Parliamentary questions

9. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when his Department officials last met with the Data Protection Commissioner to ensure the highest standards are being met by the Department, and all agencies under its remit, in terms of compliance with data protection legislation. [14441/25]

10. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will issue for a person (details supplied). [14551/25]

11. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if changes will be made to the processing of passport applications where there is a requirement for the Passport Office to contact a Garda station to verify documentation submitted as part of the application; if he is aware that in many instances officials are calling Garda stations and getting no reply as many stations a…

12. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if additional funding is being provided to his Department this year due to additional expenditure arising following storm Éowyn; if additional funding is provided, the programmes and schemes that will benefit from this additional expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14582/25]

13. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there is continuous contact at political and official level with international organisations, including the United Nations and the European Union, concerning the appalling atrocities inflicted on innocent people in Gaza; and also concerning the blocking of essential aid from delivery into Gaza taking into account recen…

170. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the processes that were followed in the decision to allow US military Osprey jets fly over Dublin on 26 August 2023; if safety concerns about the aircraft were known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13967/25]

171. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the firing of three members of the US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board by the Trump Administration and the resulting lack of quorum on the board; whether he has considered this issue in light of the key role of the board in satisfying the standards necessary to facilitate tra…

172. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he has raised, or plans to raise, the potential issues with the Transatlantic Data Privacy Framework arising from the Trump Administration's decision to fire three out of four members of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, given that the board plays a key role in satisfying the standards necessary to…

173. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to confirm the names of the members of his Department's strategic economic advisory panel; how many times the panel has met; if he will provide me with its terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13419/25]

174. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the manner in which Irish embassies and consulates around the world are assisting with the dissemination of information related to the mother and baby institutions payment scheme for survivors throughout Ireland's diaspora; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13498/25]

175. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to detail all efforts by the Irish Embassy in Washington, DC and Irish Consulates across the United States in disseminating information regarding the mother and baby institutions payment scheme for US-based survivors; the extent to which information has been shared with partner organisations in various US cities (de…

176. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs given that his Department remains the data holder for passports issued as part of the Ireland-US adoption scheme from the late 1940s through the 1970s, the efforts made by his Department to reach out to and contact families that adopted Irish children as part of the scheme and inform them of the Government's mother …

177. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs given that the Department of Foreign Affairs remains the data holder for passports issued as part of the Ireland-US adoption scheme from the late 1940s through the early 1970s, the efforts made by his Department to reach out to and contact US Catholic charities in each diocese where children were adopted, and to see…

178. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for updated figures on the number of Irish Passports provided for children travelling out of the State jurisdiction for adoption in a different jurisdiction since 1946; the updated list of countries where these children were travelling to for adoption; the number of children travelling to each country for adoption; …

179. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works acquired through public procurement processes, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [13558/25]

180. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial in nature. [13575/25]

181. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether the Irish Embassy to the United States of America had any engagement with the Trump Administration on Conor McGregor’s recent visit to the White House for Saint Patrick’s Day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13605/25]

182. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a list of civilian infrastructure projects supported by Irish Aid in Palestine; and an update on how each project has fared under Israeli bombardment. [13639/25]

183. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the decision of the Russian election commission to ban opposition candidates such as persons (details supplied) from standing in the 2024 Russian presidential election; his views on whether these bans are a contravention of the European Convention on Human Rights; the interaction he has had with his Russian co…

184. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of contracts an organisation (details supplied) has had with his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; the nature of the services this company provided to the Department during this period, in tabular form; and the amount his Department paid this company for such services in the years in question. [13865/25]

185. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he met with the US House of Representatives Minority Leader during his visit to New York for St. Patrick's Day events. [13866/25]

186. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has met with the Malaysian ambassador to Ireland to date in 2025. [13926/25]

187. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of engagement between his Department and the Government of Qatar in 2024 and to date in 2025. [13927/25]

188. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to review a passport application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14041/25]

189. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his Department’s social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under its remit, including closed captioning and subtitling and Irish Sign Language translations,…