20. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how effective is the United Nations in addressing human rights issues such as FGM in Somalia; the role Ireland and the Government can play in supporting UN efforts to combat practices like FGM (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32134/26]
Topics / Human Rights
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsHuman Rights
133 questions from 40 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 1 October 2026.
133
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132 written, 1 oral
40
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
11
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 | 5 |
| March 2025 | 5 |
| April 2025 | 17 |
| May 2025 | 8 |
| June 2025 | 8 |
| July 2025 | 8 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 12 |
| October 2025 | 9 |
| November 2025 | 5 |
| December 2025 | 3 |
| January 2026 | 5 |
| February 2026 | 4 |
| March 2026 | 7 |
| April 2026 | 6 |
| May 2026 | 5 |
| June 2026 | 1 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 12 |
| October 2026 | 3 |
Who asks, by party
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
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]
299. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the violation of human rights against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang; if her Department's attention has been drawn to reported supply chain links to Ireland associated with forced labour of the Uyghur people (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25399/26]
325. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has raised the case of a person (details supplied), from the Bahá'í community who is facing a death penalty in Iran with the Iranian authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26101/26]
326. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will raise Israel's newly enacted death penalty law formally at the EU Council and the UN Human Rights Council. [26191/26]
330. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will raise Israel's newly enacted death penalty law, passed on 30 March 2026 formally at the EU Council and the UN Human Rights Council. [26353/26]
337. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts made by the State to raise the introduction of a new law in Israel, which mandates the death penalty for Palestinians who have been tried in military court and found guilty of committing a fatal attack, with the Council of the European Union and the UN Human Rights Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2684…
73. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the measures taken by her Department to highlight and combat the rise of Christian persecution; if her attention has been drawn to her Department, through Irish Aid, consistently allocated funding to states and territories who engage in the most extreme forms of Christian persecution; her views on whether this is appropriat…
87. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action Ireland is taking in relation to the 1,100 political prisoners in Belarusian jails; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22531/26]
100. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has raised or will raise the case of a person (details supplied) with the Chinese Ambassador and with the Chinese authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22375/26]
106. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on diplomatic efforts made by the State in response to legal persecution of LGBTQ+ persons in Senegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22987/26]
118. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland’s policy on the defence of the protections within the European Convention on Human Rights, particularly on the Article 3 and Article 8 protections of the ECHR which were the subject of a letter signed by Ireland in December; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22944/26]
158. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has expressed or will express concern at the adoption of legislation in Senegal that seeks to further oppress members of the LGBT community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22376/26]
63. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans to raise a matter (details supplied). [20770/26]
511. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures her Department is taking to deliver on-the-ground supports in relation to the National Human Rights Strategy 2025, in particular supports that will enable disabled people to live independently and be an active part of their communities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13428/26]
81. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the continued detention in Hong Kong of businessman and pro-democracy advocate Jimmy Lai, the harassment of one of his lawyers and an Irish citizen (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8209/26]
115. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has raised concerns with the US about human rights violations in the United States, including the execution of peaceful protesters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8703/26]
133. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has been in contact with the US ambassador to express Ireland’s concern at the loss of life at protests in Minneapolis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8713/26]
1. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of his engagements with the embassy and government of Bahrain with regard to a human rights defender in custody in that country (details supplied). [6756/26]
208. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagements with the government of Saudi Arabia and its embassy in Dublin regarding the arbitrary detention and torture of human rights defenders (details supplied). [3363/26]
218. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is concerned by the reported harassment of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3232/26]
228. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74003/25]
244. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action Ireland is taking to protest the deportation of a person (details supplied) who documented the repression of the Uyghur people in China, by the United States to Uganda; if she will raise the matter with her American counterpart; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74773/25]
30. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on her Department's position in relation to the detention of a person (details supplied); the concerns raised in the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention report in June 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72749/25]
636. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress that has been made in relation to the National Human Rights Strategy for Disabled People 2025 – 2030, which commits to establish a strategic focus network on the cost of disability; if this group has been established; the Departments and agencies involved; the number of meetings held to date; if people with disabilities and advocate gr…