Archive for the category: ‘Speeches’
Minister Donohoe travels to London to help boost number of visitors to Ireland
1st October, 2014
Visitor numbers up almost 10% in the first eight months of year but Govt intent on doing more Speaking this evening (Wednesday) at......
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‘Your Country Needs You – Patriotism in the 21st Century’ Speech by Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, at the Parnell Summer School 2014
11th August, 2014
Check Against delivery Introduction Your Country Needs You. Apparently spoken by Lord Kitchener at the outbreak of World War I and immortalised in......
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Pre- European Council statement (26 – 27 June) by the Minister for European Affairs, Paschal Donohoe TD Dáil Éireann, 25th June 2014
25th June, 2014
It is always important that we have this exchange prior to a European Council. As the Taoiseach outlined, this Council is perhaps even more......
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Northern Ireland must make its voice heard in UK-EU debate – Donohoe
17th June, 2014
Speaking at the launch of ‘Northern Ireland and the European Union; The dynamics of a changing relationship’ by Mary C. Murphy this evening (Tuesday)......
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European Semester process will facilitate better standard of living into the future – Donohoe
12th June, 2014
Minister Donohoe addresses the Joint Committee on EU Affairs on the Country Specific Recommendations set down by the European Commission Speaking ahead of......
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Speech to the Royal Irish Academy: ‘Outcome of the 2014 European Parliament elections: What’s different?’
28th May, 2014
‘Democracy lives in the moment and displays its strengths over time’. That is according to David Runciman, Professor of politics at the University of......
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EU enlargement has strengthened economic, political and social bonds and deepened our union of values – Donohoe
6th May, 2014
Speaking at the Future of Europe conference at Dublin Castle this morning (Tuesday) to mark the 10 year anniversary of the largest ever expansion......
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Ireland’s participation in the European Semester process will enhance our growth and social prospects – Donohoe
1st May, 2014
Speaking at the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) this afternoon (Thursday), the Minister for European Affairs, Paschal Donohoe TD, said Ireland’s participation......
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Statement to Seanad Éireann on Ukraine
17th April, 2014
I welcome this opportunity to speak about the crisis in Ukraine. This is not a recent crisis. It began last November as hundreds......
Read More > Speech on Dáil Éireann Motion on the Current Crisis in Ukraine
3rd April, 2014
A Cheann Comhairle, Deputies, I move: “That Dáil Éireann, Rejects the validity of the referendum held in Crimea on 16 March without the minimum......
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