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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (4 May 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I think so, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (4 May 2021)

Charles Flanagan: Okay. That is fine. Thank you very much.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (4 May 2021)

Charles Flanagan: Our meeting must conclude in advance of the 11.30 a.m. Cabinet meeting, so I will go straight into the questions and answers session. I thank the Minister for his presentation which broadly coincides with the work programme of our committee in recent times, having regard to his reference to Myanmar, the situation in Tigray, the eastern neighbourhood, Syria and Turkey. Normally, I would go...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (4 May 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Senator. I call the Minister. I am conscious of the wide range of issues raised. I ask the Minister to deal as expeditiously as possible with the points raised and then I want to give Deputies Clarke and Gannon an opportunity, in that order.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (4 May 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I am sorry for cutting across. I ask the Minister to hold over his comment on Syrian refugees for the moment because I am keen to revert to Deputies Clarke and Gannon and Senator Craughwell. I am sure there will be an overlap so I will call the members for their questions and we will have another opportunity for the Minister's responses, including on the issue of refugees, which is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (4 May 2021)

Charles Flanagan: A number of the points raised relate more particularly to the Minister's role as Minister for Defence. He will be back before the committee dealing exclusively with defence matters in the coming weeks. There are a number of issues there and I am conscious of the clock and of the members. I want to make two points, briefly. In regard to the international dimension of to Covid-19, COVAX and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and UN Security Council: Engagement with Minister for Foreign Affairs (4 May 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I do not have time for a second round. A number of issues were raised on which the Minister said he will follow up by means of a note and I thank him for his interaction with the committee. I thank the Minister for meeting us this morning and dealing with our issues. I also acknowledge the very positive relationship between departmental officials and the committee. Often we seek briefing...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Apr 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 13. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects driver tests to resume for persons that have completed the EDT; if additional driving instructors will be recruited to eliminate the backlog when tests resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22365/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Apr 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 14. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when he expects driver education training and CPC case study for haulage drivers to resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22366/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (29 Apr 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 15. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of persons waiting on a driver theory test, CPC case study for haulage drivers, driver education training and driver tests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22367/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Motorised Transport Grant (28 Apr 2021)

Charles Flanagan: 868. To ask the Minister for Health when it is envisaged that the motorised transport grant and similar supports towards the purchase of an automatic or adapted vehicle will be restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21202/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Business of Joint Committee (27 Apr 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I welcome members and apologise for the delay. Apologies have been received from Senator Diarmuid Wilson.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Myanmar: Discussion with Dr. Mary C. Murphy (27 Apr 2021)

Charles Flanagan: On behalf of the committee, it gives me pleasure to welcome Dr. Mary Murphy, senior lecturer in the department of government and politics, University College Cork. I thank her for writing to the committee in February regarding her experience, expertise as senior lecturer in politics at UCC and, indeed, in the context of her own research where she has been a lead author on two research...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Myanmar: Discussion with Dr. Mary C. Murphy (27 Apr 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I thank Dr. Murphy for her presentation. This committee regards it as most important that we have an opportunity to discuss the unacceptable situation in Myanmar. On a daily basis the army is quelling anything it regards as dissent. Protesters are being beaten and arrested and, in some cases, killed on a daily basis. Of course, this is against the background of the general strike which has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Myanmar: Discussion with Dr. Mary C. Murphy (27 Apr 2021)

Charles Flanagan: We will take two more contributions before going back to Dr. Murphy. Senator Joe O'Reilly is next, to be followed by Deputy Stanton.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Myanmar: Discussion with Dr. Mary C. Murphy (27 Apr 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I will now revert to Dr. Murphy to respond to some of the questions posed by Deputy Brady, Senator O'Reilly and Deputy Stanton. I will then call Deputy Clarke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Myanmar: Discussion with Dr. Mary C. Murphy (27 Apr 2021)

Charles Flanagan: Indeed, Dr. Murphy, and thank you very much for those comprehensive replies. They raise a considerable body of work for the future and perhaps for the urgent engagement of this committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Myanmar: Discussion with Dr. Mary C. Murphy (27 Apr 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I thank the Deputy. Before I revert to Dr. Murphy, there are a number of points or questions that I would also like to put to her. I acknowledge her frank engagement with us as a committee. We can follow up as early as Thursday on this. As she will be aware, Ireland fully supports the sanctions against the perpetrators of the coup and the economic entities that currently sustain the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Myanmar: Discussion with Dr. Mary C. Murphy (27 Apr 2021)

Charles Flanagan: Thank you. Deputy Clarke has been responded to and unless there are further questions, I will bring matters to a close. The fact I do not see other members offering is testament to the comprehensive manner in which Dr. Murphy has dealt with all of the questions. I thank her. As the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, we are very anxious at all times to uphold the democratic will and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Myanmar: Discussion with Dr. Mary C. Murphy (27 Apr 2021)

Charles Flanagan: I thank Dr. Murphy. There is a lot to be done. We will engage as a cross-party group of parliamentarians. Ireland will further engage through its Government. We can have further engagement through the EU, acknowledging the endorsement of High Representative/Vice President Burrell's welcome for the five-point consensus coming from ASEAN, as Dr. Murphy mentioned. We will continue to engage...