230. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to expedite an application for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29745/26]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work
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Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 28,099 | 145 | 27,954 |
| Education | 14,289 | 145 | 14,144 |
| Transport | 11,442 | 153 | 11,289 |
| Justice | 10,062 | 135 | 9,927 |
| Housing | 9,227 | 160 | 9,067 |
| Children | 8,729 | 142 | 8,587 |
| Social | 6,094 | 148 | 5,946 |
| Finance | 5,938 | 153 | 5,785 |
| Agriculture | 4,932 | 136 | 4,796 |
| Enterprise | 4,082 | 152 | 3,930 |
| Climate | 3,950 | 130 | 3,820 |
| Foreign | 3,893 | 190 | 3,703 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,760 | 167 | 3,593 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,460 | 140 | 3,320 |
| Taoiseach | 2,687 | 1,513 | 1,174 |
| Defence | 2,604 | 179 | 2,425 |
| Culture | 2,499 | 147 | 2,352 |
| Rural | 2,375 | 140 | 2,235 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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231. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review the case of a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29747/26]
232. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 16 April 2026, to provide details of subsequent or previous inspections conducted of planes, post-clearance, to ensure that national legislation and international legal obligations are being complied with; if evidence has been found of failures to comply with such obligations; if so, the details …
233. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how 248 overflights of Ireland's airspace by US military aircraft went unreported; if she can stand over her comment that there is "no reason to believe" US aircraft involved in the Iran war are overflying Ireland, when she did not know the full numbers of flights involved, much less the contents and destinations of them; and if she will ma…
234. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the next first secretary (assistant principal officer) competition will open to applicants. [30078/26]
235. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of clerical officers posted to Embassies abroad. [30081/26]
236. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of executive officers posted to Embassies abroad. [30082/26]
237. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of higher executive officers posted to Embassies abroad. [30083/26]
238. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all allowances and the amounts paid to clerical, executive and higher executive officer grades posted to Embassies abroad. [30084/26]
239. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details on all open EU infringement proceedings where the subject of the infringement relates to the functions of her Department; the reason the infringement proceedings were initiated; the procedural stage of the infringement proceedings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30268/26]
240. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review the case of a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30299/26]
241. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to commit to closing airspace to US aircrafts involved in the conflict in the Middle East. [30301/26]
242. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who is facing deportation from Bulgaria to Saudi Arabia; if she will raise their case with the Bulgarian authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30321/26]
243. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport for persons (details supplied) can be expedited. [30332/26]
244. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the announcement will be made on the appointment of the next Ambassador of Ireland to the USA. [30402/26]
245. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all staff, by grade currently assigned to the Embassy of Ireland in Washington, D.C., including locally engaged staff employed by the Embassy; and to detail any existing vacancies. [30404/26]
246. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide a copy of her Department’s Protocol Guidelines booklet, similar to the protocol guidelines published by other governments and similar to the Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (details supplied). [30406/26]
247. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main policy achievements of her Department since 22 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30478/26]
248. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will provide an update on a passport application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30533/26]
249. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is the current policy of her private office/Department to formally invite or notify all local Oireachtas members of constituency events at which Ministers are in attendance in the course of performing their ministerial duties and functions; if she will provide the Department's current policy or protocol on this; and if she will make a stateme…
250. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all events across every constituency attended by the Minister in the course of her ministerial duties since 1 January 2026, where formal invitations/notifications to attend were not issued by her office to all local Oireachtas members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30616/26]
251. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied), as the applicant's travel date is imminent and all requested supporting documentation has been submitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30670/26]
252. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are solar panels in place on the rooftop or within the grounds of her Department building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30697/26]
253. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has a solar panel policy in place in relation to the installation of solar panels on all buildings operated and owned by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30715/26]
254. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has a solar panel policy in place in relation to the installation of solar panels on all buildings operated and owned by agencies under the control of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30735/26]