Parliamentary questions

11. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given or will be given to a once-off verification process so that in the case where one parent of a child dies, their surviving partner is only required to submit documents such as a death certificate once in the case of a child's passport renewals, rather than each time a renewal is required; and …

12. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the training in place to support the Garda with applicants who wish to use passport paper forms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38097/26]

13. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Ukraine's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38195/26]

14. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Albania's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38196/26]

15. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Bosnia and Herzegovina's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38197/26]

16. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Georgia's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38198/26]

17. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Kosovo's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38199/26]

18. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Moldova's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38200/26]

19. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Montenegro's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38201/26]

20. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Serbia's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38202/26]

21. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on North Macedonia's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38203/26]

22. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position on Turkey's accession to EU membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38204/26]

23. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her Department's official position on accession to the EU via the territorial expansion of a member state (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38207/26]

24. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her Department's official position on accession to the EU via internal enlargement in which new member states arise from the break-up of an existing member state; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38210/26]

25. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Irish and EU humanitarian and development funding for the Sahel; the steps Ireland is taking at EU level to advocate for increased long-term investment in agricultural development in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38255/26]

26. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will review the case of a person (details supplied); if the passport application could be expedited given the imminent travel date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38261/26]

27. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans to change the current photograph acceptance process for online passport applications; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38293/26]

28. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to establish a one-stop shop to assist returning Irish citizens in addressing practical issues such as driver's licence changes, Revenue matters and record transfers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38294/26]

29. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Ireland is engaging at EU level to secure investment and trade opportunities that benefit rural regions; the steps being taken to ensure that areas like Laois can maximise the economic benefits of EU programmes and external trade agreements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38295/26]

30. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's position in relation to the UN General Assembly Resolution on the ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States with respect to Climate Change; whether Ireland will co-sponsor the resolution; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38299/26]

31. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware of the requirement for widowed parents to repeatedly submit bereavement documentation, including death certificates and sworn affidavits, for each renewal of a child's passport; if she will consider introducing a once-off verification process whereby such documentation would only need to be provided once unles…

32. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware of the kidnapping of Irish citizens in international waters by Israeli forces; and the reason she did not take action to support them under the humanitarian relief carve-out of the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006. [33325/26]

255. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland provides financial assistance or development aid to the government of Senegal or any of its agencies; if this will be reviewed in the light of that country’s increased penalties (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36684/26]

256. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has considered writing review clauses into development co-operation agreements with recipient Governments which would be triggered in the event of backsliding on democracy, the rule of law or human rights (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36685/26]

257. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department maintains any formal written definition distinguishing abortion services, post-abortion care, abortion-related advocacy, reproductive-health policy activity, and maternal healthcare within Official Development Assistance reporting frameworks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36810/26]