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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: External legal services can be required by the Department of Foreign Affairs - at headquarters and at any of our 100 overseas Missions - for a variety of reasons, principally for advice on employment contracts and other human resources issues that can arise and for advice on rental contracts and other property-related legal issues. The amount spent by the Department of Foreign Affairs on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table that follows. On office space, the Office of Public Works provides furnished office accommodation for the Department within the state. Outside of the State, my Department is responsible for the cost of leasing office premises for our diplomatic and consular offices. The cost of furniture for these premises also falls to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has issued a passport to the applicant.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: At present the EU has extensive sanctions on Iran in relation to aspects of the nuclear and military sectors, and on specific persons and entities in relation to human rights violations. There are many concerns about Iran at present, including human rights issues, the repression of dissent, Iran's nuclear activities, and Iran's association with groups which are engaged in conflict and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the standard turnaround time for child renewal applications is 15 working days from the date the Passport Service receives the required supporting documents. The applicant's supporting documents were received on 22 January 2024. This application is within the standard turnaround time and has not yet reached its...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Passport Online service offers citizens the ability to apply online for their passport 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This award-winning service has allowed for the centralisation of passport processing and has resulted in greater efficiencies for our citizens and for the Passport Service. Passport Online is a user-friendly, efficient service that consistently offers processing times up...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Irish Government views the terrible events which saw the deaths of a large number of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire as a tragedy, and has expressed deepest sympathy for the enormous suffering of the Armenian people during this period. The term ‘genocide’ has a particular meaning under international law. The Government has not taken a stance on whether...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: I am informed by the military authorities that six personnel have entered into the military medicine training scheme since its inception. Three of these have left before, or shortly after, a service commitment would have arisen, and therefore were not required to refund the cost of their training.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: The overall Defence property portfolio consists of a diverse range of facilities from conventional military barracks to forts, camps and training lands. The following is a list of the 12 permanently occupied Defence Forces installations in which the Army is located across the State: Collins’ Barracks, CorkFinner Camp, Ballyshannon, Co. DonegalCathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: I have been advised by Military Management that since 2018 one member of the Australian Defence Forces has attended the Military College, Defence Forces Training Centre, undertaking an International Military Policy Course in May 2018 for two weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Travel (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: The table below sets out details in regard to the number of times that I, as Minister for Defence, embarked on visits to foreign countries on behalf of the State since the formation of the Government in December 2022 and the associated travel and accommodation costs of those visits, together with the geographical location of each visit, the number of days that I spent abroad on such trips,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: I assume the Deputy is referring to the cost of procuring a new Multi-Role Vessel (MRV) to replace the now decommissioned former flagship LÉ Eithne. Marine advisors have been appointed by my Department to support this procurement, and work is underway which will inform a public tender competition, in line with the Public Spending Code, in due course. The cost of any potential new...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Advertising (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: I wish to advise the Deputy, my Department spent the following amounts on traditional and online advertising in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024: Year Expenditure 2014 €45,606.64 2015 €44,983.93 2016 €43,779.68 2017 €45,205.51 ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Contracts (7 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: The detailed information sought by the Deputy is not readily available within the time frame sought. At the request of my Department the military authorities are conducting the search, retrieval and collation of same. I will arrange to have this information forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Deputy has been a consistent advocate in this area. The Revenue is engaged in an awareness programme around people's entitlements and what they can claim. I will certainly talk to various Ministers to see whether it is worthwhile putting a cross-departmental-----

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: What happens sometimes is that there can be an overestimation of what Departments might think would be the expenditure of a given programme. For example, we would argue that the expenditure for rent relief may have been overestimated. On another level, there is a lower take-up, although there might be other reasons for this situation. I take the Deputy's point that we must examine it. The...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: Perhaps the one Department that might want to sit on it, but we might think about it, would be the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. I am not so sure it would be so enthusiastic about the idea that we would encourage people to take up all their expenditure entitlements.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: As I said earlier, there has been a significant increase in the number of special classes and seven new special schools have been formed in recent years. I do not have the background to the specific individual cases the Deputy referred to. The National Council for Special Education, NCSE, is there. I ask the Deputy to engage with the Minister and bring to her attention the specific area...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: I think we have legislated for this in terms of more proactive undertakings. In many instances, it is about NCSE approval, planning, etc., in conjunction with the Department. Our objective is that every child needing a place will get a place. This means, then, that we must plan for this provision and ensure it happens, and this is what we have been doing over the last two to three years....

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (1 Feb 2024)

Micheál Martin: That is what I mean. There can be an area-based response if there is a problem in the area.