Parliamentary questions

152. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has assessed the risk that delays in issuing first-time passports may impact the rights of citizens to travel or access services; and if so, to provide details of any mitigation measures. [33632/26]

153. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any process reform or administrative changes are planned to streamline first-time passport applications for newly naturalised citizens; and if so, to provide details and timelines. [33633/26]

154. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review an application and escalate same (details supplied). [33646/26]

155. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department or any bodies and agencies under her aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and the duration and cost of the contract; and the services they avail of from the company. [33721/26]

156. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps her Department is taking to ensure the safety of Irish citizens on the Global Sumud flotilla who have been intercepted by the state of Israel in international water; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33764/26]

157. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including Defence Forces infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of her Department which have been completed on time and within budget in Dublin in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33819/26]

158. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action she has taken in relation to the seizing of seven Irish citizens that were part of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33836/26]

159. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the further action she will take in relation to the seizing of seven Irish citizens that were part of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33838/26]

160. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will raise the seizing of seven Irish citizens that were part of a Gaza-bound aid flotilla (details supplied) at an EU Council level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33840/26]

161. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a list of all capital projects, including Defence Forces infrastructure projects, delivered under the remit of her Department which have been completed on time and within budget in the Wicklow Wexford constituency in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the ma…

162. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of civil and public servants employed by her Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33952/26]

6. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will engage with the Polish Prime Minister regarding a case (details supplied). [33399/26]

7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether passport applicants who hold a gender recognition certificate issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and which records a new name aligned with their preferred gender are also required to provide two-years proof of use of this new name when applying for a passport and specifically whether this requirement …

8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if proof of usage is required to apply a name change to passports, given that section 11(2a)(b) of the passports act 2008, as amended by section 38 of the gender recognition act 2015, provides that where an applicant produces a gender recognition certificate they may issue a passport in the new name and gender and does…

9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given that marriage and civil partnership legal certificates are sufficient proof for change of name without proof of two-year usage requirement for passport purposes; and the reason is there a different practice in respect of gender recognition certificate holders. [31843/26]

10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether first-time passport applicants who hold a gender recognition certificate and whose birth was registered outside the State are required to produce an original civil birth certificate as re-issued after gender recognition reflecting their new name and gender, in circumstances where many countries do not provide …

11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department will publish the internal written guidelines for processing passport applications by persons who hold a gender recognition certificate, referenced in a Parliamentary Question response of 14 February 2018 but never published. [31847/26]

12. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether passport applicants who hold a gender recognition certificate issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and which records a new name aligned with their preferred gender are also required to provide two-years proof of use of this new name when applying for a passport and specifically whether this requirement appli…

13. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main challenges the Government faces with currently facing EU-Africa relations, including geopolitical competition and financing constraints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31952/26]

14. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the EU-AU Joint Vision for 2030 is being implemented and monitored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31953/26]

15. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way the outcomes of the 2025 EU-AU Summit are being progressed at EU level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31954/26]

16. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the consultations that have been undertaken to inform Ireland's approach to EU-Africa relations during its Presidency; the key themes emerged; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31955/26]

17. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's plans to enhance EU-African Union partnership and relations during Ireland's upcoming presidency of the EU Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31956/26]

18. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on Ireland's history to date and plans to support greater Africa voice and voting power in key international fora including at the UN and international banking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31957/26]

19. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland intends to initiate or host any EU-Africa ministerial meetings or political dialogues during its Presidency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31958/26]