89. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a family trapped in Gaza (details supplied); if he will provide an update on their evacuation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48178/25]
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90. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken or statements he has made related to the alleged downing of a plane used by the President of the European Commission through jamming technology by the Russian Federation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48191/25]
91. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the new UK foreign secretary. [48213/25]
92. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to establish a process or mechanism by which Irish citizens in Gaza, who have lost their documentation during the ongoing genocide can be issued with urgent or temporary documents to assist in their evacuation; the steps he will take in the case of Irish citizens trapped in Gaza (details supplied ); and if…
93. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review correspondence (details supplied) in relation to a passport application; if he will address the concerns raised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48284/25]
94. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to issues relating to Irish citizens in Gaza (details supplied). [48300/25]
95. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will urgently issue emergency travel documentation for a person (details supplied); if he will arrange evacuation from Gaza to allow them and their family to travel to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48306/25]
96. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether his Department will provide emergency travel documentation to a family (details supplied); and whether his Department is currently engaging with the individuals concerned. [48503/25]
97. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times the Irish Ambassador based in Vienna has met with the Mayor of Vienna in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48609/25]
98. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Foreign Affairs Council sessions which have taken place since he took up his post; the number he has attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48633/25]
99. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last met formally with the United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Ireland. [48648/25]
100. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all Statutory Instruments signed by him in 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48677/25]
101. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail the human rights, anti-racism, academic and civil society groups his Department engaged with in relation to the adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism; the groups or individuals that proposed its introduction to him; if consideration was given to adopting the Jerusalem…
102. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to publish the terms of reference, membership, selection criteria, and code of conduct for the Ireland-India Economic Advisory Panel; the way in which conflicts of interest are handled for members whose companies hold State contracts; and whether minutes and advice will be published. [48752/25]
103. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm the scope of the role of a person (details supplied); and what recusal rules apply. [48753/25]
104. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason five US Air Force Hercules C130 aircraft landed at Shannon Airport on 29 August 2025 (details supplied); the steps that were taken to establish who and what was being transported on these aircraft and to establish their destination was in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48832/25]
105. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the growing concern over external risks to exports, especially through possible US tariffs or EU trade deal disputes, the specific supports he will provide to exporters based in Cork and the Munster region to hedge against trade shocks, including advice, financial aid, or market diversification programmes. [48864/25]
106. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department has taken to ensure the safety of Irish citizens engaged in the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza from Tunisia, given the dangers involved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48868/25]
107. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his engagement with Tunisian authorities in respect of the treatment of Irish citizens participating in the Freedom Flotilla. [48873/25]
108. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the list of priorities for the upcoming Irish Presidency of the Council of the EU; if advocating for the tackling of sexual and domestic violence against women will be considered as a core priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48987/25]
109. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of recent controversy in the United Kingdom over diplomatic vetting as in a case (details supplied); the current standards and oversight mechanisms in place for Ireland’s nominations and appointments for foreign diplomatic posts, both multilateral and bilateral; and if the Government will consider publishing a review of prec…
12. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government’s position on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement in light of its potential impact on Irish beef exports valued at €2.8 billion annually; and if Ireland will formally oppose the agreement at Council level. [46945/25]
13. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has assessed the risk that the concession of 99,000 tonnes of beef and 180,000 tonnes of poultry imports under the Mercosur agreement will depress farmgate prices for Irish producers; and to publish that assessment. [46946/25]
14. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland intends to use its voice at EU Council to oppose the EU-Mercosur agreement on grounds of its negative impact on Irish agriculture; and if he has raised this objection formally with the European Commission. [46948/25]
15. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the consultation that has taken place with Irish farm organisations regarding the Mercosur deal; and if their concerns have been incorporated into Ireland’s negotiating position. [46949/25]