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Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General: Financial Resolution (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to deal first with the Department of Defence Vote, before moving on to the Department of Foreign Affairs. For 2023, the total allocation for the defence sector is €1.174 billion, comprising €893 million for Vote 36 - Defence, and €281 million for Vote 35 - Army Pensions, which is an overall increase of €67 million on 2022, doubling the increase in the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 169 and 170 together. I note with concern the details in the case referred to by the Deputy. Respect for human rights is an integral part of Ireland’s foreign policy and we consistently seek to raise our concerns on human rights issues through the most appropriate and effective channels.  Ireland urges all States to safeguard the human...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the representation to which the Deputy has referred, the Passport Service is reviewing the issue and will respond directly to the applicant in the coming days.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: 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 (28 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, this application is within the current turnaround time of 8 weeks for paper applications and has not yet reached its issue-by date.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: 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: Foreign Birth Registration (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: 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. Demand for this service increased significantly as a result of the Brexit vote in the UK. In...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired the Passport Service has reviewed the application and progressed as appropriate.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the applicant directly and provided an update as to the steps they must take to progress their passport application.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Data Protection (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department has no role in monitoring or regulating data hosted in data centres in Ireland. The protection of data in Ireland is underpinned by a framework of EU and domestic regulation including the GDPR, the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019, and the European Communities (Electronic Communications Networks and Services) (Privacy and Electronic Communications) Regulations 2011....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: 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. Demand for this service increased significantly as a result of the Brexit vote in the UK. In...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reviews (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: The following table sets out nineteen live studies, reviews and research currently being undertaken or commissioned by my Department, tabulated to show the name of each body of work, expected completion date, costs incurred to date and by whom conducted. Name of Report, Study, Review Expected date of completion Cost Conducted by WPS and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: 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. Demand for this service increased significantly as a result of the Brexit vote in the UK. In...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: Ireland and Malaysia have enjoyed close and fruitful diplomatic relations since 1974. In 1995, Ireland opened an Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Ireland’s first resident Embassy in Southeast Asia. The Embassy of Malaysia in Ireland was established in Dublin in November 2001. Malaysia remains the only country in the region to have a resident Embassy in Dublin and we are appreciative of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: Public procurement in my Department is governed by the comprehensive regulatory and policy frameworks at both EU and national level. The Department of Foreign Affairs applies the principle of competitive tendering in respect of its contracting for services, goods and works. My Department operated a restricted two-stage tender process for the Tokyo works project where the Tender Notice...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Meetings (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: My colleague, Minister of State for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne T.D., regularly travels to Brussels to represent Ireland at General Affairs Council meetings. Minister Byrne recently accompanied the Taoiseach to Brussels for a meeting of the European Council on 22-24 June 2022. Minister Byrne held a number of individual engagements as part of that visit in furtherance of Ireland's...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: International Relations (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: In my capacity as Minister of Defence, I have not spoken formally with the UK Secretary of State for Defence, Mr. Ben Wallace MP, in the past six months. Our last formal conversation was in July of 2020. An in-person meeting was scheduled for April of last year in London but, due to unforeseen circumstances, this meeting did not take place.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department is currently considering an increase in the catering budget for the Defence Forces in light of the rising cost of food and its associated pressure on the catering budget.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (27 Sep 2022)

Simon Coveney: Civilian staff are employed by the Department of Defence to support the operational capabilities of the Defence Forces. The recruitment of Civilian Employees is an ongoing process, based on a combination of the filling of consequential vacancies which have arisen due to promotions and retirements, and the filling of vacancies on the basis of a process of prioritisation of requirements...