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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)

Cormac Devlin: I thank the Tánaiste for his opening statement. I will touch on a few items. He mentioned the European Peace Facility and the increased funding for it. I note last Wednesday that, with the co-operation with the Lithuanians, €3 million was committed to providing for a bomb shelter for a school in Ukraine. That was a joint initiative. I am not sure if that is under the European...

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

Matt Carthy: Which is it? Is there flexibility? I do not want us to miss an opportunity, which is important for the committee, to have a deliberative conversation in respect of the occupied territories Bill. There are clearly questions we would like to ask about the Estimate but it would be helpful if we had an exact idea of how long we have.

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

Matt Carthy: I will ask a couple of very brief questions about the Estimate. It is not ideal but it is with a view to having the other conversation. The additional €12 million allocated to programme A2 for overseas missions is welcome. We are moving to the point where we are on a par with our peer nations by size in the number of our overseas missions. However, one area where we do fall down...

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

Matt Carthy: We are making progress on the number of missions, which is welcome, but not on their staffing. They remain very lightly staffed in comparison with missions of similar sized states in similar countries. Many of us would have had reason to contact various embassies. When you get through to our staff, they are always incredibly helpful. The difficulty is often getting through in the first...

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.