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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Commemorative Events (27 Feb 2018)

Simon Coveney: A programme of events, at home and abroad, is being developed to highlight this important anniversary and to mark the achievement of the Agreement, which continues to be the cornerstone of our commitment to peace and reconciliation. My Department is engaging with other Government Departments and, both here on the island of Ireland and through our overseas Embassy network, with a range of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (28 Feb 2018)

Simon Coveney: My Department engages with a wide range of Irish and international media publications and outlets on a daily basis. The purpose of this engagement is to assist with queries submitted by the media concerned and as necessary, to provide relevant background information that assists with understanding of and reporting on the work of my Department and Ireland’s diplomatic missions abroad...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (6 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: All passport applications are subject to the provisions of the Passports Act 2008 (“the Act”) which provides, among other things, that a person must be an Irish citizen before a passport can be issued to him or her. The question of the applicant's entitlement to Irish citizenship must be looked at with reference to Irish law, and in particular, the Irish Nationality and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (6 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: I am extremely concerned by the recent increase in violence in Syria, and in particular the vicious siege of Eastern Ghouta, which has cost the lives of hundreds of civilians in recent weeks. The barbarity of the attacks by the Syrian regime on its own people, the deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure, including homes, hospitals and schools, and the refusal of the Assad regime to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (6 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take questions 45 and 47 together. As co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement, the Government, working with the British Government, has spared no effort in supporting and facilitating talks on the formation of a new Executive, over many months. Fully functioning, devolved, power-sharing Institutions are the only way forward for Northern Ireland, and are urgently...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Advertising Campaigns (6 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: My Department has not commissioned any advertorial content in the past 12 months and there are no agencies under the remit of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Documents (6 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: The Guidelines adopted by the European Council last December called upon the Union negotiator and the United Kingdom to complete the work on all withdrawal issues, including those not yet addressed in the first phase, in conformity with the European Council guidelines of 29 April 2017, to consolidate the results obtained, and to start drafting the relevant parts of the Withdrawal Agreement....

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: I am very pleased to open the statements on Northern Ireland on behalf of the Government. It is very important that the House has this regular opportunity to discuss Northern Ireland matters. I look forward to hearing views on all sides, which will certainly inform the Government's approach. There have been a number of significant developments since our last discussion in this format in...

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: It depends on the criticism.

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy should try to be accurate on an issue as important as this.

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy is misleading the House-----

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: On an issue such as this-----

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: There have been virtually-----

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: -----no media briefings on talks-----

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: That is what she said.

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: It is not.

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: We are not at the end of the negotiations.

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: I thank all speakers for their contributions, some of which have been helpful, in particular, Deputy Brendan Howlin's. It was a reminder of the consequences of not having devolved government in Northern Ireland for everyday life in the provision of health care and education and dealing with many other challenges. If a severe weather event was to cause devastation in Northern Ireland, we...

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: I accept that is contradictory, but in the British Prime Minister's official speech last Friday which was welcome she did not resile from option C, as they saw it - the backstop or fallback position. I made a commentary on the A and B options which she reiterated. She essentially repeated some of what had been published in a British paper last summer when it was looking at two options - a...

Northern Ireland: Statements (7 Mar 2018)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle. With regard to the Good Friday Agreement and the Executive, the way it will be done is through human interaction where people will start to trust each other and agree to compromise. Some of the earlier commentary in interpreting what had happened in the past nine months was not accurate. I have no quarrel with Fianna Fáil on the North. Fianna...