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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Louis O'Hara Written 20 May 2026 · to Taoiseach
1. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Taoiseach to list all the Cabinet committees currently in operation. [38150/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
2. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if the passport application will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37947/26]
Paul McAuliffe Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
3. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be issued to a person (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37949/26]
Barry Ward Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
4. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the Israeli settlements (prohibition of importation of goods) Bill 2025; if there is a timeline for this Bill to progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37977/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
5. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on her engagement with EU colleagues in relation to the situation in Ukraine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38018/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
6. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparations ongoing in relation to Ireland's forthcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38022/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
7. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the establishment of an embassy in Armenia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38027/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
8. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of employees currently in her Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38028/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
9. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps or initiatives being put in place by her Department to encourage Irish people to take up employment opportunities in the EU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38029/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
10. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 21 of 6 May 2026, to elaborate on the difference between “Air Corps” and “Government jet” in her response; to clarify whether “Air Corps” is a reference to the previous Government jet or to other Air Corps aircraft; and the estimated cost to the Exchequer of each trip listed. [38058/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
11. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given or will be given to a once-off verification process so that in the case where one parent of a child dies, their surviving partner is only required to submit documents such as a death certificate once in the case of a child's passport renewals, rather than each time a renewal is required; and if she will make a s…
Keira Keogh Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
12. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the training in place to support the Garda with applicants who wish to use passport paper forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38097/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
13. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Ukraine's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38195/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
14. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Albania's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38196/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
15. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Bosnia and Herzegovina's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38197/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
16. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Georgia's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38198/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
17. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Kosovo's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38199/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
18. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Moldova's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38200/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
19. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Montenegro's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38201/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
20. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Serbia's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38202/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
21. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on North Macedonia's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38203/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
22. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Turkey's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38204/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
23. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her Department's official position on accession to the EU via the territorial expansion of a member state (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38207/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
24. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her Department's official position on accession to the EU via internal enlargement in which new member states arise from the break-up of an existing member state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38210/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
25. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Irish and EU humanitarian and development funding for the Sahel; the steps Ireland is taking at EU level to advocate for increased long-term investment in agricultural development in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38255/26]