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Paul Donnelly Written 13 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Paul Donnelly Written 13 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Carol Nolan Written 13 May 2025 · to Foreign
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 if he will make a st…
Malcolm Byrne Written 13 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Malcolm Byrne Written 13 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Cathy Bennett Written 8 May 2025 · to Foreign
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; the estimated timef…
Michael Healy-Rae Written 8 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Niamh Smyth Written 8 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Niamh Smyth Written 8 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Danny Healy-Rae Written 8 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Brendan Smith Written 8 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
James O'Connor Written 8 May 2025 · to Foreign
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 season; and if he will…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Barry Ward Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Paul McAuliffe Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
9. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application (details supplied). [22021/25]
Pa Daly Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Conor D McGuinness Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Conor D McGuinness Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Conor D McGuinness Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Conor D McGuinness Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
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. [22101/25]
Carol Nolan Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
John Lahart Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
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]
Duncan Smith Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
18. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of the attendees at the Government Trade Forum, chaired by him on 28 April 2025; to provide a list of all those invited; to provide a list of attendees from meetings on 4 April, 21 March and 26 February; to provide copies of any documents, minutes or agendas circulated in advance of, or after, the four meetings to …
Cormac Devlin Written 7 May 2025 · to Foreign
19. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of cycle to work scheme applications processed by his Department and its agencies, affiliated agencies or subordinate agencies, each year from 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22322/25]