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Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: I hope that will be possible. If not, we will have a long debate on this in September and October. These are important issues. They will not go away. They will be as significant in September as they are now. This is not a party political issue and it should not be seen as something that needs an instant debate. These issues will not go away. The security landscape on our Continent is,...

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: The same applies to mine countermeasures. If we were asked by the UN to be part of an agreed international mission to help to get grain out of Odesa at some point in the next months, do the Deputies think we should train to have the capacity to be able to say yes to the request? I think we should. I do not think we should isolate ourselves from the benefit of that kind of training. That...

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: -----the neutrality debates. I look forward to those. Let us focus tonight on what we are being asked to make a decision on, which is to give the Defence Forces the opportunity to train with other countries to improve their skill sets.

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the report by the Minister for Defence regarding service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2021, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 30th March, 2022, in accordance with Section 13 of the Defence (Amendment) Act, 2006.

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: I move: That, in accordance with the Programme for Government commitments, Dáil Éireann approves Ireland's participation in four Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: i) Cyber Threats and Incident Response Information Sharing Platform, ii) Deployable Military Disaster Relief Capability Package, iii) Special Operations Forces Medical Training Centre, and iv)...

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: I thank all the Deputies for their contributions. I will try to respond to the issues that have been raised. Ireland cannot stand still when it comes to defence and security. We cannot build a wall around our island and pretend we do not see what is going on in the rest of the world.

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy should let me specifically answer the issues he and others have raised. They cannot on the one hand praise the Irish Defence Forces for their peacekeeping work and at the same time prevent them from training with other countries across Europe on projects they choose to be involved in, to upgrade their capacity to be better peacekeepers, better soldiers and better Defence Forces...

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: He is in Ukraine.

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: We can have that debate, but this is not it.

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: This is not it.

Defence Forces: Motions (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: I move: That Dáil Éireann approves the report by the Minister for Defence regarding service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2020, a copy of which was laid before Dáil Éireann on 21st June, 2021, in accordance with Section 13 of the Defence (Amendment) Act, 2006. I welcome this opportunity to report to the Dáil on Irish Defence Forces’...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Appointments to State Boards (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: There are no State boards under my remit.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 253, 254, 256, 259, 265, 267, 268, 273, 274, 276, 279, 280, 282 to 289, inclusive, 292, 293, 300, 303, 306, 311, 312, 316 and 320 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 (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 255, 269, 270, 295, 299, 315 and 319 together. With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired the Passport Service has reviewed the applications and progressed as appropriate.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Jul 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 258, 260, 261, 263, 266, 271, 272, 278, 294, 296, 304, 318 and 321 together. With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired, these applications are within the current turnaround times and have not yet reached their issue by date.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Foreign Affairs does not fund any full-time PhD candidate schemes.  There are no additional bodies under the aegis of the Department.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputy has referred, these applications were registered on 21 November 2019. The Passport Service contacted the applicants on 17 November 2021 requesting further documents. These documents remain outstanding. The Passport Service has contacted the applicants again to advise of the documents required to progress the application.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 275 and 277 together. With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputy has enquired, supporting documents were received for these applications on 15 March 2022. On 1 May 2022, prior to the applications' estimated issue by date, the Passport Service contacted the applicants' parent to advise of further documents required to progress the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (5 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service were unable to identify it within our systems as no application number, name or date of birth was shared by the Deputy in the details supplied. The Passport Service made several attempts to contact the Deputy's office to obtain further details but unfortunately did not receive a response.