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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work of Front Line Defenders in Afghanistan: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: It is a stark video, with strong comments made by the speaker. The committee has a regular engagement with the Colombian ambassador, H.E. Ms Cortés Ortiz, and I expect that we will invite her to appear before the committee to comment on the video. We are certainly happy to write to the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Deputy Coveney, particularly in the context of Ireland's membership of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work of Front Line Defenders in Afghanistan: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I thank Mr. Faiz for that stark and rather horrific presentation. We very much acknowledge his experience and his recent direct contacts with people who are still in Kabul and across Afghanistan. Does Mr. Anderson have anything he would like to add to his opening comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work of Front Line Defenders in Afghanistan: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I will now open up the meeting to members, acknowledging the three issues that were raised at the outset, namely: the situation in Colombia as outlined by Ms Foley and on the video; the issue of the long-term imprisonment including one of the specific cases mentioned, which has been the subject matter of correspondence with our committee and with me, and we will be happy to deal with that;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work of Front Line Defenders in Afghanistan: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I will deal with more questions from members before proceeding to our guests again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work of Front Line Defenders in Afghanistan: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: That is a very good note on which to go back to the witnesses. I ask Mr. Anderson to deal with the questions he believes are appropriate to him. I ask Mr. Faiz to answer the questions on Afghanistan and Ms Foley those on Colombia.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work of Front Line Defenders in Afghanistan: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: In your opening comment, you mentioned that the Taliban comprised almost exclusively ethnic Pashtun with some hardline Sunni forces. To what extent have you experienced or heard of outside influence from places like Chechnya and Saudi Arabia or other forces that may in effect be pulling the strings?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work of Front Line Defenders in Afghanistan: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: Would Ms Foley like to come in on Colombia?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work of Front Line Defenders in Afghanistan: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: We would be happy at an early date to take up matters with the Colombian ambassador. We are also due to hear from special envoy Eamon Gilmore. We were to hear from him earlier in the year. With Covid restrictions and pressure on meetings, we did not manage it but it would be timely prior to the elections.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work of Front Line Defenders in Afghanistan: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: In bringing matters to a close, I propose to have a final concise message from Mr. Anderson, Mr. Faiz and Ms Foley on how they feel the committee might best proceed. Mr. Anderson acknowledged the role of the Government, but was disappointed with the role of the European Union. Will he elaborate on that briefly? I noted the issue of Afghanistan was very much top of the agenda - it was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work of Front Line Defenders in Afghanistan: Discussion (28 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: On behalf of the committee, I thank our guests for meeting with the committee this afternoon, for their quite stark presentations and for dealing with members' questions in such a comprehensive manner. They have given us a number of tasks that we will take up. We will be happy to report back to them on in due course. I thank Ms Moore, Mr. Faiz, Ms Foley and in particular, Mr. Anderson. We...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (23 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 320. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the provision of specialised respite services for those affected by Prader-Willi syndrome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45776/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Hedge Cutting (22 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 71. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he plans to amend legislation in respect of the regulation of boundary hedges and hedgerows with particular reference to height and unrestricted growth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45615/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (22 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current position regarding the new school building and ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45614/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (21 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will urgently review funding applications for temporary and permanent accommodation structures for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44466/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I have received apologies from Senator Niall Ó Donnghaile and I welcome Senator Lynn Boylan who is substituting for him. Our agenda is a meeting with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, Deputy Simon Coveney, on the appointment of special envoys. We meet again this morning with the Minister, Deputy Coveney, as a follow up to last week's meeting in respect of the appointment of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I will make two points on that, if Deputy Brady does not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I will make two points on this. First, it is not a point of order. Points of order deal with proceedings and processes of the meeting. My next point is that I had the opportunity to speak with the Deputy directly on this issue. The submission of any document to members of the media before members of the committee was not an issue for the committee. It did not happen on the part of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: That exercise will be done but I remind Deputy Brady this is not a point of order. I also remind him that some valuable committee time is already being expended on this extraneous issue. I will ask the Minister, Deputy Coveney, to make his opening statement without interruption from any member of the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Minister and now call Deputy Cowen. I remind the Deputy that we are very keen to have questions to the Minister in a direct and concise manner, to which the Minister will reply. The Deputy has a total of eight minutes in this session. I will remind him on the expiry of seven minutes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Charles Flanagan: Could the response be very brief as I am anxious to proceed to Deputy Brady?