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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Barry Ward Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
266. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any diplomatic work ongoing within her Department in relation to the sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11983/26]
Barry Ward Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
267. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she proposes to meet with the family of Jimmy Lai in relation to his sentencing in Hong Kong; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11985/26]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
269. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts that have been made to date to secure the release of a person (details supplied); his plans going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12207/26]
John Lahart Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
272. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has been made aware of the detention of an Irish citizen (details supplied); if consular assistance has been offered or is being provided; if she will intervene or engage with the relevant US authorities regarding the circumstances of their detention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12257/26]
John Lahart Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
275. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12394/26]
Duncan Smith Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
281. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has spoken to the family of a person (details supplied); if she has sought to speak to them directly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12508/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
286. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a copy of all communications between her Department and the representatives and family members of a person (details supplied) further to their detention by immigration officials in the United States; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12703/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
287. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide all copy correspondence of all communications including email, letter and telephone conversations and exchanges between him and all US departmental agencies concerned with respect to the incarceration and release of a person (details supplied) by US Immigration police in an ICE facility in US; and if she will make a statement on th…
Mattie McGrath Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
288. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the increasing attention by her and her Department on the ongoing detention of a person (details supplied); the high-level engagement she personally has had or has instructed her officials to have with senior elected officials in the US House of Representatives; if she will release copy correspondence regarding any and all such interact…
Michael Cahill Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
221. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to ask President Trump and the United States Government the steps they are taking to assist the undocumented Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11466/26]
Carol Nolan Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Foreign
197. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of press releases issued by his Department from 1 January 2025 to date on issues relating to Israel or Gaza, Ukraine, Africa and South America respectively. [61097/25]
Thomas Gould Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Foreign
200. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [61214/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Foreign
188. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches received by the Government from other states over each of the past five years, including the period from January 2025 to date, in tabular form (details supplied). [33362/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Foreign
189. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches issued by the Government to other states over each of the past five years, including the period from January 2025 to date, in tabular form (details supplied). [33363/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Foreign
204. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches received by the Government from other states over each of the past five years, including the period from January 2025 to date, in tabular form, to include the state issuing the démarche; the date on which the démarche was received; a brief summary of the content of the démarche; …
Conor D McGuinness Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Foreign
205. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches issued by the Government to other states over each of the past five years, in tabular form, including the period from January 2025 to date, to include the state to which the démarche was issued; the date on which it was issued; a brief summary of the content of the démarche; whet…