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- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)
Simon Coveney: We are increasing the powers of the RTB to make sure it is enforced.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)
Simon Coveney: While we are changing the rental market, we have to increase supply. None of this will be resolved without an increased supply of affordable houses, social houses and rental properties.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (28 Mar 2019)
Simon Coveney: All of that is happening. Rebuilding Ireland is a five-year housing plan and we are three years into it. There are serious issues to deal with, but it is simply not true to say housing output is not increasing and that the rental market is not changing for the better. What we are not doing sufficiently is keeping people in their homes, whether it be a rental home or a home that is owned,...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Mar 2019)
Simon Coveney: The Irish Government has been closely following reports regarding the situation in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, in particular, those relating to the detention of a significant number of Uighur Muslims in re-education camps in the region. The protection and promotion of universal human rights is one of Ireland's core foreign policy issues. We take these reports very seriously and...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Child Abuse Reports (28 Mar 2019)
Simon Coveney: My Department, in conjunction with a number of other Government Departments and agencies, facilitated a visit of the Special Rapporteur on the Sale and Sexual Exploitation of Children, Ms Maud de Boer-Buquiccio, from 14th to 18th May 2018. The Special Rapporteur's Country Report on Ireland was formally presented to the Human Rights Council (HRC) on the 5th of March 2019 and is publicly...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Mar 2019)
Simon Coveney: The Inter-Governmental Working Group on Transnational Corporations and other Business Enterprises was established on foot of a resolution to the Human Rights Council in 2014, led by a number of developing countries, including Ecuador and South Africa. Four sessions of the Inter-Governmental Working Group have taken place to date. In advance of the fourth and most recent session in...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (28 Mar 2019)
Simon Coveney: The number of passport applications received from applicants who were resident in Northern Ireland at the time of application during the period 2006 to 2018 is detailed in the table below. The Passport Service has provided the below figures from readily available data sets. Identifying the figures for the period prior to 2006 would require an extensive research process which was not possible...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Applications (28 Mar 2019)
Simon Coveney: A visa application from a Cambodian national who is currently resident in Cambodia should be made online and supporting documentation forwarded to the Embassy of Ireland in Hanoi, Vietnam for consideration. In circumstances where the applicant is visiting a family member in Ireland, the person concerned should apply for a "Visit family/friend" visa. Prospective applicants for these types of...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (28 Mar 2019)
Simon Coveney: I have not been contacted by representatives of the Chinese Government with regard to the use of technology by the company referenced by the Deputy. I and officials in my Department frequently hold meetings, as well as other contacts, with representatives of the Chinese Government, where we engage in discussions on a broad spectrum of bilateral issues. These include our political...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (28 Mar 2019)
Simon Coveney: My Department has regular, constructive contacts with the US Administration both through our Embassy and Mission network in the US and through the US Embassy here in Dublin. As part of regular Government engagement in the US, I also travelled to New York and Washington DC last month for meetings with the US Administration and other political leaders. Those meetings, and all contacts at...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Strategy (28 Mar 2019)
Simon Coveney: The Belt and Road Initiative has been raised with me by representatives of the Chinese Government on a number of occasions during the course of wide-ranging discussions on a range of bilateral and foreign policy issues, notably during my visit to China in March 2018, and during high level visits from China to Ireland. During these discussions, I welcomed the Belt and Road Initiative as an...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019) Simon Coveney: I am pleased to present to the committee the Revised Estimates for my Department for 2019. I will focus on Vote 28, which is the Vote for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, while the Minister of State will address the committee afterwards regarding Vote 27, which deals with international co-operation, which is the bulk of the expenditure for which my Department is responsible. ...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019) Simon Coveney: We do not take any chances in my Department.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019) Simon Coveney: They are not all new applicants. Many of those are renewals.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019) Simon Coveney: On legacy, I was in the Seanad yesterday and we had a good debate on legacy and reconciliation. I thought the debate had some depth. Members of different political parties gave different perspectives. I thought we need to have more of the approach taken to that debate on the issue of legacy and reconciliation to ensure that victims and their families from all sides and all communities can...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019) Simon Coveney: We do not get to hold on to the money unfortunately. It goes straight into the Exchequer, I am afraid.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019) Simon Coveney: About €60 million came in last year from the increased fees charged etc.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019) Simon Coveney: That was a significant increase on the previous year.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019) Simon Coveney: It was.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2019
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Mar 2019) Simon Coveney: I will come back to the Deputy in a second on that.