Parliamentary questions

66. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether same-day-turnaround services will be provided through the Cork Passport Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4484/25]

67. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the new passport design will be in place; if the procurement process has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4485/25]

68. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his engagement to date with his UK counterparts on Northern Ireland legacy issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4486/25]

69. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to expedite an application by a person (details supplied) for the foreign birth registry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4545/25]

70. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline the exact title of each Minister of State in his Department; to outline their delegated functions and attributable budget heading for each of these functions; the timeframe for when such delegated functions will be formally notified to the Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4608/25]

71. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government’s position with respect to Ireland joining case C-829/24 at the Court of Justice of the European Union (details supplied) on Hungary’s so-called “foreign agents' law”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4660/25]

72. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the current status of a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4754/25]

73. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has engaged with the Moroccan government regarding the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4804/25]

74. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Israel and/or the United States have engaged with him or his Department in the past three months regarding the potential enactment of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; if so, the nature of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4808/25]

75. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI; and if …

76. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on all communications he has had with the Trump administration at Ministerial and governmental level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4848/25]

77. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the average turnaround time for first-time and renewal passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4849/25]

78. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are any plans in the lifetime of this Government to open new embassies and permanent missions; where these would be located; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4850/25]

79. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on all communications he has had with the new British government at ministerial and governmental level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4851/25]

1. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is incarcerated in Cambodia and requires urgent medical attention; what action he and his Department will take in support of this citizen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3689/25]

2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial intelligence systems or artificial intelligence research; what programmes or Department operations are conducted using artificial intelligence tools; and if he will make a stat…

3. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will instruct his Department to work with an organisation (details supplied) on an order to deliver aid to Gaza in light of the dire humanitarian crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3728/25]

4. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the Government's policy on the independence of Somaliland; if any research or diplomatic efforts have been carried out by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3735/25]

5. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the dates in 2024 the Irish Consul based in Austin, USA, has met with the Mayor of Dallas, Texas, in tabular form. [3764/25]

6. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of each time his Department, or public bodies under the aegis of his Department, enlisted the services of consultants in 2023 and 2024; the purpose, value and duration of each contract in relation to public bodies under the aegis of his Department, including where consulting contracts are classified under ‘bus…

7. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; the progress to date on any amendments or new legislation in this regard, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3807/25]

8. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to engage with the new US Administration with a view to ensuring the continuation of the J1 USA visa programme for 2025 and beyond, given its importance to thousands of Irish students every year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3836/25]

23. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of requests to his Department that were granted for various matters (details supplied); the number of such requests that have been refused; and the grounds on which they were refused. [2499/25]

24. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in relation to Ireland's announced endorsement of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism, that endorsement includes endorsement of the illustrative examples that accompany the definition, which the Government had not previously considered to be an integr…

25. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to open a new consulate general office in Naples, Italy. [2161/25]