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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department is responsible for citizenship by descent through the Foreign Births Register under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. The processing of Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) has resumed and will be gradually scaling up in line with the recruitment of additional resources. Due to the complex nature of the FBR process, the large increase in applications...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I am aware of the case of Mr. Isbilen, one of a number of Turkish politicians detained under emergency measures in Turkey since 2015. Mr. Isbilen was arrested in December 2016 and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2018 for alleged involvement in the 2016 coup attempt against the government of President Erdogan. Mr. Isbilen is one of many thousands of Turkish citizens who have been...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263, 293, 296, 301, 305, 307 to 309, inclusive, 317, 319, 320, 322, 331, 332, 335, 336, 339 and 347 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 (24 May 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 275, 276, 277 and 278 together. The paper-based, mail-in Passport Express service is available to citizens at almost 1,000 An Post post offices and at over 70 post office locations in Northern Ireland. The Passport Service also receives a small number of paper-based applications through our network of embassies and consulates across the world. All paper-based...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 283, 284, 294 and 315 together. The Passport Service is proactively managing the current demand for passports and has put in place resources and structures to address the estimated significant increase in demand for passports in 2022 in this essential citizen service. The Passport Service has been scaling up resources to deal with anticipated demand since...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 285 and 311 together. Members of the Oireachtas, as elected representatives, can make formal representations to me in relation to the passport applications by submitting enquiries directly to my office. In addition to this formal representation channel, in October 2021, the Passport Service established a temporary phone line to respond to Oireachtas Members'...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Appointments (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 289, 290 and 291 together. The Government nominates officers for Ambassadorial posts on foot of proposals made by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.  The nominated Ambassadors are subsequently appointed by the President and take up duty abroad following the receipt of agrément from the receiving State.  Only serving civil servants...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 292, 312 and 313 together. The Passport Service is proactively managing the current demand for passports and has put in place resources and structures to address the estimated significant increase in demand for passports in 2022 in this essential citizen service. The Passport Service has been scaling up resources to deal with anticipated demand since...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Government Communications (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department has supplied the information directly to the Deputy. Contact details are also available on the oireachtas.ie site.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 310, 343 and 344 together. The number of online passport applications from applicants living in counties Cavan, Cork and Monaghan are outlined below in tabular form below.  The table also breaks down the number of applications from each county that are currently being processed by the Passport Service and the number of applications from each...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 314, 316, 345 and 346 together. The current processing times for passport applications are: - 10 working days for Simple Adult online renewals - 15 working days for Complex or child online renewals - 30 working days for First Time Applications on Passport Online - 8 weeks for An Post’s mail-in “Passport Express” service Fully complete and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Deputy for her interest in the Irish-Armenian bilateral relationship. As the Deputy will be aware, trade policy within the European Union is a competence of the EU institutions, rather than national governments. The new EU-Armenia Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership Agreement (CEPA) entered into force on 1 March 2021. It aims to intensify EU-Armenia co-operation in numerous...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Investigations (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: No investigations, internal or external, have been commissioned by the Department of Foreign Affairs into alleged instances in which Departmental documents or information may have been leaked to the media during the past ten years and to date in 2022.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the applicant directly in relation to the refund and is reviewing the case. The Passport Service will contact the applicant directly with any further updates.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service contacted the applicant directly on 20 May to provide an update as to the status of the application.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the applications about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service regrets the delay in processing the applications and is prioritising them to ensure no further delay is experienced.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: I speak regularly with the both the European Commission Vice-President Maroš Šefcovic and with UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss with regard to EU-UK relations generally, and the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in particular. Most recently, I met with Vice-President Šefcovic in Brussels on May 16, and with Foreign Secretary Truss on May 20 in Turin. I made clear to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (24 May 2022)

Simon Coveney: Ireland is firmly opposed to the use of the death penalty in all circumstances, and has consistently made our opposition clear to the Saudi authorities. I am aware of the case raised by the Deputy. When I visited Saudi Arabia last year, I raised a number of human rights concerns, including the continuing use of the death penalty. Officials from my Department have also raised concerns over the...