Questions

34. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to abide by the legal analysis of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel that each state is obliged to undertake a thorough due diligence review of its aid and assistance to Israel and determine whether it is be…

35. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to abide by the legal analysis of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel by conducting or commissioning a due diligence review to examine private enterprises incorporated in the State and their dealings with the…

36. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to abide by the legal analysis of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel by conducting or commissioning a due diligence review to examine private enterprises incorporated in the State and their dealings with the…

37. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Government's position on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025. [40715/25]

38. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 121 of 22 May and 133 of 1 July 2025, to provide additional guidance in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40773/25]

39. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when Ireland will ratify the UN Global Oceans Treaty; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40779/25]

40. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify the Government’s position in respect of issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40790/25]

41. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total spend by his Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was sought; if he will provide a breakdown by case or category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40836/25]

42. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by his Department and agencies under its aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40880/25]

43. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 199 of 8 July 2025, to state, as was asked in the original question, the total number of the 57,012 Palestinians killed who he accepts to have been civilians; the number the Department accepts to have been militants and members of Hamas or other armed groups; and if he will make a statement on th…

44. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all territories internationally which the State recognises as being illegally occupied by another state, as a result of United Nations or European Union recognition of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40970/25]

45. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application in respect of a person (details supplied) can be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40987/25]

46. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if vetting was undertaken for the evacuation of Irish citizens and their dependants from Israel to ensure that they were not involved in war crimes. [41010/25]

47. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on food and alcohol at receptions in Iveagh House between 2014 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41017/25]

48. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total value of those grant payments for each year, in tabular form; and to confirm whether these figures include all schemes and discretionary grant programmes administered directly by the Department or through its a…

49. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of requests to expedite passports received by his office in each year from 2015 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41195/25]

50. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons who applied for passports, or passport renewals, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025; and the number of passports issued in each of those years, in tabular form. [41215/25]

51. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to his meeting with the Brazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mauro Vieira, recently, whether the Irish Government's position on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement was discussed; and whether the programme for Government commitment to oppose the agreement was communicated to him. [41237/25]

52. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he can confirm that maintaining or increasing current levels of EU overseas development aid both unilaterally and collectively will be a priority during Ireland's upcoming Presidency, including in relation to the next MFF process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41318/25]

53. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) who is in Gaza and has a student visa for Ireland is added to the exit lists so that they can exit Gaza and take up their studies here. [41324/25]

54. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if all external legal fees incurred by his Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated discounted rates; how fees are monitored for compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41504/25]

55. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers represent value for money for the taxpayer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41522/25]

56. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail the procurement processes used when engaging external legal firms and barristers, including whether panels are used; how often these are refreshed; the criteria used for selection and performance review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41540/25]

57. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has conducted any audits or reviews in the past five years on legal fee spend; if so, to publish the findings or summaries of those reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41558/25]

58. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the internal oversight that exists within his Department to monitor the scope, duration, and cost escalation of legal services once engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41576/25]