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

Micheál Martin: That is under consideration. I will have to revert to the Deputy on the interdepartmental discussion on that, but that issue is on the agenda.

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.

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

Micheál Martin: You could say that Revenue turns a profit, but anyway.

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

Micheál Martin: I established it.

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

Micheál Martin: I thank the Deputy. That is very useful advice to us to go into the Department of public expenditure in future and make the argument that these are investments in Ireland Inc., not expenditure. His points are very well made. Integrity is very important in respect of passports. Regarding the Mitchell scholarships, I will pursue that. That was in honour of George Mitchell's role in the...

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)

Micheál Martin: I can be flexible but the Cathaoirleach outlined the arrangement at the beginning of the meeting which I think most members agreed with. If we proceed now we can get this dealt with and move on.

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

Micheál Martin: Are we falling down on what?

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

Micheál Martin: The €12 million is for the fit-out of existing and new properties overseas. I would not agree at all that the staff is light. In fact, there has been a very significant expansion in numbers working in our missions. We have grown the missions. We always seem to have contradictory discussions about the public service. Sometimes we say we are spending too much and we do not get value...