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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Expansion: Discussion (12 Oct 2022)

...In the 1990s they found home and shelter in this beautiful country. They found the very warm support of people like Mr. Coonan, who I recognised as a great friend of our country, working with our diaspora here. They are very well integrated and are enjoying their lives here. They have found understanding and support on so many levels. This is also thanks to Government policies in this...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Oct 2022)

Victor Boyhan: ...those who have lost loved ones - their families and friends - as well as the emergency services, both North and South, the community of Creeslough, the people of Donegal more widely and the county's diaspora. The colours green and gold are synonymous with Donegal in good times and in sad times. They are, after all, the county colours. Thinking of Creeslough in recent days, I have...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (6 Oct 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...Aid’s A Better World strategy; - The development of ireland.ie, a ‘Digital Ireland House; - Our continued and respected international development policy and work; - The launch of the Global Ireland Diaspora Strategy; - Ireland's successful participation at Expo 2020 Dubai and our agreement to participate at Expo 2025 Osaka; - The roll out of the Cultural Officer...

Seanad Public Consultation Committee: Voices of All Communities on the Constitutional Future of the Island of Ireland: Discussion (30 Sep 2022)

...Ireland. That is greater than the DUP vote. Are they less British because they live in a place called Ireland? I do not think that they are. Then with the Irish people and Irish identity, the Irish diaspora is well known and understood but an Irishman living in Cork, Crossmaglen, Chicago or Coventry is Irish. As a British person, I can be British whether I am living in Belfast or...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6: General (Resumed) (29 Sep 2022)

Colm Brophy: ...and we will make extra funding available - to support Ukraine and to respond to that crisis. I would like to address the other aspect of my Ministry. I am the Minister of State with responsibility for the Irish diaspora. It has been an incredibly rewarding job because the diaspora is at the heart of what is good about Irish people no matter where they are in the world. We have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Architects of the Good Friday Agreement (Resumed): Mr. Mark Durkan (29 Sep 2022)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...it. I think he referred to that in his statement in the context of the necessity to plan and to prepare for where we are at the moment. Mr. Durkan will have heard this from the whole island and the diaspora, but there is an appetite for people looking to the future and the constitutional future of the island. Therefore, we and many other politicians and civic society have been calling...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Tourism Promotion (29 Sep 2022)

Catherine Martin: ...a Global Invitation programme to stimulate international demand. There is no doubt that a project of this nature will provide a much needed boost in overseas visitors and strong reconnections with diaspora groups. To that end, my officials, in consultation with the tourism agencies, began this year the conceptual development process and consideration is also being given as to the most...

Financial Resolutions 2022 - Financial Resolution No. 6 – General (Resumed) (28 Sep 2022)

Mattie McGrath: ...the globalists and their servants, and drained the men and women of Ireland. I mean that. The Government has drained opportunities from the children of Ireland and their futures. We have an enormous, globally influential diaspora. We could put a stop to this story if the Government would serve and encourage the people and allow them to live and work, to be healthy and happy. We should...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Conference on the Future of Europe and Other Matters: European Movement Ireland (28 Sep 2022)

...permitted these events to take place in person. More than 70 events organised by many different organisations throughout Ireland, which included more than 4,500 people representing people from island communities, minority groups, young people, community activists, our diaspora, the newly arrived Irish people across the island and also our community overseas. For us in European Movement...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Local Authorities (14 Sep 2022)

Micheál Martin: Louth County Council received €10,000 in 2016 under the Local Diaspora Strategy Development Fund (LDSDF) which made up to €10,000 available for each Local Authority to invest in developing strategies for diaspora engagement at local and community level. A total of 24 Local Authorities received funding under this programme in 2016. Diaspora funding was transferred to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (12 Jul 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...of State with responsibility for Disability visited Vietnam in June and engaged with projects and programmes funded by the Irish Government. The Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora conducted a working visit to Vietnam in early July, prepared by the Embassy. The visit included meetings with the Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (Resumed) (6 Jul 2022)

Michael McDowell: ...with the intention I spoke of and to bring all that about. It was presented in this House by its proponents. This Government, which had flooded the House with its own appointees and that had scrapped the idea that people from Northern Ireland or the diaspora would be included among the Taoiseach’s nominees, was so anxious to fill up available candidacies in marginal seats that it...

Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022: Second Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Gerald Nash: ...will be in the name of my colleague Senator Rebecca Moynihan, the Labour Party housing spokesperson. This is about getting it right. The families I speak to, including members of the Donegal diaspora who are resident and politically active in County Louth tell me that they want to get this right. I speak on a daily basis to the affected residents in Donegal. All the people I speak...

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Committee Stage (30 Jun 2022)

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ..., the research and studies show that it does not particularly favour any one party or political demographic. It benefits politics overall and we all benefit from that. There is the same research on diaspora votes and giving people outside the State a vote. Deciding to reside somewhere else does not dramatically change someone's political and electoral positions. The Minister of State...

Public Accounts Committee: 2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (30 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

...of repatriation flights arranged by other countries and, through our mission network, assisted Irish citizens to secure seats on commercial flights. We also recognised at an early stage the potential negative impact of the pandemic on our diaspora communities. To mitigate this impact, a dedicated Covid-19 response fund for Irish communities abroad was established, funded through our...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (23 Jun 2022)

Simon Coveney: ...to enable us to leverage opportunities to grow trade and inward investment, to further strengthen political relationships with our partners and promote our values, and to support Irish citizens and our diaspora abroad. Since August 2018, new embassies have opened in Wellington, Bogotá, Amman, Santiago de Chile, Manila, Rabat, and Kyiv.  The Irish Aid office in Monrovia was also...

Birth Information and Tracing Bill 2022: From the Seanad (22 Jun 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: ...of significance. However, throughout these years, and the many attempts to legislate for this issue, the questions of identity and origin persisted for so many citizens and members of the wider Irish diaspora. That was often at great personal cost to individuals. I have spoken to many people who have been impacted by this legislation, as I know Members across the House have done....

Seanad: Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Second Stage (21 Jun 2022) See 1 other result from this debate

Niall Ó Donnghaile: ...the spectrum in this State and beyond. We only have a limited amount of time to do this and, as I am sure the Minister will agree, a limited amount of time to win this, to make the arguments, to outline the rationale, to engage with our diaspora networks around the world, to ensure we are engaged with citizens in the North at this most crucial time, and to ensure people understand the...