25. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made on implementing the Action Plan on Market Diversification. [69318/26]
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41. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the Department’s role in implementing the Government Action Plan on Market Diversification; and the measures being taken through Ireland’s diplomatic network to support Irish SMEs and indigenous businesses seeking to access new export markets. [69278/26]
49. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures being taken through Ireland’s diplomatic network and international trade engagement to promote and diversify overseas market opportunities for Irish agricultural and agrifood exports. [69280/26]
90. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main policy achievements of her Department since 22 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50802/26]
27. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Russian government has made her aware at any point of the number of politicians who have been blacklisted from entering Russia since the start of the Russo-Ukraine war; if her Department has reciprocated or initiated the blacklisting and/or sanctioning of certain Russian politicians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49808/…
28. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Omnibus packages being developed at EU level will not result in a lowering of standards that will negatively impact Irish businesses and consumers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50250/26]
30. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the current war on Lebanon; the need to ensure respect for Lebanese sovereignty and territorial integrity; the need for Israel to respect the terms of the peace deal; and the need to ensure lasting peace in the region.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50286/26]
115. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm that when satisfying the CETA, the State proposes to enter a reservation consistent with the new Arbitration (Amendment) Act 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49834/26]
215. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position on the Paris protocol; her views on the changes that should be sought to the arrangements governing economic relations between Palestine and Isreal to further the economic sovereignty of the state of Palestine; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45072/26]
216. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her position on the withholding of billions of clearing revenues/tax funds by the Israeli government from the Palestinian Authority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45073/26]
230. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 208 of 9 June 2026, notwithstanding her Department’s support for sanctions against individual settlers, NGOs and others directly involved in illegal colonisation of the West Bank discussed therein, specifically whether the Irish Government supports sanctions against Israel akin to those against Russ…
233. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will confirm her Department has responsibility for Irish trade offices and representations abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45792/26]
234. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the location and status of Irish trade offices and representations abroad, including the budget allocated to each and any other agencies involved, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45793/26]
235. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any Irish trade office or representation is collocated with an EU trade office or representation; the extent to which Ireland works with, or cooperates with, EU trade offices abroad; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45794/26]
240. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which a focus can be maintained on a conflict (details supplied) noting that there have been no statements during 2026 in Dáil Éireann on the war and increasingly limited media coverage of these events in Eastern Europe. [45874/26]
126. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if specific measures are in place for Irish citizens living in Kenya to evacuate in circumstances where there is a large scale ebola quarantine facility very close by to where they are living; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44705/26]
127. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions she is taking to highlight the cases of political prisoners in Belarus. [44778/26]
130. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will support Taiwan’s accession to the World Health Organisation, even as an observer; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44781/26]
199. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if she will instruct her Department to contact the family to resolve the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43814/26]
202. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline any public consultations that her Department expects to launch before the end of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41744/26]
208. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 26 May 2026, whether the Government supports sanctions against Israel with the aim of weakening Israel's economic base, depriving it of critical technologies and markets and significantly curtailing its ability to wage war, as it does in the case of sanctions against Russia; or whether the sa…
215. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the 70th Commission on the Status of Women, held in March 2026; whether Ireland made a national statement or joined any co-sponsored statements during the proceedings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42073/26]
216. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline her views on reports of obstruction of aid convoys and targeting of civilians in Sudan, which are illegal under international law; the measures her Department are taking to provide humanitarian assistance to Sudan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42107/26]
232. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consider amending the Passport Act 2008 to allow for the inclusion of a child's details on a parents' passport when the parent so elects in order to allow parents with different surnames to their children to more easily transit through international borders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42474/26]
233. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will confirm that the provisions in the general data protection regulation do not prohibit the inclusion of the names of a child on the page opposite the photo page on a parents' passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42475/26]