210. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials in the Irish embassy in Sofia will advocate for a person (details supplied) to prevent the person from being returned to Saudi Arabia, where they are at risk of torture and inhumane treatment. [52705/25]
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211. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to raise the case of a person detained in Bulgaria (detailed supplied) at the European Commission or other appropriate forum. [52706/25]
212. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request a monitoring visit to the Busmantsi Detention Centre in Bulgaria to assess detention conditions, and in particular the detention conditions for a person (details supplied) who is in custody at the centre. [52707/25]
217. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any action taken to support the Pécs Pride march in Hungary; if the Hungarian government's proposal to ban it has been raised at an EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52904/25]
112. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); the actions he is taking to raise it at an EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50423/25]
43. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the treatment of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise the matter with the Chinese authorities. [45508/25]
74. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to commit to publicly supporting the Gender Apartheid Campaign and the explicit inclusion of the gender apartheid as a crime against humanity in the new UN treaty which was currently under consideration (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47041/25]
75. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent infringement by Burkina Faso on LGBTQ rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47068/25]
76. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a potential global agreement or convention to decriminalise homosexuality and enhance LGBTQ rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47069/25]
1. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of the ongoing retention of a person (details supplied); the actions he will take to encourage the British government to increase its diplomatic efforts in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38124/25]
190. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the release of Belarus opposition leader Sergei Tikhanovsky after five years. [37105/25]
191. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the state of human rights and personal freedoms in Belarus. [37106/25]
192. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take at European Council level to continue to apply pressure on the Lukashenko regime in Belarus to promote respect for, and compliance with, human rights and international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37107/25]
193. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens currently resident in Belarus; if any are currently incarcerated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37108/25]
194. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the direct contact Ireland has had with the Lukashenko government in Belarus in the past year, or five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37109/25]
200. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been brought to concerns raised about a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37327/25]
153. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied), a British citizen married to an Irish citizen, who has been imprisoned in Dubai for 17 years; if he is further aware of the work done by the UN arbitrary detention group on this case; if he is in a position to utilise our positive relations with UAE authorities to prese…
185. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the sustained attacks on the LGBBTQ+ community in Uganda; the actions he will take to address this at an international level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29604/25]
199. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support a group of Irish medical doctors who came together to protest against the humanitarian disaster happening in Gaza (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30170/25]
203. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to justify the adoption of the Global Guidelines Against Antisemitism considering the input of a government that the Irish Government considers to be guilty of the crime of genocide in the formulation of the guidelines via the EU-Israel Seminar (details supplied). [30481/25]
205. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 27 May 2025, wherein he claimed that it is not for him to make determinations about what qualifies as antisemitic and further to correspondences with the Minister for Justice (details supplied) wherein the Minister claimed that it is not for him to describe the details or status …
206. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 27 May 2025, wherein he claimed that it is not for him to make determinations about what qualifies as antisemitic under the IHRA definition of antisemitism, how he expects officials in public bodies and civil society to make determinations about what should be considered antisemi…
207. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason excepting the example of the IHRA definition of antisemitism there are definitions, legally binding or otherwise, of discrimination are generally not officially adopted with respect to particular ethnic and religious groups; the reason, excepting the example of the IHRA definition of antisemitism, Irish law and p…
180. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has raised the serious matter of sustained attacks on citizens of Hungary, and consequently the EU, who are LGBTQ+ by the actions of the Hungarian government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27352/25]
181. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the response the Government has had with regard to the actions of Iran, where the UN recently reported that 901 people were executed there in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27403/25]