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Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: I understand the speaking times are 20-minute slots.

Draft Commission of Investigation (Certain matters concerning transactions entered into by IBRC) Order 2015: Motion (Resumed) (10 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: This is an important debate and one in which I am pleased to have the opportunity to make a contribution, however brief. This two-day debate is part of the Government's commitment to transparency and openness. It is regrettable that some members of the Opposition are displaying an absence of good faith in this regard, while others, such as Deputy Catherine Murphy, are in many respects to be...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (10 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: The passport application in question was submitted via Passport Express and received in Cork Passport Office on 29 May 2015. Currently Passport Express renewal applications are taking approximately 11 working days to issue. This means that the passport is due to issue in or around 14 June 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (10 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: During the week commencing 25 June 2015, I led a four-day Enterprise Ireland trade mission to South Africa, as part of a drive to increase Irish exports and economic links to the country and wider sub-Saharan region. Advancing Ireland’s trade, tourism, education and investment objectives, and economic diplomacy more generally, is an important aspect of Ireland’s foreign...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (10 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: On 19 May, I met with Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Theresa Villiers MP, in Dublin. We discussed a range of legacy and political issues. It was an opportunity also for the Secretary of State and me to discuss the current political impasse within the Northern Ireland Executive. At that meeting, I again raised with Secretary of State Villiers the issue of access by an...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Certificate of Irish Heritage (10 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: Since 1 January 2014, a total of 524 Certificates of Irish Heritage have been issued, 391 in 2014 and 133 in 2015, up to 31 May. These figures include 37 presentation Certificates issued to various individuals during the period in question.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (10 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 and 160 together. When I last addressed this question in Dáil Éireann in January of this year, I confirmed that my Department had been in contact with the British Embassy on the subject of these reports. The messages that were conveyed to the British Embassy were along the lines contained in a letter from my Department’s Secretary...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Millennium Development Goals (9 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: Global hunger and malnutrition are acknowledged as some of the most severe global development challenges today. Over 800 million people are estimated to be hungry in the world and under-nutrition is the biggest underlying cause of death in children under the age of five, causing 8,000 child deaths each day. The eradication of hunger and malnutrition is a cornerstone of Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (9 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, visited Ireland from 24 to 26 May last. This was the first official visit by the UN Secretary General since 2009 and it coincided with the launch of a programme of events to commemorate the 60th anniversary of Ireland’s membership of the UN. The visit provided an opportunity to showcase our unique contribution to the UN over the past...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (9 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: Passport applications from the Irish Embassy in Madrid were issued within 20 working days up until the end of March 2015. Due to a surge in demand for passports throughout the entire passport service, it is currently taking six to seven weeks to turn around passport applications for Irish missions. In relation to the passport application submitted by the applicant, her application was not...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: The Passport Rapid Renewal Service was introduced in 2014 in the Molesworth Street passport office in order to facilitate urgent travel in a limited number of cases. The Rapid Renewal Service is located in the Molesworth Street office because that office has both a public counter and a production machine. Cork passport office has a public office, but does not possess a production machine....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (9 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: At present, Ireland’s diplomatic network includes 61 Embassies, seven multilateral missions, 11 Consulates General and one Representative office. The scale and presence of the network is considered by the Government on an ongoing basis. Any decision to adjust the State’s external representation, including the opening of missions, will have regard to national priorities and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Death Penalty (9 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: The Government remains very concerned about this case. The former Irish Ambassador accredited to Pakistan (from Ankara, Turkey) conveyed our concern at this conviction on a number of occasions to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Islamabad, most recently in early November 2014. In the course of his meetings there in November 2014, he met with a senior Pakistani Foreign Ministry...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Seirbhísi trí Ghaeilge (9 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: Tá mo Roinn tiomanta do sheirbhís chuimsitheach trí Ghaeilge a chur ar fáil agus tá sí ag ullmhú a dara scéim teanga faoi Acht na dTeangacha Oifigiúla 2003 faoi láthair. Déanfaidh an scéim cur síos ar mholtaí chun a chinntiú go bhfuil seirbhís níos leithne, ar chaighdeán níos fearr, trí...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Historical Conflicts (9 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: I refer the Deputy to my answers to recent questions on this issue in which I set out the Government’s position in detail, including in relation to this year’s centenary commemorations. The Irish Government has never taken a position on this issue, believing that it is not in a position to adjudicate on this contentious matter, involving the consideration of complex legal...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (9 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: In early June 1997, a number of weeks after entering office as British Prime Minister, Tony Blair went on record with the following statement: “The famine was a defining event in the history of Ireland and of Britain. It has left deep scars. That one million people should have died in what was then part of the richest and most powerful nation in the world is something that still...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (9 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: This passport application has been received and approved, and the passport has been printed. This passport will be dispatched to Ottawa on Friday 12 June 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (9 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: In order to determine the progress of the application in the case of the person mentioned, the Passport Service requires specific details pertaining to the applicant in order to trace it. The passport application for the mother has been approved and will be dispatched to Ottawa this week.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Millennium Development Goals (9 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: This year, Ireland is playing a strong role in the work for global agreement in three major international conferences on sustainable development. The Conferences are interlinked. They are on Financing for Development, in Addis Ababa in July, on a new framework for global development at the UN in New York in September and on a new climate change agreement in Paris in December. The aim is to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (9 Jun 2015)

Charles Flanagan: In response to the earthquakes in Nepal, the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade opened its Consular Emergency Response Centre in Dublin and in concert with the Embassy of Ireland in New Delhi, India, which is accredited to Nepal, provided consular assistance to some 170 Irish citizens who were in the region at the time. All Irish citizens may register their details and presence in...