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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Freedom of Information (20 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: My Department takes a proactive approach to the publication of official information and regularly updates its Freedom of Information Publication Scheme. This provides information about the Department, including activities and policies. The scheme includes links to relevant pages on our official website. My Department is committed to making available as much information as possible as part of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (20 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: My Department engages in public awareness advertising where there is important information that needs to be brought to the attention of citizens.  Examples of where my Department has advertised during 2019 have included public information campaigns in relation to the Online Passport Renewals Service and on the theme of ‘Getting Ireland Brexit Ready’. Details of such...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: This is nothing to do with socialism.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: Everything for the Deputy always comes back to the same issues, such as global movements, democratic socialism and all the rest of it. This is an issue of international law.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I have and will continue to advocate in the EU, across the UN, and bilaterally with the many countries with which Ireland has very good relationships, including the US, to express our clear position on the Israel-Palestine conflict. I will continue to advocate for a two-state solution. I will continue to visit and prioritise the region in terms of Irish foreign policy, as I have done to...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (19 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I thank the Deputy for giving me the opportunity to put the Government's position on the record. In view of the US comments yesterday regarding the legality of Israeli settlements, I restate Ireland's clear position on the issue. Settlements are illegal under international law. The Fourth Geneva Convention states clearly that an occupying power must not transfer parts of its own civilian...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: Nonsense.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (19 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: Deputy Micheál Martin should look at himself in the mirror and at his own performance when he was in government.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (19 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I am aware of the case to which the Deputy refers. Officials from my Department in both Dublin and Belfast monitor this case as part of their engagement with the relevant authorities in Northern Ireland on justice, security and prison matters. The persons concerned were convicted of murder by joint enterprise at their trial in 2012. Their appeal against their convictions failed at the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I attended the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels on 11 November, where Ministers discussed Afghanistan, regional security in the Gulf and Iran, and exchanged views with the Prime Minister of Sudan over lunch. The Council also adopted a framework for restrictive measures on unauthorised drilling in the Eastern Mediterranean. My EU colleagues and I took stock of the situation in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (19 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I am aware of this consular case, which is very distressing for the family concerned. My Department, including our Embassy in Madrid and our Honorary Consul in Tenerife, is monitoring the case very carefully and is in regular contact with the family. Our Honorary Consul in Tenerife engages regularly with the local police, who have confirmed that an investigation into the whereabouts of the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (19 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: In my capacity as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, I have not yet had the opportunity to visit Sydney or meet formally with the Consul General who took up duty in September 2018. However, the Consul General has welcomed many official visitors to Sydney and he participated in the “Global Ireland” Conference in Dublin last January when I gave the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (19 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 116 and 117 together. The Government remains firmly of the view that ratifying the Withdrawal Agreement is the best way to ensure an orderly UK withdrawal from the EU, and hopes that the extra time provided by the extension will allow for ratification of the Agreement. The completion of all ratification process and entry into force of the Withdrawal...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Court of Justice Rulings (19 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: A case in a French court, challenging the implementation of EU rules on the labelling of foodstuffs originating from settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory, was referred to the Court of Justice of the European Union in June 2018. The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as Gaza and the Golan Heights, are all territories which have been occupied by Israel since 1967....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: As a former Minister in that Department and as someone who has applied for many payments at different times, I understand the mapping issue but until the Department gets clarity on the size of the individual parcels of land in a holding, it is difficult for it to pay out under the rules of the Common Agricultural Policy, to which it must adhere. I will, however, get the Minister to reply to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: The Bill is due to be dealt with in this session and not before time. It is a matter that needs to be resolved.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: I am aware that the Deputy has been concerned about this issue for some time. I am meeting later today the Secretary of State, with whom I have raised the DeSouza case on several occasions. I expect us to discuss it again this afternoon.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy has asked me about this issue before. I told him that I would get the Minister responsible to respond to him directly. If that has not happened, I will make sure it is done today. I understand we will have statements in the House on water services the week after next, which will give the Deputy an opportunity to express his concerns. In the meantime, I will get the Minister to...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: That is the role of the Central Bank and if there is an issue, it must act to deal with it.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Simon Coveney: As Deputy Pearse Doherty knows, the Government does not run the banks.