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- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: I will not withdraw anything. It is a democracy.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: Sorry-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: Okay.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: I am not withdrawing it. We are in a parliament. I believe fundamentally in the right of freedom of expression in this Parliament.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: I have witnessed the Deputies opposite make all sorts of comments about people.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: I am not going to. It is a bit rich for Deputy Murphy to be looking for-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: He is getting somewhat squeamish now.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: Through the Chair, yes.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: I am entitled to an opinion.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: Sorry, through the Chair, you have just-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: You have just-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: You have just made an assertion-----
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: You have just made an assertion that certain people should not be on a platform.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: We have worked with other like-minded states. There are like-minded states in the EU that share our position on Palestine and the Palestinian question. We have met several of them, collectively. At this time, I would argue with the Deputy, from a judgment of this situation, that it is more effective to see if we can build a greater critical mass of member states prepared to jointly work on...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: Last year, I met Mahmoud Abbas, who came to Ireland, and I also met the Palestinian Prime Minister on several occasions. Their ask on that occasion was to strongly support the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly in respect of the advisory opinion, which Ireland did and it was successful. I have asked my Department, in response to Deputy Carthy's comment, to begin preparing a...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: International Relations (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: We are concerned by the deteriorating situation in Tunisia. In recent months, there has been a worrying increase in reports of repression against protestors, opposition leaders and civil society groups by the Tunisian authorities. I am aware of the arrest of the Tunisian opposition leader and of other prominent members of Tunisian civil society. Freedoms of expression and association are...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: As I said earlier, Passport Online has allowed for the centralisation of passport processing resulting in greater efficiencies for the service and for customers. A total of 90% of applicants last year applied through Passport Online and that figure will continue to grow as the passport service's digital first strategy continues to roll out. Demand for passports from Northern Ireland...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: Of the 78,000 applications received from Northern Ireland to date in 2023, almost 70,000 of these were made using Passport Online. The direction of travel is online. The business case just is not there for a physical office. Increasingly, we will be going online. With regard to a physical office, if 70,000 out of 78,000 are applying online, that number is going to increase next year and...
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: Deputy Carthy should consult Deputy Ó Laoghaire on that point.
- Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Passport Services (15 Jun 2023)
Micheál Martin: Or Deputy Gould.