109. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures being taken to enhance consular services and modernise passport delivery for Irish citizens abroad; the current staffing levels and budget for passport and consular operations both centrally and at mission level; whether additional investment is planned under the Programme for Government commitments; and if he will ma…
Parliamentary questions
Questions
TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
Browse the questions
3,856 questions match, newest first.
110. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent of his Department’s engagement with the Irish diaspora, including any planned reforms to the Emigrant Support Programme; the annual budget allocated to diaspora affairs from 2020 to 2025; the number of staff assigned to diaspora outreach in Dublin and at mission level over the same period; whether additional resourcing …
111. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the EU-Israeli Association Agreement review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43451/25]
112. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the Kallas options paper and the engagements his Department has had with other EU states from a point of view of implementing some of the options as a means of sanctioning Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43452/25]
113. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the Occupied Territories Bill and the possibility of dealing with services as well as goods and any other sanction on Israel that is available to this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43453/25]
114. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his Department and other Departments engagement with the EU and US as regards the possibility of tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43454/25]
115. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his Department and other Departments engagement with industry and employees in relation to the possibility of tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43455/25]
116. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on recent engagement between his Department and the Palestinian Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43456/25]
117. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current number of passport applications currently being processed; the number of passports issued to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43457/25]
118. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given to a default, automatic renewal application email and any other means of streamlining the passport application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43458/25]
119. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on any recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43459/25]
120. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is aware of plans by the EU to reduce the overseas aid budget; the engagement his Department has had with the EU on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43461/25]
121. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Russian aggression in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43462/25]
122. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the engagement with the British Government on the case of the killing of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43540/25]
123. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the engagement with the British government in relation to the legacy bill; the state of the interstate case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43541/25]
124. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43660/25]
125. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether his Department has a policy or goal of better insourcing of IT requirements and needs of the Department for better cybersecurity, autonomy, and crisis management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43678/25]
126. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason his Department has not published the names of those in the US Strategic Economic Advisory Panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43717/25]
127. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether members of the Strategic Economic Advisory Panel have ever lobbied the Irish Government in their work outside of the panel; if they are on the lobbying register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43718/25]
128. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Strategic Economic Advisory Panel has discussed increased government spending on arms and other US produced goods in the context of US trade and tariff mitigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43719/25]
129. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Strategic Economic Advisory Panel discussed the inclusion of both goods and services in the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025, or other matters related to Palestine and the genocide in Gaza in the context of US trade; and if he will make a statemen…
130. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail the procedure in place in circumstances where a person alleges unlawful detention in the United States and where consular support was not possible to seek due to a lack of access by virtue of the nature of the detention. [43748/25]
131. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's official position on global debt refinancing and forgiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43767/25]
132. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will be advocating for debt forgiveness for lower income countries to address the global aid shortfalls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43768/25]
133. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the Hague Group meeting in Colombia; if Ireland will be committing to implementing the six measures as agreed at the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43771/25]