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]
Topics / Foreign Policy
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsForeign Policy
197 questions from 61 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 1 October 2026.
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190 written, 7 oral
61
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 5 |
| February 2025 | 18 |
| March 2025 | 3 |
| April 2025 | 10 |
| May 2025 | 11 |
| June 2025 | 11 |
| July 2025 | 7 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 9 |
| October 2025 | 18 |
| November 2025 | 15 |
| December 2025 | 13 |
| January 2026 | 13 |
| February 2026 | 20 |
| March 2026 | 7 |
| April 2026 | 2 |
| May 2026 | 9 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 13 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 7 |
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The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
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The questions
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]
48. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria used by the State to correctly recognise the State of Palestine; if he would also apply to those criteria to the recognition of the State of Taiwan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46146/25]
56. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's relationship with Iceland; if there are any plans to establish an embassy in Reykjavik; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46154/25]
58. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding Ireland’s participation in the Hague Group; the details discussed at the meetings of the group over 15 and 16 July in Colombia; to provide details of Ireland’s contribution to the discussion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46258/25]
64. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he will raise with his German counterpart the vicious assault perpetrated by the German police on an Irish citizen protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46606/25]
147. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is of the view that the institutional balance of the treaties requires that the European Commission must always reflect positions agreed by all member states at the Foreign Affairs Council when speaking on common foreign and security policy; or if he is of the view that the European Commission may articulate its own fore…
6. Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on his engagement with other EU member states with regard to Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38587/25]
50. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38062/25]
57. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current situation in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37941/25]
68. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position with regard to western Sahara. [38035/25]
74. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his position with regard to the recent escalation of conflict and tensions in India and Pakistan. [38034/25]
122. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the reported major build up and expansion of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, on Ireland's position regarding a potential threat to Taiwan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35357/25]
195. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 12 June 2025, his views on whether the “deferrals” in relation to the question of right to return for Palestinians, agreed as part of the Oslo Accords, remain applicable in a context where Israel has failed to honour its commitments as agreed as part of the same accords. [33628/2…
190. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of individuals or groups who lobbied the Government to include the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism in the Programme for Government. [33397/25]
191. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of individuals or groups who lobbied the Government to include the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism in the Programme for Government. [33398/25]
7. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any steps being taken at a national or EU Council level to address the breakdown in cooperation regarding the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33053/25]
8. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to promote dialogue between India and Pakistan regarding the Indus Waters Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33054/25]
51. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Taoiseach if he will detail the plans to develop a new foreign policy strategy, Global Ireland 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26854/25]
186. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures that are being put in place to assist with an urgent matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31536/25]
189. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports a right of return for displaced Palestinian communities whose families were displaced from what is now considered to be Israel in line with the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the 1948 Fourth Geneva Convention. [31646/25]
190. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he agrees with the comments of French Minister Jean-Noël Barrot (details supplied) wherein he expressed that France will support a Palestinian state on the condition that it does not have the key characteristics of a sovereign state, namely that it would be demilitarised and a different, occupying power would be responsi…
191. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legislative basis that exists for Ireland's policy of neutrality other than the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, otherwise known as the triple lock. [29714/25]
285. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department has consulted Defence Forces personnel regarding the proposed removal of the triple lock neutrality mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30728/25]