28. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he will take to build on the strong, enduring and dynamic relationship between Ireland and the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4359/25]
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
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
30. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement there has been with the new Administration in the United States. [4540/25]
32. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the basis on which, and by whom, the decision was taken to endorse the non-binding working definition of antisemitism; if that endorsement includes endorsement of the 11 'contemporary examples' of antisemitism by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4513/25]
33. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has been in discussions with international counterparts in relation to the definition of antisemitism by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4491/25]
73. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has engaged with the Moroccan government regarding the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4804/25]
76. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on all communications he has had with the Trump administration at Ministerial and governmental level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4848/25]
79. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on all communications he has had with the new British government at ministerial and governmental level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4851/25]
4. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the Government's policy on the independence of Somaliland; if any research or diplomatic efforts have been carried out by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3735/25]
24. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in relation to Ireland's announced endorsement of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism, that endorsement includes endorsement of the illustrative examples that accompany the definition, which the Government had not previously considered to be an integral part of the defin…
26. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he recognises that the persecution of Christians worldwide is a growing trend internationally; the steps being taken by his Department to highlight and combat this practice, especially in states or jurisdictions that Ireland supports through its various overseas aid programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2392/25]
30. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make urgent representations to the Indian Prime Minister to convey the serious concern of the Irish people at the ongoing delays in concluding the murder trial of the person accused of murdering an Irish citizen (details supplied) in March 2017. [2576/25]
32. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of the Government on the elections in Belarus on 26 January 2025; the level of support voiced for Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya and the Belarusian opposition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2625/25]
47. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the move by the US Administration to add the Republic of Cuba to its state sponsors of terrorism list; if he is concerned that this move may lead to a strengthening of the US blockade against Cuba; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3412/25]
51. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of relations and engagement between the State and Western Sahara’s Polisario Front; if the Government recognises the Polisario Front as interlocutors for the Sahrawi people; and if this Government will commit to recognising a sovereign Sahrawi state. [3417/25]
52. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what engagement, if any, his Department has had with Spain regarding the status and conditions of political prisoners in that country, in particular the status of Basque political prisoners and the campaign for their repatriation to their homeland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3418/25]
53. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will call on the Iranian government to intervene to save the life of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3419/25]
54. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the urgent diplomatic actions the Government is taking to prevent the execution of a person (details supplied), a Kurdish humanitarian worker and civil society activist sentenced to death in Iran; and whether he will publicly condemn this sentence while engaging with his Department to apply diplomatic pressure on the Iranian government to…
33. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his position on the continued detention of the political prisoner (details supplied) in Hong Kong, on efforts made by his Department to raise the case with Chinese authorities; if he is concerned by the use by China of its national security law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46782/24]
50. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will seek another round of tough EU sanctions to be applied to Belarus. [1417/25]
59. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government’s approach to Tibet; if he is concerned regarding ongoing human rights abuses by the Chinese Communist Party in Tibet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1783/25]
60. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the plans by Government to mark in 2026 the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States and the role of Irish people in the establishment and growth of the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1784/25]
66. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the current situation in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2079/25]