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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 11, 23 and 40 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: Foreign Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: At its forthcoming 79th session in the autumn of 2024, the UN Sixth Committee (Legal Affairs) will further examine the International Law Commission’s Draft Articles on Prevention and Punishment of Crimes Against Humanity. The Sixth Committee will consider once again the ILC’s 2019 recommendation to elaborate an international convention on the basis of the Draft Articles, and is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: 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. Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: 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. Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: All passport applications are subject to the provisions of the Passports Act 2008, as amended ("the 2008 Act"). The 2008 Act provides, among other things, that a person must be an Irish citizen before a passport can be issued to that person. In order to meet this requirement, each passport applicant must demonstrate an entitlement to Irish citizenship by providing acceptable documentary...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: Ireland was not represented at the NATO Summit or any of the meetings organised around the Summit in Washington DC in July. In my capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs, I received invitations to attend a number of events en marge of the NATO Summit, including a dinner on 10 July, hosted by US Secretary of State Blinken, for Foreign Ministers of both NATO countries and countries who, like...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: 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. Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: Ireland, along with our EU partners, remains deeply concerned about the credible reports regarding the treatment of ethnic Uyghurs and other minorities in Xinjiang, including restrictions on freedom of religion and belief, arbitrary detention, widespread surveillance, forced labour, and forced sterilisations and birth control. Human rights is a core pillar of Ireland’s foreign policy...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Legal Cases (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Department of Foreign Affairs has not taken any legal cases as described by the Deputy in the past five years.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: 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. Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: I have a very good working relationship with my Swedish counterpart, Minister Tobias Billström and I meet him regularly at the monthly Foreign Affairs Council meetings of the European Union. I wrote to him last year and expressed the hope that he might visit Dublin in 2024. I am hopeful that this visit will take place around the opening of the new Embassy of Sweden which is expected in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Protection (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: As outlined in Parliamentary Question No.43 of 3 July 2024, my Department provided comments on a number of potential factors including, domestic; security challenges; the asylum and protection framework; freedom of the media; women’s rights; and rights of minority groups. My Department drew on internal information and reports by partners on the ground to inform our analysis of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 24 to 26, inclusive, and 30 together. The Passport Service has issued over 700,000 passports to date this year. Virtually all complete passport applications are being processed within or before advertised turnaround times with the majority of adult online renewal applications issuing within two working days. There are currently no backlogs and 95% of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: The promotion of Irish culture abroad makes an important contribution to the achievement of our foreign policy goals, and in raising awareness, appreciation and understanding of Ireland. The enhancement of our cultural diplomacy and international cultural relations forms a key pillar of the Global Ireland 2025 strategy, and my Department works closely with the Department of Tourism, Culture,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, further supporting documents for this application were received on 12 July 2024. Turnaround time from the receipt of further supporting documents is 15 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: 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. Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: 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. Foreign Birth Registration, by its nature, is a detailed and complex process, often involving...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: As Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, I have regular meetings with EU Heads of Mission, including in a group format. The most recent meeting took place on 12 June, to mark the end of the Belgian Presidency of the EU, and was a productive and useful discussion. As two Atlantic-facing countries on the west of Europe with centuries-old cultural and commercial ties, histories of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: As of 11thJuly 2024, 6 civil servants (WTE) were posted abroad to serve as Personal Assistants in Ireland’s Embassies and Consulates General as follows: Mission Type of Mission Female Male Beijing Embassy 1 Brussels PR Permanent Representation of Ireland to the European Union (3 Ambassadors) 3 London Embassy 1 Tehran Embassy 1...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (23 Jul 2024)

Micheál Martin: Irish Ambassadors are appointed by the President on the advice of the Government following nomination by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The duration of a posting to a diplomatic mission is generally, although not always, between two to four years. The start dates for all current Irish Ambassadors is provided in tabular form below. However, as a Government decision on their successor...