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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Pension Provisions (22 Mar 2023)

Seán Fleming: ...has some useful information on recent developments in this area. More generally, the Government remains committed to addressing the obstacles faced by returning immigrants, in line with its Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025. The Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora chairs the Interdepartmental Committee on the Irish Abroad, a cross-governmental coordination and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (21 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...New York Irish Center, Solace House in New York, as well as the Irish Pastoral Centre in Boston where I had the opportunity to hear first-hand about the vital services and support provided to our diaspora, including undocumented Irish citizens, by organisations which receive support from the Government's emigrant support programme. I also discussed ongoing efforts in Congress to secure...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Visits (21 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...many decades, been a very active supporter of the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement. The engagement of successive United States of America Administrations, its Congress, and the Irish diaspora, has been indispensable over the past three decades and will continue to play a part in ensuring that peace and economic progress on the island of Ireland continues, and will underpin the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (21 Mar 2023)

Alan Dillon: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends providing additional funding and resources to the Emigrant Support Programme to help remove barriers facing returning Irish emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12748/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (21 Mar 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...Questions Nos. 573 and 574 together. St. Patrick’s Day offers a unique opportunity to promote Ireland’s economic and political interests overseas, with levels of publicity, cultural activity, diaspora engagement, and media attention unmatched by the national day of any other country. I visited New York and Boston and met the UN Secretary-General; former Secretary of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Impact of Brexit on Ireland: Discussion (1 Mar 2023)

...of the scrum position, our trade with the UK historically or the vast size of it. Connectivity tightened down far too much. I have had a van going with copies of the Wexford Peopleto the London diaspora every week for 35 years and I have always brought home new teachers and nurses and their suitcases at a very reasonable cost. They might have a bed or a couch.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with All-Ireland Cancer Research Institute (23 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...the initiative we have focused on. As Professor Gallagher will tell members, what we are now doing is a number of events in the US to look at how we can work together, particularly with the Irish diaspora in the United States, but also with the US National Cancer Institute. For example, we are co-hosting an event in the US National Cancer Institute, which is one of the best cancer...

Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: Report Stage (Resumed) (22 Feb 2023)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...county home institutions. In the context of the Birth Information and Tracing Act we engage significantly with the Irish embassies abroad and in particular with representative groups for the Irish diaspora in the United States, the UK, Canada and Australia. We will mobilise the same routes in terms of providing information about this scheme. We will also provide an extensive advertising...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ukraine War: Ambassadors of Ukraine and Moldova (21 Feb 2023)

...of the Republic of Moldova on the historic vote on 11 July, and the President of the Republic of Moldova thanked him for the help provided to ensure the smooth running of the voting process for our diaspora in Ireland. The dignitaries also discussed areas of further co-operation. In 2022, after a gap of 19 years, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs, at that time Deputy Simon Coveney,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: I propose to take Questions Nos. 335 and 336 together. My Department attaches a high priority to the continued delivery of Global Ireland – Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025. This Strategy is built around five pillars, People, Culture, Influence, Prosperity and Values. The Emigrant Support Programme (ESP) is a tangible expression of the importance attached to our Diaspora....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Travel (21 Feb 2023)

Micheál Martin: Ireland and the United Arab Emirates enjoy warm diplomatic relations, and our diaspora has a strong presence in the country. We continue to engage with the United Arab Emirates on a regular basis through our diplomatic channels and also through ministerial visits. In January of this year, Minister of State Dara Calleary led the participation of Irish companies in the Arab Health expo in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (21 Feb 2023)

Seán Fleming: ...evidence-based research to inform policy, and community-based organisations supporting peace and reconciliation on the island of Ireland and delivering services to vulnerable groups and the diaspora. Many of the Non-Governmental Organisations in receipt of such funding are Irish, and are registered with the Charities Regulatory Authority. The Department has a Memorandum of Understanding...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Feb 2023)

Simon Harris: ...is no immediate plan for a similar campaign to that undertaken for the tourism sector, the Department continues to work with partners to plan international recruitment campaigns aimed at the Irish diaspora and skilled construction workers in the European Union and third countries. In late 2022, a social media campaign was run in Australia. This was aimed at encouraging Irish construction...

Co-ordination of International Protection Services: Statements (16 Feb 2023)

Kathleen Funchion: ...As I have already referenced, we have a very long history of emigration as far back as the 1850s and probably before, which has enriched countries, communities and families throughout the world. We have a thriving diaspora in nearly every country in the world and one that everyone is proud of. It is incumbent on all of us to welcome people, particularly the displaced and dispossessed,...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Feb 2023)

Leo Varadkar: The programme was originally set up, a long time ago now, with the view to encouraging the diaspora to invest back in Ireland and create jobs here. Over time, it has morphed into something else and not what was intended. For that reason, the Minister, Deputy Harris, on advice, has taken the decision to close entry to new applicants, I think as of close of business today. Having said that,...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of the Media Sector: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Feb 2023)

...to work together so there is a platform for it there. The Irish Radioplayer got around geo-blocking because there is a clause in the Broadcasting Act 2009 that says that RTÉ must be available to the diaspora so there was no reason to geo-block the radio player. However, the interest in and take up of the Irish Radioplayer and the buy into it from all the radio stations, which were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Aviation Policy (Resumed): Regional Airports (15 Feb 2023)

...earlier, regional airports are challenged when developing new routes, especially to major European centres. There is already a proven market to our existing ten UK destinations. They are based on diaspora, leisure and, to a lesser degree, business. However, developing European hubs for regional airports is a major challenge, as has been highlighted by others present at this meeting....

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (14 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: ...includes pay and non-pay administration costs as well as programme costs. Programme A, which has an allocation of €107 million, an increase of 9.2%, covers many key operational and policy areas for my Department and includes the provision of passport and consular services for our citizens, emigrant and diaspora supports and work to sustain peace and enhance reconciliation and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (9 Feb 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...to develop the plans and secure the site and infrastructure works, there is much more to do. The Leader will know I have been asking for some time for statements from the Minister of State with responsibility for the diaspora. What I have cited is just one fine example of the kind of great work our diaspora and communities overseas are doing. We should take the opportunity to engage...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economic and Social Benefits of the Belfast-Good Friday Agreement: IBEC (9 Feb 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: .... The agreement is a living and breathing document that belongs to everybody on the island and must continually be used to improve the lives of everybody living on the island and indeed the Irish diaspora as well. The report rightly points out the benefits of integration for "all island planning of projects to implement crucial policies - particularly for physical infrastructure in...