Questions

237. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to speed up the dispatch of a passport (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20952/25]

238. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the loss of funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21160/25]

239. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to bring legislation to allow for an X identifier for gender on Irish passports and other ID documents under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21212/25]

240. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report, (details supplied); the steps he will take to address these deficiencies; if he will undertake to publish the list of meetings held between the ambassadors and interest representatives on the as a matter of urgency on the Permanent Representative Office’s website in order to ensure tran…

71. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the future revenue of the all-Island economy, given that tariffs are 10% in the North and 20% here, which is creating a two-tier trading arrangement with Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18142/25]

72. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will support measures from Europe or not to deal with the proposed tariffs by the US that may be damaging to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18143/25]

73. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use all means at his disposal including political and diplomatic avenues, to secure the release from detention of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18231/25]

74. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the two Irish citizens facing deportation from Germany for taking part in peaceful protests; whether he has engaged with the German embassy on this issue; what support his officials are offering these citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18346/25]

75. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the steps his Department is taking to improve data collection and database construction in anticipation of the increased data processing capacity that artificial intelligence adoption entails; if he will outline the logic behind their approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18360/25]

76. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will identify any projects which the Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18377/25]

77. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will identify any projects which a body under the aegis of his Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; if he will send this question to the bodies for direct response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18395/25]

78. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will specify the specific policy areas where the Department is examining future use of AI; if he will identify what entities the Department is working with, public or private, in relation to this examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18412/25]

79. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will identify any AI training offered to people working in the Department; the level of take-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18429/25]

80. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail how many physical letters the Minister’s offices and the customer service team in the Department received from the public in 2024; whether those letters are digitised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18454/25]

81. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail how many emails the Minister’s offices and the customer service mailbox the Department received from the public in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18471/25]

82. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will detail whether any surveys have been carried out to estimate the amount of time taken up with administrative tasks where such time could be used more efficiently; if so, in which areas of the Department has this examination been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18488/25]

2. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 1 April 2025, the basis upon which there is a requirement to prioritise those measures which least disturb the functioning of the EU Israel Association agreement, in light of suspension being on the grounds that Israel being in serious and persistent violation of the requirement to respect …

3. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 1 April 2025, if he will outline Ireland's obligations as clarified by the International Court of Justice in its recent advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory; and if he will make a statement on the …

4. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update as to whether the Government has contributed, or intends to contribute, to the work of the Montreal Irish Monument Foundation’s plan to create a memorial green space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17842/25]

5. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 1 April 2025, the length of time it will take him to prepare carefully and consider the full range of issues involved regarding the enaction of legislation giving effect to the rulings of the International Court of Justice regarding the trade of goods and services with illegal Israeli settl…

6. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the State supports an international legal prohibition on autonomous weapons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17677/25]

7. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with his European counterparts in relation to the EU Mercosur free trade agreement; if so, the outcome of that engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17695/25]

8. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to examine the case of a person (details supplied); who having applied for a Passport on 9 January 2025, and despite having no errors identified on the application, has yet to receive his passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17696/25]

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]