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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Claire Kerrane: I am proud to stand here and call Ballaghaderreen my home town. I was proud to stand with people of Ballaghaderreen at a well-organised and well-attended vigil in the town on Sunday night. Ballaghaderreen is a good town with good people. The sole purpose of the vigil was to send a clear message to this Government and to the Garda Commissioner that we need gardaí and we need to see....

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Cathal Berry: I agree with the Tánaiste and Deputy Stanton on the multi-agency approach. There was a proposal for a defence attaché from the Irish Army being deployed to the Irish Embassy in London. Where are we with that? Are there plans to expand that network further than Washington or Paris thereafter? The Irish Embassy in London is the first step.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to." The Dáil divided: Tá, 72; Níl, 58; Staon, 0. Tellers: Tá, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin; Níl, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Mattie McGrath.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Tá Colm Brophy, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Colm Burke, Peter Burke, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Dara Calleary, Ciarán Cannon, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Jack Chambers, Niall Collins, Patrick Costello, Simon Coveney, Cormac Devlin, Alan Dillon, Paschal Donohoe, Francis Noel Duffy, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Alan Farrell, Frank Feighan, Joe Flaherty, Charles Flanagan,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Question declared carried.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: There is so much muttering going on it is hard to speak. We have to get this legislation correct and I think the appropriate way to proceed is for the foreign affairs committee, where the Bill will be at, to consider this issue this evening, to be briefed by the line Minister and the sponsor of the Bill, to receive presentations from both, and then for that committee to advise us on how to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

(Interruptions).

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Paul Murphy: What about the US ambassador?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Please Deputies, let the Taoiseach respond.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Paul Murphy: I ask him to respond.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: I can only account to this House what I have been informed. I have been informed what I have relayed to this House by the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs. That is my information. That is all I can relay to this House. In relation to Deputy Naughten, I can discuss that with the Minister but we are not proposing to make time available, to tell the truth, because we have a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Mattie McGrath: Not a single one.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Simon Harris: The Government will continue its work in that area.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Are the proposed arrangements for the week's business agreed to?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Deputies: Not agreed.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Cathal Berry: I welcome the Tánaiste and his team before us today. I have some very brief comments. First, I am very supportive of the general thrust of these additional Estimates. They are very positive, especially the Passport Office. It must be one of the few parts of the public sector that actually turns a profit every year. I very much welcome the investment that has been put into it as well.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Cathal Berry: The Passport Office is probably more external and outward-focusing. It is good we are investing in the Passport Office. It is not an expense. Sometimes it is perceived as an expense; it is actually an investment. We have to maintain the integrity of the Irish passport system. Second, regarding the embassies and the Irish houses abroad, again sometimes it is presented as an expense if...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2024
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Supplementary) (5 Nov 2024)

Cathal Berry: Fantastic. The Tánaiste is probably well aware it is looking for an endowment to try to keep that programme up and running. If he is familiar with it, the Tánaiste may be able to shed some light on whether any consideration is being given to support that link between North America and Ireland. It is particularly important these days with what is happening in the Middle East....

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Richard Boyd Barrett: The rest of the country is discussing it but we cannot discuss it.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (5 Nov 2024)

Seán Ó Fearghaíl: It is not appropriate. Deputy Boyd Barrett can discuss it all he likes but it is not appropriate to make allegations against the ambassador of any country or anybody else who is not here to defend themselves.