23. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Taiwan’s exclusion from participating in the World Health Assembly as an observer; his plans to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22749/25]
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166. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the strength of the relationship between Ireland and Australia; and the events planned to mark 80 years of diplomatic relations with same. [21775/25]
184. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the two Irish citizens (details supplied) being deported from Germany despite not being charged with any crime due to them exercising their right to protest; if he will instruct his Department to intervene on their behalf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18631/25]
193. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the deportation orders issued by German authorities against two Irish, and therefore EU, citizens, where there is no criminal record; if he has a concern that this represents a breach of EU law; if he will raise this with the German authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18727/25]
200. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a full list of the overseas governments and groups that received funding from the State from the beginning of 2019 until the end of 2024 inclusive, in the area of "sexual and reproductive health"; and to provide details on how the monies were spent including written reports on usage of the funds, including in each…
207. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a full list of the overseas governments and groups that received funding from the Irish State from the beginning of 2019 until the end of 2024 inclusive, in the area of sexual and reproductive health; and the details of the way the monies were spent including written reports on usage of the funds, including in each case t…
230. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the approach of the Serbian government in assisting Russia; whether such actions should have an impact on its EU membership application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20597/25]
232. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has contacted the German authorities about the repression of a protest held outside the Embassy of Ireland in Berlin in solidarity with Palestine on 16 April 2025; if he has contacted the German authorities about their repression of the use of the Irish language at protests in the country, including arrests at the Embassy o…
4. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update as to whether the Government has contributed, or intends to contribute, to the work of the Montreal Irish Monument Foundation’s plan to create a memorial green space; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17842/25]
126. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his current priorities in terms of Irish-US relations, with particular regard to Irish-US economic interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15543/25]
133. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will be issuing updated travel advice for people intending to visit the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15451/25]
189. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent cancellation of the election in Romania; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15461/25]
183. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the decision of the Russian election commission to ban opposition candidates such as persons (details supplied) from standing in the 2024 Russian presidential election; his views on whether these bans are a contravention of the European Convention on Human Rights; the interaction he has had with his Russian counterpart or the Rus…
114. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent engagements with the United States Secretary of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11059/25]
118. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take action at an Irish and European level in response to news that Israeli organisations supported by the EU or its Member States will be taxed 80% on their donations and be banned from instituting legal proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11386/25]
17. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his assessment of the recent election in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4522/25]
28. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he will take to build on the strong, enduring and dynamic relationship between Ireland and the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4359/25]
30. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement there has been with the new Administration in the United States. [4540/25]
32. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the basis on which, and by whom, the decision was taken to endorse the non-binding working definition of antisemitism; if that endorsement includes endorsement of the 11 'contemporary examples' of antisemitism by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4513/25]
33. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has been in discussions with international counterparts in relation to the definition of antisemitism by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4491/25]
73. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has engaged with the Moroccan government regarding the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4804/25]
76. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on all communications he has had with the Trump administration at Ministerial and governmental level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4848/25]
79. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on all communications he has had with the new British government at ministerial and governmental level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4851/25]
4. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the Government's policy on the independence of Somaliland; if any research or diplomatic efforts have been carried out by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3735/25]
24. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in relation to Ireland's announced endorsement of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism, that endorsement includes endorsement of the illustrative examples that accompany the definition, which the Government had not previously considered to be an integral part of the defin…