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- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Labour Activation Programmes (1 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: The Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2016 provides for amendments to sections 9 and 10 of the Electoral Act 1992 in order to reduce to sixteen years, the age at which a person would be entitled to register to vote at local and European elections. A debate on this Private Members Bill was held in the Seanad on 29 March last and the Seanad passed a motion to defer the conclusion of...
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: That is not true
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: That is not true either.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: It is not true.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy is misleading the House.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy should not be abusing Vera Twomey for political reasons. He is a disgrace.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: I talk to her too. The Deputies should not be politicising her case.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: Let us see what she thinks.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: She is a vulnerable person and the Deputy should not be using her for political reasons.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: She is a good person and a vulnerable person and the Deputies should not be using her for political reasons.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: Let doctors make decisions and not politicians.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy is abusing a vulnerable family.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: Leave her out of politics and the Deputy might help her.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: They drag her into politics.
- Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government (14 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: When they bring someone like Vera into the conversation-----
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Data (20 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: Staff in my Department by county are listed in the table - numbers are as of 31 May). Location Number of staff – Fulltime and Temporary listed Co. Cork 76 Full time equivalents 50 Temporary Clerical Officers 126 Total Co. Dublin 726.5 Full time equivalents 187 Temporary Clerical Officers 913.5 Total Co. Limerick 68.03 Full time equivalents
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (20 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: Further to my predecessor’s response to parliamentary question number 50 of 30 May 2017, the procedures in my Department for considering requests for landings by foreign military aircraft focus on ensuring that the information provided with regard to the flights and aircraft demonstrate that they comply with the applicable conditions. The Embassy of the requesting State must confirm in...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Immigration Status (20 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: At the outset, it is important to clarify that the legal status of any non-national in the State is a matter for the Irish immigration authorities, namely the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service and the Garda National Immigration Bureau. As Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade I am responsible for implementation of the terms of the Passports Act, 2008, which provides, inter alia,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Prisoner Welfare (20 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: The Government has an ongoing interest in the humanitarian welfare of prisoners in the separated regime. The August 2010 agreement regarding certain matters in the Maghaberry Prison was a mechanism which allowed grievances to be addressed. In 2014, four independent assessors appointed by the then Northern Ireland Minister for Justice published a Stocktake report on implementation of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Prison Service (20 Jun 2017)
Simon Coveney: The Government remains committed to supporting the implementation of the August 2010 agreement at Maghaberry Prison and my predecessor raised this matter with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, and with the then Northern Ireland Minister for Justice. The 2014 Stocktake report on conditions in the separated regime in Maghaberry makes clear that not all the principles agreed between...