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Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
1. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach the level of trade between Indonesia and Ireland in the first seven months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46905/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
2. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach the level of trade between Bahrain and Ireland in the first seven months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46906/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
3. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Taoiseach the total cost for running each of the various citizens assemblies since 2016; to provide a breakdown of the cost categories in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44503/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
4. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Taoiseach whether his office has a working voicemail/messaging system to track phone calls it may not pick up; and, if not, when did his Department’s voicemail service discontinue and the reason for this. [44538/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
5. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Taoiseach the revenue generated by the tourism sector for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44607/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
6. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Taoiseach the number of overseas visitors to Ireland for each of the past 5 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44608/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
7. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach the current status of the Accountability Board of the Civil Service; the last occasion on which it met. [46378/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
8. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Taoiseach to provide the details and addresses of all properties in the ownership of the Department that are absolved from paying commercial rates to the relevant local authority of the location that the property is in; to provide a similar list of properties for agencies or bodies under its remit that are also absolved from commercial rates, in tabular form. [46447/25]
Alan Kelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
9. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if any agreements or lists have been made or exchanged with independent TDs who now support the Government since he became Taoiseach, to include projects in their constituencies in the future National Development plan and/or the HSE Capital Plan; and if so, whether there are documents, notes, messages, communications of any kind that relate to this between him and/or his advis…
James Geoghegan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
10. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 29 July 2025, if he will instruct the bodies under his aegis to provide the information requested. [47365/25]
James Geoghegan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
11. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 29 July 2025, if he will instruct the bodies under his aegis to provide the information requested. [47383/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
12. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government’s position on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement in light of its potential impact on Irish beef exports valued at €2.8 billion annually; and if Ireland will formally oppose the agreement at Council level. [46945/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
13. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has assessed the risk that the concession of 99,000 tonnes of beef and 180,000 tonnes of poultry imports under the Mercosur agreement will depress farmgate prices for Irish producers; and to publish that assessment. [46946/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
14. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland intends to use its voice at EU Council to oppose the EU-Mercosur agreement on grounds of its negative impact on Irish agriculture; and if he has raised this objection formally with the European Commission. [46948/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
15. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the consultation that has taken place with Irish farm organisations regarding the Mercosur deal; and if their concerns have been incorporated into Ireland’s negotiating position. [46949/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
16. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has concerns about the future impact on CO2 emissions standards arising from Paragraph 8 of the Joint Statement on a United States-European Union Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair and Balanced Trade ("With respect to automobiles, the United States and the European Union intend to accept and provide mutual recog…
Grace Boland Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
17. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department is taking to ensure that the aircraft leasing sector continues to benefit from tariff free trade agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47124/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
18. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any assessment has been carried out of the impact of the EU-Mercosur agreement on Irish seafood exports. [47169/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
19. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the recent engagements he, his Department and the wider Government have had with the EU regarding the Mercosur trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47427/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
20. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of emails his Department has received regarding the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 over the past 12 months; the proportion of the emails received that have been supportive of the Bill; the proportion of emails received that have supported both goods and services being covered by the Bill; an…
Ciarán Ahern Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
21. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of emails his Department has received relating to Israel’s war on Gaza over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44540/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
22. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of calls his Department has received relating to Israel’s war on Gaza over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44541/25]
Ciarán Ahern Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
23. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether his Department has a working voicemail/messaging system to track phone calls that are not answered; and, if not, when did his Department’s voicemail service discontinue and the reason for that; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44542/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
24. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the request for help to facilitate the evacuation of a person (details supplied) in Gaza who was assured by the Irish Embassy in Tel Aviv that they would be evacuated; and if he will assure the person and their sponsor in Ireland that they will be evacuated [44570/25]
Duncan Smith Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
25. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role Ireland has in evacuating individuals from Gaza who are not citizens of Ireland but have family residing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44664/25]