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Willie O'Dea Written 1 Oct 2026 · to Foreign
13. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her assessment of the recent parliamentary elections in the Russian Federation. [69026/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 1 Oct 2026 · to Foreign
27. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current measures and future plans being taken to strengthen the State’s capacity to provide emergency consular assistance and evacuation support to Irish citizens abroad during conflicts, natural disasters and other major crises; and whether lessons from recent international emergencies have identified any gaps in the current system. [6934…
Ruth Coppinger Written 1 Oct 2026 · to Foreign
36. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the need to block trade with illegal settlements in the Palestinian West Bank; her views on the need to freeze assets of companies who support the genocide in Gaza; and to sanction members of the IDF and Israeli Ministers. [69381/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 1 Oct 2026 · to Foreign
39. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views that there are infringements on the right to protest in Germany in relation to the right of people to protest in solidarity with the Palestinian people. [69380/26]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 1 Oct 2026 · to Foreign
50. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her position on the banning of political parties by Israel's central elections committee ahead of elections there next month. [69251/26]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 1 Oct 2026 · to Foreign
56. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the current situation in Cuba and the Government's position regarding same. [69245/26]
Conor D. McGuinness Written 1 Oct 2026 · to Foreign
60. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Government’s position on the United States's embargo against Cuba; the representations made by Ireland through the European Union, the United Nations and in the most recent bilateral engagements with US officials in the past two months. [69237/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Foreign
85. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken by the Government to express its dissatisfaction with the way in which women and girls are being treated in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement on the matter, [66337/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Foreign
32. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has expressed concern about the new Ethnic Unity Law being introduced by the Chinese Communist Party that will seek to further undermine ethnic minorities such as the Uyghur and Tibetan peoples in China; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60701/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
77. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the State’s position on the sovereignty and status of Western Sahara; the engagements undertaken by the Department with representatives of the Polisario Front during the past five years; Ireland’s participation in United Nations and European Union efforts to support the right of the Sahrawi people to self-determination; and if …
Conor D McGuinness Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
78. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the Government’s position on the United States embargo against Cuba; the representations made by Ireland through the European Union, the United Nations and in bilateral engagements regarding the embargo during the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58136/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
85. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been taken by her Department to ensure human rights compliance by Indonesia in respect of West Papua, during negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58490/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
203. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has supported the United Nations resolutions on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in each of the past five years; if her Department has raised the issue of Japanese, Republic of Korea and other nationals abducted by North Korea in any bilateral or multilateral forum; and if she will make a sta…
Ken O'Flynn Written 15 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
104. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has assessed the extraterritorial provisions of China's law on the promotion of ethnic unity and progress, adopted on 12 March 2026; if her Department shares the concerns raised in the European Parliament resolution of 30 April 2026 regarding the law's potential to enable transnational repression; if any assessment has been car…
Eoin Hayes Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
9. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position on the Paris protocol and its operational applicability to economic relations between Palestine and Israel. [52144/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
36. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will push for EU wide statute blocking the US sanctions against members of the International Criminal Court; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50252/26]
Brian Brennan Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
41. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's role in the rebuilding of Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50297/26]
Paul Murphy Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
43. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will end the arrangement that allows US military overflights without prior notification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50246/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
54. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland will be joining the United States of America in celebrating the 250th anniversary of achieving independence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49809/26]
Willie O'Dea Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
57. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she supports further restrictive measures against those responsible in the Iranian regime for the violence and repression against the Iranian people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50095/26]
Tom Brabazon Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
63. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is supporting the Council of Europe's engagement with members of the Russian opposition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50134/26]
Barry Ward Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Foreign
127. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of her Department in relation to the continued restrictions imposed on women and girls in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47920/26]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Foreign
129. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on relations between Ireland and Turkey; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48134/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Foreign
106. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 17 June 2026, the specific number of instances where she has been lobbied by Israeli and American stakeholders in relation to the proposed sanction legislation. [47831/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 17 Jun 2026 · to Foreign
4. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times she has been lobbied by Israeli and American companies in relation to legislation to ban trade with the occupied territories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46103/26]