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James Geoghegan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Taoiseach
110. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach to identify specific examples where artificial intelligence has been adapted for the operation of his Department and each body under the aegis of his Department. [12928/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
111. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a person (details supplied) will receive a passport card, which was due on 26 February; the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10610/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
112. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a person will receive a response to formal complaints submitted to the Passport Office (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10863/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
113. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of, and his views on, the total amount of taxpayers' money allocated to overseas aid with provision for 'reproductive rights' services, and specifically with regard to moneys to fund or promote abortion provision, from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [11051/25]
Liam Quaide Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
114. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent engagements with the United States Secretary of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11059/25]
Alan Kelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
115. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11084/25]
Natasha Newsome Drennan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
116. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a citizenship application by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11109/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
117. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he will take to ensure Irish neutrality will be adequately safeguarded in ReArm Europe plans recently announced by Ursula von der Leyen, in the context of EU monies being used for defence and security investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11334/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
118. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take action at an Irish and European level in response to news that Israeli organisations supported by the EU or its Member States will be taxed 80% on their donations and be banned from instituting legal proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11386/25]
Alan Kelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
119. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a list of all contracts that a company (details supplied) has with his Department. [11519/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
120. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if UN peace resolution 1325 has been raised with European partners surrounding peace negotiations in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11573/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
121. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the annual amount claimed by special advisers attached to him or his Department outside of their regular salary, since 1 March 2020 to date in 2025, by mileage claim and amount, subsistence, other vouched expenses and unvouched expenses; and if the travel episode and or journey related to same will be included in the response. [11763/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
122. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den an Tánaiste agus Aire Gnóthaí Eachtracha aon bhuntáistí, idir chinn dhíreacha (poist arna gcruthú sna Forais Eorpacha, srl) agus chinn indíreacha a bhaineann le stádas na Gaeilge mar theanga oifigiúil iomlán de chuid an Aontas Eorpaigh a chur in iúl, agus ar féidir leis trácht ar an gceist. [11776/25]
Brendan Smith Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
123. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposals to extend voting rights for the Presidential election to persons living in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11864/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
124. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and have experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11939/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
125. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position Ireland intends to take at the European Council regarding the proposed ReArm Europe package from the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12131/25]
James Geoghegan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
126. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of his Department who have a professional accounting qualification, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12154/25]
James Geoghegan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
127. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to identify, by body name and associated skills gap, any skills gaps identified by the chairperson of that board in correspondence to his Department or a Minister in respect of the composition of the board of the body referred, for each year between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; to identify any body where the chairperson of that board n…
James Geoghegan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
128. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, at least one member of the audit and risk committee of that board has recent, relevant financial experience for each of those years; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to the year or years …
James Geoghegan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
129. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to confirm that for each year between 2020 and 2025 in respect of the boards of bodies under the aegis of his Department, that the board has a terms of reference; where that is not the case, to identify that body, by reference to year or years where no terms of reference existed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12208/25]
Paul Murphy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
130. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo; if he will instruct his Department to work with international partners to help bring an end to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12285/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
131. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the suspension of economic sanctions by the European Union on Syria is appropriate given the latest instances of appalling violence being carried out by Syrian government security forces and affiliated militias against men, women and children of minority communities in western Syria; and if he will make a statement on…
Denise Mitchell Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
132. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the correspondence or discussions he has had with representatives of the Republic of Lithuania in relation to that country’s formal withdrawal from the Convention on Cluster Munitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12479/25]
Carol Nolan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
133. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in the aftermath of the legalisation of abortion here, any policy change took place with regard to the funding of overseas abortions; if funding from the State currently funds abortion abroad; if so, the amounts donated and to whom, for the years 2019-2024; the conditions or stipulations attached to any such funding, in the event that it …
Carol Nolan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
134. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department or any branch of Government liaised with any aid organisations, philanthropic organisations or governments between 2014 and 2024 on the issue of abortion provision in Ireland; if any moneys were donated to this end from said organisations or governments; if so, the precise amounts of money donated and from whom; and if he wi…