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- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: That completes programme B. We will move on to programme C, reconciliation and co-operation on this island. Tánaiste, do you wish to make a short statement?
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: Thank you. Programme C has been completed. We now move to programme D, international peace and security and human rights. Tánaiste, will you make a brief statement?
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: I welcome the announcement made today that Shannon Airport will get direct services to New York and Boston seven days a week. That is a good advantage for the mid-west region. We have completed programme A and will move on now to programme B, which relates to consular and passport services and services for Irish people abroad. I invite the Tánaiste to make a brief statement on this...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: I thank the Tánaiste. I wish to add my tribute to the officials in the Passport Office, who are doing a great job. They are very accommodating and it is good see passports are being processed in good time. I pay tribute to all staff in the passport offices of both Cork and Dublin.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: Does anyone else have questions on section A? I will take questions rather than statements.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: I remind members that we will have a special meeting on Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union on 17 July. If members have any questions on the issue they may put them at that meeting.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: That is a very contentious question for a Deputy from the mid-west. I call the Tánaiste.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: Deputy Brendan Smith was about to ask a question when the meeting suspended.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: The Deputy's second group of questions relate to programme B. We will stick to economic and trade interests and return to the issue of missions later in the proceedings.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: Yes, that is fine. The more efficiently we can proceed, the better. We will leave the issue of missions until we discuss programme B.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: I remind members that we are dealing with Ireland's economic and trade interests in Europe and internationally.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: That issue arises in programme C. I ask the Deputy to stick with programme A or we will be here all night.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Eamon Gilmore. I thank him very much for coming to this meeting, having just arrived from Strasbourg. I welcome also the Minister of State, Deputy Joe Costello, and Mr. David Cooney, Secretary General, and his team of officials. The select committee when considering the Estimates will do so under the headings...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: The vote that has just been called in the Dáil will cause some problems because we are all Deputies here. Perhaps I will allow Deputy Smith to ask a few questions before we suspend.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: I will suspend the meeting at this point to allow Deputies to vote in the Dáil. I ask them to come back as quickly as possible when the vote has concluded.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Action Plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: I thank the witnesses for appearing before the committee. We had a very comprehensive presentation from all four witnesses and a most interesting and wide-ranging discussion. The members were in good form today and asked many comprehensive questions and questions relevant to what is in the plan. The group is obviously at mid-point in its plan and we look forward to ongoing dialogue with it...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Action Plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan was detained in the Chamber and has missed much of the discussion on a topic in which she is very interested.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Action Plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: Do the witnesses want to comment on that contribution?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Action Plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: How does one change the tribal customs and traditions in Africa? Is it difficult for the Masai tribe to change?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Action Plan on UN Security Council Resolution 1325: Discussion (3 Jul 2013)
Pat Breen: Ms Ballantine is fine. Perhaps Deputy Mitchell should ask her second question.