Results 741-760 of 3,797 for speaker:Ciarán Cannon

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Nov 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: The number and complexity of humanitarian crises globally has increased in recent years, with the UN estimating that over 148 million people are in need of urgent humanitarian assistance and protection. Conflict is the most significant driver of this increased need. Reducing humanitarian need is one of the four key priorities in Ireland's new development policy, A Better World. Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (7 Nov 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: The Irish Arts Centre New York has received funding under my Department’s Emigrant Support Programme as outlined below: Year Amount in euros Purpose 2017 1,128,000 For the development of the Irish Arts Centre building. 2014 1,001,362 For the development of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (7 Nov 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: The Irish Arts Centre New York has received funding under my Department’s Emigrant Support Programme as outlined below: Year Amount in euros Purpose 2017 1,128,000 For the development of the Irish Arts Centre building. 2014 1,001,362 For the development of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Aid (5 Nov 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: Improving maternal and reproductive health is an important focus of Ireland's international development policy with health system strengthening at the heart of Ireland’s approach. Ireland works through the World Health Organisation, with organisations such the Global Fund for AIDS, TB and Malaria and with civil society partners to ensure access to essential drugs, health services, and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (24 Oct 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: Ireland's development cooperation programme is an integral part of our foreign policy and an important statement of our global citizenship. For 2020, the Government has allocated almost €838 million for Official Development Assistance (ODA) - an increase of just under €21 million on the 2019 budget allocations.  Based on the Department of Finance Budget Day forecast...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Emigrant Support Services (24 Oct 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: On Budget Day, 8 October 2019, the gross expenditure allocation for the Department and the allocations by high-level expenditure programmes were published.  The detailed breakdown by subhead and by individual programme are yet to be finalised and will be published in the Revised Estimates Volume 2020 due to be published in mid-December 2019. The Government remains committed to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Development Aid (24 Oct 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: The European Union Emergency Trust Fund for stability and addressing root causes of irregular migration and displaced persons in Africa is an element of a comprehensive package of EU initiatives to support stability across North Africa, the Horn of Africa and the Sahel/Lake Chad region. The aim of the Trust Fund is to contribute to tackling the root causes of instability, forced displacement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Religious Persecution (22 Oct 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea has expressed concern over the curtailment of church activities in Eritrea and the arrest and detention of members of the Orthodox and Christian congregations. On 12 June 2019, the Eritrean authorities ordered the seizure of all health centres managed by the Catholic Church in Eritrea. The seizure is believed to be in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (22 Oct 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: The Indecon Economic Report on Addressing Challenges Faced by Returning Irish Emigrants made thirty recommendations, twenty of which  have been addressed. Of the remaining 10 areas, 8 have been partially addressed or are pending further policy development. Two recommendations were not accepted. Among the recommendations that have been addressed most recently is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (22 Oct 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: I am aware of the disturbing reports from Uganda regarding support for the re-tabling of a bill which would impose the death penalty on LGBTI individuals. A similar bill was rejected five years ago by the Constitutional Court of Uganda. ‘The Global Island: Ireland’s Foreign Policy for a Changing World’ states clearly that: “We are committed to promoting the rights...

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: Before Deputy Harty leaves the Chamber I agree completely with his assessment of the power of rural broadband to reinvigorate and add great capacity to our rural economy. The Minister for Finance did not mention it yesterday but in a budget briefing, the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment, Deputy Bruton, confirmed that €120 million has been allocated in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (8 Oct 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: Ireland’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) is an essential element of our overall foreign policy and national presence overseas, enabling Ireland to respond to complex human needs and humanitarian crises around the world. Peer reviews by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have consistently stated that Ireland’s development cooperation programme...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (8 Oct 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: The Interdepartmental Committee on the Irish Abroad has been focussed on the implementation, where possible, of the recommendations contained in the Indecon Economic Report on Addressing Challenges Faced by Returning Irish Emigrants. Of the 30 recommendations, 20 have been addressed. Of the remaining 10 areas, 8 have been partially addressed or are pending further policy development. 2...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: The purpose of the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill is to enable Ireland to become a state party to the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, TPNW. The TPNW provides for states to fulfil their disarmament obligations under Article VI of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and affirm their commitment to achieving a world free from nuclear weapons. The TPNW plugs a legal gap...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: In summary, we arrived at the conclusion that the amendment was superfluous and that if it was to be carried, it would have the potential to undermine other similar legislation passed in the past. As it would oblige us to revisit that legislation, the opinion of the Attorney General was that it should not be accepted.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: May I give a quick response to Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan on her point about divestment?

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill 2019: Committee Stage (3 Oct 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: I agree wholeheartedly with her. We should seriously consider going down the route of divesting from all such companies. In drafting this legislation the intention was to stick as close as we possibly could to the treaty.

Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill 2019: Referral to Select Committee (19 Sep 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: I move:That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade pursuant to Standing Orders 84A(3)(a) and 149(1) of the Standing Orders relative to Public Business.

Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill 2019: Second Stage (19 Sep 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: The Government has today introduced the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill 2019 to make provision in domestic law for the obligations the State will assume under the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, TPNW. I thank all Members who contributed to this afternoon's Second Stage debate. I am pleased that a world free from nuclear weapons is a shared objective by all Members of this...

Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Bill 2019: Order for Second Stage (19 Sep 2019)

Ciarán Cannon: I move: "That Second Stage be taken now."