Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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309. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he approved the lowering of the national flag over his Department's building on Kildare Street, Dublin 2 on 23 January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4568/15]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Decisions regarding the raising and lowering of the national flag are taken by the Protocol and General Division of the Department of the Taoiseach and not directly by my Department. Accordingly, the national flag was lowered to half-mast on Friday 23 January 2015, on the occasion of the funeral of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, as is established protocol upon the death of a head of state in office, as a mark of respect to their country.