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- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: Sorry-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: We have to improve skill sets in order to increase capability.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: With respect, the Deputy is attaching significance to these four projects-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: -----as if they are going to fundamentally change the Defence Forces.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: This is about upskilling in obvious areas where our Defence Forces would benefit. We should be doing this regardless of whether a commission report is coming through.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: Linked to what?
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: What point is the Deputy making?
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: If we did that, we would be delaying involvement in these projects until the autumn and I am not willing to that. We should be involved in them now.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: That is a matter for the Government, with respect.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: Exactly.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: I am not going to delay something that is self-evidently beneficial to the Defence Forces any longer, because we do not need to do that. We do need to delay a bit longer until we get Government agreement on the commission on the future of the Defence Forces, which is about something much more fundamental than these projects.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: I do not agree.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: Yes.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: I am not proposing that Ireland joins NATO. What I have said is that Ireland needs-----
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: Will you let me answer the question? I have said that in the context of war on our Continent, Ireland needs to look in an honest way at how we both invest in and plan for the defence of our State, with respect to the protection of our own sovereignty and how we contribute to the collective security of the EU of which we are part. We need to have that debate in the months ahead, which I...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) Projects: Motion (30 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: Consequently, we must have that discussion and we must recognise there are serious capacity issues with our own defence. That has been exposed very bluntly in the commission report and we should not brush that under the carpet. We must respond to it. We need more capacity, larger Defence Forces and increased resources for defence in Ireland. That is not about capacity for going to war or...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (29 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 62, 67 to 69, inclusive, 78, 80, 82 and 84 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: Passport Services (29 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 63, 71 to 74, inclusive, and 79 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 (29 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: All online applications are processed in the same way and this includes all applications from throughout Ireland, North or South. Renewal applications, because citizenship has already been established, are processed within the same turnaround time of 10 working days for adult renewals and 15 working days for child/complex renewals. Therefore, there is no difference in processing...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (29 Jun 2022)
Simon Coveney: A Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland is a central provision of the Good Friday Agreement. The Agreement sets out that a Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland should be based on the European Convention on Human Rights, enhanced by additional rights to “reflect the principles of mutual respect for the identity and ethos of both communities and parity of esteem.” The full...