# simon-coveney - Tuesday 24 May, 2022
# Delays
# Delays
Last month, 170,000 passports went out successfully, said Minister Simon Coveney .
# simon-coveney - Friday 20 May, 2022
# Up North
Jeffrey Donaldson said: “Dublin must belatedly recognise that if nothing is fixed then there will be no progress." Speaking this morning, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said that "in the democratic world" people should attend parliament. Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney also met his British counterpart Liz Truss in Turin today.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 17 May, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
Liz Truss is expected to declare her intention to bring forward legislation which rips up parts of the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 12 May, 2022
# Northern Ireland
European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic earlier said the UK plans to scrap swathes of the Protocol are "unacceptable". Prime Minister Boris Johnson has dismissed suggestions of any possible escalatory response from the EU as "crazy". DUP MP Sammy Wilson said his party has adopted a wait-and-see approach over what the UK Government will do about the Protocol.
# simon-coveney - Friday 6 May, 2022
# Stormont
# Stormont
Sinn Féin Vice President Michelle O’Neill said it would be “absolutely unfathomable” that a new Executive would not be formed after today.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 27 April, 2022
# Heading West
# Heading West
Coveney is expected to raise the Northern Ireland Protocol as well the war in Ukraine.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 20 April, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
Commander Serhiy Volyna said his marines are “maybe facing our last days, if not hours”.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 19 April, 2022
# Address
# Address
“There was nothing fabricated about what I witnessed,” he told the assembly.
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
Coveney visited Bucha and Kyiv last week and will brief his colleagues on what he witnessed.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 14 April, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
The Foreign Affairs Minister is to travel to areas directly affected by the Russian invasion.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 7 April, 2022
# Passport Delays
# Passport Delays
First-time passport applications and children’s passports, particularly for foreign-born children are seeing the longest delays.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 29 March, 2022
Ireland is focusing on building relationships with parts of the UK outside of London as part of its post-Brexit plan.
# Belfast
# Belfast
Simon Coveney was giving a talk in Belfast on Friday when he was abruptly evacuated due to a security alert.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 27 March, 2022
# Security Alert
# Security Alert
Simon Coveney was giving a talk in north Belfast on Friday when he was abruptly evacuated due to a security alert.
# simon-coveney - Friday 25 March, 2022
# Threat
# Threat
A van driver was threatened by two gunmen and forced to drive to another street, where a hoax device was then placed in the vehicle.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 23 March, 2022
# Brexit
# Brexit
The Foreign Affairs Minister raised concerns about plans for foreigners to have an Electronic Travel Authorisation pass when crossing the border.
# 100 Years
# 100 Years
The Irish Air Corps celebrated 100 years since its formation at Casement Aerodrome this morning.
# simon-coveney - Friday 18 March, 2022
# Simon Coveney
# Simon Coveney
Coveney will meet his Polish counterpart Zbigniew Rau and speak to humanitarian organisations assisting those fleeing the war.
# simon-coveney - Monday 14 March, 2022
# Donations
# Donations
Defence Minister Simon Coveney confirmed that the equipment and food will shortly arrive at a Polish logistics hub.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 13 March, 2022
# In The Navy
# In The Navy
The procurement of the two vessels is part of the “regeneration” of Ireland’s Naval Service.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 10 March, 2022
# Cyber Security
# Cyber Security
The Foreign Affairs minister also indicated that Ireland is currently preparing to send defence equipment to Ukraine.
# simon-coveney - Wednesday 9 March, 2022
# On The Defence
# On The Defence
The Minister said that there was ‘no target’ on how many Ukrainian refugees would be supported to come to Ireland.
# simon-coveney - Monday 7 March, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
The United Nations said yesterday that 1.5 million have fled Ukraine since the invasion of the country by Russia.
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
Dooley said Ireland will have to play its part in providing accommodation “and lots of it” to refugees fleeing Ukraine.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 1 March, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
Irish families could be asked to open up their homes temporarily, said the minister.
# simon-coveney - Monday 28 February, 2022
# Russian Invasion
Micheál Martin said it would be "unthinkable" for the EU not to send weapons to Ukraine. Both An Taoiseach and Minister Simon Coveney said there were currently no plans to expel the Russian ambassador. Martin also cast doubt on whether Ukraine could join the EU "immediately".
# simon-coveney - Friday 25 February, 2022
# Ukraine
# Ukraine
Coveney suggested Ireland would be open to harsher measures against Russia than those already agreed by the EU.
# simon-coveney - Monday 21 February, 2022
# Sanctions
# Sanctions
He described today’s announcement as a breach of international law.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 20 February, 2022
# Moscow
Emmanuel Macron talked with Vladimir Putin today, before calling Volodymyr Zelensky Minister Simon Coveney said that the prospect of war in Ukraine is now the expectation Joint Russian and Belarusian military drills are continuing today amid increased tension with Ukraine
# simon-coveney - Monday 14 February, 2022
# Kyiv Embassy
# Kyiv Embassy
The department said that this number “may rise further over the coming days”.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 8 February, 2022
# Foreign Affairs Minister
# Foreign Affairs Minister
The Minister for Foreign Affairs has been giving evidence before the committee.
# COMMISSION REPORT
# COMMISSION REPORT
Questions have been asked as to whether Coveney is stretched too thin being in charge of the DFA and Defence.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 1 February, 2022
# Champagne Gate
# Champagne Gate
Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty said the review of the gathering published last night is “insufficient” and called for an independent investigation.
# simon-coveney - Sunday 30 January, 2022
# Military
# Military
It comes after Coveney confirmed that Russia is to relocate its military drills outside Ireland’s Exclusive Economic Zone.
# simon-coveney - Saturday 29 January, 2022
# Russia
# Russia
Simon Coveney announced the update this evening.
# China
# China
The businessman had been unable to leave China for almost three years.
# simon-coveney - Thursday 27 January, 2022
# Surrogacy
# Surrogacy
Senator Mary Seery-Kearney said she has been in discussions with Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney about the issues.
# Marine Warning
# Marine Warning
The Department of Transport has warned all seafarers about the Russian military exercises due to take place next week.
# Foreign Affairs
# Foreign Affairs
The go-ahead was communicated in an email from Niall Burgess’s private secretary the day before the gathering.
# simon-coveney - Tuesday 25 January, 2022
# Defence Forces
# Defence Forces
The Women of Honour group walked out of a meeting with Simon Coveney today and said it would not be participating.
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