Results 29,801-29,820 of 40,897 for speaker:Simon Coveney
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: I am sharing time with the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Helen McEntee, and Deputy Fergus O'Dowd. This has been a critical week for the Brexit process in the UK. The Government regrets the outcome of the vote in the House of Commons on the withdrawal agreement, though it was not unexpected. A no-deal Brexit would be deeply damaging for the UK,...
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: In fairness, I speak to Mr. Barnier more or less every day.
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: For the record, anything the Deputy has asked for-----
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: For the record-----
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: Any time the Deputy asked for something, she got it.
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: It is not.
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: Capital investment this year is up 24% on last year.
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: Capital investment has gone up by 24%.
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: Deputy Ryan would be welcome back.
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: The answer to the last question is a very clear "No". In response to the Deputy's question on EU financial support packages, in November 2017 the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation received approval from the European Commission for its proposed rescue and restructuring scheme, should it be necessary. That scheme can intervene in an extraordinary way and contribute up to...
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: May I finish my answer because others will ask the same question?
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: I will be brief. I clarified the position that is consistent with the approach we support on the backstop, namely, that we will not support border infrastructure even in a no-deal scenario. Contingency planning on the issue goes beyond the kind of planning needed in many other areas because it is highly political and highly sensitive. It will undoubtedly involve conversations with the...
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: We have spoken to the Commission about a relaxation of state aid rules in certain circumstances. The issues and the challenges, however, will have to be much closer to materialising than they are in order for that to be sanctioned. The European Commission is unlikely to move away easily from its state aid rules, but there is undoubtedly a recognition that in certain circumstances Ireland...
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: If the UK has an arrangement that will allow for that in its jurisdiction, that will be the case. If there is no arrangement to recognise insurance cover in a third country, however, a mechanism will be needed to show that is the case, which is the purpose of the proposed green card although I hope it will not be necessary by 29 March.
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: On the last question, I do not accept the premise that because the British Parliament has voted by a large majority against ratification of the withdrawal agreement and the future relationship declaration, because they come as a package, that all of a sudden the withdrawal agreement and its elements are dead. I do not accept that. The EU's response has been very clear.
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: Let me answer the question. The withdrawal agreement may well be passed by the House of Commons if the future relationship declaration changes, for example, because that changes the context entirely. That is why people like me, the Taoiseach and others, in particular, Michel Barnier, have said that if the UK decides to change its red lines - in other words, if it can tell us what it wants...
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: -----unless we get a picture of what that is. The context of the withdrawal agreement and the backstop changes entirely if one changes the red lines of the future relationship declaration. On the common travel area, CTA, the plan is to shortly sign what is needed to trigger the preparation of the necessary legislation in Dublin and London to ensure, as Deputy Rabbitte mentioned earlier,...
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: What I am saying is that we have competing responsibilities towards peace on this island, towards relationships on this island and, as a member of the European Union, towards protecting the integrity of the Single Market.
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: If the Deputy looks at what the British Prime Minister is saying and at what we are saying-----
- Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)
Simon Coveney: If the Deputy would let me answer his question, because he does not seem to want to hear the answer-----