Questions

144. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 10 June 2025, when the forthcoming action plan on market diversification, which is being developed jointly by his Department and the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, will be published; and if further clarification will be provided on the specific steps that might …

145. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the latest processing times for applications to the foreign births register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32299/25]

146. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the Government provides diplomatic assistance for the immediate release of the 12 activists from the Freedom Flotilla 'Madleen' from the Israeli Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32304/25]

147. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 192 of 10 June 2025, the number of passports issued to applicants using sworn affidavits as a form of identification in 2022, 2023, and 2024. [32451/25]

148. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department’s website employs analytics tools (details supplied) that track website traffic using UTM parameters (for example, utm_source); if so, whether any visits have been recorded with a specific parameter or similar identifiers indicating traffic from ChatGPT; and to provide the monthly number of such visits, if recorde…

149. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 10 June 2025, if he will confirm that the only material consequence in Irish policy between endorsement of a Palestinian state in 1980 and recognition of a Palestinian state in 2024 is a change in status for Palestinian diplomats in Ireland and Irish diplomats in Palestine. [325…

150. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 10 June 2025, if he will clarify the difference between endorsing a Palestinian state and recognising a Palestinian state. [32576/25]

151. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the costs incurred by his Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32640/25]

152. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give consideration to the opening of an embassy in Lima, Peru, given our strengthening relationship, since Peru have a resident Ambassador here since 2017, the growing trade and travel opportunities between both countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32658/25]

153. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied), a British citizen married to an Irish citizen, who has been imprisoned in Dubai for 17 years; if he is further aware of the work done by the UN arbitrary detention group on this case; if he is in a position to utilise our positive relations with UAE authorities to prese…

154. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of citizens that have sought permission from the Government to accept a title of nobility or of honour from a foreign Government, to date in 2025; and if he will state the respective foreign Government which sought to make the respective award in each case. [32664/25]

155. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of temporary administrative and policy officers expected to be hired by his Department, in either Dublin or Brussels, in the lead up to and hosting of the European Presidency in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32666/25]

156. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional budget being made available for the hiring of temporary staff to assist in the lead up to and hosting of the European Presidency in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32667/25]

157. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [32682/25]

158. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions taken by Ireland to support efforts to try to end Sudan's civil war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32753/25]

159. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied that an aircraft which landed at Shannon Airport on 21 May 2025 was not operating as a “state aircraft” with reference to the definition provided for by section 5 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1950, or as a "foreign military aircraft" with reference to the definition provided pursuant to S.I. No. …

160. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the boarding of the Madleen boat by the Israeli military; if his Department intends to support the activists that are now in Israeli custody; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32793/25]

161. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement o…

162. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the staffing and resources available to the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority are sufficient to enable the agency to adequately perform its statutory functions to validate, assess and issue maritime area consent and marine usage licences in a timely manner. [32827/25]

163. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the actions his Department has considered to reduce the cost of retrofitting existing housing stock. [31869/25]

164. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there are plans to review the warmer homes scheme to allow greater flexibility for householders. [31870/25]

165. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to urgently address the long delays in SEAI grant processing times, that are over two years long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32060/25]

166. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the legal basis for the threatened €26 billion in fines related to Irish climate targets, both in domestic and Irish law; when the Government and Dáil Éireann agreed to accede to the instruments which expose the State to such fines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32079/25]

167. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to confirm who owns the land a facility (details supplied) is situated on. [32138/25]

168. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if an application (details supplied) for the warmer homes scheme could be prioritised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32301/25]