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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (26 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 450. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there have been any changes within his Department at Assistant Secretary-level with responsibility for forestry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41475/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disaster Response (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the contribution made by Ireland to address the humanitarian crises following the earthquake in Morocco and the floods in Libya; if our emergency response capabilities need to be upgraded in the face of growing climate disasters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41906/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disaster Response (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Tánaiste set out Ireland's response to date to the humanitarian crises in Morocco and Libya? In light of the fact that we are going to face more disasters of that nature as a result of climate change, do we need to update our capacity to deal with such matters?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disaster Response (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: On the totality of the allocation to these two crises in Morocco and Libya to date, the Minister of State has said it comprises €2 million, €1 million and other moneys. Will he detail the totality of our contribution to date? The more important point I will focus on is our preparedness for the growing number of climate-related disasters we are certain to face. I will ask...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Disaster Response (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: My particular focus is now on our preparedness for the future. The Minister of State has said that, as a nation, we do not have capacity to respond in that way. Will he and the Tánaiste take the lead on initiating discussion within the European Council to ensure that we can, as a Union, respond effectively and quickly to future disasters which are, unfortunately, bound to happen with...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Will they listen to him?

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: As the Tánaiste knows, there is a unique agreement on this issue across all political parties in Northern Ireland, all political parties in this jurisdiction and all but one party in the UK. I cannot remember a time in my political life when there was such broad agreement on any issue pertaining to Northern Ireland as there is on this issue. It is unconscionable that the families who...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Middle East (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: What response did the Tánaiste get from President Abbas on the election issue and on the holding of elections in Palestine? One of the most disturbing things I have seen in recent times was the speech of Prime Minister Netanyahu to the United Nations, in which address he held up his view of the future that was a map of the Middle East. He said that with the new negotiations with...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Middle East (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: First, I strongly agree with the Tánaiste that there needs to be a new testing of the democratic will of the Palestinian people and I hope it can be facilitated. Fear of an election is not a trait we can accept anywhere in the world. The more fundamental point is if the Israelis, in the Tánaiste's discussions with the most senior members, were of the view that they still...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Middle East (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Watching as it makes it impossible is equally futile.

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: The Good Friday Agreement is the bedrock of peace on this island. It is the lodestone we all go back to repeatedly. However, I think the Tánaiste recognises that is now being undermined by persistent prolonged inaction in terms of a functioning Executive and assembly in Northern Ireland as envisaged under the Good Friday Agreement. There is no accountability in Northern Ireland now...

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Middle East (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out the matters discussed and the responses received in his discussions with the President of the state of Palestine Mr. Mahmoud Abbas; if the issue of the recognition of the state of Palestine by Ireland was discussed; if he raised the issue of holding elections in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Middle East (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: Will the Tánaiste set out the issues discussed with the President of the state of Palestine, Mr. Mahmoud Abbas in his recent visit, and if the recognition of the state of Palestine was discussed? Was the issue the holding of elections in Palestine discussed?

Ceisteanna Eile (Atógáil) - Other Questions (Resumed): Northern Ireland (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out his views on the prospects for the restoration of the Northern Ireland Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41903/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Enlargement (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on progress to EU membership of each of the Western Balkan state applicants, the issues to be resolved by each country to advance their applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41901/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will set out the matters raised by him and the responses received, in his meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; if he specifically raised the continued annexation of Palestinian land by Israeli settlers and the treatment of Palestinians in the occupied territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (28 Sep 2023)

Brendan Howlin: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out his views on the EU reform proposals from the Franco-German expert group which were presented to the General Affairs Council on 19 September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41902/23]