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Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: They can get it wherever people have a service to provide. The Minister has improved-----

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Minister has added further incentives. I will ask the Minister for Education to come back on this issue to the Deputy but my understanding is that the Minister has recently brought forward proposals for this summer, again with more incentives to try to encourage the provision of summer schools and participation in summer schools.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Yes. There may be potential financial incentives to facilitate that. I will ask the Minister to communicate with the Deputy.

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Go raibh maith ag an Teachta as ucht an cheist thábhachtach seo a ardú. Beidh mé ag caint le hAire na Gaeltachta, Thomas Byrne, go háirithe i gcomhthéacs na ceiste seo. Admhaím gur áis thábhachtach é seo do mhuintír Chorca Dhuibhne. Níl cúlra an scéil agam ina iomláine ach déanfaidh mé an cheist a fhiosrú....

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: A situation containing any exploitation of workers, especially international workers who are lured into particular jurisdictions and then are not given any rights and exploited in terms of their labour, is absolutely unacceptable. I will refer this to the Minister for Justice in terms of the legislation and the timeline for that. We will perhaps get the background to the wider story in...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy for raising the situation in UHL. My understanding is that the Minister will announce a HIQA review of urgent and emergency care in Limerick. A wide range of issues there need to be reviewed, including the need to determine whether a second emergency department is required in the mid-west. The Minister will announce a wider review and a HIQA review of emergency care in...

Ceisteanna Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: If the scheme started last year, books were purchased by schools on behalf of pupils. As those in first year move on to second year, schools do not have to buy an entire supply of first year books again. That is the case across the country. The idea is to retain a lot of books for the next year, keep them in working condition and so on. I suspect and surmise that is the context for the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Ambassador Cunningham and the staff of the Irish Embassy in Riyadh maintain ongoing contact with the Saudi authorities at different levels on a range of different issues. These contacts would normally be with senior officials, as well as with Vice Ministers or Deputy Ministers as appropriate. Ireland's Ambassador in Saudi Arabia has also engaged with the Foreign Minister on a number of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has issued a passport to the applicant.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Passport Service has issued over 430,000 passports to date this year. Virtually all complete passport applications are being processed within or ahead of advertised turnaround times. All passport applications require supporting documentation to some degree, whether it is a photo uploaded online for an adult's renewal application, or documents necessary to validate the identity and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has reviewed the application, taken action as appropriate and contacted the applicant directly in relation to the application.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I can confirm that one civil servant in my Department is suspended at present while a disciplinary process is underway. The person concerned has been suspended for 14 months. There are no bodies under the aegis of the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: In view of the time period covered by the question, it will take some time to compile the information requested. I will revert soonest to the Deputy with details of any EU programmes or funds outside of the multiannual financial framework that the Department of Foreign Affairs has paid into or was in receipt of funds from since 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Irish Government views the terrible events which resulted in the deaths of a large proportion of the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire as a tragedy, and has expressed deepest sympathy for the enormous suffering of the Armenian people during this period. The term ‘genocide’ has a particular meaning under international law. The Government has not taken a stance on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Entitlement to Irish citizenship is determined by the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended, under which Irish citizenship may be obtained by birth, by descent, or by naturalisation. My Department is responsible for processing Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) applications for people who are born abroad and claim Irish citizenship through a grandparent born in Ireland or...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, this is a paper application which was received on 3 April 2024. The turnaround time for paper applications is 8 weeks. This application is within the current turnaround times and has not yet reached its issue by date. The public offices of the Passport Service in Dublin 2 and in Cork operate a four-day Urgent...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Ireland's overall financial support to Ukraine since February 2022 amounts to some €340 million, comprised of over €90 million in stabilisation and humanitarian funding and commitments of approximately €250 million in non-lethal military assistance under the European Peace Facility (EPF). Within these overall figures, funding for humanitarian assistance by the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: As I set out in response to previous Parliamentary Questions, most recently Question No. 131 of 18 April 2024, Ireland intends to file a Declaration of Intervention in the case initiated by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice only after South Africa has filed its Memorial. On 5 April, the ICJ made an Order setting time-limits...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: As I stated in Dáil Éireann on 9 April, it is my intention to bring a formal proposal on recognition to Government following the completion of discussions with international partners. These discussions are ongoing. The manner in which Ireland and likeminded partners could support regional efforts to return to a political pathway towards a sustainable and peaceful resolution of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I am advised by the military authorities that in order for an individual to finalise their discharge, they must present in person to their home unit to complete the discharge procedure, in accordance with Defence Forces Regulations. This includes inter alia a discharge medical and settlement of any outstanding undertaking. The Defence Forces ordinarily do not discharge members in absentia.