148. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to identify and provide an explanation for each and every instance where the Government has sought clarity regarding inconsistency in external representation or messaging from the European Commission. [44323/25]
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192. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the High Representative of the European Union on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy was speaking on behalf of the Government when she spoke about Irish neutrality and history in the European Parliament on 19 June 2025; if the Government consented to this position being articulated by the High Representative on behalf of th…
1. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Irish Government was consulted, through the Foreign Affairs Council or otherwise, in advance of the High Representative of the European Union on Foreign Affairs and Security Policy issuing a joint statement with the so-called "E3" group of Foreign Ministers from France, Germany and the United Kingdom on 18 June 2025;…
2. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Irish Government is satisfied for the High Commissioner to consult only with the largest EU member states of Germany and France, and with a non-EU state like the United Kingdom, and not with the Irish Government, when articulating foreign policy positions on behalf of the European Union; or if it is of the view that the t…
6. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is the view of the Government that representations by the President of the European Commission regarding the European Union's Common Foreign and Security Policy in her engagement with war crimes suspect Benjamin Netanyahu and at the most recent meeting of the G7 are consistent with positions agreed by the Government at the…
7. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is the view of the Government that the engagement by the President of the European Commission in speaking with Benjamin Netanyahu on 15 June 2025 is consistent with the long-standing commitment he reiterated in response to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 19 June 2025 by the EU and its Member States to avoid non-essential…
198. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government’s approval is sought through the Foreign Affairs Council in advance of the President of the European Commission articulating a foreign policy position on behalf of the European Union. [33440/25]
199. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the article of the Treaty on European Union the Government, through the Foreign Affairs Council or otherwise, can delegate powers to represent the State on matters of foreign and security policy to the President of the European Commission rather than to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Poli…
200. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action Government takes, if any, in an instance where the President of the European Commission articulates a foreign policy position which has not been agreed by the Foreign Affairs Council; and to list the dates, reasons and nature of any protest made by the Government in response, in tabular form. [33442/25]
201. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government was asked, through the Foreign Affairs Council or otherwise, to approve any engagement between the President of the European Commission and persons wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court; and if President Ursula Von Der Leyen was representing the Government’s position when she engaged with …
202. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government is aware of any occasions since the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu on which he was granted entry to land or airspace of a member state of the European Union; and if the Government has issued any protest, through the Foreign Affairs Council or otherwise, at the ref…