Parliamentary questions

9. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will take action at the EU level to defend the rights of LGBTQ+ people in Hungary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17697/25]

10. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his proposals to support Irish tourism through the work of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17698/25]

11. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that Israel is illegally withholding significant tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority, which it controls as a result of its ongoing illegal occupation; if the Government has raised this issue directly with Israel or at international fora; if the State will press for the release of thi…

12. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates and attendees of all MinMAC meetings in his Department since he took office. [17700/25]

13. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the meetings the special envoy to the United States of America has had since his appointment; the date and locations of meetings; the travel costs incurred as a consequence of these meetings; and the resources available to the envoy from his Department. [17797/25]

14. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will engage with the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Tourism Ireland officials, US Embassy officials and other stakeholders (details supplied) to discuss the possible establishment and to assess the feasibility of creating a US president's trail in Ireland; and if he will …

15. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of the countries which are the primary beneficiaries of Irelands Development Aid Programme, in tabular form; if he is aware of any projects funded by Irish Aid that have been co-funded by US aid; if there are strategies in place to sustain these projects; and if he will make a statem…

16. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the implementation of the Irish Sign Language Act 2017 (ISL) within his Department and its associated public bodies, including details of any ISL strategies that have been developed; and if no ISL strategy has been developed to date, the details of plans his Department has to address thi…

221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagements with the German government and the German embassy in Ireland regarding the issuing of deportation orders to two Irish citizens in Berlin for legally protected speech (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17294/25]

222. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans trade missions to the USA in 2025 and any being planned this year; and if so, when and the location. [16613/25]

223. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations under the aegis of his Department since 1 January 2020; the total project cost of projects in excess of €500,000, or of any other capital projects below this that have come to …

224. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of adult and children's passports that were issued in Q1 2025; and if he will provide the corresponding figure for Q1 2024, in tabular form. [16878/25]

225. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a full list of membership of the recently-formed US-based Strategic Economic Advisory Panel; the number of times this group has convened; the number of occasions that he and or his officials has met with the panel; if the meetings took place in person, by phone and or online; and the dates of same. …

226. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will support the reappointment of UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese; the Government’s position on the Dutch government’s opposition to Ms. Albanese’s reappointment as Special Rapporteur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17005/25]

227. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17055/25]

228. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he had with authorities in Germany regarding the deportation of two Irish citizens [details supplied] in relation to their attendance at pro-Palestine protests despite those citizens not having been found guilty of any crime; if the Minister has liaised with the two Irish citizens or their repr…

229. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he or officials in his Department have engaged with their German counterparts on Irish citizens being ordered to leave Germany due to pro-Palestine activism, despite not being convicted of any crime in the German courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17133/25]

230. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17379/25]

231. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who needs an urgent transfer from Gaza for medical care; if his Department will intervene on behalf of this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17406/25]

232. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the engagement his Department has had with German immigration authorities following the deportation orders issues for two Irish citizens; if he can confirm the reports that citizens were asked to cease using the Irish language during protests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17501/25]

233. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of all official engagements and meetings attended by him, and Ministers of State within his Department, on the week ending Sunday, 23 March; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17513/25]

234. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for…

235. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of adult and child passports issued in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [17634/25]

170. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on Ireland's plans to host a meeting of the European Political Community; the key themes that may be explored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16411/25]

171. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the Government's position on claims being made by the Trump administration in the United States toward Greenland; his views as to the potential impact on European security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16408/25]