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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Data (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: There have been no fines sought by the European Commission on my Department relating to cases for infringement or for failure to transpose EU directives.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: A new Criminal Code was approved by the Indonesian Parliament on 6 December 2022, with the support of all political parties. The Criminal Code, due to take effect in 3 years' time, will remain open to constitutional challenge pending its introduction in 2025. It will apply equally to Indonesian and foreign residents, as well as tourists. Many provisions contained in the new Criminal...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: The witnessing of relevant passport application forms is a vital element of the identity verification process for the Passport Service as it provides initial assurance that the person in the photograph is the same person presenting to submit the passport application form. In the case of children's applications, it also ensures that the consent of guardians is verified. Since 2017, an adult...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 123 together. Ireland opposes the use of the death penalty in all circumstances, and I am horrified that Iran has started to execute people for their alleged involvement in the protests. I am very concerned by reports that the Iranian government has sentenced a number of other people, including children, to death for their involvement in the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department is responsible for processing Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) applications for people who are born abroad and claim Irish Citizenship through a grandparent born in Ireland or through a parent who has claimed citizenship also through FBR, Naturalisation or Post Nuptial Citizenship. Demand for this service increased significantly as a result of the Brexit vote in the UK. In...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 125 and 126 together. I note with concern the details in the case referred to by the Deputy. Respect for human rights is an integral part of Ireland’s foreign policy and we consistently seek to raise our concerns on human rights issues through the most appropriate and effective channels. Officials from my Department have raised concerns over the human...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Social Media (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department and its Embassy network has engaged in promotion on social media where there is important information that needs to be brought to the attention of citizens, and for the wider promotion of Ireland around the world. This includes campaigns for St Patrick's day, encouraging the timely renewal of Passports, COVID-19 travel restrictions, and the impact of Brexit. Date ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Government has consistently raised the issues in the All Party Motion on the 1974 Dublin-Monaghan bombings at political and official level with the British government, including at the recent British Irish Intergovernmental Conference on 7 October in London. We have repeatedly called on the British government to allow access by an independent, international judicial figure to all original...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: I most recently met with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 7 December 2022 and expressed again the Government’s clear and consistent view that the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Bill as drafted is not fit for purpose. If the proposed Bill enters into force, the legislation would have far reaching, negative impacts for victims, their families and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Data (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department has not paid any fines to the European Commission for infringements of European Union Law or for failing to transpose EU law since the start of the 33rd Dáil term.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Deputy will be aware it has been a long-standing policy to discontinue the historic provision of tied housing to Defence Forces personnel. This policy introduced in the late 1990s has been implemented on a gradual basis, sympathetic to the needs of those occupying these former Married Quarters, particular those persons who may be vulnerable.  It is not intended to reverse this...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy may be aware, absence without leave from the Defence Forces is a disciplinary matter provided for in Defence Forces Regulations and lies within the purview of the Chief of Staff. The Defence Act 1954 (as amended) provides the principle statutory basis for the Court-Martial system, which administers military justice in the Irish Defence Forces. The Court-Martial system provides a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Projects (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Programme for Government contains an ambitious range of commitments concerning the Defence sector that my Department will continue to implement over the lifetime of the Programme.  The Defence Organisation played a very significant role in the State’s overall response to the Covid 19 pandemic. The response involved the Department of Defence, the Defence...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Social Media (14 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: I wish to advise the Deputy, the amount spent on social media advertising in my Department is as follows. Year Campaign Platform Amount 2021 Be Summer Ready Twitter €4,596.54 2021 Be Winter Ready Twitter €14.432.61 2022 Be Summer Ready ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (13 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: Over the past two and a half years, my Department has achieved much progress in a number of policy areas, framed by our commitments under the Programme for Government, and the Departmental Statement of Strategy. Throughout 2020 and for much of 2021, the COVID pandemic was the foremost global challenge, and my Department handled the most extensive repatriation operation in the history of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (13 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Foreign Affairs raised the presence of a so-called 'Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station' with the Embassy of China in Ireland in October. My officials also consulted with other relevant stakeholders in Government on this matter. Neither the Chinese authorities nor Fuzhou/Fujian Province made a request in advance to the Department of Foreign Affairs to establish the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukraine War (13 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: The EU has condemned Belarus' involvement in Russia's unprovoked and unjustified military invasion of Ukraine. In response to the invasion, since late February, the EU has adopted a wide range of sanctions targeting both Russia and Belarus. These measures build on separate restrictive measures introduced by the EU following the fraudulent presidential elections in Belarus in August 2020. ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (13 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: Ireland and Australia enjoy close diplomatic relations and our Embassies are engaged in a range of activities to deepen our engagement. In 2021, we celebrated 75 years of diplomatic relations with Australia. Ireland and Australia share a common outlook and shared values on many global issues. We also work closely with Australia in multilateral fora, at the UN and beyond. Bilateral...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (13 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Government’s approach to legacy and reconciliation in Northern Ireland has always been that it should be victim-centred, with the starting point the approach agreed by both Governments and the Executive parties in the Stormont House Agreement, further endorsed in the Fresh Start and New Decade, New Approach Agreements. The Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation)...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (13 Dec 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department is responsible for processing Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) applications for people who are born abroad and claim Irish Citizenship through a grandparent born in Ireland or through a parent who has claimed citizenship also through FBR, Naturalisation or Post Nuptial Citizenship. Demand for this service increased significantly as a result of the Brexit vote in the UK. In...