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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: No, they did not.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: I did not speak to him.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: Not about this issue, no. The reason for that was that literally the following day this issue was seen as a careless mistake and the agenda moved on. Nobody raised this issue with me in the Department. Nobody raised it with me outside of the Department until about-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: That is not what I said.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: Like I said, having read a report and looked at public concern and anger with regard to that image and what it represented, of course now, 19 months later, with the benefit of hindsight, it would have been appropriate for me to have raised it directly with the Secretary General to understand the background to it and how it happened. I had the kind of relationship with my Secretary General in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: I am to deal with it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: Chair, I am happy to answer that question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: I believe that we have acted appropriately. I believe the appropriate person to undertake this review was the Accounting Officer of the Department, who is responsible for the staff of the Department and workplace issues. Having the Secretary General and the HR team undertake this report, completely independent of me, was the appropriate course of action. The issue to which the Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Review of Workplace Arrangements: Department of Foreign Affairs (8 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: There are no double standards.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has provided an update on the status of the passport application to the applicant.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (10 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has provided an update to the applicant's parent as to the steps they must take to progress the passport application.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (10 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: I am aware that current Hungarian legislation, while allowing for international observation, does not allow for non-partisan election observation by domestic civil society organisations. Ireland encourages the Hungarian Government to implement the recommendations of the June 2018 Final Report of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Election Observation Mission...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (10 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: Addressing the humanitarian needs of those who have fled the conflict in Syria, as well as addressing the political causes of that conflict, remains a priority for Ireland. In terms of direct assistance Ireland provided €24 million in humanitarian aid in 2021 to assist those impacted by the Syrian conflict. Using a variety of trusted partners (such as UN agencies, Irish and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Public Sector Staff (10 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: There are no employees of my Department working in County Wexford. There are no State Agencies under the aegis of my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals (10 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: Ireland has adopted a ‘whole-of-Government’ approach to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with each Minister having responsibility for implementing individual SDG targets related to their functions. The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC) has responsibility for promoting the SDGs, and for overseeing their coherent implementation...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (10 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 308 to 311, inclusive, together. I have repeatedly expressed my concern regarding the designation of six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist entities by the Israeli authorities. This includes organisations in receipt of support from Irish Aid and the EU. I spoke in detail on this matter in reply to a Parliamentary Question on 27 January. Ireland is fully...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Electric Vehicles (10 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Foreign Affairs operates three diesel-powered vans that are used for delivery of official post and other items between our thirteen buildings in the State, most notably Iveagh House and our Passport Service buildings in Mount Street, Balbriggan and Cork. Post is also routinely delivered to other Government Departments and agencies and to diplomatic corps embassies based in...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (10 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: Under the Framework for Major Emergency Management the Defence Forces can be tasked in aid of Civil Power to provide operational support in a response to a national chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) incident in order to mark, cordon, monitor, measure, decontaminate, retrieve and dispose of any CBRN devices and matter so found. Additionally, the Defence Forces in the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Public Sector Staff (10 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department has no office based in County Wexford and no civil servants or state agency employees currently working in County Wexford.