218. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the State agencies within her Department that have made provision for the pension auto enrolment payment as part of their allocation to funded organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14409/26]
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219. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of exemptions for foreign military aircraft to pass through Ireland that were refused in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14455/26]
220. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the cases lodged with the General Court (T-907/25 and T-908/25) regarding the council decision amending the EU-Morocco Association Agreement concerning Western Sahara and the labelling of good originating in Western Sahara has influenced the Government's position in the ongoing council process on this agreement; and if she will make a statem…
221. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when last the Cross-Departmental International Sanctions Committee, chaired by her Department, discussed imposing sanctions on Israel; and to summarise any outcome of that discussion. [14479/26]
222. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when last the National Committee on International Humanitarian Law, chaired by her Department, discussed International Humanitarian Law in Israel; and to summarise the outcome of that discussion. [14480/26]
223. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when last the Government Trade Forum, chaired by her Department, discussed trade with Israel; and to summarise the outcome of that discussion. [14481/26]
224. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans to introduce a local participation mechanism in Ireland's defence procurement process to ensure Irish SMEs are included; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14526/26]
225. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens living in illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank; whether the Irish Government engages with them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14798/26]
226. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of Irish funded infrastructure destroyed by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14800/26]
227. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied) given the applicants travel date is imminent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15008/26]
228. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consider opening a permanent consulate in Montreal, Canada. [15109/26]
229. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of cyberattacks on Irish embassies and consulates during 2025; the nature of these attacks. [15110/26]
230. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland's approach to the Board of Peace as established by US President Donald Trump. [15112/26]
188. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will outline each section of enacted legislation, where the responsibility lies in the Minister to commence that section, that has not been commenced; if she will outline each section of enacted legislation which provides for the making of regulations by the Minister that have not been made by the Minister; if she will outline all sec…
189. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has granted any form of recognition, accreditation, endorsement, or official status to the organisation (details supplied) ;whether any individual associated with that organisation has been authorised, formally or informally, to act in any diplomatic, consular, trade, representative, advisory, or quasi-diplomatic capacity …
190. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the aggregate proportion of Ireland’s Official Development Assistance in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 that was retained by implementing partner organisations for programme support costs, overhead, administration, consultancy or management charges; and the blended effective overhead rate across total ODA expenditure for each of those yea…
191. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of funding provided in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 through core contributions to multilateral organisations; the programme support cost percentage applied by each such organisation to Ireland’s contribution; and the resulting estimated monetary value of programme support costs deducted from those contributions in each …
192. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department applies any benchmark, ceiling, or reference range in respect of acceptable administrative or overhead cost ratios when approving grants under Ireland’s Official Development Assistance programme; if not, the rationale for the absence of such benchmarks; and whether any funded programme in the years 2022, 2023 or 2024 excee…
193. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of instances in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 in which funding provided under Ireland’s Official Development Assistance programme was subject to financial correction, recovery, suspension, or clawback following audit or evaluation findings; and the total monetary value involved in each year. [13889/26]
2. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will hold a referendum on neutrality in light of opinion polling showing strong support for Irish neutrality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12202/26]
3. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if correspondence (details supplied) in respect of Irish Aid will be followed up by his Department and contact made with the author; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13018/26]
4. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding allocated to NGOs by her Department in 2025; the funding allocated to NGOs by agencies and bodies under the remit of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13086/26]
5. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial penalties, including lump sum payments and daily fines, for failing to transpose EU directives into national law in 2025; the EU directives being infringed, the Department responsible; and the total amount of each fine, in tabular form. [13184/26]
6. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports being provided to undocumented Irish in the United States who face particular difficulties in relation to their status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13403/26]
7. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals, if any, under consideration in the United States concerning the need to provide a legal pathway for undocumented Irish emigrants in the United States, such as the inclusion of Ireland in the E-3 non-immigrant visa programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13404/26]