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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...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (1 Feb 2024) See 1 other result from this debate

Micheál Martin: ...basis. Some civic society organisations are constituted on an all-island basis, such as the major sports governing bodies. Others have formed strong cross-Border partnerships or have members in both jurisdictions. However, in many areas cross-Border civic society interaction is limited or non-existent, notwithstanding common circumstances, concerns and interests. I am also very pleased...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Oideachas trí Ghaeilge (31 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...Rialtas tiomanta sa straitéis do chur chun cinn agus do mhúineadh na Gaeilge thar lear. Tá maoiniú ar fáil ó Chlár Tacaíochta Eisimirceach an Rialtais d’aon tionscnamh a chuireann chun cinn na cuspóirí Gaeilge seo a bhaineann leis an diaspora. Fairis sin, d’fhéadfadh maoiniú comhlánaithe a bheith ar fáil...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Staff (30 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: Four civilian drivers are employed by my Department. Two civilian drivers each are assigned to the Minister of State for EU Affairs and the Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora. Civilian drivers are contracted to work on a week-on week-off basis, with hours of attendance amounting to on average not less than 41 hours and 15 minutes gross per week. No additional...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (25 Jan 2024)

Alan Dillon: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline how his Department is supporting returning Irish immigrants who wish to return to Ireland but face barriers in terms of housing, driving licences, opening bank accounts, educational and work opportunities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3205/24]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (25 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...honour the Saint Patrick’s Battalion (Batallón de San Patricio), a group of Irish soldiers who fought as part of the Mexican army in the 1840s. The ceremony reflected our longstanding historical and diaspora links, and also allowed me to meet many members of the active Irish diaspora based in Mexico City.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Promotion (25 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...being actively implemented, building relationships with important partners, winning jobs and investment for Ireland in key markets, promoting Ireland’s values and culture and strengthening connections to our diaspora. In addition, a new Global Ireland integrated communication framework, with ireland.ie as Irelands primary international digital platform, has been developed,...

Committee on Public Petitions: Campaign for a Walking and Cycling Greenway on the Closed Railway from Sligo to Athenry: Discussion (25 Jan 2024)

...petition, I had no idea how it would be received. The astonishing number of more than 27,000 people who have signed this petition are in the main from the west of Ireland or are west of Ireland diaspora. These are real people who have expressed a real opinion. Sligo, Mayo and Galway are the three counties through which the closed railway from Collooney, County Sligo to Athenry, County...

Seanad: Human Rights in China: Motion (23 Jan 2024)

Micheál Martin: ...McConalogue, undertook a successful follow up-visit to China in May. In November, I undertook a three-day visit to Beijing and Shanghai for political meetings and engagements with the Irish business community and diaspora. There were also a number of high level Chinese visitors to Ireland during 2023. Such person-to-person contacts have real value. They provide a basis for engagement...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (23 Jan 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...consultation with the relevant local authority and host community. There is no such Government Decision in respect of the International Event. The International Famine Commemoration provides diaspora communities the opportunity to remember and reflect on the impact of the famine and the emigration that followed in its wake, and also celebrate the achievements of those who fled Ireland...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Jan 2024)

Ivana Bacik: ...always been a land of welcomes, from which so many of our own so-called unvetted males and females had to flee to find a better life in England, Australia, America and elsewhere. We know the Irish diaspora now exceeds our own population on this island by a factor of ten. Now that those seeking refuge from war or persecution are coming to our shores, we must offer a real welcome to them,...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (17 Jan 2024)

Catherine Martin: ...consultation with the relevant local authority and host community. There is no such Government Decision in respect of the International Event. The International Famine Commemoration provides diaspora communities the opportunity to remember and reflect on the impact of the famine and the emigration that followed in its wake, and also celebrate the achievements of those who fled Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (14 Dec 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...enhance the protection of the marine environment. My officials were also instrumental earlier this year as Ireland served as co-facilitator of negotiations and secured agreement on the Political Declaration for the Sustainable Development Goals Summit in September. My Department also led on several other high level conferences over the period, such as the Global Diaspora Summit in April...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (13 Dec 2023)

Matt Carthy: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports available to members of the diaspora who wish to set up Gaelscoileanna abroad; if he has engaged with his Cabinet colleagues with regard to the co-ordination of such supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55490/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Funding (12 Dec 2023)

Seán Fleming: ... 2021/22 440,025 Total 5,159,587 Irish culture is a fundamental component of our identity and the common thread that binds together Ireland’s diaspora. 'Global Ireland: Ireland's Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025' recognises that supporting Irish culture internationally plays a key role in connecting Ireland with our diaspora.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (12 Dec 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...also hosted the Global Irish Civic Forum in 2023, a gathering of Irish community representatives from across the world. The forum discussed support for communities abroad, promotion of Irish cultural heritage and sport, network building, reaching the next generations of the diaspora, and much more, and highlighted the critical importance of continued Government support for Ireland’s...