Questions

287. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE housekeepers/executive assistants working in each Irish Embassy and Consulate General Office, as of 5 May 2025, by gender, in tabular form. [24285/25]

212. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20010/25]

233. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department expects to fill the culture officer post in Toronto. [20928/25]

227. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17055/25]

205. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of any secondments from consulting firms to his Department since 2020; the consulting firm involved; the purpose of the secondment; the durations of the secondments; who paid the salary of the individual seconded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13183/25]

115. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if all persons that are recruited to work in his Department and all the related agencies of his Department are fully vetted before they are employed by his Department and or said agencies. [11084/25]

121. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the annual amount claimed by special advisers attached to him or his Department outside of their regular salary, since 1 March 2020 to date in 2025, by mileage claim and amount, subsistence, other vouched expenses and unvouched expenses; and if the travel episode and or journey related to same will be included in the response. [11763/25]

126. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of members of boards in each body under the aegis of his Department who have a professional accounting qualification, for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12154/25]

127. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to identify, by body name and associated skills gap, any skills gaps identified by the chairperson of that board in correspondence to his Department or a Minister in respect of the composition of the board of the body referred, for each year between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; to identify any body where the chairperson of that board n…

127. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5853/25]

77. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the third secretary hiring competition; the number of persons recruited as part of this competition; how many are currently on the recruitment panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4913/25]

78. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff, and their associated grades, assigned to each division within his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4914/25]

79. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of vacancies, including the grade, within his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4915/25]

23. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of requests to his Department that were granted for various matters (details supplied); the number of such requests that have been refused; and the grounds on which they were refused. [2499/25]

46. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to list the composition of his private office, inclusive of the grade and increment of each civil servant assigned to his office; whether they are located in the private or constituency office; the value of any allowance paid to those individuals and the purpose of each allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3269/25]

55. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures his Department is taking to encourage civil servants in his Department to take or avail of special leave or career breaks or other forms of leave to encourage and facilitate Ireland's 2026 EU Presidency, the Government "Career for EU" jobs strategy, and the Department's Gaeilge-Irish language policy and promotion; an…

15. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civil servants in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, who were on career break in 2023 or 2024, by month and grade, and by length of career break; the number of civil servants in his/her Department and in agencies under the aegis of his Department who were on career break for longer than fiv…

16. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of vacancies, by month and by grade, in his Department, and in agencies under the aegis of his Department, in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46209/24]

17. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an assurance that no civil servant has had their career break extended beyond five years where there is a suitable vacancy in their home Department or agency; to provide an assurance that, where a civil servant has had their career break extended beyond five years on account of there being no suitable vacancy in their home D…