Parliamentary questions

332. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget allocation to the Irish Embassies based in Malta, Tallinn, Vilnius, Riga, Ljubljana and Nicosia in 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26473/26]

333. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding from her Department in each of the past five years; the number of such organisations currently registered in the State which have been funded by her Department; the number located outside the State that have received Irish public funds from her Dep…

334. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out Ireland's support and desire for Britain to rejoin the European Union, if it is the wish of that country to do so; and the benefit for British-Irish relations if Britain made that decision. [26513/26]

335. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when discussions to strengthen ties between the EU and Kuwait were last discussed. [26660/26]

336. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount her Department spent on purchasing new State cars and vans for Irish Embassies and Consul General Offices worldwide in 2025 and to-date in 2026 in tabular form. [26675/26]

337. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts made by the State to raise the introduction of a new law in Israel, which mandates the death penalty for Palestinians who have been tried in military court and found guilty of committing a fatal attack, with the Council of the European Union and the UN Human Rights Committee; and if she will make a statement …

338. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by her Department in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, that were composed and delivered by third parties (details supplied); the title and final cost of same; and whether the report is published and or laid in the Houses of the Oir…

339. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a schedule of all studies and reports commissioned by her in each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, that were composed and delivered by her officials; the title and final cost of same, if applicable; to provide a breakdown of where costs were incurred; and whether the report is publishe…

340. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the web link to her Department’s Q1 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; to confirm the date on which this report was published; and, if it has not yet been published, to state the planned publication date. [26909/26]

341. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on a statement issued by the Government on 10 December 2025 (details supplied), specifically regarding its proposals to shift the interpretation of the ECHR specifically in relation to Articles 8 and 3 as they pertain to the deportation of persons to potentially dangerous or oppressive conditions; the position regar…

342. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that legal obligations under the Good Friday Agreement are met when discussing Article 3 of the ECHR with European counterparts and with Britain. [26981/26]

343. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding legislation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27032/26]

344. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by her Department in data centres in Ireland, data centres outside of Ireland but within the European Union, data centres outside of the European Union and data storage facilities within her own Department; and if she will make …

345. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will support the call for an independent international investigation into the US attack on the Minab School in Iran at the start of the war where it is believed 165 people, most of them girls aged seven to 12 years of age were killed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27115/26]

346. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that she has taken to achieve greater EU pressure to find an immediate and diplomatic resolution to the Iranian crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27116/26]

347. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27205/26]

70. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress on the drafting of the Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory (prohibition of importation of goods) Bill 2025; if she will outline the recent advice she has received from the Attorney General; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23431/26]

71. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether she supports the calls from Colombian President Gustavo Petros for states to invoke Resolution 377, the UN’s uniting for peace mechanism in relation to Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22633/26]

72. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will make efforts to ensure that European sanctions are made against Rosatom, the Russian atomic agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23432/26]

73. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the measures taken by her Department to highlight and combat the rise of Christian persecution; if her attention has been drawn to her Department, through Irish Aid, consistently allocated funding to states and territories who engage in the most extreme forms of Christian persecution; her views on whethe…

74. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the British Government's response to the State's ongoing request for full disclosure and access to all relevant documents concerning the Dublin and Monaghan bombings of 17 May 1974; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22428/26]

75. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role her Department plays in the action plan on market diversification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23046/26]

76. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date by her Department in the development of an updated diaspora strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23044/26]

77. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagements she has had in relation to the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21739/26]

78. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current turnaround time for new passport applications and for renewals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22522/26]