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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (1 Mar 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: Consular Services (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: I note the case to which the Deputy refers regarding visa application documents. Under the Data Protection Act we cannot release information relating to this case.  It is open to the applicant to submit a subject access request (SAR) or FOI request on their own behalf to the Department of Justice to obtain the information requested. Policy and procedure related to the provision of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Maritime Jurisdiction (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: As I have said, under international law, including the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), naval exercises are recognised as being part of the freedom of the high seas. These exercises taking place in the Irish EEZ or the passage of naval vessels of other States through the Irish EEZ is not in any way an infringement of our national territory. States are not obliged, in most cases,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Maritime Jurisdiction (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: On occasion, countries seek permission to participate in a joint exercise with the Irish Naval Service in the Irish territorial sea. Permission has been given in a small number of such instances, none of which involved live fire. Outside of these rare circumstances, permission is not granted for naval vessels of other States to conduct naval exercises within our territorial sea.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Mar 2022)

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

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 420 and 428 together. The current online Passport Tracker facility which is available on the Department of Foreign Affairs website has been in operation since the end of 2016. The historical data requested by Deputy Murphy is not available as the Passport Tracker continually updates as an application progresses through the system. The online Passport...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: Ireland’s support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and its right to choose its own foreign and security policy path is unwavering. The decision by the Russian Federation to proceed with the recognition of the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine as independent entities...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service regrets the delay in processing this application. The Passport Service has contacted the applicant's parent directly and the passport has been issued and dispatched. 

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has issued a passport to the applicant. 

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Correspondence (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: No policy instructions, policy documents, planning appeals or planning observations have been sent to An Bord Pleanála by the Department of Foreign Affairs since my appointment in June 2017.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: Under the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic and Consular Relations, 1961 the Department of Foreign Affairs operates a diplomatic bag service to transmit post, equipment and supplies to and from Ireland’s network of diplomatic and consular missions.  Use of the diplomatic bag is governed by an internal office notice, most recently up-dated in 2018, in which staff...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: Under the provisions of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic and Consular Relations, 1961 my Department operates a diplomatic bag service to transmit post, equipment and supplies to and from Ireland’s network of 97 diplomatic and consular missions. The service was procured under EU guidelines and is provided by a professional logistics company with worldwide reach.  In an average...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: Since late January, all Passport Service sites in Dublin and Cork have been operating at full capacity following the ending of many Covid-19 public health restrictions, and all services have fully resumed. The Passport Offices in Mount St, Dublin 2 and in Cork offer an Urgent Appointment Service for the renewal of passports. This service was launched in Dublin on 27 September 2021...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the applicants' parent directly and advised that the documents have been received. The Passport Service regrets that the Passport Tracker recently experienced technical issues which resulted in the tracker not correctly updating a small number of applications. The Passport...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, this application was received on 17 January 2022 via Passport Express. The current average processing time for Passport Express applications is 8 weeks. The Passport Service has contacted the applicant's parent directly to advise them of the status of the application.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Applications (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: I am pleased that my colleague the Minister for Justice announced on 25 February the lifting of visa requirements for Ukrainian nationals travelling to Ireland. This is effective immediately, and Ukrainian nationals who are considering leaving Ukraine to travel to Ireland can do so without a visa, if they judge it safe to travel. My Department meanwhile continues to provide consular...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Gender Equality (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Department continues to operate in a non-discriminatory environment in accordance with the Equality Acts and aims to ensure that the principles of employment equality are implemented in recruitment, promotion, training and experience of the workplace. Recruitment of civil servants is carried out for the Department by the Public Appointments Service which undertakes recruitment...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Maritime Jurisdiction (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy has highlighted, Russian naval exercises took place off the south west coast of Ireland in early February in an area outside Ireland's EEZ. My Department was informed of the planned exercises on Thursday 20th January via notification received from the Department of Transport. The Irish Aviation Authority (IAA) was informed of the planned exercises by Russian Authorities via...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Engagements (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: Minister Chambers was assigned an additional role as Minister of State at the Department of Defence in November 2020 in order to fill a position as a member of the Council of Defence. The requirement for a Minister of State for Defence, in this regard, arises from the provisions of section 11 of the Defence Act, 1954 on the establishment of the Council for Defence. Responsibility for...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Engagements (1 Mar 2022)

Simon Coveney: In his role as Minister of State at the Department of Defence, officials from my Department meet with Minister Chambers from time to time as required. The meeting referred to by the deputy was to brief the Minister in advance of the Report Stage debate in Seanad Éireann on the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020.