Results 61-80 of 13,575 for speaker:David Stanton

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: I ask the Tánaiste to characterise our relationship with Israel at the moment. We have been quite outspoken, and rightly so, in my view, with respect to the activities it is undertaking and the atrocities in Gaza. How would the Tánaiste characterise or describe our relationship with Israel at the moment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: I move on to the Ukraine situation. We see, with some alarm, what is happening in the last couple of days with Russia advancing. Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia are also constructing a Baltic defence line, costing €303 million and counting. From the Tánaiste's discussion with our colleagues in Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, how concerned are they with what is happening on their...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: If they were attacked, are we obliged to come to their assistance?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: Are we obliged as Europeans?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: Could the Tánaiste give us some details on what is going to happen and what is happening with it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: I refer to the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: It is many years.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: Could the Tánaiste give us an update on the German-led battle group and Ireland's involvement there? How many troops are involved?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: The Tánaiste mentioned in his remarks that there were frozen Russian assets. Are any of those frozen assets in Ireland and how much is there overall in Europe?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: Today there was a report in relation to the EU defence grants that Ireland drew down €11.6 million and we actually contributed €175 million. Has the Tánaiste any comment on why our draw down is so small?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: I have just three more brief questions. Electronic cyber warfare was mentioned earlier along with deepfake videos, and I think the Tánaiste himself had been part of something like that at some stage. What is the Government doing to ensure that when these things appear on someone's social media feed, people are prepared to not accept it at face value? Do we need to have a campaign at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: Just before polling day, something could be posted on social media and it could destroy somebody and they have no recourse whatsoever. It could impact the outcome of an election. This is extraordinarily serious. The reason I am bringing it up here is that we are talking about foreign actors who are doing this. We have to take this extraordinarily seriously, especially with the advent of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: Two more very brief questions-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: I will, of course. I think the conflict in Sudan, as the Tánaiste said, is one of the most awful conflicts in the world today. There is very little mention of it anywhere. Finally, on the number of people who drowned in the Mediterranean sea last year, the Tánaiste told me in the Dáil it was estimated the known number was over 3,000, which is about four or five jumbo jets of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: The last question was on the people who drowned in the Mediterranean, which is also unreported. The Tánaiste told me in the Dáil recently that it was 3,000.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: Hopefully, it will not be tested. I ask the Tánaiste about the European Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine. What is the story with that at the moment? Where is it at?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the situation with respect to an emergency works scheme application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21649/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: 393. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on the projected rise in sea levels and the potential impact on the environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21426/24]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Climate Change Policy (14 May 2024)

David Stanton: 394. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his views on how climate change is contributing to the rise in sea levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21427/24]