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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Conflicts (18 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: -----and we have been proven to be right since. In time, we will be much better informed in regard to what happened here. The Deputy should not jump to conclusions yet despite the fact that many people have been shocked by what happened in this case, and in terms of where and how it happened. We should wait to establish what happened with as much certainty as possible. The Deputy has...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Issues (18 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: They are not being told to sleep in a car.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Issues (18 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: They are not being told to do that.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Issues (18 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: I will when I respond.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Issues (18 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: I am glad to have the opportunity to respond to the Deputies. This week we learned of the tragic death of a man on the grounds of Galway City Hall on Monday, 15 October. I join the Taoiseach and others in this House in extending my sympathies and condolences to the family of the man who died. Clearly, this is a very difficult time for those involved, and I ask that we respect the privacy...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Issues (18 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: The one thing the Deputy and I agree on is that we need to get more homes built. They need to be social homes, affordable homes and private homes. Student accommodation also needs to be built because Galway is a big university city. Much of the accommodation that is currently rented by students could and should be available to individuals and families. All of those things are...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Housing Issues (18 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: That is changing. The Government does not have an ideological attachment to a reliance on the private sector to solve social housing need. Quite the opposite is the case. It has committed tens of millions of euro to roll out one of the most ambitious social housing building programmes the State has ever seen. That is happening. It takes time to build houses and, in the meantime, we must...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (18 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: In the course of our work, regular interaction can be made with prominent Irish citizens, including for example at Irish community or other official functions, but there have been no specific interactions or meetings with the named individuals.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Data (18 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: The Passport Service does not maintain details of the current residence of passport holders. As outlined in the following table, the Passport Service can provide details of the number of passports issued, since 2008, to Irish citizens who were resident in the USA at the time of the passport application. The table also records the number of applicants since 2018 who were resident in the USA...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Data (18 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 103 together. Table 1 indicates the number of passports issued annually, from 2014 to present, to citizens under 18 who were resident overseas at the time of application. The number of these applicants whose entitlement to Irish citizenship was derived by descent is also indicated. Entitlement to Irish citizenship is governed by Irish law and in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Data (18 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: No data is kept on the current residence of individuals who have been issued with an Irish passport. The following table outlines the number of passports issued, since 2008, to Irish citizens who were resident in Northern Ireland at the time of their application. An Irish passport issued to an individual over the age of 18 has a maximum validity of 10 years. Year Passports issued 2008...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (23 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: Since the Northern Ireland Assembly elections of March 2017, the Irish and British Governments, as co-guarantors of the Agreement, have worked tirelessly to support and facilitate the parties in their efforts to form a new power-sharing Executive. Unfortunately, to date, it has not proved possible to reach an agreement on the formation of an Executive, despite intensive engagement. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: I am gravely concerned at the ongoing political, economic, social and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela. I am particularly alarmed by the humanitarian needs affecting the country, including severe shortages of food and medicine. Shortages of medicine alone are putting at risk the lives of 3m people with chronic diseases, and the growing number of malaria cases, expected to reach 2m by the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (23 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: I refer the Deputy to my response to PQ40303 on this issue earlier this month. Then, as now, the Government continues to pursue two key objectives with regard to Irish immigration to the United States; firstly, increased pathways for legal migration by Irish citizens to the US; and secondly, seeking some form of relief for undocumented Irish citizens living in the US. The Taoiseach...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (23 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: Dialogue has been ongoing between the European Commission and Poland regarding the rule of law since January 2016, when the Commission initiated its rule of law process following changes introduced by the Polish Government to the functioning and composition of Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal. On 20 December 2017, the Commission proposed to the Council to initiate proceedings under...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (23 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 183 and 184 together. The Government attaches great importance to combatting all forms of discrimination or persecution based on religion or belief, as well as incitement to religious hatred, irrespective of where it occurs or who the victims are. We firmly believe in tolerance, non-discrimination, freedom of expression, freedom of thought, conscience,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Supports (23 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 186 and 187 together. In addition to the range of supports outlined by the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphries, T.D., in Parliamentary Questions Nos. 93 and 94 on 10 October 2018, our Embassy in London also arranges and facilitates a range of export-related business events and has done so for many years. These events, which...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (23 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: In the past three years, I have not met nor had correspondence with the named individual. In the course of the work of my Department, there is regular interaction with prominent Irish citizens, including for example at Irish community or other official functions and correspondence can arise in relation to such events. For example, an invitation issued to the named individual from my...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Good Friday Agreement (23 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 189 to 194, inclusive, together. The full implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and subsequent agreements is a priority for my Department and indeed the Government as a whole. The Government fully endorses the legitimate aspiration to unity expressed in Article 3 of the Constitution, as amended by the people in 1998. The principle of consent and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Local Authority Funding (23 Oct 2018)

Simon Coveney: My Department administers a number of funding programmes, including Ireland's official overseas development programme, Irish Aid, and the Emigrant Support Programme which supports Irish communities overseas. There is no funding designated specifically for local authorities under any of these programmes. Other funding programmes include the Reconciliation Fund through which my Department...