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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 700, 735, 776 and 784 together. With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the applicants to provide an update as to the steps they must take to progress their passport applications.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 701, 704, 709, 714, 724, 730, 732, 737, 738, 742, 745, 749, 750, 785, 786, 787, 791 and 794 together. With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired, the Passport Service has provided an update on the status of the passport applications to the applicants. 

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 702, 703, 706, 708, 710, 712, 713, 715, 716, 718, 722, 728, 729, 734, 736, 739, 744, 746, 754, 760, 761, 768, 772, 780, 782, 783, 788 and 792 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: Citizenship Applications (26 Apr 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 has resumed and will be gradually scaling up in line with the recruitment of additional resources. Due to the complex nature of the Foreign Birth Registration process, the large increase...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has returned the requested document to the applicant. 

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department’s ongoing Passport Reform Programme is continually working to deliver a fully integrated service, which is more efficient, predictable and citizen-focused, while also maintaining the integrity of the Irish passport through enhanced fraud measures.  As part of the Passport Reform Programme, staff from my Department are in early discussions with counterparts in the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 717, 731 and 747 together. The Department of Foreign Affairs has a number of secondment agreements in place with other public sector organisations, European institutions, international organisations, and private sector organisations. Outward secondments assist in building the Department’s strategic relationships with number of key organisations with a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Apprenticeship Programmes (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department does not run any apprenticeship programmes, nor is it directly engaged in the training of apprentices.  There are no agencies under the aegis of my Department. From 2019-2021, the Department of Foreign Affairs participated in a Department of Public Expenditure & Reform led ICT apprenticeship programme.  One officer was trained in my Department under that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: A passport is an internationally recognised travel document which attests to the identity and nationality of the bearer. All passport applications are subject to the terms of the Passports Act, 2008, as amended (“the Act“). The Act provides a legal basis for the various policies and procedures that are applied by...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: All passport applications are subject to the terms of the Passports Act, 2008, as amended (“the Act“). The Act provides a legal basis for the various policies and procedures that are applied by the Passport Service in the issue of passports. Section 10 of the Act provides that a passport will issue in the name of a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: My salary, and the salaries of the Ministers of State serving in my Department, are paid in accordance with the relevant public service pay agreements, currently 'Building Momentum, a new Public Service Agreement 2021-2022'. My Special Advisers, Chris Donoghue and Laura McGonigle, are paid on the Principal Officer payscale. Special Advisers to Ministers of State are paid at the Assistant...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the applicant directly to discuss the documentary requirements for the passport application. 

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: Details of funding allocated to groups based in Northern Ireland either directly or through the distribution of European Union funding for the years 2019 to date in 2021 are set out in the table below.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Foreign Affairs facilitates a paid internship scheme for University of Limerick students under the University's Cooperative Education programme. Within the remit of that programme, the Department offers six month contracts running from January to June or July to December to four students each year following a selection process.  The students are paid at the first...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: In order to verify the identity of a passport applicant and, in the case of children, the consent of their guardians, the Passport Service requires certain forms to be witnessed. There are certain applications for applicants resident in Ireland that must be witnessed by a member of an Garda Síochána. These include: - All Passport Express...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: I can reassure the Deputy that I am aware of this case and it remains both a concern and priority. My Department is continuing to provide consular assistance to the citizen through our Consular Assistance Unit in Dublin, the Embassy of Ireland in Abuja, and with assistance from the Embassy of France in Togo - as Ireland does not have diplomatic representation in the country. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (26 Apr 2022)

Simon Coveney: On 30 November 2021, Cabinet noted the contents of the Report of the Group established to review the role and appointment of Special Envoys and approved the recommendations contained in the Report.  The report is publicly available on the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs. The review makes a number of specific recommendations on how future Special Envoy appointments would take...