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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Diseases (22 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: 248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reply to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding TB testing laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8955/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: I propose to take Questions Nos. 335 and 336 together. My Department attaches a high priority to the continued delivery of Global Ireland – Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025. This Strategy is built around five pillars, People, Culture, Influence, Prosperity and Values. The Emigrant Support Programme (ESP) is a tangible expression of the importance attached to our Diaspora....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Department of Foreign Affairs provides significant grant funding to a diverse range of groups and organisations. These include large multilateral organisations addressing global challenges, Non-Governmental Organisations delivering critical development programmes and humanitarian assistance, research institutions generating evidence-based research to inform policy, and community-based...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disability Services (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: 366. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a pilot project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8651/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a project (details supplied) can proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8646/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Schemes (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the allocation of funding for the National Educational Psychological Service in an area that can be provided (details supplied); the plans to provide this service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8647/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: 422. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8649/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: 479. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the up-to-date position in relation to negotiations regarding employees (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8542/23]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: 480. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the up-to-date position in relation to payments to a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8543/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has experienced periodic conflict over many decades. Recent months have seen an increase in insecurity and violence in eastern DRC, and an escalation of tensions between the DRC and Rwanda. Ireland has expressed concern at the recent escalation and has stressed the importance of regional efforts to address this situation. Ireland repeatedly...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Traveller Community (14 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: 438. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will outline the situation regarding the process by which funding can be applied for and be made available (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7030/23]

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disaster Response (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Senator for raising this important issue. It is the topic that is first and foremost on most people's minds throughout the world at the moment following the disaster of the earthquake in Türkiye and Syria in recent days. It was an unexpected shock and it caused a significant number of deaths to date. Unfortunately, the death toll is rising on a daily basis. In the first...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disaster Response (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: As the Senator rightly pointed out, there are additional difficulties in northern Syria because of the war there, which has been going on for years. It is hard to know who is in control of the region. There is a government in place but it is not strong in the region.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Disaster Response (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: That is specifically why we are working through the United Nations Syria Cross-border Humanitarian Fund.They are the only people who are accepted in the region by all sides. They are seen as neutral and independent with a humanitarian remit. Anyone else trying to get in there would be counterproductive. This is the group through which we are working. The €2 million we announced at...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: I thank Senator O'Loughlin for raising this important matter concerning the Defence Forces. As she is from Newbridge in County Kildare, she knows more about the Defence Forces and has more contact with its members and their families than any other Member of the Oireachtas given her proximity to the Curragh. Her knowledge of the Defence Forces is vastly superior than that of most other...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (9 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: I thank the Senator. I have listened carefully to her remarks. We place enormous value on the peacekeeping work undertaken by members of the Defence Forces. However, it is important to reiterate that ESTA authorisations are ultimately given at the discretion of the US Department of Homeland Security. While it is possible to seek an exemption to these travel restrictions on the basis of...

Public Art Mural (Exempted Development) Bill 2022: First Stage (2 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: No.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Disaster Response (31 Jan 2023)

Seán Fleming: I propose to take Questions Nos. 97 and 141 together. The Government provided a total of over €100 million in direct assistance to Somalia and other countries in the Horn of Africa in 2022, in response to the devastating humanitarian crisis caused by drought and conflict.  We have also taken a lead internationally in drawing attention to the devastating impact of the crisis and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (31 Jan 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Emigrant Support Programme is central to our engagement with our communities abroad. Since its inception in 2004, the Emigrant Support Programme has assisted over 530 organisations in some 37 countries with grants totalling over €220 million. The value of the sustained investment in the programme was evident during the incredible response of our community organisations and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (31 Jan 2023)

Seán Fleming: Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy, 2020-2025, sets out the Government’s vision for engaging with our diaspora communities around the world. As we approach the half-way stage in the strategy’s five-year span, albeit one that was interrupted by the global pandemic, it is right that we would take stock of what has been achieved so far and the Interdepartmental Committee on...