Results 27,061-27,080 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: We would not bring a motion to this House if-----
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy knows only too well-----
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: -----that the Attorney General's legal advice is not published at any stage.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy should stop asking for things he knows he cannot access.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: The Attorney General's responsibility is to give legal advice to the Government.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: The Government would then bring proposals to the House consistent with the advice.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: It is the way this House works.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: There is nothing new in the interoperability element. The Irish Defence Forces have worked with NATO in the past.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: We have done it in Afghanistan.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: Any time peacekeepers are sent to any part of the world, they must work together. Is the Deputy seriously suggesting our peacekeepers should not be interoperable with other peacekeepers in parts of the world where they put their lives at risk?
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: They do it to defend peace and stability for strangers.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: The Deputy's problem is he does not seem to understand the risks that Irish troops take in the pursuit of peace and stability.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: My job is to ensure we reduce those risks by giving them the budgets and equipment to do the job properly. It is about ensuring there are enough personnel in the Defence Forces so they can be well equipped and trained. When we make a voluntary decision, confirmed by the triple-lock, to send troops to another part of the world, they should have trained and be interoperable in a professional...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: It makes perfect sense to me and is absolutely consistent with the new White Paper on defence that was supported and passed in this House.
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: I remember having this debate with the Deputy when I was in the line Department. I said at the time that it was not for politicians to decide the medications prescribed in the Defence Forces or anywhere else because we were not qualified to do so. The Department of Defence and the Defence Forces have consistently sought to ensure responsible decisions are made, on the back of the best...
- Leaders' Questions (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: For many people who have used Lariam, including me, it has been very successful. There are individuals who are vulnerable to the drug, but not every case against the State is the same. The Department and the Defence Forces must make a decision on whether there is a precedent that needs to be adhered to following the settling of a particular case. It is unreasonable of the Deputy to ask me...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: We will move to do so when we consider it will helpful to do so.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: That is the Deputy's interpretation.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: The programme for Government states our desire to recognise the state of Palestine in the context of a negotiated agreement. That is our position. We want to see a two-state solution to the Middle East peace process whereby Palestinians have a state of their own-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Dec 2017)
Simon Coveney: -----and Israel's security concerns are addressed. We certainly would like to see the very difficult and sensitive issues of Jerusalem addressed in a way that is fair to both sides in that agreed settlement. That is why we are so uncomfortable with what happened yesterday because it recognises the ambitions of one side and not the other. I do not think we should be responding to what...