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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The arms embargo Bill is presented and the Minister for Transport is leading on this. To put the debate in context, we have no evidence at all that there are any flights. I am not aware we are complicit in anything in terms of overflights to Israel.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I know, but equally there have been statements from certain actors - not from Senator Higgins - who have turned the absence of inspections into a kind of confirmation that a lot of these planes are flying over Ireland. They are not, from what we can make out. We need to have perspective when it comes to co-operation at EU level on the issue of military defence policy. We must have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: Yes. They have made their position in respect of Israel clear, because of what happened historically. I think there is a failure there to look at it in contemporary times in terms of Israel's destruction of Gaza and killing of Palestinians. I fail to understand the German position in respect of that. Germany is still the biggest contribution of humanitarian aid to Gaza and to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council, UN Matters and Individually Tailored Partnership Programme with NATO: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: We have already articulated our view and we have condemned the use of cluster munitions in this war, irrespective of who uses them.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Passport Service has issued 460,000 passports to date this year and is on track to have issued half a million passports by the end of this month. Virtually all complete passport applications are being processed within advertised turnaround times. All passport applications require supporting documentation to some degree, whether it is a photo uploaded online for an adult's renewal...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired, further supporting documents for these applications were received on 3 May 2024. Turnaround time from the receipt of further supporting documents is 15 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputy has enquired, further supporting documents for this application were received on 26 April 2024. Turnaround time from the receipt of further supporting documents is 15 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 85 and 86 together. With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputy has enquired, these applications are within the current turnaround times and have not yet reached their issue by date.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: As I have previously stated, it is my intention to bring a formal proposal on recognition to Government following the completion of discussions with international partners. This is an issue that has been the subject of ongoing consideration in line with the Programme for Government. These discussions are ongoing and intensifying. I visited Jordan and Egypt in April and met with my...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 100 together. With regard to the specific applications about which the Deputies have enquired, the Passport Service has issued passports to the applicants.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, further supporting documents for this application were received on 25 April 2024. Turnaround time from the receipt of further supporting documents is 15 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Passport Service has issued 460,000 passports to date this year and is on track to have issued half a million passports by the end of this month. Virtually all complete passport applications are being processed within advertised turnaround times. Adequate staffing of the Passport Service to respond to demand continues to be a priority for my Department in 2024. A competition for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: My Department is responsible for processing Foreign Birth Registration (FBR) applications for people who are born abroad and claim Irish citizenship through a grandparent born in Ireland or through a parent who has claimed citizenship also through FBR, Naturalisation or Post Nuptial Citizenship. FBR applications are currently being processed within the normal turnaround time of 9 months...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: I am appalled by the increasingly dire humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. Israel must take immediate and effective measures to enable the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance in Gaza. I have repeatedly stressed this point at regular meetings of the European Union Foreign Affairs Council. I also called for continued support from the European...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the applicant's parent directly in relation to the application.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, the Passport Service has contacted the applicant directly in relation to the application.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Employment Rights (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: There are no State, semi-State or commercial semi-State agencies under the aegis of the Department of Foreign Affairs.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Advertising (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: The Department of Foreign Affairs uses advertising and public awareness campaigns primarily to promote essential services to citizens at home and abroad such as passport and consular services. In recent years, public awareness campaigns in relation to COVID-19 travel restrictions and Brexit have formed a significant part of campaigns. The Department engages the services of third-party media...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: With regard to the specific application about which the Deputy has enquired, further supporting documents for this application were received on 7 May 2024. Turnaround time from the receipt of further supporting documents is 15 working days.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: State Properties (14 May 2024)

Micheál Martin: At the outset, the Deputy will appreciate that this is an active military installation. The Land Development Agency (LDA) have confirmed a future interest in acquiring the St. Bricin's medical facility in Dublin City. Department officials and the Defence Forces have scoped out the implications of accommodating the services currently provided at St. Bricin's to an alternative location...