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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (18 May 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 (FBR) resumed in November 2021 and will be gradually scaling up in line with the recruitment of additional resources. A major recruitment drive has been underway over the past several...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Commission on the Defence Forces was established on foot of a commitment in the Programme for Government and the Government decision in December 2020 which also agreed its terms of reference and membership. The report was published on the 9th February 2022. The Commission undertook a significant body of work encompassing their wide-ranging terms of reference. The report contains...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 244, 247, 252, 253, 255, 267 and 268 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 (19 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 245, 250, 251, 262, 265 and 266 together. With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired, the Passport Service has reviewed the applications and progressed them as appropriate. The Passport Service has provided an update on the status of the passport application to the applicants.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (19 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Middle East Peace Process remains a key foreign policy priority for the government and Ireland continues to support a two-State Solution based on international law, the relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions and in line with previously agreed parameters. Ireland raises issues of compliance with international law in our bilateral contacts with the Government of Israel and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has issued a resubmission link to the applicant.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 May 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 (FBR) has resumed and will be gradually scaling up in line with the recruitment of additional resources. There are currently 37,000 Foreign Birth Registration applications on hand with the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: The information requested by the Deputy is outlined in tabular form below. The table breaks down the number of applications from County Limerick that are currently being processed by the Passport Service and the number of applications that require further action from the applicant, such as the submission of additional documentation. County Total applications in system...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 256, 257, 258 and 259 together. There are currently 705 staff in the Passport Service. Of these, 616 are full-time staff and 89 are part-time. There are currently over 360 staff assigned to the Passport Office in Balbriggan, over 120 staff assigned to the Passport Office in Cork and over 220 staff assigned to the Passport Office in Mount St, Dublin 2. Staff...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Passport Service is proactively managing the current demand for passports, particularly first time passports, and has put in place resources and structures to address the estimated significant increase in demand for passports in 2022 in this essential citizen service. Since March of this year, the Passport Service has reduced the processing time for first time applications from 40 working...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (19 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I am aware that Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, who is 90 years old, was among a group of four people arrested separately and detained by the Hong Kong National Security Police for alleged conspiracy to collude with foreign powers. All four of those arrested served as trustees of the 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund, which provided legal assistance, funds for psychological counselling and medical...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Properties (19 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Office of Public Works is responsible for the general upkeep and maintenance of my Department’s buildings in the State. The occasional cleaning and removal of weeds, moss, litter and other debris from roofs and other areas by the Department itself is included in general contract cleaning services procured by the Department and the cost is not separately recorded.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (19 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service regrets any errors in processing this application. The Passport Service is in direct contact with the applicant's parent in relation to progressing their passport application.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (19 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I am advised that neither my Department nor the military authorities have incurred any expenditure on cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings in the period referenced by the Deputy.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: We are doing a lot. We are doing a lot on every platform on which we have a voice, including the UN Security Council. Today we are hosting in New York a meeting of other UN Security Council members on the protection of journalists. As the Deputy knows, this has been triggered by the killing of a journalist in the West Bank. We will continue to use our voice in the EU and at the UN...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: Those were very different days in terms of numbers. We are currently delivering 5,000 passports a day to people in Ireland. Last month, 170,000 passports went out successfully. This year, we will do about 1.4 million passports. The highest figure in any other year was about 900,000. We are talking about passport demand increasing by approximately 50% in a year. This summer, we will have...

Dereliction and Building Regeneration Bill 2022: First Stage (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: No.

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: At the outset, I thank Deputies for this important and timely debate. While the television cameras and eyes of the world most recently focused on the killings of journalists in Ukraine and the occupied Palestinian territory, we cannot afford to overlook attacks on journalists anywhere. Across the world, attacks against journalists occur against the background of growing authoritarianism,...

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: We are trying to change it.

Journalists in Conflicts across the World: Statements (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: But we do it by building collective engagement internationally and not isolating ourselves.