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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: Under the terms of the Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order, 1952, all foreign military aircraft wishing to overfly, or land in, the State require diplomatic clearance from the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Diplomatic clearance is subject to strict conditions, including that the aircraft is unarmed; that it carries no arms, ammunition or explosives; that it does not engage in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: My Department is responsible for processing Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) applications for people who are born abroad and claim Irish Citizenship through a grandparent born in Ireland or through a parent who has claimed citizenship, also through FBR, Naturalisation or Post Nuptial Citizenship. Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: Ireland supports the essential role that UN Special Procedures mandate holders play in the international human rights system. Their work contributes to the development of international human rights standards and helps to raise public awareness on human rights issues. The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967, Francesca...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: With regard to the specific application about which the deputy has enquired, this application is within the current turnaround time and has not yet reached its issue by date. Further supporting documents for this application were on received on 19 June 2025. The turnaround time following the receipt of additional supporting documents is 15 working days. This application is therefore within...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: As the flight in question was undertaken by a civil aircraft, no request for diplomatic clearance was sought or required. As is well known, diplomatic clearance to overfly or land in the State is required from my Department for all military and state aircraft, but not for civil aircraft. The Convention on International Civil Aviation (the Chicago Convention), and its associated annexes,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 226 and 227 together. My Department has not incurred any expenditure of the nature referred to during the period 2015-2025.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Advertising (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: The information requested by Deputy McGuinness in relation to the amount spent by my Department on advertising from 2015 to 2025 is set out in tabular form below: Year Objective Duration Media platforms Advertising agencies Cost 2015 Civilian Recruitment Competition 2 weeks, 1 month Print ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: The following table sets out the details of my Department's expenditure on media training in each of the years 2015-2025, those contracted to provide training and the position of those benefiting from the training. Year Company Nature of Training Cost 2018 Carr Communications Office of Emergency Planning staff ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: The information for the years 2015-2025 relating to expenditure on media consultancy, consultants engaged and the cost of those contracts is set out in the following table. Year Consultants Engaged Nature of Work Carried Out Cost 2024 Q4PR External communications support to the Chair and Members of the External Oversight Body ...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: No such expenditure has been sanctioned by the Department in respect of the upgrading of these non-armoured vehicles.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: The Deputy may be aware that since the 1990s, the long-standing policy of the organisation has been to withdraw from the provision of married quarters for serving personnel. This policy approach remains reflective of the State’s move away from the historic provision of tied housing for State employees. In terms of the Defence Forces residential housing stock, there are currently...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Expenditure (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: The detailed information sought by the Deputy is not readily available within the time frame sought. Officials in my Department are collating this information and I will arrange to have this information forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Regulations (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: The SAFE (Security Action for Europe) instrument, entered into force on 29 May 2025. It is a new EU financial instrument that focuses on common procurement initiatives for priority capabilities. The European Commission will provide up to €150Bn to be disbursed to interested Member States on the basis of their national plans. These plans should contain a description of the defence...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Archives (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: The National Archives of Ireland Act, 1986 places an obligation on Departments of State and Scheduled Bodies (of which the Defence Forces is one) to make their records available for public inspection when they become 30 years old, as required under Section 8 of the Act, or else to apply for a certificate to withhold those records for public inspection where to do so would: 1. Be contrary...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: The former barracks in Nenagh is no longer required for military purposes and my Department does not have any long terms plans to use this facility. The First Registration process was completed in 2022 and the property is now a Registered Title held under a folio. My Department has addressed illegal dumping on the property with the installation of palisade gates/fencing and to address...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (3 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: I propose to take Questions Nos. 139 and 141 together. While the Shared Island Fund is administered by the Department of the Taoiseach, my Department also plays an active role in delivering on the objectives of the Shared Island Initiative, including through the Shared Island Civic Society Fund (SICSF). The SICSF supports cross-border partnerships between civic society organisations, and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (3 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: All passport applications are subject to the terms of the Passports Act, 2008 (“the 2008 Act”), which provides a legal basis for the various policies and practices that are applied by the Passport Service in the issuing of passports. Under Section 14 of the 2008 Act, the Passport Service requires the consent of guardians before issuing a passport for a child under 18 years...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (3 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including through our Embassies and Consulates worldwide, provides consular assistance to Irish citizens in difficulty abroad within the remit of its Consular Assistance Charter. Throughout this crisis, my Department, including through our Embassies in Tehran and Tel Aviv, has remained in regular contact with Irish citizens seeking support to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Dublin-Monaghan Bombings (3 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: In February this year, during my first meeting as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Hilary Benn, I raised the Dublin Monaghan bombings. This issue was also discussed at the British Irish Intergovernmental Conference in April, where the ongoing concern, including in this House, about the lack of adequate exchange of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Anti-Racism Measures (3 Jul 2025)

Simon Harris: Ireland has been a member of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) since 2011. Since the adoption of the non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism by the IHRA plenary in 2016, my Department has had frequent contact with other members of the IHRA on the question of the endorsement of the working definition of antisemitism. Similar discussions have taken place...