101. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of capital funding programmes or grants for which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility for which community organisations are eligible to apply; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date of when a subsequent prospective funding programme or grant is sched…
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102. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been contacted in relation to an Irish citizen seeking the evacuation of his father from Gaza; and if he will address the matters raised (details supplied). [43204/25]
103. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department launched a communications strategy in South Africa to advise South African citizens of the need for a short-term visa to visit Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43264/25]
104. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to coordinate with his counterpart at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to ensure that a family connected with Irish citizens are evacuated from Gaza (details supplied). [43284/25]
105. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to work with his counterparts at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to ensure that the family of a Palestinian individual living in Ireland (details supplied) are evacuated from Gaza. [43287/25]
106. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will do everything humanly possible to bring an end to the starvation of the civilian population in Gaza (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43294/25]
107. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparations underway for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026; the key thematic priorities under consideration; the estimated staffing and budget allocations to support the Presidency across his Department and the permanent representation in Brussels; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
108. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department is taking to advance Ireland’s commitment to nuclear disarmament and arms control; including support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and other multilateral initiatives; the level of dedicated staffing and budget currently allocated to this policy area within the Department; and if he …
109. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures being taken to enhance consular services and modernise passport delivery for Irish citizens abroad; the current staffing levels and budget for passport and consular operations both centrally and at mission level; whether additional investment is planned under the Programme for Government commitments; and if he will ma…
110. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of his Department’s engagement with the Irish diaspora, including any planned reforms to the Emigrant Support Programme; the annual budget allocated to diaspora affairs from 2020 to 2025; the number of staff assigned to diaspora outreach in Dublin and at mission level over the same period; whether additional resourcing …
111. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the EU-Israeli Association Agreement review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43451/25]
112. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the Kallas options paper and the engagements his Department has had with other EU states from a point of view of implementing some of the options as a means of sanctioning Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43452/25]
113. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the Occupied Territories Bill and the possibility of dealing with services as well as goods and any other sanction on Israel that is available to this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43453/25]
114. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his Department and other Departments engagement with the EU and US as regards the possibility of tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43454/25]
115. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his Department and other Departments engagement with industry and employees in relation to the possibility of tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43455/25]
116. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on recent engagement between his Department and the Palestinian Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43456/25]
117. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current number of passport applications currently being processed; the number of passports issued to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43457/25]
118. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given to a default, automatic renewal application email and any other means of streamlining the passport application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43458/25]
119. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on any recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43459/25]
120. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is aware of plans by the EU to reduce the overseas aid budget; the engagement his Department has had with the EU on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43461/25]
121. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Russian aggression in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43462/25]
122. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the engagement with the British Government on the case of the killing of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43540/25]
123. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the engagement with the British government in relation to the legacy bill; the state of the interstate case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43541/25]
124. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43660/25]
125. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether his Department has a policy or goal of better insourcing of IT requirements and needs of the Department for better cybersecurity, autonomy, and crisis management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43678/25]