279. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems are currently being used within her Department or in agencies under its remit; the purposes for which these tools are being used; whether any departmental guidance or governance structures have been developed to support their responsible use; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
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280. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the advice the Attorney General has given in relation to the inclusion of services within the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 following clarification being sought by her Department on a number of legal issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24457/26]
281. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade which month the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 will most likely be introduced and debated at Second Stage in the Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24458/26]
282. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years.
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283. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements her Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date in 2026; if she will clarify whether her Department was the beneficiary of professional work or services from the company over that same period; and th…
284. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the rationale for Ireland’s abstention on the UN General Assembly Resolution on the Declaration of the Trafficking of Enslaved Africans and Racialized Chattel Enslavement of Africans as the Gravest Crime Against Humanity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24592/26]
285. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24629/26]
286. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review a passport application for a person (details supplied) [24753/26]
287. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review a passport application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24754/26]
288. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding a passport application (details provided) as the applicants travel date is imminent and the application has passed the target issue date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24835/26]
289. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to give a timeline for the introduction of the Government’s version of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and her views on the matter in the context of advice received form the Attorney General; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24929/26]
290. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeline for the presentation of a Memo to Cabinet regarding Ireland's withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25006/26]
291. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of civil and public servants in her Department and agencies under its remit who have received training in AI, data literacy, or digital skills in the past year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25035/26]
292. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 73 of 26 Mach 2026, the reason she did not answer the second part of the questions asking if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department, through Irish Aid, consistently allocated funding to States and territories who engage in the most extreme forms of Christian persecution; her views on wh…
293. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25157/26]
294. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25158/26]
295. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application where all information requested was submitted (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25160/26]
296. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 and when it is expected to come before the Houses of the Oireachtas for first stage. [25294/26]
297. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process by which diplomats are selected and appointed to serve abroad; the criteria used in making such appointments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25393/26]
298. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the process for selection and appointing ambassadors; whether these appointments are made through a formal competition process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25394/26]
299. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the violation of human rights against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang; if her Department's attention has been drawn to reported supply chain links to Ireland associated with forced labour of the Uyghur people (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25399/26]
300. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total pay bill for the civil service in her Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25444/26]
301. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will confirm receipt of an application for a foreign birth registration for a person (details supplied); if she will confirm that her Department has received all of the required documents for the application; if there is any documentation that remains outstanding in respect of the application; the indicative timeline for processing and i…
302. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she plans to expand Ireland House model in the United Arab Emirates. [25528/26]
303. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application (details supplied) as the applicants travel date is imminent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25537/26]