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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Registration of Births (18 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Applications for Foreign Births Registration generally take between four and six months to process from the time all the required documentation has been submitted. In light of the exceptional circumstances in the case to which the Deputy refers, the Foreign Births Registration Unit in my Department expedited the processing of this application. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that the...

Northern Ireland: Statements (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I acknowledge the importance of this debate and thank all Members for their contributions. I want once again to agree with Deputy Adams about having regular and frequent debates on Northern Ireland in the House. That is a matter, of course, for the Business Committee, but it has the support of myself and my party. It is not the first time I have said that on the basis that Northern Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: Since the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, the Government has been very clear that Ireland’s own position is unchanged: we remain a committed member of the EU and of the Eurozone. EU membership has been central to Ireland’s economic and social progress of recent years. Now, more than ever, our membership of the EU must remain at the heart of our engagement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Religious Persecution (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I have repeatedly addressed the question of the protection of Christians and other religious minorities in Syria and Iraq in particular in my meetings and engagements at both the EU and the UN. The protection of minorities from violence and terrorism is inseparable from achieving peaceful resolutions to the conflicts in both Syria and Iraq. Ireland has also raised our concerns over the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Maritime Jurisdiction (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 679 and 680 together. Since the 1930s the territorial sea and fishery limits of the State have been progressively extended in line with developments in international law. The present rules are set down in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, to which Ireland became a party in 1996. The Convention extended the maximum permissible...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I can confirm that our Permanent Representative to the EU met with the new UK Permanent Representative at last week’s Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper II) meeting. He and the other staff at the Representation will continue to engage fully with their British counterparts, as with their counterparts from all other Member States, in the normal course of EU business.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Directives (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The responsibility for transposing EU measures into Irish law rests with those Departments with responsibility for the policy areas covered by those measures. Consequently, it is the responsibility of each Department, and of relevant agencies, to make the public, including concerned organisations and businesses, aware in an appropriate and timely manner of the implications of EU measures in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Religious Persecution (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 683, 684 and 707 together. I am aware of a raid at the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Rabwah, Pakistan. Ireland’s Embassy in Ankara, which is accredited to Pakistan, is monitoring this situation. Ireland strongly condemns all forms of persecution on the basis of religion or belief, irrespective of where they occur or who the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Catalan Referendum (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The constitutional status of Catalonia in Spain is the subject of ongoing debate. As I have previously stated, constitutional and political issues in any country of the European Union can only be determined by its own institutions and people. It would not be appropriate for me to comment on any particular country.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Agreements (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Government warmly welcomes the conclusion of the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement, which I had the honour to sign on behalf of Ireland, along with my EU colleagues and the Cuban Minister for Foreign Affairs, in the margins of the Foreign Affairs Council on 12 December 2016. As the Deputy will be aware, this is the first bilateral agreement between the EU and Cuba. Its...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I have received the report to which the Deputy refers, which was presented by the UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion of truth, justice, reparation and guarantees of non-recurrence, Pablo de Greiff, to the UN Human Rights Council in September 2016 and published in November. The report was prepared following the UN Special Rapporteur’s visits to Northern Ireland in November 2015 and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: At its meeting in Strasbourg on 7 December, the Council of Europe Committee of Ministers discussed the implementation of the judgments in the McKerr and Others group of cases which includes the case of the late Pat Finucane, to which the Deputy specifically refers. Ireland’s statement to the Committee expressed the Government’s disappointment that the legacy institutions...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Convention on the Rights of the Child requires regular reporting by States parties on how the rights contained in the Convention are being implemented. The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) engages in dialogue with states on the basis of these reports, raising concerns and making recommendations for improved implementation. Ultimately, implementation is a matter for the State...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 691 and 693 to 696, inclusive, 700 and 706 together. The Government welcomes the democratic transition which is currently underway in Myanmar/Burma following elections in November 2015, and the positive steps that the new Government of Myanmar/Burma has taken in pursuit of peace and reconciliation, democratic reforms and economic growth. We in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: My Department takes a range of factors into account when considering the expansion of the Embassy and Consular network overseas. These factors include our national political, economic and trade priorities, as well as the availability of resources. The configuration and scale of the State’s diplomatic and consular network is kept under ongoing review by the Government. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Missions (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: When I addressed the United Nations General Assembly in 2015, the year we marked the 60th anniversary of Ireland joining the United Nations, I recalled the great pride that Ireland takes in the loyal service of Irish peacekeepers which has been central to our engagement with the UN since 1958. In my role as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade I have had the privilege of seeing at first...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: My Department administers a number of funding programmes including funding to Safe Home Programme Ltd based in Mulranny, Co. Mayo which assists older Irish born emigrants to return to secure accommodation in Ireland. The organisation negotiates with Councils and Housing Associations to secure housing throughout Ireland for applicants. It also provides an information and advisory service for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Records (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: My Department does not store files and records in any State-owned storage facility. The OPW rent space on this Department’s behalf for all files and records, with the exception of files and records from the Passport Service. My Department covers the cost of maintaining these files and records in these facilities rented by OPW, as well as the costs associated with preparation of files...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order 1952, made under the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1946, gives the Minister for Foreign Affairs primary responsibility for the regulation of activity by foreign military aircraft in Ireland. The practical implementation of this provision is guided by and reflects Ireland’s traditional policy of military neutrality. Primary...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Data (17 Jan 2017)

Charles Flanagan: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table: Year Income Category Number of full-time equivalent staff 2007 €0 to €30,000 €30,000 to €40,000 €40,000 to €50,000 €50,000 to €60,000 €60,000 to €70,000 €70,000 to €80,000 €80,000 to €90,000 €90,000 to...