Parliamentary questions

161. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years; and if he wil…

181. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when training will be made available to Ministers in advance of their JHA Council meetings chair responsibilities under Ireland’s upcoming EU Presidency. [31751/25]

182. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to accessing passport records (details supplied); the actions he will take to ensure that people that wish to access this information can do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31344/25]

183. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his Department including but not limited to cost categories (details supplied); the breakdown of the incurred or projected costs; and if a cost-benefit analysis or any assessment of public value was carried out prior t…

184. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline o…

185. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the threat by the Russian Ambassador to Ireland that "a day of reckoning" will face Ireland as a result of our support for Ukraine; if he has called in or made contact with the Ambassador to explain his remarks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31529/25]

186. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures that are being put in place to assist with an urgent matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31536/25]

187. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to respond to correspondence (details supplied) on an urgent matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31537/25]

188. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he intends to take in response to Israeli forces recently shooting at Irish peacekeepers serving with the United Nations mission in Lebanon, beyond strongly worded statements; if he agrees that it is past time to introduce sanctions against the Israeli state; and if he accepts that the arms and mu…

189. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports a right of return for displaced Palestinian communities whose families were displaced from what is now considered to be Israel in line with the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the 1948 Fourth Geneva Convention. […

190. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he agrees with the comments of French Minister Jean-Noël Barrot (details supplied) wherein he expressed that France will support a Palestinian state on the condition that it does not have the key characteristics of a sovereign state, namely that it would be demilitarised and a different, occupying pow…

8. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the list of each instance in which the Government granted approval as required under Article 40.2.2 of the Constitution to a citizen to accept a title of nobility or honour over the past ten years, specifying the name of the citizen, the name of the title, the bestower of the title, and the date of the meetin…

9. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide assistance to an Irish citizen (details supplied) who has been arrested by the Israeli military and remains in custody awaiting a court date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30762/25]

10. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on efforts by the department and consular offices to secure the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30764/25]

11. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30774/25]

12. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1million that failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on…

13. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide, the list of capital projects, by his Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €5million, which ran over cost in 2023, along with a description of the contract, the initial price and final price provided, in tabular form. [30822/25]

14. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to establish a passport printing service at the Cork passport office, which would help ensure a quicker turnaround period for applicants availing of the urgent passport renewal appointment service at this location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30904/25]

15. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the EU-India Free Trade Agreement negotiations. [31059/25]

16. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to secure the release of an Irish woman detained by Israel in the West Bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31215/25]

17. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that a small number of students who were granted J1 visas are now not permitted to travel by the US authorities; whether his Department is engaging with the US authorities to have this restriction lifted, as has been done for Indian applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31263/…

18. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of uti…

170. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of any further meetings held between his Department with the US-based Strategic Economic Advisory Panel of business leaders since the first meeting during his visit to Washington DC in March 2025. [28955/25]

171. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of any further meetings held in April and May between his Department with the US-based Strategic Economic Advisory Panel of business leaders. [28956/25]

172. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the new Canadian Prime Minister. [28973/25]