Questions

113. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of “tendered” procurement in its annual accounts; if so, to distinguish between contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition and frameworks run independently by his Department vers…

114. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the OGP, or another central/sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required mini-competitions; and the total num…

115. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all drawdowns from frameworks by his Department or its agencies from 1 January 2022 to 31 December 2024, valued over €25,000 were accompanied by publication of a contract award notice on the eTenders portal as required by Circular 05/2023; and if not, to list any known contracts where such publication did not occur and the reaso…

116. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of persons appointed as international election observer to the Irish 2024 election observer roster; the number of such members that still have to receive an offer of deployment; the plans to provide such offers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27174/25]

117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, whether through the IHRA working definition of antisemitism the State has endorsed the position that criticism of Israel is only legitimate when it concerns actions of the government of Israel and that therefore endorsed that criticism of the State's constitutional a…

118. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's role in supporting the Dutch-led initiative, now backed by a majority of EU member states, to initiate a formal review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and to state whether the Government will advocate for trade measures should Israel continue to impede the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. [27434/25]

119. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his engagement with EU officials in response to the tariffs imposed by the United States [17227/25]

120. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned that continued flights through Irish airspace of aircraft carrying munitions to Israel are in violation of Ireland’s policy of military neutrality; the steps he will take to defend Irish neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18056/25]

121. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagements regarding the Mercosur Trade Agreement and the negative impact it would have on Irish farming families. [25490/25]

122. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to address weapons being carried through Irish airspace to Israel; the complicity of Ireland in a genocidal war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27523/25]

123. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations he has made within the EU to bring about an end to the blockade of essential aid to Gaza. [27524/25]

124. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade notwithstanding any letters, speeches or communications expressing support for a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, whether the Government has brought any formal proposals to meetings of any EU institutions equivalent to those formally tabled by the Dutch government, or formally requested such proposals be inclu…

125. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to reports (details supplied) that the government of Hungary has vetoed sanctions against extremist settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories at the European Union level, and therefore that these sanctions, and any further sanctions in relation to Israel that are supported by the Government, are unlikely to b…

126. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide access to the current comprehensive table of figures of allowances payable to third secretaries in the diplomatic service when posted abroad (details supplied); if he will provide policy documents describing the eligibility criteria and conditions attached to these allowances; and the details on whether each allowance is…

127. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his comments in Dáil Éireann (details supplied) his views on whether the choice of government in Palestine should be a matter for the Palestinian people to determine or whether the Irish or other governments should play a role defining who can hold office in the region. [27547/25]

128. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of countries where Ireland has a permanent ambassador currently. [27733/25]

129. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department is taking to ensure the end to the blockade of food and aid in Gaza. [27734/25]

130. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the plans being made to install a solar farm on Bord na Móna lands that have hosted breeding common cranes in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27552/25]

131. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the environmental considerations that were taken into account when planning to install a solar farm on Bord na Móna lands that have hosted breeding common cranes in recent years; if an environmental impact study was undertaken to ascertain the impact of such a development on this rare breeding pair; and if he will make a …

132. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to share the exact location of planned, and discussed, solar farms on Bord na Móna land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27554/25]

133. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the expected capacity of the planned solar farm on Bord na Móna land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27555/25]

134. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the timeline for any planned, and discussed, solar farms on Bord na Móna land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27556/25]

135. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has considered identifying the site that is currently home to breeding common cranes (Bord na Móna land) as a special protection area in light of the presence, and successful breeding, of this rare indigenous species in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27558/25]

136. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department is currently considering any restrictions on fossil fuel advertising across media outlets. [26706/25]

137. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if there are plans to reinstate the solar PV scheme for medically vulnerable households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26762/25]