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- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Thomas Byrne: On the simplification agenda, there is an agenda on reporting requirements that we support. What is happening at European Commission level is that every part of the Commission is coming forward with simplification proposals that have to get discussed in the European Parliament and at the Council of Ministers. The idea is to cut red tape, not to reduce our human rights compliance or...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
John Lahart: On the subject of our contributions, we had the Gates Foundation in yesterday. It was about maternal and child health. Ireland remains up there with just the Nordic countries and the Dutch in retaining that level of support. We are beacons in the ocean of development aid funding, but specifically in that area. The Minister of State may want to comment further.
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Thomas Byrne: The work of the Gates Foundation is very important. I know the Taoiseach recently addressed the summit in Brussels and spoke to Bill Gates. We are aligned with the work that needs to be done around the world to ensure people have better lives and outcomes. We have had a range of statements and questions and there were some other items on the European Council agenda, including Moldova,...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Mattie McGrath: An bhfuil aon cheist eile ag aon duine?
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: Yes.
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Thomas Byrne: It might be easier if I just quickly answer Deputy Ó Laoghaire's question because it is likely there will be several questions. On tariffs, there were discussions about tariffs and this particular debate on the margins of the European Council meeting. Discussions between the EU and the US are ongoing. As the Taoiseach already said, President von der Leyen spoke to him on Monday....
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: I set out a range of questions, which I am happy to go through again, but I also have a fresh one to put to the Minister of State. What is the Government's position on the European Parliament's case against the Commission, which alleges that the Commission overstepped and bypassed the Parliament with regard to the SAFE regulation?
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Thomas Byrne: I will get the Deputy an exact answer on that. As I understand it, we are not part of that. The decision was taken by the Council, of which we are part, and our position is generally to facilitate what other member states want to do. As the Taoiseach has said, we are very clear that defence is a national competency. There is no EU army. If Deputy McDonald said what she said today in a...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: Does the Government support the Parliament or the Commission?
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Thomas Byrne: We are working very closely with the Commission. The Council has taken its own decision and that is the position we have taken on the matter. I do not accept what the Deputy has said, which is that we are funding arms manufacturers and research on how best to kill people. That is not happening. There is a country called Russia. Deputy Seán Crowe criticised us and told us not to use...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: I am sorry; I am not-----
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Thomas Byrne: I am raising the issues the Deputy raised when she spoke.
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Mattie McGrath: Will an tAire Stáit answer the question? The Deputy can come back in afterwards.
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Thomas Byrne: I will come back in.
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Mattie McGrath: An bhfuil aon cheist eile ag an Teachta?
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Sinéad Gibney: I am just not sure whether this is a back and forth but, to respond to the Minister of State, what I said was that the EU-Israel association agreement is essentially a privilege. It is a trade advantage to Israel. My point is that, when we talk about sanctions against Israel for committing genocide, which the Minister of State's Government has recognised is happening, people associate that...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Thomas Byrne: I will be clear. We have called for follow-up action on the association agreement report. I will attend the Foreign Affairs Council meeting on the issue next week and I will be taking a very strong position that is consistent with what we have done before. The report is brief but it tells you enough about what Israel has done, which is exactly what the Deputy has said. The Government has...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Barry Ward: Today, I and other members of the Ukraine parliamentary friendship group met with the ambassador, H.E. Larysa Gerasko. One of the concerns she expressed was that she has heard that Ukraine is no longer a priority for Ireland. I have never heard any such statement from any member of my party, of the Minister of State's party or of Government. Will the Minister confirm that Ukraine remains a...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Mattie McGrath: I am delighted to be able to speak in this debate. I wish the Minister of State the very best in his job. He will know my views from previous debates here when he was previously a Minister of State. It was interesting for me when I was sitting in the Chair for the last few minutes to listen to Deputies Lawless and Ward. We have to have a balanced debate. We have people in Ireland who...
- Post-European Council: Statements (9 Jul 2025)
Thomas Byrne: He did not say that. He never said that.