Results 261-280 of 1,805 for diaspora

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Commemorative Events (3 Feb 2022)

Frank Feighan: ...left over past decades indicates that many of them had a very difficult relationship with Ireland as well. I always had a major interest in Tim Pat Coogan's book, Wherever Green is Worn, and the Irish diaspora, be it in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom or the United States. Last night, we saw Celtic, a club I have supported over the years, play Rangers. Celtic's...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Feb 2022)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...promise and commitment from the Government goes back to the Constitutional Convention in 2014. The former Taoiseach Enda Kenny, on one of those occasions when the Government tends to go around the diaspora on St. Patrick's Day, went to Philadelphia and announced the holding of a referendum. We are getting close to that time again. I hope that as we emerge from the understandable health...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

David Stanton: ...industry seems to have weathered Brexit and Covid pretty well to date. People have been talking about labour shortages and inflation. Has any thought been given to trying to attract some of our diaspora but who might want to come back and could assist our workforce here? Does that come under the Minister's remit? In the agrifood sector, €70 million in funding under the capital...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (1 Feb 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...including: high level political engagement, in particular in support of the peace process in Northern Ireland; economic promotion; and in support of our citizens and the broader Irish American diaspora. There is ongoing advocacy and engagement at every level with the US administration and political leaders. During his St. Patrick's Day virtual visit last year, the Taoiseach raised a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Diplomatic Representation (27 Jan 2022)

Neale Richmond: ...questions specifically on the new embassy in Kyiv. In light of current global events, that embassy is of particular interest to the House. Will the Minister outline the extent of the Irish diaspora in Kyiv? I appreciate that in recent days the Minister asked all Irish citizens to register with the embassy and to outline where they are based across the country. Will the Minister also...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Communities Abroad (27 Jan 2022) See 1 other result from this answer

Alan Dillon: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken to link-in with the local diaspora for the Consulate General for the North of England; if consideration is being given to the use of a building which housed an Irish club (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3791/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (27 Jan 2022)

Simon Coveney: ..., a dedicated COVID-19 Response Fund for Irish Communities Abroad was set up to help these organisations meet the needs of those who are particularly vulnerable. In 2021, over €4.22m was paid to diaspora organisations in the US for ESP and Covid-19 related projects and support.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (27 Jan 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...a global economic platform for our businesses. The network also ensures efficient delivery of passport and consular services to our citizens, support to emigrant organisations and outreach to the diaspora and other networks of influence. Since the launch of Global Ireland, 14 new missions have been opened. These are new Embassies in Wellington, Bogotá, Amman, Monrovia, Santiago de...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Foreign Policy (26 Jan 2022)

Micheál Martin: .... We must also take lessons from the Covid-19 experience. I recall organising the first Global Irish Economic Forum in 2009 when I was the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The people of the Irish diaspora who were involved in senior positions across the globe came back in and did a bit of work over that weekend. They came back with the idea that the most important calling card for Ireland...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Jan 2022) See 2 other results from this debate

Johnny Guirke: .... The Irish Government must keep raising this at every opportunity and explore all available options. I take this opportunity to thank the people and organisations that help the Irish diaspora. Organisations like the Kevin Bell Repatriation Trust are there to help bereaved families in tragic circumstances, the GAA helps Irish people all over the world, and Irish people abroad...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: RTÉ's Public Service Statement, Irish Language Services and RTÉ Board Appointments Process: Discussion (26 Jan 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

...be addressed in isolation from the more nuanced understanding of the interconnected nature of this industry. RTÉ, at its best, can be the glue that binds the cultural well-being of the nation together. It can be the prism through which we construct the idea of ourselves, and it is often the voice of Ireland for the global diaspora. The creative industries that RTÉ is at the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Legislative Measures (25 Jan 2022)

Colm Brophy: ...committed to holding a referendum on extending the franchise at Presidential elections to Irish citizens living outside the State as set out in the Programme for Government and affirmed in the new Diaspora Strategy which was launched in November 2020. To this end the Government restored the Thirty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Elections) Bill 2019 to the Dáil...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Jan 2022)

Seán Kyne: ...other cities around the world. I hope there will be a full reprise of the proud Irish role of celebrating St. Patrick and all that is positive about this country across the world and celebrating with our diaspora.

Ceisteanna Eile – Other Questions: Office of Public Works (20 Jan 2022)

Patrick O'Donovan: We are looking forward to reopening the centre on the mainland. Deputy Griffin is right. We also want to be able to reach out to the diaspora from the island who emigrated to North America, in particular to Springfield in Connecticut where many people from the island settled. We want to allow people to see where their people came from and from where they were evacuated to the mainland...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (19 Jan 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...for the Ireland Fellows Programme in Ireland €233,735 Accent Solutions: HQ Telephonist Services €131,021.23 Ireland Reaching Out – Diaspora Engagement Services €50,000 Fitzsimmons Consulting: Back for Business Mentoring Programme €119,900 ...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Urban Regeneration: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jan 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...and those of the Heritage Council with regard to town and city development trusts. I will move on to my final questions to the Heritage Council. I am quite excited by what I read about this Irish towns diaspora network. There are real opportunities there. It is something I have never really heard about before. It is about how we can tap into the diaspora. I know of a particular...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Diaspora Issues (15 Dec 2021)

Ivana Bacik: 10. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he has proposals to incentivise the return to Ireland of citizens with skills, training, experience or professional expertise in areas such as construction and the provision of home care services for the support of sectors in which there are serious difficulties with recruitment of staff currently. [62176/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (15 Dec 2021)

Simon Coveney: ...the crisis in Afghanistan, as well as a range of other pressing issues on the Council agenda. Delivering first class consular and passport services to our citizens will remain an essential priority. Our global diaspora remain an integral part of the wider Irish family and my Department will continue to work with them in maintaining and deepening this vital relationship. This includes...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (9 Dec 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I refer the deputy to my responses to this question on 2nd November 2021 and 15th September 2021, which are reproduced below. In the Government's Diaspora Strategy, which was launched in late 2020, a number of actions have been set out to strengthen our connections with diaspora communities and to harness the contribution from the diaspora to support economic recovery. The Department of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Ombudsman and Information Commissioner: Commissioner Designate (9 Dec 2021)

...that needs to be addressed. If they are not within the remit of the Ombudsman, there is very little the office can actually do. I fully agree with the sentiment the Deputy expressed. The Irish diaspora comprises something like 80 million people all over the world. We need to be able to accept people. This morning we heard about a judge from Afghanistan who came to this country. She...