Results 101-120 of 435 for 5 million speaker:Simon Coveney

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (11 Nov 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...of the funding allocation for the Department of Foreign Affairs for 2021 is as detailed in the Estimates for Public Services 2021, published on Budget Day. The Department has secured a €30 million increase on its 2020 allocation. €10 million of that increase will be allocated to programmes to assist the Department in meeting the many challenges and opportunities we...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (10 Nov 2020)

Simon Coveney: The ‘Defence Forces 5 year Infrastructure Programme 2020 – 2025’,published earlier this year will facilitate the implementation of the policy approach contained in the White Paper on Defence and will enhance Defence Forces physical infrastructure and accommodation as an important component of defence capability. This Programme reflects the complex environment in which...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (6 Oct 2020)

Simon Coveney: ..., and we encourage all parties to the conflict to redouble efforts towards securing a ceasefire. Ireland is deeply concerned by the level of humanitarian suffering in Yemen, and has provided over €27 million in humanitarian aid to Yemen since 2015, including €5 million in 2020. As a member of the EU, Ireland also contributes to the EU response to the crisis in Yemen....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Data (29 Sep 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...is 1624 personnel, as at end August 2020. Expenditure relating to the cost of the AR and NSR is drawn from a range of subheads. Subhead A.5 of the Defence Vote provides for a budget of €2.15 million of which €2.068 million is allocated for paid training for members of the AR and NSR. This allocation will provide seven days annual paid training for each effective member...

EU-UK Negotiations on Brexit: Statements (24 Sep 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...introduction of tariffs and quotas on trade, in both directions, with significant impacts on Irish trade. The effects of this will be particularly acute in the agri-food sector, where we could see an estimated tariff cost in the region of €1.35 billion to €1.5 billion per year. When one considers that we export some €5.5 billion worth of food and drink to the UK each...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) (23 Sep 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...of recommendations by the Chief of Staff. I am advised that further recommendations for my consideration are imminent. Attestations for a first batch of ten re-enlisting personnel took place on 15 September, with attestations for a second group planned for later this month and further re-enlistments planned for later this year. A scheme to recommission former Permanent Defence Force...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (22 Sep 2020)

Simon Coveney: The situation in Syria continues to be one of utmost concern. Over 12 million Syrians remain in need of humanitarian assistance, while over 5 million Syrians are refugees, mainly in neighboring countries. The impact of Covid-19, and worsening economic conditions risks increasing vulnerability further. This year, Ireland has provided €25 million in humanitarian assistance for the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Civil Defence (22 Sep 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...public at any time, their impact can be more severe on the socially and economically disadvantaged, especially the vulnerable and isolated. In November, 2019 my Department was allocated €1 million in Dormant Accounts Funding. It was one of 43 different measures totalling €45.5 million in the 2020 Dormant Accounts Action Plan with funding from €50,000 to over...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (8 Sep 2020)

Simon Coveney: ... Case C-261/18: Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 12 November 2019 — European Commission v Ireland (Failure of a Member State to fulfil obligations — Non-compliance — Directive 85/337/EEC — Consent for, and construction of, a wind farm — Project likely to have significant effects on the environment — Absence of a prior environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (8 Sep 2020)

Simon Coveney: The explosion in Beirut occurred against the backdrop of a severe economic crisis In Lebanon and high levels of humanitarian need arising from Lebanon's very generous hosting of over 1.5 million Syrian refugees, exacerbated by the effects of the COVID pandemic. So far this year, my Department, through Irish Aid, has provided €3.5 million in humanitarian assistance to Lebanon,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (8 Sep 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...human rights abuses, including implementing the recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission, following its investigation of post-election violence in 2018. Ireland’s development assistance in Zimbabwe amounts to €5 million in 2020, targeted mainly towards the delivery of essential health services to women and children – now critical in light of COVID-19 –...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (28 Jul 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...the Landbridge is used will change at the end of the transition period.  We will work with traders and hauliers to inform them of the steps they need to take. In 2019, over 63,000 businesses registered for an EORI number, covering 95.8 % of the volume of exports to the UK in 2019 and 92.7% of imports.  Two weeks ago, the Revenue Commissioners wrote to over 60,000 businesses...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Jul 2020)

Simon Coveney: Yemen is the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with over 24 million people in need of humanitarian assistance. The spread of COVID-19 threatens a catastrophic situation in a country where the health system has been shattered by years of conflict. Ireland is deeply concerned by this level of humanitarian suffering, and has provided over €27 million in humanitarian aid to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Preparations (28 Jul 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...way the Landbridge is used will change at the end of the transition period.  We will work with traders and hauliers to inform them of the steps they need to take. In 2019, over 63,000 businesses registered for an EORI number, covering 95.8 % of the volume of exports to the UK in 2019 and 92.7% of imports.  Two weeks ago, the Revenue Commissioners wrote to over 60,000...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (14 Jul 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...x2013; Project Ireland 2040. The EDP provides a comprehensive indicative list of planned equipment projects which will be advanced over the next five years.  The current capital allocation for Defence is €113 million for 2020, an increase of €7 million on the National Development Plan 2019 allocation.  The NDP - Project Ireland 2040 - provides financial...

Estimates for Public Services 2020 (Resumed) (9 Jul 2020)

Simon Coveney: There are only two minutes and 35 seconds remaining but I will try to deal with all of the Deputy's questions. On Brexit, I intend to maintain close co-operation with Opposition parties to continue the stakeholders structure that we have had and that has worked very successfully. We hope to have another stakeholders' meeting before the end of this month. I will keep the Deputy and all...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (7 Jul 2020)

Simon Coveney: I propose to take Questions Nos. 331, 335, 343, 344, 351 and 352 together. Yemen remains the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, driven by conflict, economic collapse and the breakdown of public institutions and services. 24 million people, 80 per cent of the population, are in need of humanitarian assistance. In both 2019 and 2020 Ireland has provided €5 million in...

Covid-19 (Foreign Affairs and Trade): Statements (3 Jun 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...We made use for the first time ever of the EU Union Civil Protection Mechanism, UCPM, which reimburses countries required to repatriate citizens by chartering flights. The reimbursement is about 75% of the cost of the flights. Once the gravity of the pandemic became apparent, my Department activated a dedicated Covid-19 phoneline to provide direct support and advice to Irish citizens...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...an op-ed with 13 other EU foreign ministers calling on the Syrian regime and its supporters to end this offensive and resume the ceasefire established in 2018. In the past three months, nearly 1 million people have been displaced by the Syrian Government's military offensive. The humanitarian situation is nothing short of a human disaster. The EU is urgently responding to this crisis...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (5 Mar 2020)

Simon Coveney: ...deeply concerned by the ongoing political, social, economic and humanitarian crisis in Venezuela, which is having an ever-worsening impact on the population and on neighbouring countries, as over 4.5 million people have left the country since 2015. I continue to believe that only a peaceful, democratic solution to this crisis will offer the people of Venezuela a return to stability...