussion, I propose to take observations and questions from a number of members before reverting to the special envoy for a response. We will start with Deputy Brady. I see Senator Joe O'Reilly and other members of the committee indicating. I will take them in the order in which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Special Representative: Mr. Eamon Gilmore (14 Dec 2021)

Charles Flanagan: ...EU governments moving towards a recognition of the Assad regime. How is Mr. Gilmore's work impacted by such moves? I see Deputy Leddin offering again for a supplementary. I will call on him before reverting to the special representative.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Engagement with the Irish Coalition for Business and Human Rights (7 Dec 2021)

Charles Flanagan: We will revert to Ms Tunney to deal with the many questions as asked. Before giving Ms Tunney the floor, in the context of my own support for a more robust framework, allegations were made earlier with particular reference to named companies. One of those was the ESB, as Deputy Brady pointed out. This committee has correspondence from the ESB. My understanding, by way of follow up, is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Turkish Foreign Policy and Turkey-Ireland Relations: Engagement with Ambassador of Turkey (12 Oct 2021)

Charles Flanagan: ...;, the president of the commission for foreign affairs in the Turkish Grand National Assembly. My members and I would be very keen to give appropriate and due consideration to that invitation and we will revert to you. On behalf of members I thank the ambassador for being with us and dealing with the many and varied questions. We look forward to an active and positive engagement...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Reserve Defence Force: Discussion (5 Oct 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I will now revert to our guests to deal with the questions raised by Deputy Clarke, Senator O'Reilly and Deputy Brady. I will resume with Deputy Stanton thereafter, followed by Senator Ó Donnghaile.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: We are coming towards the end of the meeting. I do not have any facility for time added on because of Covid restrictions but I did say that I would try to revert to members on the matter of very brief supplementary questions. I will do so with the indulgence of the Minister. I am going to call for one brief question each from Deputies Gannon, Clarke and Brady, Senator Craughwell and Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I am reverting now to the Minister but I am conscious that many of the supplementary questions are the subject matter of ones that the Minister has dealt with. In any event I ask him to deal with the questions of the five members as directly and as succinctly as he can over the next few minutes and I thank the Minister.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I thank Senator O'Reilly. I will revert to the Minister. Questions were posted by Deputies Cowen and Brady and Senator Joe O'Reilly. I will give the Minister a couple of minutes to respond and will then come back in. There are nine members offering. I will resume with Deputy Gannon, Senators Craughwell and Ardagh and Deputy Clarke, in that order. I call on the Minister to respond to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I revert to members of the committee, commencing with Deputy Gannon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Emigrant Support Services: Discussion (13 Jul 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I do not see any other members offering. I will revert to Ms Leonard Dibra. As I do, I will put a couple of issues to the witnesses, acknowledging the great work the coalition of centres does and all the centres do daily, servicing a most important need. Mr. Stahl in one of his replies touched on the fact that the centres are dealing now with perhaps more issues than just Irish issues,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: RACO (29 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I thank Senator Craughwell. As I said to Deputy Brady, I may well be in a position to have a second round. If so, I would be happy to revert to Senator Craughwell. I am conscious that there is a large number of questions for Commandant King, covering a wide range of issues. I am conscious also that there are a number of members who are anxious to come in. I will take a contribution from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I intend to take a contribution from Senator Joe O'Reilly before reverting back to Ms Owen and her team, because he has been waiting for some time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I will revert to Ms Owen and her team, however, I am conscious of the clock and that members of the panel may not get another opportunity to contribute. As well as addressing Deputy Brady’s questions, perhaps Ms Owen will provide us with some final comments. For my part, I note that reference was made earlier to human trafficking. I ask members of the oversight group and Chief...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

Charles Flanagan: We will now revert to committee members. With the assent of Ms Owen, she might be best placed to distribute members' questions to the other members of the oversight committee who are with her. I will leave it at her discretion, unless there is a question aimed at a particular colleague of Ms Owen.