Parliamentary questions

188. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite a passport for a child (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9303/25]

189. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider a question posed by an Irish citizen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9399/25]

190. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the knock-on impact to Irish charities (details supplied) due to the cut in USAID; if he plans to meet with these groups to discuss the way to bridge this funding gap; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9462/25]

191. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite his Australian counterpart to Dublin for a bilateral meeting later this year. [9575/25]

192. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional humanitarian assistance the Government will provide to Burma/Myanmar in light of the impending risk of famine in Rakhine state, potentially affecting up to two million people and the broader worsening humanitarian situation across the country and the reduction of USAID to humanitarian programmes in Burma/My…

193. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the EU plans to bring sanctions on the aviation fuel sector to prevent airstrikes on civilians and civilian infrastructure in Burma/Myanmar; if any other measures are planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9578/25]

194. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland can take, acting unilaterally or in tandem with European partners, to support the democracy building work of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarussian opposition leader living in exile in Lithuania; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9698/25]

195. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the supports Ireland can give either unilaterally, or working with European partners, to help women and girls in Afghanistan who are suffering under the rule of the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9708/25]

196. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to the refusal of Israel to grant access to the sovereign State of Palestine to a delegation of the European Parliament to engage with the Palestinian prime minister, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expatriates, EU representatives and civil society, his response and the diplomatic sanctions he inten…

158. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports that have been revoked for each of the past ten years. [8655/25]

159. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the divisions and units that operate within his Department; the bodies that operate under his aegis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8780/25]

49. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a citizenship application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8268/25]

50. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8284/25]

51. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs in view of the commitment in the Programme for Government 2025 to "advocating with the US Administration and Capitol Hill" for the Undocumented Irish, the actions the Government has taken since the reintroduction of the E-3 Visa Bill to advocate for its approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8416/25]

52. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs in view of the lack of progress with the E-3 Visa Bill in the US legislative process, the diplomatic strategies that are being pursued to strongly advocate for its passage through Congress; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8417/25]

53. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is developing plans for maintaining essential services, in the interim and longer term, of Irish non-governmental agencies engaged in humanitarian and global health work disrupted by the Presidential executive order by President Trump halting most US humanitarian and global health funding; if this would be done thro…

54. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends utilising the Irish Presidency of the EU to communicate the need for Europe to conduct an immediate review of its policy and actions in relation to the provision of humanitarian and global health funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8642/25]

55. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider having Ireland be the 40th country to formally join the UNAID's Global Partnership for Action to eliminate all forms of HIV-related stigma and discrimination and consider this as part of the program for the Irish Presidency of the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8643/25]

180. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person in County Galway (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing said passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7170/25]

181. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the impact that US President Trump’s freeze on foreign aid is having on a number of Irish charities; the steps he is taking to ensure that Irish registered charities which are affected by the US decision are able to continue their full operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7182/2…

182. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason Irish students studying in the United States are subject to reciprocity fees, while students from other jurisdictions, including the UK and EU, are not. [7241/25]

183. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the treatment of Uyghur people in Xinjiang; his further views on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights assessment of human rights concerns in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, People's Republic of China; and if he will report on recent and prospective engagements with government officials i…

184. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 11 February 2025, the rationale for non-participation in case C-829/24; and if he will report on his Department’s engagement with civil society organisations in Hungary. [7353/25]

185. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to concerns related to passport photos for young children (details supplied); the actions he will take to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7425/25]

186. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement; if the external consultation resulted in a report and or recommendations; and the cost of each consultant and or company engaged. in tabular form. [7435/25]