Questions

209. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the means by which his Department is ensuring that Irish citizen (details supplied) is receiving proper treatment in detention after her detainment on the 31 May by the Israeli police in the Occupied West Bank, in the Palestinian village of Masafer Yatta while she contests the deportation order of the Israeli authorities; and if h…

210. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he is aware of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla setting sail for Gaza again on the Madleen to deliver humanitarian aid following the attack on by Israeli Armed Forces on a previous ship of the Freedom Flotilla recently off the coast of Malta, in an attempt to break the siege on Gaza and highlight the mass starvation of the people…

1. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland is not making an oral submission to the International Court of Justice for the case regarding Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Request for Advisory Opi…

206. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19345/25]

219. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 11 February 2025, and the first meeting of the panel having taken place during the Taoiseach’s visit to Washington DC last month, the composition of the new US-based strategic economic advisory panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20272/25]

220. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he plans to increase funding to support women's organisations and women’s health organisations globally in line with commitments in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20290/25]

221. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do not accept or facilitate the use of the fada, in tabular form; the steps being taken to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20301/25]

240. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report, (details supplied); the steps he will take to address these deficiencies; if he will undertake to publish the list of meetings held between the ambassadors and interest representatives on the as a matter of urgency on the Permanent Representative Office’s website in order to ensure tran…

229. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he or officials in his Department have engaged with their German counterparts on Irish citizens being ordered to leave Germany due to pro-Palestine activism, despite not being convicted of any crime in the German courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17133/25]

167. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on whether Irish provided aid is being permitted to enter Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15499/25]

185. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on any work his Department is undertaking to comply with the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice regarding the illegal occupation by Israel of Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15497/25]

186. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details on any engagement he or his officials have had with the Israeli government following Israeli bombardment of a hospital in Gaza where Irish medical personnel were working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15498/25]

200. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has been briefed regarding ReArm Europe plans following the European council recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15459/25]

211. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the number of inspections of military aircraft carrying munitions of war that took place in Ireland since January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15561/25]

215. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens that have sought permission from the Government to accept titles of honour or nobility in the past five years, pursuant to article 40.2.2 of the Constitution, and whether that permission was granted. [14993/25]

229. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his phone call discussion with US Commerce Secretary (details supplied) on 24 March 2025; whether the Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 was mentioned during that phone call; and, if so, the discussions regarding the bill. [15356/25]

171. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the firing of three members of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board by the Trump Administration and the resulting lack of quorum on the board; whether he has considered this issue in light of the key role of the board in satisfying the standards necessary to facilitate transfer of private and…

172. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he has raised, or plans to raise, the potential issues with the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework arising from the Trump Administration's decision to fire three out of four members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, given that the board plays a key role in satisfying the standards necessary to facilitate transfer…

181. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether the Irish Embassy to the United States of America had any engagement with the Trump Administration on Conor McGregor’s recent visit to the White House for Saint Patrick’s Day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13605/25]

117. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he will take to ensure Irish neutrality will be adequately safeguarded in ReArm Europe plans recently announced by Ursula von der Leyen, in the context of EU monies being used for defence and security investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11334/25]

120. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if UN peace resolution 1325 has been raised with European partners surrounding peace negotiations in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11573/25]

53. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is developing plans for maintaining essential services, in the interim and longer term, of Irish non-governmental agencies engaged in humanitarian and global health work disrupted by the Presidential executive order by President Trump halting most US humanitarian and global health funding; if this would be done through emergency contin…

54. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends utilising the Irish Presidency of the EU to communicate the need for Europe to conduct an immediate review of its policy and actions in relation to the provision of humanitarian and global health funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8642/25]

55. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider having Ireland be the 40th country to formally join the UNAID's Global Partnership for Action to eliminate all forms of HIV-related stigma and discrimination and consider this as part of the program for the Irish Presidency of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8643/25]

8. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his Department’s planned response to the US presidential executive order of 31 January 2025, the effect of which is to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6578/25]