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- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
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Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: Sorry, which committee?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: That is the sub-committee of the Cabinet.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: It is good to know that it is being discussed at the highest level. However, as yet there is no contingency plan or document for Ireland in the eventuality of A or B. Is this because it is too far off from-----
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: That is fair enough. On Scottish independence, has the Department given advice or provided a view on Scotland's ability, were it to achieve independence, to accede to the European Union?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: I understand there are sensitivities in respect of this but I understand what Mr. Cooney is saying.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: However, it will be an issue for us, should there be independence.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: It also is an issue, in terms of European Union membership, for us to consider because were Scotland to achieve independence, an application might come in. Consequently, we would need to know.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: As would many other European countries.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: I have one further area to raise regarding the pre-payment of the United Nations subscriptions in 2012. Perhaps the Chairman was going to raise it.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: The Secretary General stated he heard about it after the event. Consequently, he did not approve of the payment being made. It was someone junior to him.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: It looks like the Department was rushing to spend all its budget before the end of the year in order to get the same amount the next year.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: I understand there also was an underspend in respect of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe chairmanship.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: That is great. The recent announcement regarding new embassy openings did not include Tehran. Will Mr. Cooney comment on that?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: I am interested in the process by which these decisions are arrived at. Mr. Cooney indicated that eight openings were approved by Government. Were Mr. Cooney and his colleagues asked to select a draft list of, say, 20 countries for submission to Government? Is that how it was done?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: Without wishing to criticise the Department, my view is that the closure of the embassy in Tehran was a mistake, a view I expressed at the time. Was cost one of the criteria in drawing up the list? More specifically, was cost a significant issue in respect of the decision on Tehran?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: Was the former embassy building owned by the Department or leased?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: Can Mr. Cooney indicate the approximate cost of reopening the embassy in terms of lease, staffing, security and so on?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: I would like an idea of what the total cost of running an embassy in Tehran might be.
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: To reopen it, therefore, the Department would need to find an additional €500,000 per year?
- Public Accounts Committee: 2012 Annual Report of the Comptroller General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade
Chapter 13 - Official Development Assistance (6 Mar 2014) Eoghan Murphy: Would one of the diplomats be a counsellor?