Results 121-140 of 189 for going forward speaker:Charles Flanagan

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Charles Flanagan: ...engaged but there is also significant involvement by regional players and great powers. The UN is playing an important leadership role and at the moment what might be called punctuated talks processes are going on in Geneva and latterly in Astana. The conflict is extremely complex. In EU discussions, Ireland has sought to stress the primacy of a political resolution over any drift into...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Resolutions (4 Apr 2017)

Charles Flanagan: ...the realisation of that goal. Resolution 2334 and the Paris Declaration together constituted a clear statement of the policies and positions of the international community as a whole. Going forward, however, it is evident that the political process to reach an agreement on these lines is stalled. The initiative by France which culminated in the Paris Conference helped focus...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (22 Feb 2017)

Charles Flanagan: ...would be in place for a power-sharing Executive to be established as soon as possible following the Assembly elections next month. I emphasised to the Secretary of State that as co-guarantors of the Good Friday Agreement, both Governments had a role to play in supporting the effective operation of the devolved institutions and in upholding both the letter and the spirit of the agreement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Acht na Gaeilge (7 Feb 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Tá roinnt eilimintí de Chomhaontú Aoine an Chéasta agus Chomhaontú Chill Rímhinn nach bhfuil curtha i bhfeidhm go hiomlán go fóill, iad siúd a bhaineann le hAcht Teanga ina measc. Is é seasamh daingean an Rialtais ná go gcaithfidh Comhaontú Aoine an Chéasta agus na Comhaontuithe comharba a bheith curtha i bhfeidhm ina...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (26 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: ...of the North-South Ministerial Council. A number of new areas of North-South co-operation have been mooted, including, for example, in the area of higher education. However, taking new areas forward would require approval not only of the Assembly but of the Executive and this remains to be forthcoming. In review meetings with the Secretary of State and the First Minister and deputy...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (24 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 344 and 355 together. As a co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement, the Government is constantly engaged with the British Government, the Northern Ireland Executive and the political parties to support the peace process and political progress in Northern Ireland on the basis of the Agreement. In recent weeks, both the Taoiseach and I had intensified...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Correspondence (23 Nov 2016)

Charles Flanagan: ...also had an encouraging telephone conversation with Vice-President Elect Pence on 19 November where the plight of undocumented Irish citizens in the US was also raised and discussed. I look forward to having an opportunity to having substantive discussions with the incoming Administration on common areas of interest between Ireland and the United States. These would include economic...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Charles Flanagan: The Government has always been clear that our priority going forward is to ensure the best possible outcome for our citizens, for the economy, for Northern Ireland and for the Common Travel Area. This naturally has implications for how we approach trade, cooperation, and the movement of persons, both north-south and east-west. Regarding trade, we are all acutely conscious of the...

Other Questions: Human Rights (25 Oct 2016)

Charles Flanagan: ...authorities in the North. The Stocktake report recommended the current policy for searching prisoners when exiting and entering the prison be reviewed, particularly in cases where prisoners were going for a medical or health examination. This has been accepted by the Northern Ireland Prison Service, saying discretion can be applied. Prisoners are no longer routinely subject to full body...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (23 Jun 2016)

Charles Flanagan: I will start by congratulating you on your recent appointment as Chairman of this committee and I also congratulate the members of the reconfigured committee for the Thirty-second Dáil. I look forward to engaging with the committee not only today but in future months and, dare I say, years. Under the programme for a partnership Government, this Government is committed to reform of...

EU Migration and Refugee Crisis: Statements (28 Apr 2016)

Charles Flanagan: ...Trade, I will speak about the external aspects of this crisis which has dominated the agenda of EU Foreign Ministers at their monthly meetings during my tenure. In the first instance, it should go without saying that the most harrowing aspects of the crisis lie beyond our borders in the conflict zones which have given rise to this huge movement of people. However, from a European...

EU-UK Relations: Statements (21 Apr 2016)

Charles Flanagan: ...all welcome the Green Party back to the Parliament. I wish him and his colleagues success during the lifetime of the Thirty-second Dáil. I enjoyed the Deputy's comments. With nine weeks to go to polling in the UK, it is important that we have an opportunity to debate what for us is a vital strategic interest. As the referendum draws closer, I would like to set out the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Charles Flanagan: ...(2) to supervise the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights, the logical and appropriate action for the Committee to take would be to reopen the individual measures pending the outcome of the on-going police investigation which is currently reviewing the new and significant information discovered by the de Silva review. Due to the ongoing domestic proceedings in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (25 Nov 2015)

Charles Flanagan: ...Union appears as a powerful force. It will do so, assuming that agreement can be reached on a co-ordinated approach. As well as the Foreign Affairs Council being actively engaged, there is an ongoing role and function for EU justice Ministers and these meetings are taking place on a weekly basis. Of course, in short, defeating Daesh cannot be separated from ending the conflict in Syria....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (4 Nov 2015)

Charles Flanagan: ...Nations Board of Auditors oversees the external audit function. Under their supervision audit opinions and financial statements for each UN organisation are prepared and submitted for examination to the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) who in turn forward to the General Assembly. In addition, in coordination with our EU partners, Ireland also...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Charles Flanagan: ...absence of any political process which might promise an end to this situation and, among Palestinians, the consequent loss of authority by political leaders and loss of belief in a political path forward. Tensions have been increased in recent months by a provocative challenge by minority elements in Israel to the long-respected status quoof the holy places and sites in Jerusalem. To...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Strategy (3 Nov 2015)

Charles Flanagan: ...is a central aspect of Ireland’s foreign policy and of the work of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and its Embassy network. While the majority of Irish services and merchandise exports go to Europe and the US and we must continue to cultivate these markets, the Government is strongly focused on the further development of trading partnerships with other important...

Financial Resolutions 2016 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2015)

Charles Flanagan: ...last few years, coming through a most difficult time for many people, to a position where we can now introduce measures to provide relief for people, increase and enhance services and support our ongoing economic recovery. In the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, budget 2016 provides a modest amount of funding for key strategic activities which are centred on better meeting the...

Seanad: Northern Ireland Issues: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Charles Flanagan: -----to the matter of organised crime, and racketeering and criminality and smuggling of a type that this House debated some time ago. On the question of cross-Border crime, there is already very strong North-South co-operation involving the police and other relevant agencies from both jurisdictions. Next week the Minister for Justice and Equality, Deputy Frances Fitzgerald, and the Northern...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Affairs Council: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (8 Jul 2015)

Charles Flanagan: ...later phases of the mission. A separate discussion on Libya took place at the April Foreign Affairs Council and was given added priority by the role that instability in Libya is playing in the ongoing migration crisis. Our discussions focused in particular on the political process within Libya. While the failure to reach agreement by the June target date set by the UN is a matter of...