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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Data Protection Regulation Data (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: My Department has under the previous legislative framework facilitated access to personal data being processed. Following the introduction of GDPR these requests have been centralised and registered by the data protection team who clarify any issues of identity or of scope of a particular request and determine the date for response. Individual business units that process the data prepare...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Data (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: The resources for the data protection team in my Department are as follows: 1 Principal – Data Protection Officer, part time 1 Higher Executive Officer – newly appointed 1 Executive Officer - part time 1 Clerical Officer - part time The Data Protection Officer is also supported by a team of nominated “data champions” in each business unit. This network of officers...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Data Protection Regulation (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: My Department has not carried out any privacy impact assessments since 15 May 2018. A number of assessments were carried out prior to this date and plans are in place for further assessments in the coming months.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: Since March 29th 2016, the Passport Service has required all first time passport applicants, aged 18 and above, who are resident in Ireland to submit a copy of their Public Services Card with their passport application. The number of first time adult applications received by the Passport Service from applicants resident in Ireland from March 29th 2016 to June 30 2018 was 245,045. In cases...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Data Sharing Arrangements (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: The Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 is the responsibility of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The Deputy is therefore referred to the response issued by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: I certainly hope so. I thank the Acting Chairman, Senators and, in particular, the guests seated in the Visitors Gallery for being here for this debate. I thank the House giving me for the opportunity to speak about this important subject which means a lot to me. We began debating the Bill in January. I appreciate that the action of Senator Frances Black and other Senators, in...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: I cannot speak on the Bill.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: For the purposes of clarity, I understand I cannot speak on the Bill, which is why I am speaking now.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: There are 15 minutes available for debating the Bill. This is effectively the debate on the Bill.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Acting Chairman for that. Ireland has been a successful advocate for EU efforts on the Middle East, including on settlements. Ireland played a central role in achieving many of the EU measures on settlements, such as product labelling guidelines. There are also differentiated EU tariffs at EU level for goods coming from settlements and Israel. We were among the first advocates...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: We are trying. I will address that because I believe we have the potential to influence. I also reiterate the point I made here in January about what Ireland can do to be of practical help to Palestinians in ways that make fewer headlines than this Bill does, but which will change the position on the ground. I have invested a great deal of time and effort in the last year in establishing...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: No. Let me answer that.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: Senators will have an opportunity to have their say.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: It is true that certain solar panel and energy projects in Gaza have been frustrated by the Israeli side. However, we have negotiated with the Israelis to be able to build a solar project in a no-go security zone controlled by Israel, next to the wall in Gaza. This will be a €10 million, 10 MW project, which will power a water purification plant funded by France.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: These are the kinds of projects we can deliver through engagement that make a practical difference to people's lives. That is what I am interested in. We are also advancing an expanded programme for scholarships for Palestinians. We continue to advocate strongly for a commercial port for Gaza in the medium to longer term and have placed the issue of pre-checking goods in the EU - in Cyprus...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: On a point of clarification, the State did not expel the Russian ambassador at any point. It is important in a debate of this import for us to be accurate. We have just heard a series of inaccuracies from the latest speaker.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: There is no need to exaggerate for effect on something of this import.

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: Thank you. That gives me more time than I thought I would have. I thank everyone who has contributed to the debate. I also thank Senator Black and the other co-sponsors of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 for facilitating it. When we debated this issue in January, it was agreed by everybody that we would extend the debate and resume it in July before the...

Seanad: Situation in Palestine: Statements (Resumed) (11 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: Some of the conversations we had were powerful ones, given Senator Norris's 40 years of experience going back and forth to Israel and to occupied territories. What I would say to Palestinians who are listening is that they have a very powerful voice in this House and in our Lower House as well across the political parties, my own included, who will continue to speak up and advocate for...

Leaders' Questions (12 Jul 2018)

Simon Coveney: I join the Ceann Comhairle and the Deputy in wishing everybody a good time off this summer. This has been a busy political period and politics will continue through the summer months. It is important though that people take time off with their families to recharge mentally and physically from the pressures of this job. I also thank everybody working in and linked to this House, and in...