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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Staff (8 Nov 2022)

Simon Coveney: My Department has not had any officials attend the specific programme referred to by the Deputy. Officials are encouraged to engage with learning and development opportunities as they arise, including opportunities provided through the civil service's central OneLearning service and through the Senior Public Service.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (8 Nov 2022)

Simon Coveney: As the Deputy will be aware, the White Paper on Defence sets out an ambitious programme of capital investment in the Naval Service. The replacement of the flagship LÉ Eithne with a multi-role vessel (MRV) is an important element of the Defence Equipment Development Plan and is provided for in the Government's National Development Plan as a major capital project. It is the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (8 Nov 2022)

Simon Coveney: There are no plans to launch a new cadetship recruitment campaign for the Naval Service before the end of 2022. The 2022 Naval Service Cadetship competition was launched in Quarter 2 of this year which resulted in 4 cadets being inducted recently. Other applications are at advanced stages of assessment.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (27 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has issued the Foreign Birth Registration Certificate to the applicant.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (27 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific enquiry raised by the Deputy, the Passport Service dispatched the applicant's passport card and postal tracking shows that it was delivered to the applicant on 1 July 2022. If there are any further issues, the applicant can contact the Passport Service Customer Service Hub at 01 671 1633.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (27 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: The full and effective functioning of the institutions of the Good Friday Agreement is essential. Following the appointment of Chris Heaton Harris as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, he and I have met regularly, including at the British Irish Intergovernmental Conference in London on 7 October and in Belfast on 12 and 19 October. Among the issues we have discussed was the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (27 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: The death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in police custody in Iran on 16 September, was a tragedy. The fact that she was arrested simply due to the way she was dressed understandably provoked a strong response from the Iranian people and the international community. The subsequent response by the Iranian authorities to largely peaceful protestors in Iran has been extremely concerning. I...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the Deputy directly to follow up on this inquiry.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Passport Online website has been designed to be very accessible. In cases where passport applicants have a medical condition or disability that means that the standard passport photo guidelines cannot be met, the Passport Online service offers a medical indicator option when submitting a digital passport photo. When applying online, passport applicants can tick the medical indicator...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (26 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, this application is within the current turnaround time of 8 weeks for paper applications and has not yet reached its issue-by date.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (26 Oct 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: Rockall Island Ownership (26 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: I continue to work closely with my colleague, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, to address the issues related to Rockall, reflecting the long-standing fisheries tradition in the area. I have outlined Ireland’s position on Rockall and considered possible ways forward in contacts with the UK and Scottish Governments over the course of the past year or so. I last...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: The situation in Haiti is deeply concerning. The troubling crisis has deteriorated further recently, with gang violence at new levels. Accounts of violence, particularly sexual and gender based violence, are highly disturbing, as is the outbreak of cholera in the country. Gangs are currently blocking fuel terminals and thousands are facing catastrophic levels of hunger. Humanitarian aid has...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (25 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Foreign Affairs’ Communications Unit is led by a Director at Counsellor level and there are six staff in the Press Relations team.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Security Committee (25 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: Neither the Chinese authorities nor Fuzhou/Fujian Province made a request in advance to the Department of Foreign Affairs to establish the office referred to. In this context, the Department of Foreign Affairs raised the presence of a 'Fuzhou Police Overseas Service Station' with the Embassy of China in Ireland in recent weeks. The Department noted that actions of all foreign states on Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Security Committee (25 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: Ireland has a longstanding partnership with Ethiopia and its people. Our Embassy in Addis Ababa opened in 1994, and Ethiopia has been our largest bilateral development partner over the last five years. The situation in Tigray and in other parts of northern Ethiopia remains of grave concern, including the significant escalation of fighting in recent weeks. The conflict has had a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (25 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: The comments of the HR/VP are a matter for him to address, although I do not agree with the characterisation expressed in his remarks. I welcome that he has taken the opportunity to clarify his remarks and has indicated that he intended to refer to the erosion of internationally agreed norms and the rules-based international order. The EU and all of its Member States are bound by the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (25 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: The monthly gross revenue received by the Passport Service for passport applications in 2022 is outlined in the below table. Month 2022 Total € Jan 8,383,449 Feb 9,227,808 Mar 7,661,900 Apr 7,810,533 May 8,921,163 ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Civil Registration Service (25 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Department of Foreign Affairs advises all applicants wishing to get married abroad to apply for a Letter of Freedom to Marry at least three to four months in advance of the date of the marriage. Applicants should note that the Letter of Freedom to Marry is not an Irish requirement but a requirement of the country in which they are due to get married. We advise all applicants to check the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Common Travel Area (25 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: The Common Travel Area is a long-standing arrangement involving Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man that facilitates the ability of British and Irish citizens to move freely between these jurisdictions. It provides for associated reciprocal rights and privileges that have been enjoyed by Irish citizens in the UK and British citizens in Ireland for decades. ...