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An Bille um an Naoú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2022: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (30 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: What about today?

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: That is not what I said.

Government Response to Situation in Ukraine: Statements (30 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: I assure the House that the Government is doing everything it can to try to make appropriate diplomatic interventions. There are far more Members on the other side of the House talking about neutrality than there are on this side. Every day, my Department and I look at how we can use international organisations and multilateralism to try to make interventions for peace. I will not have the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 51, 53, 61, 62, 64 and 65 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 application to the applicant.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 52 and 54 together. With regard to the specific application about which Deputies have enquired, the Passport Service has issued a passport to the applicant.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the applicant's parent directly to advise that the application has now expired, and that a refund will issue to them in due course. The Passport Service has advised the applicant's parent on what is required to submit a new application for their child.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 to 58, inclusive, together. The monthly figures requested by the Deputy for parliamentary questions and calls to the Oireachtas Passport Line are outlined below in tabular form. In addition, a table outlining the number of representations received by the Passport Service in relation to passport applications is also included. The Passport Service does not...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: The numbers of passport applications with the Passport Service from counties Cavan, Meath and Monaghan are outlined below in tabular form. Passport Service figures show that of the total of 182,000 passport applications in the system, 61% are fully complete and are being processed by the Passport Service. The other 39% of applications are incomplete, which means the Passport Service is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has issued passports to the applicants.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the passport number about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the citizen directly to provide the requested information.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (30 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Defence regularly receives requests for donation of vehicles from various voluntary organisations. The Department maintains a policy in relation to disposal of both Civil Defence and Military vehicles. Civil Defence vehicles are kept under the control of the relevant local authority. Based on public procurement and asset control guidelines the Department of Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, this is a Passport Express application which was received on 8 March 2022. The current turnaround time for Passport Express applications is 8 weeks.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: British-Irish Co-operation (31 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: The New Decade, New Approach (NDNA) agreement was a significant shared achievement by the parties in Northern Ireland together with the two Governments, and its full implementation and the fulfilment of our own commitments made alongside the agreement, are key priorities for the Irish Government. While the implementation of the NDNA agreement was raised at the BIIGC, due to time constraints,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 258, 261 and 264 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 (31 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the applicant directly to advise on the requirements for submitting a case to the Passport Service Travel Emergency Team.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (31 Mar 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: Gender Equality (31 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Foreign Affairs is fully committed to promoting gender, equality, diversity and inclusion and creating a culture of dignity and respect in the workplace, as set out in our Statement of Strategy 2021-2023. Over recent years, my Department has taken a proactive and strategic approach to advancing gender equality and wider diversity and inclusion issues. In 2012, a Management...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Transport Policy (31 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: In line with Healthy Ireland, the national framework for improved health and wellbeing 2013-2025, the Department of Foreign Affairs is committed to promoting increased physical activity among its staff including how they travel to work. This has predominately been achieved through the promotion of the Government’s ‘Cycle to Work’ Scheme, which is a tax incentive scheme to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Gender Equality (31 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department operates in a non-discriminatory environment in accordance with the Equality Acts and aims to ensure that the principles of employment equality are implemented in pay, recruitment, promotion, training and experience of the workplace. Recruitment of civil servants is carried out for the Department by the Public Appointments Service which undertakes recruitment underpinned by its...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Transport Policy (31 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Cycle to Work Scheme, which was introduced in 2009, is implemented under a salary sacrifice arrangement through an employee's salary. Under this arrangement, my Department funds the purchase of a bicycle and/or safety equipment for the employee who agrees to forego or sacrifice part of his or her salary for over an agreed period in order to cover the cost. In addition, as part of...

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