Questions

38. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether she has advocated for the use of the EU blocking mechanism to protect US citizens in Europe facing sanctions from the Trump administration. [69075/26]

51. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps her Department is taking to support the work of the International Criminal Court and to oppose the sanctions currently being imposed on judges and prosecutors in the ICC by the United States. [69074/26]

32. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support being provided to the International Fund for Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50031/26]

236. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the weekday active and practical steps Ireland has taken to compel the European Commission to commence work on amending the Blocking Statute so that it can be quickly activated in defence of the International Criminal Court and ensuring continuity of its activities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45795/26]

225. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the privileges and immunities provided to the International Claims Commission for Ukraine and its personnel will apply in any way within Irish jurisdiction in respect of legal proceedings or claims involving Irish citizens or businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39025/26]

238. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated total cost to the Irish taxpayer of Ireland’s participation in or support for the International Claims Commission for Ukraine; the source of funding for any such contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39019/26]

239. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether a full Dáil debate and vote will be held prior to any further Irish financial or material commitments related to the International Claims Commission for Ukraine or associated reparation mechanisms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39020/26]

240. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a detailed breakdown of any projected or committed Exchequer funding, directly or indirectly, to the International Claims Commission for Ukraine or the related Register of Damage under the provisions of S.I. No. 190 of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39021/26]

241. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on whether granting privileges and immunities to the International Claims Commission for Ukraine under S.I. No. 190 of 2026 could have implications for Ireland’s energy security or fuel costs, given the ongoing global impacts of the conflict; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39022/26]

242. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of involvement in international mechanisms such as the International Claims Commission for Ukraine. [39023/26]

243. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish personnel, diplomats or officials who will be involved in or protected under the privileges and immunities granted to the International Claims Commission for Ukraine; the associated costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39024/26]

316. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the International Funds for Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25866/26]

122. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures she intends to take to nullify the effect within the State of foreign sanctions targeting judges of international courts or special rapporteurs of the United Nations, including by use of the Blocking Statute of the European Union; if she intends to seek use of the Blocking Statute at EU level; and if she will make a statement …

15. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the United States ending the International Fund for Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18436/26]

14. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures she is taking to support International Criminal Court judges subject to sanctions by the USA (details supplied); and for details of her engagements with the US government and its embassy in Ireland on the matter. [67886/25]

148. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement his Department has had with the Hague Group; and the efforts which have been made to join the Hague Group in order to support that governmental bloc to maximise international diplomatic and legal action against Israel's human rights crimes and international law violations. [57178/25]

22. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the recent meeting held with the president of the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38308/25]

30. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade by whom Ireland will be represented at the emergency ministerial meeting of the Hague Group on 15 and 16 July 2025 in Colombia, to address Israel's international law violations; his plans for Ireland to join the Hague Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38300/25]

197. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland has been invited to the emergency ministerial meeting on Palestine being hosted by the Hague Group in Bogotá on 15 and 16 of July 2025, if he intends for us to join the Hague Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37200/25]

183. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will leave the IHRA given the organisation's hosting in recent days of Benjamin Netanyahu who is considered by the Government to be guilty of committing genocide (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29554/25]

190. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it appropriate for Ireland's official definition of antisemitism to come from an organisation that in recent days hosted Benjamin Netanyahu, where he claimed that the position supported by the Government, that Israel is deliberately halting the entry of aid into Gaza, is antisemitic misinformation; and …

204. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to justify the adoption of a definition of antisemitism formulated with the input of the Israeli state considering his own comments that the Israeli state instrumentalises accusations of antisemitism to undermine support for human rights (details supplied). [30482/25]

225. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to Hungary leaving the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27201/25]

153. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his engagements with the EU-Israel Association Council, following the recent meeting of the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15545/25]

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]