195. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade If she had a bilateral meeting with her Australian counterpart during the recent UN High Level Week. [73519/26]
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80. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name of the external company contracted to her Department that arranges for work permits/visas and so on to be issued for departmental staff that are being posted overseas at Irish Embassies and Consulate General; the amount that her Department paid this company for such works in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [63731/26]
58. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's trading relationship with Kuwait; and the steps being taken to improve this relationship. [56284/26]
62. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount that her Department spent on providing foreign language training skills to Departmental officials being deployed to Irish Embassies and or Consulate General Offices worldwide where that country's first spoken language is not English in 2025 and to date in 2026; if there is a contract for an external company to provide these language …
63. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of State owned cars and vans attached to each Irish Consulate General Office in the US; the ages of each of those vehicles, in tabular form. [52711/26]
232. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Irish embassies and or consulate general offices overseas that requested additional funding from her Department in 2025; the reasons the funding request was sought; and if each request was approved or refused by location, in tabular form. [45742/26]
267. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications made to the Irish embassy in Abu Dhabi for Irish citizens located in Doha, Qatar to attend the consular clinic at the embassy on 10 May 2026. [36837/26]
326. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will raise Israel's newly enacted death penalty law formally at the EU Council and the UN Human Rights Council. [26191/26]
336. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount her Department spent on purchasing new State cars and vans for Irish Embassies and Consul General Offices worldwide in 2025 and to-date in 2026 in tabular form. [26675/26]
250. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she spoke with the US House of Representatives speaker during her recent visit to Washington DC. [11600/26]
226. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department will run a recruitment campaign during Q1 seeking fluent English to Spanish translators and English to Italian translators for temporary positions within her Department for the duration of the Irish Presidency of the EU. [5559/26]
227. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date each Irish ambassador and or consul general have been deployed to the current position; and when will each of those positions be next up for redeployment, in tabular form. [5560/26]
140. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's trading relationship with Malaysia; and the steps that are being taken to improve this relationship. [56066/25]
3. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget allocation to the Irish embassies based in Seoul, Wellington, Rabat, Pretoria and Tokyo in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [50638/25]
65. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of male and female persons that applied for the post of personal assistant at the Irish Consulate General based in Miami. [46717/25]
66. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to expand Ireland house model in Singapore. [46718/25]
67. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates in 2024 and to-date in 2025 where the Irish Ambassador based in Bangkok has visited Pattaya area of Thailand; and the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [46719/25]
64. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of companies currently on the Office of Government Procurement framework for the provision of transferring furniture and other valuable artwork from Irish embassies and consulate general buildings worldwide; and the timeframe for the contract to expire with each such company, in tabular form. [41876/25]
175. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the free-trade agreement between the EU and Qatar. [29170/25]
176. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates in 2024 and to date in 2025 in which the Irish Consul General based in Miami has met with the sheriff of Miami-Dade Sheriff Office. [29171/25]
177. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the free-trade agreement between the EU and Saudi Arabia. [29172/25]
287. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE housekeepers/executive assistants working in each Irish Embassy and Consulate General Office, as of 5 May 2025, by gender, in tabular form. [24285/25]
288. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite the Governor of Washington to Ireland for a bilateral meeting. [24286/25]
233. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department expects to fill the culture officer post in Toronto. [20928/25]
174. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit Italy during quarter 2 2025. [16501/25]