Parliamentary questions

20. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how effective is the United Nations in addressing human rights issues such as FGM in Somalia; the role Ireland and the Government can play in supporting UN efforts to combat practices like FGM (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32134/26]

21. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all occasions that she and her predecessor travelled outside of the State from 23 January 2025 to date in 2026; and to state in each case whether she or her predecessor travelled on the Government jet or flew commercially; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32220/26]

22. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 212 of 24 February 2026, to state, as asked in the original question, whether she or the Government considers the recent murders of tens of thousands of people by the government of Iran to be a genocide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32223/26]

23. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to her Department or State bodies that are responsible to her Department. [32288/26]

24. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff that are currently inactively employed by her Department or any organisation with responsibility to her Department. [32308/26]

25. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a foreign births register application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32338/26]

26. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total annual amount of Official Development Assistance allocated to sexual and reproductive health and rights programmes from 2019 to date in 2026, broken down by programme category, including maternal health, family planning, HIV and sexually transmitted infection programmes, gender-based violence services, and any other …

27. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department applies a formal classification system to distinguish between direct, indirect, and ancillary services in relation to abortion within overseas aid programmes; if so, to provide details of that classification system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32358/26]

28. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any portion of funding provided under sexual and reproductive health programmes is used for services related to abortion, including post-abortion care or treatment of complications arising from abortion; if so, to provide a breakdown by programme type and recipient organisation; and if she will make a statement on the …

29. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the audit and oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that funds allocated to sexual and reproductive health programmes are used in accordance with stated policy; whether programme-level audits are conducted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32360/26]

30. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether all recipient organisations of Irish Official Development Assistance funding for sexual and reproductive health are required to provide outcome-based reporting; if so, to provide examples of the outcome metrics used and any published results; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32361/26]

31. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which her Department tracks the end-use of funds provided to multilateral organisations, including but not limited to UN agencies, in the area of sexual and reproductive health; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32362/26]

32. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if passports will be issued for persons (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32363/26]

33. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of Irish Official Development Assistance provided to UNFPA from 2019 to date in 2026, broken down by year, programme purpose, and whether the funding was core or earmarked, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32366/26]

34. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of Irish Official Development Assistance provided to the International Planned Parenthood Federation from 2019 to date in 2026, broken down by year, programme purpose, and whether the funding was core or earmarked, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32367/26]

35. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has received any assurance from UNFPA, the International Planned Parenthood Federation, or other recipient organisations that Irish taxpayer funding is not used to provide or promote abortion as a method of family planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32368/26]

36. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department requires recipient organisations of sexual and reproductive health funding to separate expenditure on maternal health, contraception, HIV prevention, post-abortion care, abortion-related advocacy, and gender-based violence services in financial reporting to the Department; and if she will make a statemen…

37. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any Irish Official Development Assistance funding since 2019 has been provided to organisations that also provide abortion services, abortion-related advocacy, or abortion-related policy support internationally; if so, to provide the names of those organisations and the amounts provided by year; and if she will make a …

38. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has conducted any risk assessment since 2019 on the use of Irish Official Development Assistance in sexual and reproductive health programmes where recipient organisations also provide abortion services, abortion-related advocacy, or abortion-related policy support; and if she will make a statement on th…

39. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department distinguishes in its overseas aid reporting between funding for post-abortion medical care and funding for the provision of abortion services; if so, to provide the definitions used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32372/26]

40. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has withheld, suspended, recovered, or reclassified any sexual and reproductive health funding since 2019 due to concerns about end-use, reporting, eligibility, or compliance with Ireland's stated development policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32373/26]

41. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware of the 21 Irish people participating in the 2026 Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza; the engagement her Department has had to ensure the safe passage through international waters of these Irish citizens; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32647/26]

42. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on when a passport will be issued for a person (details supplied). [32798/26]

43. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be issued for a person (details supplied). [32810/26]

44. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has plans to open a new Irish Consulate General in Muscat, Oman. [32822/26]