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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Diarmuid Wilson: I will not be mentioning any other Ministers' names. I thank the Minister and his officials for coming here to talk to us. Is the Minister familiar with section 7 of the National Archives Act 1986? It states: Subject to the provisions of sections 19(3) and 19(4), Departmental records shall, unless they are transferred to the National Archives in accordance with section 8 or are disposed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Diarmuid Wilson: Will the Minister clarify whether he is still deleting text messages that have to do with Government business from his phone?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Diarmuid Wilson: To be clear on this, I was of the understanding that any documentation, including text messages to do with official Government business, whether it was conducted by email, on one's phone or by any other means, in writing, email, etc., was to be retained. Is the Minister saying to us now that he is not doing that given all that we have come across in recent weeks?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Diarmuid Wilson: I just wanted to be clear that in relation to any Government business conducted on his phone or any other device or via email, etc., that is not deleted in either of the Minister's Departments-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----because that was the case, unfortunately.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Diarmuid Wilson: Finally, and very briefly, is the Minister satisfied that there is no further information in relation to this matter that we are not aware of-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

Diarmuid Wilson: -----and this is the end of the matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys and Update on Afghanistan: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (31 Aug 2021)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister and his officials to this evening's meeting to discuss this very important issue. I agree with Senator Joe O'Reilly. I also hold Katherine Zappone in very high regard. This has nothing to do with her. It is to do with the process surrounding her appointment as a special envoy. I have quite a few points to raise but I will be very brief. In his answer to some of...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Safety (12 Jul 2021)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, to the House and thank her for taking this Commencement matter.I also thank the Cathaoirleach for allowing me to raise the matter this morning. In an effort to enhance and strengthen road safety, I propose that it be a mandatory subject at second level. Some schools already do modules on road safety during transition year and this has proven...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Road Safety (12 Jul 2021)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Minister of State for her comprehensive reply. While I appreciate that driver theory testing is the responsibility of the RSA, there is a role for the Department and for second level schools in preparing young people for the driver theory test. I would go further and say that secondary schools should be designated centres to undertake the theory test under the supervision of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (Resumed) (13 May 2021)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the ambassador and the other speakers for their presentations. It is good to see Mr. Shatter back in the Oireachtas, albeit remotely, and at a committee he was so active in for so many years. I will be brief. As Ms Griffin and Ms Hausdorff have said, we are meeting in shocking circumstances at a very serious time for the Israeli and Palestinian people. I send my sympathies to the...

Seanad: Good Friday Agreement: Motion (10 May 2021)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Brophy, and thank him for his comprehensive contribution. I thank my colleagues, Senators McGreehan and Blaney, for their foresight in putting this motion forward on behalf of the Fianna Fáil group. The Good Friday Agreement is, perhaps, the greatest political achievement of any Irish Government since Independence. We in Fianna Fáil are...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Mar 2021)

Diarmuid Wilson: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach, the Leader and everybody involved in putting together the commemoration to mark International Women's Day, particularly the unveiling by the Leader of the painting by Sinéad Guckian, a former councillor. I hope we find a prominent position for it in this House. I again congratulate everybody involved. I call for a debate on defending democracy around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the ambassador and first secretary. Some of the questions I wanted to ask the ambassador have already been asked so I will be brief. The ambassador is probably as well known around these Houses as most members are and better known than some. The ambassador does an excellent job representing his country and I thank him for his presentation. I wear two hats as I am the convenor of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

Diarmuid Wilson: I welcome the ambassador and, of course, the deputy ambassador from the Israeli Embassy here today. I am delighted that we have the ambassador with us. I have met him on many occasions and I am also a member of the friendship group, which currently has more than 20 Members from the Oireachtas. I have a number of questions but I want to ask the ambassador about one thing, in particular....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

Diarmuid Wilson: Thankfully, we live in a democracy. I have asked a question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

Diarmuid Wilson: I have asked a question of the ambassador. I would be grateful for an answer.

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (18 Sep 2020)

Diarmuid Wilson: I speak as a Cavan man, on behalf of my colleagues in the Fianna Fáil party and as a personal friend of Senator Joe O'Reilly for many decades, even though I am far younger than him. If times were different - I hope they will be in the not too distant future - we would be welcoming his wife, Mary Tully. Senator McGahon has referred to her. She is a native of Roscommon. It was not...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (18 Sep 2020)

Diarmuid Wilson: I am going to stick to the English language, if Senator Norris does not mind. Senator O'Reilly is a native of Mountain Lodge, County Cavan. He is the son of the late Francis O'Reilly, a founding member of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association, and his wife Susan. Incidentally, God be good to her, she lived to her 96th year, so Joe could be around for some time yet.At a time of...

Seanad: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach (7 Jul 2020)

Diarmuid Wilson: I thank the Cathaoirleach. Like the Cathaoirleach and Senator Conway I would like to welcome the iar-Leas-Chathaoirleach, the iar-Sheanadóir Paul Coghlan to the House. I cannot see him up there but he is welcome. I thank him for his service to this House and this country over 23 years as a Member of this House. It is an honour and a personal pleasure to be given the opportunity to...