Results 1,061-1,080 of 21,096 for speaker:Charles Flanagan
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: Deputy Brady, please. You have made allegations directly against the Minister in a way that is fundamentally unfair. Members have been publicly asking questions on this issue of June 2020.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: You are not allowed to entitled to-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: -----stray beyond the agenda. Members of this committee have been making public commentary in the media and the Chamber. They have been requesting that we have a hearing with the Minister and that he and the Secretary General be called before this committee to deal with the issue of June 2020. We are now doing that. We have had the full co-operation of the Secretary General. We have had...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: I will not allow such comparison.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: There is absolutely no question of censoring but there is a question that we stick to the agenda.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: I am asking you to do it and not to depart from the agenda because I will not tolerate it.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: Thank you.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: I ask the Minister not to make reference to that, please. We are dealing with the issue we have been requested to deal with, namely, the issue of the evening of 17 June 2020. I call on Deputy Brady to ask a final question and then I will move on to Senator Ardagh.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: We will not have any reflection cast on the Minister, Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: Please conclude.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: That is an unfair question. That is an unfair aspersion on the Minister.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Education in Developing Countries: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: I apologise to members and witnesses. We had a vote in a plenary session of the Dáil which resulted in our meeting starting somewhat later than scheduled. I note that due to the easing of Covid restrictions, we have something of a hybrid meeting, with some members in the room. I see Deputies Stanton and Gannon and Senator Wilson online. Most importantly, I welcome, in person, Ms...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Education in Developing Countries: Discussion (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: I thank our guests for their opening statements. While they were about different parts of the world and different circumstances, they dealt with similar issues and challenges. We are very grateful for their contributions. We will now move to questions and statements from members. Senator Ardagh is first.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: I thank the Secretary General. As our time is limited, I ask members to confine their remarks, where possible, to questions. There has been significant public and media commentary on this issue over the last couple of months. Many issues are not in dispute. We have a report from the Secretary General that has established the facts. We are dealing with facts rather than speculation....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: That is an unfair slur on the Minister, which I will not accept, Deputy Brady.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: I will not accept that there was a cover-up. I ask the Deputy to withdraw his allegation of a cover-up. We have a report and we have the Secretary General present to deal with any aspects of the report that require questioning. Making allegations of a cover-up and trying to move the story on is unfair.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: We already heard from the Minister in that regard. We know the answer to that question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: We know the answer to that question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: On the report.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)
Charles Flanagan: I remind Deputy Brady that there is no evidence of any party here.