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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (10 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: Concerns have been raised in the Oireachtas on a number of occasions in recent weeks, including when the Taoiseach spoke last week of his dismay and that of all of Government at the violence that took place on 1 October. The Government’s concern about the situation has been conveyed to the Spanish authorities by Minister of State Helen McEntee at a meeting with the Spanish...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Lobbying Data (10 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: Neither my predecessor as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, nor I have held any meetings specifically on the subject of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill during the period in question. However, the broader issue of alcohol policy was raised with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in the context of two meetings since March 2016 regarding the UK’s...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (10 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is continuing to do everything it can to support and assist this citizen. However, what the Irish Government can do in the case of an Irish citizen who is involved in a criminal case overseas is limited. The Irish Government cannot intervene in a matter that is before the courts in another jurisdiction, just as no foreign government can interfere...

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: Is the Deputy not aware that we are talking about it every week?

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: This is fake outrage.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: This is nonsense.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: We spoke about it yesterday.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: How? It does not.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy is trying to create a problem that is not there.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy is trying to create a story where there is none.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: This report has been referred to dozens of times.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: Absolutely.

Leaders' Questions (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: Absolutely.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: I did not sneak off anywhere.

Financial Resolutions 2018 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: I would like to share my time with the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten. The budget for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will increase by €23 million in 2018, which will comprise a €21 million rise in current expenditure and a €2 million increase in capital expenditure. I will address where that increase in funding...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: I am aware of the extension of Israeli settlements in the occupied Syrian Golan, and of the broader difficulties faced in the region, which are certainly a cause for concern. Officials from my Department have recently met with NGOs operating in the Golan, and I will continue to monitor the situation closely. In the occupied Syrian Golan, as in the West Bank, the introduction and settlement...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: I am very pleased to participate, on behalf of the Government, in the making of statements in the Seanad on Northern Ireland. The discussion is timely, as this is perhaps the most critical phase for the devolved institutions under the Good Friday Agreement since their restoration just over ten years ago. Ten months have passed since they were last fully operational. That is a source of...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: I thank Members for being reasonable in their comments and not raising matters unnecessarily that might cause difficulties in the context of other discussions that are ongoing. This is Parliament and we must be able to speak openly, but at the same time people must be conscious of other discussions that have been ongoing for quite some time. They have been ongoing for months at this stage...

Seanad: Northern Ireland: Statements (11 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: Over time, and this is where the Whitaker comments come in, patience and perseverance are what are required. Anybody who looks to be opportunistic in terms of trying to achieve his or her, albeit legitimate, political ends in Northern Ireland and is trying to rush agendas and using other political crises to do so is, in my view, undermining the overall project here, which has to be about...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Oct 2017)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 to 87, inclusive, together. I wish to express my sincere condolences to the families of those killed and my sympathies to those injured in the violence which took place in Tumaco in the Nariño province of Colombia on 5 October, which resulted in the deaths of at least six civilians and the wounding of many more. Such violence is entirely...