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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (9 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: I have previously acknowledged the particular difficulties in attracting and retaining certain specialties in the Naval Service, in the current buoyant employment market . To address such challenges, a number of recruitment initiatives have been introduced including an increase in recruitment age to 39 years for those roles that had recruitment age below that, and to 50 years for Direct Entry...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Ministerial Responsibilities (9 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: I wish to advise the Deputy, that the appointment of Ministers is a matter for the Taoiseach, and the Taoiseach alone. There is a Constitutional limit of fifteen on the number of ministers that can be appointed; there are currently eighteen government departments, which means that it is not constitutionally possible to have one standalone Minister for each Department. It is necessary, in a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: 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 wide-ranging terms of reference. It recommended significant changes...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) replacement certificates are processed separately to applications for entry to the Foreign Birth Register. Where a person has lost their FBR cert, they can apply online for a replacement FBR Certificate, through www.ireland.ie/en/dfa/citizenship/born-abroad/registering-a- foreign-birth/. They will then forward the relevant documents, via post, for processing....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (19 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: During my visit to Colombia in January 2024, I had the opportunity to engage with a range of Government representatives for wide-ranging discussions on the implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement, peace-building and reconciliation. Ireland is fully committed to supporting the peace process in Colombia and to sharing our experience of reconciliation. The issue of rural reforms, including...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) applications are currently being processed within the normal turnaround time of between 6 and 9 months from receipt of supporting documents. Applications which require further supporting documents will take longer to process. Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving official documentation relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (19 Sep 2024)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputy has enquired, this applicant has been entered on the Foreign Birth Register. The printed FBR Certificate and supporting documents have been dispatched to the applicant.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11, 23 and 40 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: Foreign Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: At its forthcoming 79th session in the autumn of 2024, the UN Sixth Committee (Legal Affairs) will further examine the International Law Commission’s Draft Articles on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity. The Sixth Committee will consider once again the ILC’s 2019 recommendation to elaborate an international convention on the basis of the Draft Articles, and is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: 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 through a parent who has claimed citizenship also through FBR, Naturalisation or Post Nuptial Citizenship. Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: 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 through a parent who has claimed citizenship also through FBR, Naturalisation or Post Nuptial Citizenship. Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: All passport applications are subject to the provisions of the Passports Act 2008, as amended ("the 2008 Act"). The 2008 Act provides, among other things, that a person must be an Irish citizen before a passport can be issued to that person. In order to meet this requirement, each passport applicant must demonstrate an entitlement to Irish citizenship by providing acceptable documentary...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: Ireland was not represented at the NATO Summit or any of the meetings organised around the Summit in Washington DC in July. In my capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs, I received invitations to attend a number of events en marge of the NATO Summit, including a dinner on 10 July, hosted by US Secretary of State Blinken, for Foreign Ministers of both NATO countries and countries who, like...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: 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 through a parent who has claimed citizenship also through FBR, Naturalisation or Post Nuptial Citizenship. Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: Ireland, along with our EU partners, remains deeply concerned about the credible reports regarding the treatment of ethnic Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang, including restrictions on freedom of religion and belief, arbitrary detention, widespread surveillance, forced labour, and forced sterilisations and birth control. Human rights is a core pillar of Ireland’s foreign policy...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Legal Cases (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Department of Foreign Affairs has not taken any legal cases as described by the Deputy in the past five years.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: 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 through a parent who has claimed citizenship also through FBR, Naturalisation or Post Nuptial Citizenship. Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: I have a very good working relationship with my Swedish counterpart, Minister Tobias Billström and I meet him regularly at the monthly Foreign Affairs Council meetings of the European Union. I wrote to him last year and expressed the hope that he might visit Dublin in 2024. I am hopeful that this visit will take place around the opening of the new Embassy of Sweden which is expected in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Protection (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: As outlined in Parliamentary Question No.43 of 3 July 2024, my Department provided comments on a number of potential factors including, domestic; security challenges; the asylum and protection framework; freedom of the media; women’s rights; and rights of minority groups. My Department drew on internal information and reports by partners on the ground to inform our analysis of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 24 to 26, inclusive, and 30 together. The Passport Service has issued over 700,000 passports to date this year. Virtually all complete passport applications are being processed within or before advertised turnaround times with the majority of adult online renewal applications issuing within two working days. There are currently no backlogs and 95% of...