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Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Policies (17 Oct 2023)

Catherine Martin: ..., as has been the case in previous years. The live broadcast of the National Famine Commemoration both nationally and internationally gives those who cannot attend, in particular the widespread Irish diaspora, an opportunity to remember and reflect on the impact that the Famine had in Ireland and to honour the loss, death, and suffering borne by the Irish people during the darkest...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Financial Resolution No. 4: General (Resumed) (12 Oct 2023)

Seán Fleming: ...are committed in budget 2024 to reaching out and making people-to-people links with our Irish people abroad. Supporting Irish people abroad remains a key priority for this Government and for me as Minister of State with responsibility for international development and the diaspora. Ireland has a strong tradition of providing funding support to some of the poorest communities in the...

Financial Resolutions 2023 - Budget Statement 2024 (10 Oct 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...to actively prepare for it. While this Government remains in power, it is up to the rest of us - in academia, civil society, sports organisations, the business community, the wider public and the diaspora - to do so. If we are to push forward with preparing for the challenges and opportunities associated with reunification, we need to allocate dedicated research funding to empower people...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (4 Oct 2023)

Alan Kelly: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost in 2024 if the budget allocation for the diaspora affairs fund were doubled. [42902/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Travel (4 Oct 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...’s Day programme saw Minister Michael McGrath, Minister Stephen Donnelly and Minister Simon Harris visit various cities in Canada. In July 2023, Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Sean Fleming, visited Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto for an extensive trade, community and cultural programme. I also had the opportunity to meet Foreign Minister Mélaine...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by An Taoiseach (28 Sep 2023)

Michael McDowell: ...all third level graduates. He promised one person, one vote. He promised Northern Ireland Members but he dropped Ian Marshall. He praised the work of Billy Lawless and said he supported the election of more diaspora Senators but he dropped Billy Lawless. The Taoiseach did none of the things he said he would do on that day. The all-party Seanad reform implementation group, which I...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (28 Sep 2023)

Micheál Martin: .... The 2023 St Patrick’s Day programme saw Minister Michael McGrath, Minister Stephen Donnelly and Minister Simon Harris visit various cities in Canada. In July 2023, Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora, Mr Sean Fleming TD, visited Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto for an extensive trade, community and cultural programme. I anticipate that there will be further...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Coimisiún na Meán on the 2023 Work Programme (27 Sep 2023) See 2 other results from this debate

Mr. Jeremy Godfrey: The Future of Media Commission's definition of public service content highlighted bringing not only the nation together but bringing the nation and the diaspora together. The Deputy's point is very well made. Once we get high-quality Irish-language content and high-quality content about Ireland for the audience here, then that can also be used for the diaspora. When I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Sep 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...preference people might have. They have foresight and connections with workers' rights across the island. We need to remember the workers we are trying to attract back from among the Irish diaspora all over the world. I know many teachers who are working in Dubai and in other parts of the Middle East who were trained here. We need to create opportunities for them to work across this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Strategies (20 Sep 2023)

Micheál Martin: ..., including those relating to the integration of LGBTI+ rights across our foreign policy. The Department, including through the Embassy and Consulate network, is committed to engaging with LGBTI+ diaspora communities, delivering consular services to LGBTI+ persons, and supporting those promoting and defending LGBTI+ rights internationally. The Department is also committed to creating a...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Statements (13 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Fleming: ...people living in Palestine, the Department deals directly with a number of programmes in that area. It is an area I deal with personally given my responsibility for international development and the diaspora. Nobody asked during this debate, given that there are difficulties, struggles and international law breaking and people are being killed, about what we are doing to help people on a...

Seanad: Situation in Israel and occupied Palestinian territory: Statements (12 Jul 2023)

Mark Daly: We are delighted to be joined by the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for international development and the Irish diaspora, Deputy Fleming. He is most welcome to the House. I welcome also our visitors in the Gallery from the New York University Gallatin School. They are here with us for three weeks but they are not actually going to be in the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Equality Issues (12 Jul 2023)

Micheál Martin: .... Our diplomats also actively support LGBTI+ rights by participating in Pride parades and similar events across the world and offering support to LGBTI+ civil society organisations. The Government’s Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025undertakes to celebrate the diversity of our diaspora and in particular to support our LGBTQI diaspora. With that in mind, the Government has, through its...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (12 Jul 2023) See 4 other results from this debate

Ciarán Cannon: ...in promoting sport, health and well-being in our country and abroad. My experience of the GAAGO model product has been primarily in my former role as Minister of State with responsibility for the diaspora. When it was first launched, GAAGO was hugely important in strengthening the presence of the GAA internationally and allowing people living abroad to access games they could never have...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Future of Sports Broadcasting: Discussion (Resumed) (12 Jul 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Imelda Munster: ...the matter of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, CCPC, having first given clearance for GAAGO on the basis that it involved subscriptions for people living outside Ireland - the diaspora. Under the new system, games are being put behind a paywall that are games on the island of Ireland. I asked whether the CCPC given clearance for that and they said they had not got...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (11 Jul 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...Affairs and Minister for Defence;Ms Laura Mannion, Special Adviser to the Minister of State for European Affairs; andMr Eoin Delaney, Special Adviser to the Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora. All are contactable via the Department’s main telephone number 01 408 2000 or via the ‘Contact Us’ tab on the Department’s website...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Agreements (11 Jul 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...on economic, cultural, and people-to-people ties. New immigration flows would also reinvigorate Irish communities across the United States and, overall, add to the vibrancy of our sizeable Irish diaspora in the U.S. While the Government continues to support efforts to get an ‘Irish specific’ category of E3 visa, the challenges to enactment should not be underestimated. Almost...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (5 Jul 2023)

Micheál Martin: Ireland and Canada have a close relationship based on shared history and common values. There is a significant Irish diaspora in Canada and many Irish people travel to Canada each year to travel, live and work. The Embassy of Ireland in Ottawa manages Ireland’s relations with Canada, supported by two Consulates General, in Vancouver and Toronto. Both Consulates General were opened in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Policies (29 Jun 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...Humanity, War Crimes and Other International Crimes. In June 2023 the text of the UN Agreement on Marine Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdictions was agreed, providing much needed protection the marine environment in tow thirds of the oceans. My Department also led on several other high level conferences over the period, such as the Global Diaspora Summit in April 2022, the European...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (29 Jun 2023)

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 will be carried out through the...