Parliamentary questions

53. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans in relation to passing the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20160/26]

54. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to many Irish people who were upset at her Department's recent social media video regarding Saint Brigid; the person or body responsible for the editorial of the video; and the cost of producing the video. [20243/26]

55. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding received by organisations (details supplied) from Government funding in the past ten years. [20253/26]

56. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a renewal passport application submitted on 23 February 2026 will be processed on time for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal travelling abroad on the 27 March 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20487/26]

57. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by her and all members of her staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20608/26]

58. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of carbon that will be emitted on all transport and related actions undertaken by all Junior Ministers in her Department and their members of staff during their St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026. [20626/26]

59. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted due to St Patrick’s Day trips in 2026; and the amount paid. [20645/26]

60. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of carbon that has been emitted by transport used by her, the Junior Ministers in her Department, and their staff for each of the past five years; if she has paid to offset any of the carbon emitted because of transport; and the amount paid in each year. [20663/26]

61. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedure for changing a name on a passport, specifically if someone is looking to use their Irish language name; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20702/26]

62. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application can be made for a renewal for a passport before the expiry date, if the purpose is to change the name of the applicant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20703/26]

63. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans to raise a matter (details supplied). [20770/26]

64. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she can address a proposal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20797/26]

65. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the protection and promotion of democracy underpins Ireland's approach to overseas development aid. [20810/26]

66. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the full extent of Ireland's diplomatic representation in India; and any plans to increase that representation. [20811/26]

67. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she accepts that Ireland has not done enough to date to bring people home from Dubai (details supplied); and if she will now do everything possible to bring people home safely and as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20939/26]

264. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the Passport Office does not appear to accept forwarded pdf statements of reckonable residence from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given that the Department routinely sends emails on receipt of such requests; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17904/26]

265. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will support a fast tracking to EU membership for Iceland if that country applies for membership; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18070/26]

266. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department plans to engage staff from the private sector who work in accountancy and corporate law firms to work in her Department during the course of the upcoming EU Presidency term; the terms under which such staff will be engaged; the number of staff her Department plans to hire; the measures planned to guard against …

267. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which preparations are being organised across Government for Ireland’s EU Council Presidency commencing in July 2026, and for the associated Trio Presidency programme; the governance structures in place to oversee preparation including any interdepartmental groups, senior officials’ committees and Cabinet oversight …

268. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade which Departments/Ministries have been requested to provide input to the Trio programme documents and Ireland’s draft Presidency priorities; the nature of the input sought; the key legislative and policy priorities identified for Ireland’s Presidency term, including the principal EU files Ireland expects to prioritise for prog…

3. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on Ireland’s preparations for the Presidency of the Council of the European Union. [17311/26]

4. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether, in light of Ireland’s policy of military neutrality and long standing leadership in nuclear disarmament, she has assessed the implications of the expiry of the New START Treaty for European security architecture and strategic stability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17379/26]

5. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland will use its position within the European Union to advocate for a coordinated EU diplomatic initiative aimed at restoring legally binding and verifiable strategic arms control arrangements between nuclear weapons states following the expiration of the New START Treaty; and if she will make a statement on the …

6. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has examined the potential impact of the expiry of the New START Treaty on Ireland’s national security interests, including risks associated with the erosion of verification mechanisms and transparency measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17381/26]

7. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland will propose specific verification, transparency or confidence building measures at the forthcoming Review Conferences of the Treaty on the Non Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in response to the expiration of the New START Treaty; and if she will make a st…