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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Birth Certificates (4 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: The application for Foreign Birth Registration to which the Deputy referred was approved on 24 October 2018. This decision was communicated to the applicant’s father and his solicitor at that time.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (4 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: I am aware of the difficult situation that currently exists for human rights defenders in Guatemala and elsewhere in Latin America. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is monitoring developments closely and remains committed to supporting the advancement of human rights in the region. I wholly condemn any intimidation or violence against those seeking to defend their rights,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Contracts Data (4 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: No contracts or tenders have been awarded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to the company referred to by the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (4 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: I have consistently made very clear on behalf of the Government that settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory are contrary to international law. The relentless processes by which Palestinians are pressured from their homes and off the land, in order to make way for Israeli settlers, are a daily reminder of the urgency of bringing this occupation to an end. These processes include the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (4 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: The Air Navigation (Foreign Military Aircraft) Order 1952, made under the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1946, gives the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade primary responsibility for the regulation of activity by foreign military aircraft in Ireland. The landing permission for this aircraft was granted on 25 October and was subject to the strict conditions that apply to overflights...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (4 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: Any Brexit scenario will mean considerable change and impact for Ireland and extensive and detailed Brexit preparedness and contingency work is being taken forward, co-ordinated by officials in my Department, working closely with the Department of the Taoiseach, across all Government Departments and Agencies. As part of this process, a number of cross- Departmental coordination structures...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Agreements (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: The EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement was concluded in 2006, and entered into force the following year. It has subsequently been renewed on two occasions. A Protocol implementing the fisheries agreement was also renewed on two occasions, and expired in July this year. Following a legal challenge, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment in Court case C-266/16...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff Data (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: While we have seconded individual members of staff to other EU member states’ public sectors in the past, I can confirm that no officer of my Department is currently seconded to the public sector of any other EU Member State. I can also confirm that there are currently no formal schemes in place in my Department for the secondment of officers to the public sector of any other EU Member...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: I remain deeply concerned about the death of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and there are still very serious questions to answer. High Representative Federica Mogherini has issued a statement on behalf of the European Union insisting on the need for a ‘continued thorough, credible and transparent investigation, shedding proper clarity on the circumstances of the killing and ensuring...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Greenhouse Gas Emissions (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: Since the baseline year of 2009, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has taken part in the Public Sector National Energy Efficiency Action Plan for reducing energy usage. To date the Department has achieved a reduction of 38% in terms of its energy usage under this action plan. This Department is projected to achieve the national target of 33% savings by the 2020 deadline.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: Successive Irish Governments have worked over many years to see some form of immigration legislation passed, pursing two key objectives; 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. Earlier this year, among many other contacts, the Taoiseach discussed the issue with...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. The Deputy has a lot of questions there. First, I wish to express my heartfelt sympathies to the patients and families involved in the recent case and the report that was published this week. I acknowledge that this was a time of real uncertainty for many patients and their families. I appeal for confidentiality to be respected for the families concerned. ...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: I do not disagree with anything the Deputy has said. We need action and action is taking place. The whole point of this look-back review was patient-centred. It was to expose failings if they were there and how they happened to ensure that they would not happen in the future. There are 16 recommendations and they are already being implemented in some cases, and they all will be...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: The report was only published in the past 48 hours. It contains 16 recommendations and my understanding is they are being implemented. Tragically, four people have passed away since the review began. I do not know the circumstances of each individual case. Therefore, in the circumstances we should be careful about what we say in apportioning blame. Families who still have questions to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: The family to which Deputy Pearse Doherty refers is clearly going through a very traumatic time. I assure him that the State, through the HSE, Kerry University Hospital and the Department of Health, will do everything it can to ensure the individual concerned gets the maximum care possible to manage what sounds like a case of terminal illness. My understanding is that three legal...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: I am not familiar with the individual case to which the Deputy refers but I am familiar with the issue and I have been personally involved with other families affected by it. The cannabis for medicinal use access programme the Government is to implement aims to facilitate access to cannabis-based products or preparations that are of a standardised quality, and which meet an acceptable level...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: That was not in relation to drug treatment. What we are trying to do here is ensure that medical practitioners - consultant doctors - can work with families, like the family mentioned by Deputy Barry, to ensure that children are getting appropriate treatment and that we can import where appropriate treatments that are not available in Ireland. The Minister has shown more than willingness to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: I put it to the Deputy that these issues need to be resolved in a way that prioritises the healthcare of the children. By and large, it is children we are talking about. Only 12 applications for import licences have been made and they have all been granted. The Minister has shown a willingness to try to ensure that when a doctor seeks an importation licence for a patient in his or her...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: I thank Deputy Grealish for raising this issue. Approval was given in May 2017 to the Saolta University Health Care Group, which oversees the hospital system in the west and north west of the country, to conduct an options appraisal for future acute hospital needs in Galway. As the Deputy in aware, the Galway University Hospitals operate over two sites, including the model 4 hospital and...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (6 Dec 2018)

Simon Coveney: I hear what Deputy Grealish is saying. A full appraisal is going on right now - it has almost concluded - to ensure that the necessary health infrastructure in both sites of the Galway University Hospitals is factored in as part of capital investment in the future. There is a commitment by the Government to build a new emergency department in Galway. That will be followed through....