Parliamentary questions

164. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding her Department's travel advisory for Irish citizens against travel to Ecuador; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the knock on effect means travel to the Galapagos Islands is advised against as a part of Ecuadorian territory; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71369/25]

165. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to the contrary position of the UK Government in relation to advisory on travel to the Galapagos Islands; the basis for this difference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71370/25]

166. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to an email sent to her (details supplied); the actions she will take to respond and engage on the substantive issues raised in relation to travel advisories from her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71371/25]

167. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her Department's plans to expand Ireland's diplomatic presence across Australia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71396/25]

168. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who have sought assistance from the Irish Embassy and Consulates in China in 2023 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form. [71415/25]

169. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the consideration given for Ireland to join the International Freedom of Religion or Belief Alliance; and the work that has been undertaken to secure the appointment of a Special Envoy for the Promotion of Freedom of Religion or Belief at the EU. [71637/25]

170. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of governments , including most recently the government of the Netherlands have moved to accept that autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the most feasible solution to the Saharan dispute; if in this regard the Government is reviewing its current position; and i…

171. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will review the case of a missing Irish person in Gran Canaria (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71721/25]

172. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount her Department has spent on translation services from a company (details supplied) for the years 2020 to 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72068/25]

173. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on the 2030 Roadmap on Ukraine-Ireland Partnership that was signed with President Zelenskyy on 2 December 2025. [70939/25]

174. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his engagements with the government of Burma/Myanmar and its embassy regarding reported election irregularities in the country (details supplied). [72177/25]

175. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made over the past 12 months on each of her Department’s Programme for Government commitments, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72192/25]

176. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she plans to expand the Ireland house model in South Africa. [72223/25]

177. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application (details supplied) has been received; and if she will instruct her Department to assist the family in question. [72301/25]

178. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has spoken formally with the US Ambassador to Ireland since her appointment as Minister; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72400/25]

266. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the average waiting time for a person applying via the standard online replacement application following a lost or stolen passport; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70930/25]

267. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department, and agencies under the Department’s remit, purchase data on the habits and activities of social media users and other platforms; if so, the reasons for purchasing such data; the amount spent in 2024 and 2025 year to date on such expenditure, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …

268. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the absence of reciprocal driving licensing agreements between Ireland, America and Canada (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70878/25]

269. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts her Department is making to raise the issue with the Russian authorities of the incarceration of an Irish citizen (details supplied), in a pre-trial detention facility in Chelyabinsk, Russia, for over two months without charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71028/25]

270. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the plans to expand Ireland's diplomatic and trade footprint in Latin America. [71038/25]

271. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has taken or will take action concerning the decision of the Government of Mali to recriminalise homosexuality; and if she will express the Irish Government's concern. [71087/25]

272. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has taken or will take action concerning legislative proposals in Ghana to recriminalise homosexuality; and if she will express the Irish Government's concern. [71088/25]

273. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has taken or will take action about restrictions on expression of faith in China, including by Christians; and if she will express the Irish Government's concern. [71089/25]

274. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on Ireland's position on the way in which the United Nations will be reformed to operate more effectively and to be more reflective of today's world; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71090/25]

275. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement between her Department and the Government of Barbados in 2024 and to-date in 2025. [71280/25]