Parliamentary questions

285. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure that the processing of a passport for a person (details supplied) will be processed urgently by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24218/25]

286. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will expedite a passport application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24223/25]

287. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE housekeepers/executive assistants working in each Irish Embassy and Consulate General Office, as of 5 May 2025, by gender, in tabular form. [24285/25]

288. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite the Governor of Washington to Ireland for a bilateral meeting. [24286/25]

289. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all international treaties to which the State has been a party from 1 January 2020 to date in 2025; to specify which of these treaties, if any, have been the subject of debates or scrutiny in either Dáil Éireann or the Oireachtas committees as to their contents, to which the Minister has contributed; and …

290. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland’s views on Ukraine’s path to European Union membership; the role it will play as part of Ireland’s EU Presidency in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24497/25]

291. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views as to closer European Union engagement with the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24498/25]

216. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of IT projects within his Department, or bodies under its aegis, which have been allocated funds in excess of €1 million in the years 2020 to date; the purpose of any projects; the initial estimate to complete for such projects; the total amount expended to date; the total estimated cost to complete;…

217. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a foreign birth registration for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22973/25]

218. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review a passport application for a person (details supplied) and expedite its completion. [22974/25]

219. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) can be accelerated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23000/25]

220. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23051/25]

221. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of his most recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland regarding the need to repeal the legacy legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23106/25]

222. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the number of passport applications from Cork that have been processed to date in 2025; the plans to hire extra staff for the passport office ahead of the summer season; if the passport office will be working during the weekends to relieve the pressures of applications ahead of the summer se…

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Ministers, officials, advisors, and security staff visited Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis; and the estimated cost of same. [22048/25]

8. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the ongoing conflict in Sudan at an EU Council level. [21845/25]

9. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application (details supplied). [22021/25]

10. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding climate finance, the proportion of the finance provided to date in the form of loans, by year and by country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22084/25]

11. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade he person or body that invited U.S. congressman Brian Mast to Ireland last week. [22087/25]

12. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason U.S. Congressman Brian Mast was invited to Ireland last week. [22088/25]

13. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the person from the Irish Government who met with U.S. Congressman Brian Mast last week. [22089/25]

14. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what was discussed if Government officials met with U.S. Congressman Brian Mast last week. [22090/25]

15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for details of engagements with the German government and German embassy in Ireland regarding the case of an individual arrested for demonstrating in the Irish language outside the Irish embassy in Berlin (details supplied); if he will condemn this arrest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2…

16. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm that all Ministers of State within his Department have had their ministerial powers delegated to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22132/25]

17. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of progress towards the implementation of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22154/25]