51. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach in respect of each Bill referred to the President for his consideration and signing in 2023; the dates on which each Bill was presented to the President for signing; and the number of Bills referred that had the possibility to overlap with the Bill, given the seven days afforded to the President for consideration were he to have taken the full seven days for each Bill…
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52. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach in respect of each Bill referred to the President for his consideration and signing in 2022; the dates on which each Bill was presented to the President for signing; and the number of Bills referred that had the possibility to overlap with the Bill, given the seven days afforded to the President for consideration were he to have taken the full seven days for each Bill…
53. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach in respect of each Bill referred to the President for his consideration and signing in 2021; the dates on which each Bill was presented to the President for signing; and the number of Bills referred that had the possibility to overlap with the Bill, given the seven days afforded to the President for consideration were he to have taken the full seven days for each Bill…
54. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Taoiseach the salary scale that appli to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; and whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period. [4326/25]
55. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external service provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company name and amount expended with them, in tabular form. [4481/25]
56. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Taoiseach to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for each of these functions; and the timeframe when such delegated functions will be formally notified to the Dáil. [4616/25]
57. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement his Department has had with the United States and Israel regarding the statements from the US President on the ethnic cleansing of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4823/25]
58. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4020/25]
59. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he or his Department has had with regard to the establishment of The Hague Group comprising Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Honduras, Malaysia, Namibia, Senegal and South Africa; if he supports the group’s defence of international justice, human rights norms, accountability to international institutions and multilateral…
60. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to publish the ministerial brief he received on commencing his role; and when and by what means it will be published. [4092/25]
61. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the fines his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department are paying to the EU for breaches of EU guidance, requirements, regulations, directives or laws. [4210/25]
62. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs in respect of each Bill for which his Department had responsibility and that was initiated in 2024, or that was enacted in 2024, to specify in which House of the Oireachtas the Bill was initiated; the number of ministerial or Government amendments submitted at each legislative Stage of the Bill; if the guillotine was used on the Bill in…
63. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his efforts to ensure that international journalists will have access to Gaza, Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4284/25]
64. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the salary scale that applies to the Secretary General of his Department; whether this scale has changed in the past year; whether there are proposals to change this scale in the coming period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4318/25]
65. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of expenditure relating to IT external managed services provision in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, including the company name, amount expended with them along with services provided, by supplier, in tabular form.
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66. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether same-day-turnaround services will be provided through the Cork Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4484/25]
67. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the new passport design will be in place; if the procurement process has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4485/25]
68. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his engagement to date with his UK counterparts on Northern Ireland legacy issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4486/25]
69. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) for the foreign birth registry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4545/25]
70. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for each of these functions; the timeframe for when such delegated functions will be formally notified to the Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4608/25]
71. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government’s position with respect to Ireland joining case C-829/24 at the Court of Justice of the European Union (details supplied) on Hungary’s so-called “foreign agents' law”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4660/25]
72. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the current status of a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4754/25]
73. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has engaged with the Moroccan government regarding the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4804/25]
74. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Israel and/or the United States have engaged with him or his Department in the past three months regarding the potential enactment of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; if so, the nature of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4808/25]
75. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI; and if he will make a state…