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- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (23 Feb 2022)
Simon Coveney: As the Deputy is aware, my Department engaged with Kildare County Council on this matter and agreed to enter into a confidential mediation process to map out an agreed way forward. The Deputy will appreciate that as this process is confidential to both parties, I am not in a position to comment on the nature of the deliberations leading to the agreed mediation...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ukraine Invasion (24 Feb 2022)
Simon Coveney: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue. Ireland and all of our EU partners stand in solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people on this shocking day when Russia, unprovoked, has initiated missile strikes and a ground invasion on their country. Today's invasion by Russia of Ukraine's sovereign territory and its attack on its people is an outrageous and immoral breach of the most...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Ukraine Invasion (24 Feb 2022)
Simon Coveney: I can remember as an MEP travelling to Kyiv as an election observer during what was then called the Orange revolution. I remember the excitement the night before the election in Freedom Square in Kyiv and the sense of momentum and change at that time in Ukraine. Of course, there was some division too in the context of east and west, but it was a time of genuine hope for a new direction for...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Feb 2022)
Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 278, 282, 283 and 285 together. With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired, the Passport Service has provided an update on the status of the passport applications to the applicants.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Feb 2022)
Simon Coveney: The online Passport Tracker tool provides applicants with an indication of how their application is progressing through the system and gives an estimated issue date based on the current average application processing time. The Passport Service regrets that the Passport Tracker recently experienced technical issues which resulted in the tracker not correctly updating a small number of...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (24 Feb 2022)
Simon Coveney: The Department of Foreign Affairs has engaged with the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) on a number of occasions from 1 January 2019 to date. The Department of Foreign Affairs’ Reconciliation Fund has provided support to the NWCI through two grants, totalling €45,321, awarded in 2021 to support the establishment of their All-island Women’s Forum....
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (24 Feb 2022)
Simon Coveney: My Department is responsible for citizenship by descent through the Foreign Births Register under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. The processing of Foreign Birth Registration has resumed and will be gradually scaling up in line with the recruitment of additional resources. Due to the complex nature of the Foreign Birth Registration process, the large increase in...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Feb 2022)
Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 284, 287 and 288 together. With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired, the Passport Service has issued passports to the applicants.
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 Feb 2022)
Simon Coveney: The Passport Service is currently experiencing high demand for first time passports, particularly for children. First time passport applications do take longer to process and there are a number of reasons for this. First time applications are necessarily complex to process, since they are essentially applications for Irish citizenship. The Passport Service must validate the true identity of...
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Meetings (24 Feb 2022)
Simon Coveney: In my capacity as Minister for Defence neither I, nor any official from my Department, has had any engagements, including online meetings, webinars, briefings and in-person meetings with the National Women’s Council of Ireland from 1 January 2019 to date.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)
Simon Coveney: So has France.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)
Simon Coveney: Here we go.
- Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Programmes (1 Mar 2022)
Simon Coveney: In the past 24 hours.
- Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)
Simon Coveney: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recalls: — that in the first Article of Bunreacht na hÉireann the Irish nation affirmed its inalienable, indefeasible, and sovereign right to choose its own form of Government, to determine its relations with other nations, and to develop its life, political, economic and cultural, in accordance with its own genius and traditions; ...
- Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)
Simon Coveney: Yes. I am sorry. I will work on that and make sure it is done.
- Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)
Simon Coveney: Deputy Brady cannot call for dialogue and then in the same breath call on us to expel the Russian ambassador.
- Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)
Simon Coveney: It is completely contradictory.
- Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)
Simon Coveney: It is completely contradictory and he knows that.
- Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)
Simon Coveney: As a matter of accuracy, I am told the Deputy did get a detailed reply from the Minister for Finance. It is important to correct the record in that respect.
- Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)
Simon Coveney: I will follow up afterwards just to make sure that is the case.