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Written Answers — Department of Health: Government Communications (9 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1422. To ask the Minister for Health if he has ever used his personal phones for Government business; and if so, if the personal phones have been hacked during his term of office. [42945/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Government Communications (9 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1595. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Ministerial phones have been hacked or attempted to be hacked during the term of office. [42918/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Government Communications (9 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1596. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has ever used his personal phones for Government business; and if so, if the personal phones have been hacked during his term of office. [42936/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Government Communications (9 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1619. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if her Ministerial phones have been hacked or attempted to be hacked during the term of office. [42931/21]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Government Communications (9 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: 1620. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has ever used her personal phones for Government business; and if so, if the personal phones have been hacked during her term of office. [42949/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I would like to bring the Minister back to 4 March, when the former Minister Katherine Zappone texted him to thank him for the job. He has already stated that he did not dissuade her from that notion and that he regrets not dissuading her from that notion. Is that correct?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I will go on to another text from 4 May. Katherine Zappone was not offered a job in March. However, on 4 May she texted the Minister saying, “Hi Simon, hope all well. Any news yet? You had mentioned June as start time." The Minister mentioned in his contribution that he did not speak to Katherine Zappone between March and July. If they did not speak between those times, why did...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: But she had a start date for a job that did not exist yet and that she had not been offered. There is no record of the Minister dissuading her from that notion. There are two text messages. She said thank you for the job on 4 March. Then, on 4 May, she had a start date for a job that was not designed and had not been offered to her. It barely seems believable. I want to go to another...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Minister. Last week, the Minister specifically brought the word “lobbying” into his contribution to the committee. He specifically said that he did not feel Katherine Zappone was lobbying him for a job. Does the Minister want to reflect on that statement and change any part of it for the committee? Does he still believe Katherine Zappone was not lobbying?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: This is necessarily a criticism. It is in keeping with regulations that are clearly laid out. What exactly is the Minister's understanding of lobbying? Does he accept that seeking to influence senior Ministers in relation to the awarding of a plum job constitutes lobbying? In the case of Katherine Zappone, we know she contacted the Minister for Finance, Deputy Paschal Donohoe, and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: So there was no lobbying there. Friends of Ministers, who were previously a Minister, do not come under the same conditions as the rest of us simply because they are friends. I am alarmed-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I am alarmed by how narrow the Minister's interpretation of lobbying is but I will move on to another question. The Minister has been a Minister for more than ten years. For how long has he been deleting text messages from his phone? Is he aware that if he deletes texts which record official Government business without making a copy, he is in breach of the Freedom of Information Act?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: Can the Minister specifically tell me when he cleared the text message between him and the Tánaiste talking about the appointment of Katherine Zappone? On what date did he delete that text message?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: My questions specifically pertained to the deletion of texts between two Ministers discussing a matter of State in contravention of the Freedom of Information Act. I asked for the date and that was not forthcoming. I asked whether the Minister was aware of the guidelines in that Act and he-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: That is convenient.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Gary Gannon: I thank the Chair and the Minister. The Minister might confirm two points from his statement. He stated he did not know Samantha Power well enough and it would have been inappropriate anyway to refer a text message he got from Katherine Zappone asking for an introduction. Despite believing that the text message he received on 22 February looking for an introduction was inappropriate, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)

Gary Gannon: My first two questions relate to some of the responses the Minister has given. The Minister mentioned that in the conversation he had with Ms Zappone in the summer, she mentioned she would be open to doing some work for the Department at UN level in a personal or professional capacity. Did the Minister consider that to be lobbying for a job? If not, what did he think she was doing? The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)

Gary Gannon: I do not think we have enough time to give the issue the due process it deserves. Perhaps it would be better to defer it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)

Gary Gannon: I want to add Deputy Stanton's contribution that across the world democratic values are under threat. One of the factors that contributes to that is the public perception that insiders are often given jobs without fair process or open process. That is why this is particularly important. In that regard, I want to raise the following issue again. The Minister mentioned Katherine Zappone...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Gary Gannon: 11. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of Ireland considering the TRIPS waiver; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41394/21]