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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (9 May 2023)

Micheál Martin: ..., the Hong Kong administration, key stakeholders in the financial services industry, other members of the business community, the sporting community and the resident Irish community and members of the diaspora.

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (9 May 2023)

Catherine Martin: ...Famine Commemoration provides an opportunity for a host community to honour the memory of those who perished or suffered loss during the famine. 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 Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Promotion (3 May 2023)

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 Australia and carried out a wide-ranging programme of community, business and political...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Developing Rural Tourism: Discussion (3 May 2023)

.... Anecdotal evidence of the benefits of food tourism can be seen from the success of the 2013 Fáilte Ireland initiative, The Gathering. This initiative was created to draw the global Irish diaspora back to Ireland via almost 5,000 events across the country organised by local communities. The Restaurants Association of Ireland suggests the creation of a similar initiative...

Historic and Archaeological Heritage Bill 2023 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (27 Apr 2023)

Richard Boyd Barrett: ...level is the Carlisle Pier in Dún Laoghaire. I think it was an outrageous act of vandalism to allow the ferry terminal there at a location which was one of the main exit points for the Irish diaspora and to allow the pier to be torn down. Many people may not know it, but the oldest suburban railway in the world is the railway between Dublin city centre and Dún Laoghaire, which...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Apr 2023)

Tom Clonan: ..., RSF, at gunpoint and questioned. People in Sudan are being exposed to very traumatic experiences, whether they are outside Khartoum trying to get to other borders or within the city itself. As our diaspora grows and as we welcome new citizens from around the world, this is going to be a recurring feature for Irish citizens abroad in man-made or natural disasters. It is only a short...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (27 Apr 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...ease. I discussed ongoing efforts to secure immigration pathways with Congressman Richie Neal and the Friends of Ireland, and I met with organisations providing vital services and support to our diaspora, including undocumented Irish, in New York and Boston. I also raised the issue on an earlier visit to Washington. These political contacts build on the ongoing work of our embassy in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (27 Apr 2023)

Micheál Martin: ...of Ireland, and has, over many decades, actively supported the peace process and the Good Friday Agreement. The bipartisan engagement by successive American Administrations and by Congress, and the support of the Irish diaspora in the United States, have been indispensable, and continues to underpin peace and economic progress on the island of Ireland.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: The Government’s Diaspora Strategy, 2020-2025, pledges to monitor barriers to returning emigrants and undertakes to remove them, where possible, and to improve the provision of information to diaspora communities about returning home. In that regard, my Department engages with a broad range of organisations in Ireland and overseas to support returning Irish citizens and their families,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (27 Apr 2023)

Seán Fleming: ...has some useful information on recent developments in this area. More generally, the Government remains committed to addressing the obstacles faced by returning immigrants, in line with its Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025. I chair the Interdepartmental Committee on the Irish Abroad, a cross-governmental coordination and information-sharing body that includes within its scope the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Travel (27 Apr 2023)

Micheál Martin: St. Patrick’s Day offers a unique opportunity to promote Ireland’s economic and political interests overseas, with levels of publicity, cultural activity, diaspora engagement, and media attention unmatched by the national day of any other country. Given the economic emphasis underlying each ministerial programme, including my own, the visits help to create jobs in Ireland...

Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by GAA President, Mr. Larry McCarthy (26 Apr 2023) See 3 other results from this debate

Jerry Buttimer: The idea that a president of the GAA would be with today us is not new to Seanad Éireann. The diaspora extends that sense of belonging beyond boundaries, as we know in this House through our former colleague, Mr. Billy Lawless, and by Senator Mark Daly being the first spokesperson for a political party for the diaspora. The GAA very clearly demonstrates this in a real way. It has a...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Apr 2023)

Simon Coveney: I wish first to recognise the role of the Deputy in building that connection with the Irish diaspora throughout the world when he was Minister of State with that brief. He made a significant impact. He and I discussed many times the commitment that the Government has made to extend voting rights to Irish people living abroad for presidential elections. I am still committed to this. It is...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Engagement with Chairperson to the Board of RTÉ (19 Apr 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

Ciarán Cannon: ...a significant role that RTÉ should focus on in the future. I will return to consider my son in Philadelphia and my nephew in Perth. There are 35 million Americans who would make the case that they have Irish ancestry. What plans does RTÉ have to develop content for our diaspora around the world? There are 70 million people around the world who are either full Irish citizens...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (18 Apr 2023)

Leo Varadkar: ...countries with greater ease. While in Washington, I had several other engagements, including: attending the Ireland Funds dinner; addressing a Washington Ireland Program event; meeting the African American Irish Diaspora Network and students at Howard University; and an event at Georgetown University to mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, where I met Secretary...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Official Travel (18 Apr 2023)

Eamon Ryan: ...the first week, Ireland was represented by the then Taoiseach Micheál Martin; then Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, and the then Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora, Colm Brophy. I led Ireland’s national delegation to COP27 for the continuation of the high-level segment during the second week of the conference. Ireland’s delegation...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Meetings (18 Apr 2023)

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 Australia and carried out a wide-ranging programme of community, business and political...

Address by Mr. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America (13 Apr 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: .... From your address today and from your visit, not just this week, but in previous times, it is obvious that you have a genuine, personal pride in your Irish ancestry. Today I am sure all of us in this Chamber will reflect and remember the Irish diaspora in America who share that same sense of pride. Your presence in this Chamber and your address today acknowledges the story of...

Seanad: Address by Mr. Joseph Biden, President of the United States of America (13 Apr 2023)

Jerry Buttimer: .... From your address today and from your visit, not just this week, but in previous times, it is obvious that you have a genuine, personal pride in your Irish ancestry. Today I am sure all of us in this Chamber will reflect and remember the Irish diaspora in America who share that same sense of pride. Your presence in this Chamber and your address today acknowledges the story of...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Challenges Facing Providers of Tourist Accommodation in Ireland: Discussion (29 Mar 2023) See 1 other result from this debate

...on cultural tourism and perhaps Mr. Gibbons will speak on our tourism policy planning. We have a strong awareness of cultural tourism. Historically, we have reached out to members of Ireland’s diaspora around the globe over the years and while we continue to focus on them, we are also looking at what we call the "affinity diaspora". These are people who do not necessarily have an...