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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: Today we meet with the Tánaiste, Deputy Micheál Martin, to discuss matters that have arisen at the recent meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, along with matters relevant to both Departments under his remit, Foreign Affairs and Defence. I suggest we commence by examining foreign affairs issues before moving on to examining defence matters. We will keep both separate insofar as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: I thank the Tánaiste. He has a busy agenda and, as I said earlier, there are many issues to discuss. We will now move to questions, rather than speeches, to ensure everyone will have an opportunity to participate.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: Again, I ask Members to ask questions because the Tánaiste is here to answer questions on behalf of his Department and on behalf of the Government.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: It will be a brief question-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: -----because you have had a good run.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: We will leave that, Senator O'Reilly, to the defence session if that is okay.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: Finally at this point, I call Deputy Cowen. It will be back to the Tánaiste then.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: Deputy, allow the Tánaiste to answer the question.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: I have six Deputies who wish to get in with questions.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: I will take contributions and questions from three Members before going back to the Tánaiste. We have had contributions and questions from one. I call Senator Joe O'Reilly and Deputy Cowen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: The Tánaiste should conclude his answers to Senator O’Reilly and Deputy Cowen.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: Deputy Carthy, please. You had an uninterrupted opportunity-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: -----of over 15 minutes earlier. I will ask the Tánaiste to conclude this session and allow other members to come in and deal with the outstanding issues that may be applicable to the contributions from Senator O’Reilly and Deputy Cowen. I will then invite Senator Ardagh to contribute.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: So that members are aware, the order will be Senators Ardagh and Craughwell and Deputies Cronin, Stanton and Gannon.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: I ask the Senator to concentrate on questions about the issue the Tánaiste is moving on to. There are five or six more members waiting to speak.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: There are a number of questions there, but I want to stick with what we agreed at the outset, which was to take three contributions before reverting to the Tánaiste.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Departmental Matters: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and for Defence (17 Oct 2023)
Charles Flanagan: I call the Tánaiste to respond to the questions from the three members.