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- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2016: Motion (8 Mar 2018)
Brendan Smith: In this session, members will consider a motion regarding the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the report by the Minister for Defence regarding service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2016, which was referred to the committee by Dáil Éireann on 20 February 2018. I invite the Minister of State, Deputy Kehoe to make his opening statement.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2016: Motion (8 Mar 2018)
Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister of State. The committee proposes to make the visit on 27 March.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2016: Motion (8 Mar 2018)
Brendan Smith: In conclusion, I endorse the remarks of our colleagues. I hope the Minister of State will have the opportunity, when speaking with our peacekeepers during his St. Patrick's week visit, to convey to them the committee's unanimous appreciation of the work they do. That is the unanimous view of the Irish people as well. I know some families in which the third generation has now served on...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2016: Motion (8 Mar 2018)
Brendan Smith: That is an important issue to raise and the Deputy is quite right to highlight it. I invite the Minister of State to respond to the members' comments. We are in injury time.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2016: Motion (8 Mar 2018)
Brendan Smith: We are hoping to do so at the end of June. The Minister of State's officials have been in contact with the clerk to the committee..
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2016: Motion (8 Mar 2018)
Brendan Smith: I always thought Fine Gael was a disciplined party and that nothing happened without senior people knowing about it. On behalf of the committee, I thank the Minister of State and his officials for attending and dealing with all of the issues raised. He will correspond with us on a number of issues, particularly those related to the Estimates.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Message to Dáil (8 Mar 2018)
Brendan Smith: In accordance with Standing Order 90, the following message will be sent to the Dáil:The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Defence has completed its consideration of the following motion: That Dáil Éireann approve the report by the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence regarding service by the Defence Forces with the United Nations in 2016.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018) Brendan Smith: We will now resume in public session. In this part of today's meeting we will consider Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade and Vote 27 - International Co-operation, Revised Estimates for 2018, and report back to the Dáil. I welcome the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Simon Coveney, and also Minister of State, Deputy Ciarán Cannon. I also welcome...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018) Brendan Smith: Do any of the Tánaiste's officials have a copy of his opening statement? We were not provided with it.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018) Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister. I first call on Deputy Darragh O'Brien and remind members that we must stick with questions and not statements.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018) Brendan Smith: We are under some time pressure. It would be unusual that members would make statements, anyway.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018) Brendan Smith: We will also stick to discussion of programme A.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018) Brendan Smith: We lost a meeting last week due to the inclement weather.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018) Brendan Smith: Are any projections available within the Department which indicate that the growth in passport demand will continue? Members know some of the demand is as a result of Brexit. Is that spike expected to continue? The online service is very successful. Are there plans to roll out more online passport services? It would be very helpful if there were. As regards North-South co-operation...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018) Brendan Smith: I thank the Minister.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018) Brendan Smith: Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister of State a question about the emigrant support programme.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018) Brendan Smith: The Committee of Public Accounts and the Comptroller and Auditor General have a very important role to play in the examination of expenditure and where public funding goes. On the documentation provided, the committee secretariat has contacted the Department, but the loss of a few days last week also caused delays. We all agree that we should receive documentation much earlier.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018) Brendan Smith: The estimated time for completion of this meeting will be tomorrow if we keep going as we are. As we have spent over an hour on one programme, I ask the Minister, the Minister of State and my committee colleagues to, please, be mindful of the time. We will move to programme B.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018) Brendan Smith: Shall we proceed to programme C?
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018) Brendan Smith: With regard to funding of the United Nations, my understanding is that those are mandatory contributions.