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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (26 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: From time to time my Department receives comments from members of the public giving feedback on how we could improve our services both at home and at our 82 Missions abroad. We are committed to constantly improving how we conduct our business and to ensuring that our staff across all offices, both in Ireland and our global network of Embassies and Consulates, act in a highly professional...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (26 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: I am deeply troubled by the grave human rights abuses that migrants and refugees are reported to be suffering in Libya, in particular the persistent abuses that have been reported in Libyan detention centres by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and others. At the Foreign Affairs Council in December, the EU committed to continue working with the Libyan...

Recent Developments on Brexit: Statements (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: I am grateful for this opportunity to brief the Dáil on recent developments on Brexit. With some 16 days to go before the scheduled date of the UK's withdrawal, events underscore how fluid the situation in Westminster continues to be. We profoundly regret the outcome of last night's vote. It is a real disappointment that Westminster was not able to approve the withdrawal agreement....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: I will give three fairly concise answers. First, in response to Deputy Munster, her party, along with other parties on the all-party committee that was set up to look at housing and social housing, set targets with which Rebuilding Ireland is consistent, in terms of delivering an extra 50,000 social housing units.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: That is because this is a five-year strategy. It will not work in year one or year two on its own. One can only measure the delivery of social housing on the basis of increasing output over a five-year period, which is exactly what is happening.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: We are meeting the figures to which Deputy Munster's party signed up in the context of the original Rebuilding Ireland document and the all-party committee. In fact, the figures from the point of view of Rebuilding Ireland have been upgraded since then to 50,000 from approximately 47,000 extra social housing units. I will get the Minister to respond directly to Deputy Stanley. I will...

Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: I move:That notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the Order of Business of 12 March 2019, first, the rota for Private Members' business in accordance with Standing Order 143F shall be amended by way of the following temporary sequence: Solidarity-People Before Profit shall take the slot on 26 March and the Social Democrats-Green Party group shall take the slot on 17 April, and the...

Special Joint Committee on Climate Action: Motion (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: I move:That, in relation to the Special Committee on Climate Action----- (a) the Order of 3rd July, 2018 appointing the Committee (as amended by Order of the Dáil of 28th February, 2019) is amended by the substitution of ‘28th March, 2019’ for ’14th March, 2019;and(b) notwithstanding the Order of the Dáil of 28th February, 2019, having reported to both Houses...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: There is a clear national dementia strategy and the Government is seeking to implement it. This has involved increased resources. With regard to the specific questions asked by the Deputy, I would like to obtain more accurate answers. If he writes to me with the questions or directly to the Minister concerned, he will get a more accurate answer than I can give him now.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: Irish Water has been asked to upgrade the water network across the country and has been doing so in a very efficient way. It has been investing considerable funds in making our supply safer and to understand what exactly is in it. There used to be 35 local authorities doing their own thing and that resulted in a significant and very dangerous deterioration in water infrastructure across the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: I acknowledge the difficulty and heartache Ruth Morrissey and her family have had to go through in the context of the CervicalCheck scandal. There are many other victims and families in this category also. The State's only objective is to try to support those affected as best it can, to try to keep people out of court and to ensure fair settlements for the women and families involved. That...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: The legislation is due to be progressed shortly and there will be an opportunity to debate these issues with the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Deputy Murphy, on Committee Stage of the Bill.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: It is difficult for me to comment without knowing the detail of what is happening. If the Deputy sends me a file on this issue, I will make sure it gets to the right person.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: I might ask the Minister of State, Deputy Griffin, who knows County Kerry better than anybody, to revert to the Deputy on this issue.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: I ask the Deputy to send me any specific question he has regarding different categories of licences and I will ensure that I get a detailed and accurate answer for him.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: Our role as politicians and policymakers needs to be around how we debate, prepare for and implement legislation and policy. We should not get into the realm of individual planning decisions. That is what planners are there for in terms of the professionalism they show at local authority level and, ultimately, at An Bord Pleanála level should appeals be taken. I caution against this....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: At the moment, the balance is pretty close to being right but new legislation is being brought forward that I hope will add to the discussion and improve the legislation even further.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: I am very familiar with this issue. It has been raised with me by multiple sources. We have managed to build a cruise liner tourism product in Ireland that has resulted in significant expansion in recent years. We have invested in smaller harbours, such as Killybegs and Dingle, and have attracted a lot of interest from cruise liner traffic in recent years. As Deputy Martin knows, Cork...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: I do not want to speak for Dublin Port Company because it needs to make commercial decisions itself.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (13 Mar 2019)

Simon Coveney: It has pressures it is responding to and, in the context of Brexit, doing so in an extraordinarily efficient way. It had capacity issues it needs to take into account.