Parliamentary questions

244. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the announcement will be made on the appointment of the next Ambassador of Ireland to the USA. [30402/26]

245. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all staff, by grade currently assigned to the Embassy of Ireland in Washington, D.C., including locally engaged staff employed by the Embassy; and to detail any existing vacancies. [30404/26]

246. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a copy of her Department’s Protocol Guidelines booklet, similar to the protocol guidelines published by other governments and similar to the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (details supplied). [30406/26]

247. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main policy achievements of her Department since 22 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30478/26]

248. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide an update on a passport application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30533/26]

249. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is the current policy of her private office/Department to formally invite or notify all local Oireachtas members of constituency events at which Ministers are in attendance in the course of performing their ministerial duties and functions; if she will provide the Department's current policy or protocol on this; and if she…

250. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all events across every constituency attended by the Minister in the course of her ministerial duties since 1 January 2026, where formal invitations/notifications to attend were not issued by her office to all local Oireachtas members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30616/26]

251. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied), as the applicant's travel date is imminent and all requested supporting documentation has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30670/26]

252. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are solar panels in place on the rooftop or within the grounds of her Department building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30697/26]

253. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has a solar panel policy in place in relation to the installation of solar panels on all buildings operated and owned by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30715/26]

254. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has a solar panel policy in place in relation to the installation of solar panels on all buildings operated and owned by agencies under the control of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30735/26]

255. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the merits of installing solar panels on all buildings operated and owned by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30752/26]

256. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the merits of installing solar panels on all buildings operated and owned by agencies under the control of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30773/26]

257. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total allocation of funding to each State agency under her Department’s remit, broken down by the allocation to each agency, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30795/26]

258. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total spend on consultancy firms by each State agency under her Department's remit, broken down by the allocation to each named consultancy firm, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30813/26]

259. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any buildings operated and owned by her Department that have solar panels in place to support the energy demands of the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30843/26]

260. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she plans to use Ireland’s EU Presidency to highlight the issue of Palestinian statehood, as opposed to humanitarian relief for Gaza, at the relevant Council of Ministers meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30978/26]

282. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the Passport Service does not recognise the Irish language when on photographic ID, required for passport application, where the applicant applies with their name in English, as per their birth certificate; the reason the passport office does not recognise our first language as being the same name in English, as…

283. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the State has advocated for a person in Germany (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29406/26]

6. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide an update on a passport application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28810/26]

7. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of the number of legal actions against her Department that have been resolved without going to court in line with the 2023 State Litigation Principles; if her Department is fully applying the State Litigation Principles in seeking to resolve any current or outstanding legal actions; and if she will make a sta…

8. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for civil servants in her Department; if there is any discrepancy in these policies based on seniority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28920/26]

9. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the flexible working and remote working policies in place for staff that work for any agencies under the remit of her Department; if there is any discrepancy in these policies based on seniority; if this policy is under the control of the agency itself or if it is directed by the Department; and if she wil…

10. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any review is ongoing in relation to her Department’s policy on flexible working and remote working for civil servants in her Department, particularly in the context of increased fuel prices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28956/26]

334. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of males and females that applied for the post of executive assistant to the Irish Ambassador based in Singapore. [28006/26]