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Appointment of Ministers and Ministers of State (16 Apr 2024)

Simon Harris: ..., Integration and Youth with special responsibility for disability; Deputy Sean Fleming as Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for international development and the diaspora; Deputy Joe O'Brien as Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development and at the Department of Social Protection with responsibility for community...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Strategies (16 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...regular political consultations between our two countries. Foreign Minister Darchiashvili also had meetings with the Minister of State for European Affairs, Minister of State for International Development and the Diaspora, as well as with parliamentarians. The focus of the visit was on Georgia’s EU membership aspirations and opportunities to further develop bilateral relations. ...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Travel (9 Apr 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...1 €6,617 €3,835 19/03/2024 - 20/03/2024 Brussels 1 €232 €388 01/04/2024 - 02/04/2024 The Hague 1 €740 €145* Minister of State with responsibility for International Development and Diaspora, Sean Fleming TD Dates...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Official Engagements (21 Mar 2024)

Catherine Martin: I had a full programme of events in Austin. I met with young Irish business professionals and the Irish diaspora as part of the Government’s 2024 St Patrick's Day Programme. SXSW festival forms part of the trade mission aimed at promoting Ireland's creative industries led by Enterprise Ireland and the Department of Foreign Affairs. It brings together a wide range of stakeholders from...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Historical Artefacts (20 Mar 2024)

Peter Burke: ...edge of annihilation to restored autonomy and a pathway to peace and prosperity. He is particularly important in that he represents the connection between the Irish people in Ireland and the Irish diaspora, most especially the emigrants of the Famine era who established themselves in the US. The goodwill and support of the Irish diaspora in the United States have been a great resource...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (20 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Gerry Horkan: ...recent days. I attended a parade where I was guest of honour in West Orange, New Jersey. I was the guest of an order of the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh, and I am wearing their tie today. We have Irish diaspora all over the world, with close linkages and generations further back, especially from the Leader's county. I know in the case of my own grandfather, who was the youngest of...

Seanad: Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Second Stage (20 Mar 2024)

Aisling Dolan: ...ourselves. It has driven much of the success that we see today across many of our third-level institutions, universities and young people both here in Ireland and outside the country. We talk about a diaspora. It is amazing that there are so many people from Ireland who are performing in senior, important roles all across the world, in many different agencies and many different...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (20 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...at the UN in September 2023 on Global Solidarity with Afghan Women and Girls. In February of this year, the Minister of State in my Department with responsibility for International Development and Diaspora, Seán Fleming T.D., and the Minster for Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, H.E. Ms. Retno L.P. Marsudi, both attended the EU-ASEAN Ministerial Meeting in Brussels. This meeting...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Engagements (20 Mar 2024)

Simon Coveney: ...and Irish interests around the world. These visits provided an opportunity for Ministers to promote Irish trade and meet business leaders, to engage with political counterparts and to meet the Irish diaspora in different locations. As part of this St Patrick’s Day programme, I visited India and Bangladesh and carried out a wide-ranging programme of business and political...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Middle East (7 Mar 2024)

Robert Troy: ...that it stops. Ireland is a small country, but thanks to decades of international peacekeeping duties undertaken by our Defence Forces, decades of missionary work and the contribution our diaspora has made right across the globe, we as a small country carry influence disproportionate to our size. Next week, we will see this demonstrated in abundance. We will have 38 St. Patrick's Day...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Diplomatic Representation (7 Mar 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: ...a number of key priorities, including the importance of the enlargement agenda during our Presidency of the EU in 2026, the consular needs of our citizens overseas and opportunities for trade promotion and diaspora engagement. I warmly welcome the decision to open a consulate general in Melbourne, which in addition to being an important commercial centre, is home to a large and thriving...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Projects (7 Mar 2024)

Seán Fleming: I want, first of all, to thank the Deputy for his interest and for his positive comments about the Global Irish Festival Series. The Global Irish Festival Series (GIFS) is a biannual diaspora-focused joint initiative of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Fáilte Ireland, which is delivered by local authorities. The scheme aims to encourage Irish people living abroad to return...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...Adviser €66,311.00 2019 Severance awarded to Special Adviser to Tánaiste. Civilian Driver €12,592.17 2020 Severance awarded with change of MoS Diaspora & Development Civilian Driver €10,549.99 2020 Severance awarded with change of MoS Diaspora...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (6 Mar 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...Adviser €66,311.00 2019 Severance awarded to Special Adviser to Tánaiste. Civilian Driver €12,592.17 2020 Severance awarded with change of MoS Diaspora & Development Civilian Driver €10,549.99 2020 Severance awarded with change of MoS Diaspora...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion (21 Feb 2024)

...too. There are many things here. We did not touch on it and maybe it is a step too far for this committee, but there was a commitment in the programme for Government to extend voting rights to our diaspora in presidential elections as well. The Taoiseach announced recently that there might be a referendum. The time to have a referendum on that particular issue would be to coincide with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (14 Feb 2024)

Leo Varadkar: ...and to engage in the EU-facilitated Belgrade-Pristina dialogue aimed at normalising relations between Kosovo and Serbia. There is great interest in Kosovo in how Ireland engages with our global diaspora. As a country that has experienced considerable emigration, Kosovo was interested to know how it can maintain and strengthen relations with Kosovars around the world. I offered to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Labour Market (8 Feb 2024)

Simon Coveney: My Department is working closely with the Department of Foreign Affairs and its Embassy network, as well as other Departments, to implement the Government’s Diaspora Strategy, Global Ireland – Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025, which was launched in late 2020. The effective coordination of the implementation of this strategy across Government is carried out through...

Seanad: Death of Former Taoiseach: Expressions of Sympathy (7 Feb 2024)

Victor Boyhan: ...Éireann about Irish emigrants and the right of Irish emigrants to have a vote in Seanad Éireann. That was the thing I gleaned most from the archives. In these Houses, he talked about the need to extend the franchise to our diaspora, our people that we grow up with, and generations of our people from all over this country. He spoke of the need to give them a voice in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council Meeting: Discussion (7 Feb 2024)

Peter Burke: ...in place. There are so many reasons for asylum. Ireland is a very open country. We went through a very particular day. On St. Patrick's Day, we travel all over the world and see where the Irish diaspora ended up and the contributions they made to other countries. We should also acknowledge the contribution that people who were not born in this country make. Every day, they hold up...