Parliamentary questions

105. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total landholding of her Department, broken down by county, including the amount currently unused or vacant, the portion zoned for development, and the number of sites that include vacant or derelict properties. [47625/26]

106. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 17 June 2026, the specific number of instances where she has been lobbied by Israeli and American stakeholders in relation to the proposed sanction legislation. [47831/26]

107. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will raise the heavy repression against those peacefully protesting against the G7 summit which included the use of tear gas, rubber bullets, kettling, and physical attacks by the Swiss police with the Swiss government; if she is concerned about the right of protest in Switzerland; and if she will make a statement o…

209. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a passport application for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46424/26]

210. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a passport application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46441/26]

211. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to urgently examine a significant delay with a child's first-time Irish passport application (details supplied); if this application will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46545/26]

212. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 9 June 2026, to urgently intervene and take into consideration additional information in a passport application for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46558/26]

213. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will urgently review and expedite a passport application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46568/26]

214. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in the passport service, by role in each of the years 2020 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46737/26]

215. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expenditure on staffing of the Passport Service in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46738/26]

216. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the estimated cost associated with increasing staffing levels in the Passport Service by 10, 50 and 100 WTE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46739/26]

217. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the WTE equivalent within the Passport Service, by location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46740/26]

218. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of embassies and consulates operated by her Department; the total WTE and cost of each, by state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46741/26]

1. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her Department's position on the accession of Armenia to the European Union following recent national elections; the way in which she will work to advance Armenia's accession during the EU Presidency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46052/26]

2. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who have sought assistance from the Irish Embassy in New Zealand in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [46067/26]

3. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of children's passports that were issued in each of the first five months of 2026. [46068/26]

4. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times she has been lobbied by Israeli and American companies in relation to legislation to ban trade with the occupied territories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46103/26]

5. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the concrete priorities Ireland will pursue during its Presidency of the Council of the European Union from 1 July to 31 December 2026 to support the protection of Palestinian civilians, uphold international humanitarian law and international human rights law, and advance a just and durable political solution for the Palestini…

6. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland will use its forthcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union to seek agreement among Member States on further EU measures in response to the situation in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territory, including measures relating to humanitarian access, accountability for violations of international la…

7. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has examined the possibility of introducing, at national or EU level, targeted sanctions against individuals, settler organisations, businesses or financial networks that profit from, enable, or facilitate illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory; whether she is aware of the rece…

8. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether she has engaged with the European Union and EU Member States on the adoption of further EU measures in response to illegal Israeli settlements and violent settler activity in the occupied Palestinian territory, including targeted sanctions, asset freezes, restrictions on financial networks, trade measures relating to s…

9. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be issued for a person (details supplied). [46273/26]

213. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline any difficulties her Department has encountered in progressing the Dublin/Belfast Economic Corridor since Brexit. [45449/26]

214. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland is currently taking to support the humanitarian crisis in Sudan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44916/26]

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]