70. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on her recent engagements regarding the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and the possible sanctions to be taken against Israel on the basis of its actions against the Palestinian people. [68201/26]
Topics / International Agreements
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsInternational Agreements
71 questions from 38 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 1 October 2026.
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69 written, 2 oral
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| January 2025 | 9 |
| February 2025 | 4 |
| March 2025 | 4 |
| April 2025 | 1 |
| May 2025 | 12 |
| June 2025 | 2 |
| July 2025 | 5 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 3 |
| October 2025 | 2 |
| November 2025 | 4 |
| December 2025 | 2 |
| January 2026 | 1 |
| February 2026 | 7 |
| March 2026 | 2 |
| April 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 3 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 2 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 3 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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138. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will confirm that Ireland has agreed to co-host, alongside Tuvalu, the second Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels summit in 2027; if Ireland is also participating in the coordination group established to ensure continuity between the first and second conferences, alongside Colombia, the Netherlands and Tuvalu; the resource…
139. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will clarify how, and at what level, Ireland participated in the Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels summit held in Santa Marta, Colombia, from 24-29 April 2026; if a Minister or Minister of State represented Ireland at the high-level segment; if not, if Ireland’s participation was at official/civil servant level only; and…
43. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will list all international agreements and arrangements with the United Kingdom concerning defence, air defence, or airspace that have been laid before Dáil Éireann since 2002, together with the date on which each was laid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60262/26]
278. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will suspend Ireland’s double taxation agreement with Israel. [54683/26]
3. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the progress that has been made on securing a bilateral agreement with Britain to ensure that those international protection applicants who should be processed in Britain can be returned there in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49648/26]
258. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider the development of a procurement pact or outline joint procurement measures with the European Union or with other EU member states. [46432/26]
259. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider the development of a procurement pact or outline joint procurement measures with Canada. [46433/26]
372. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence when the refreshed Memorandum of Understanding signed between Ireland and the United Kingdom on 11 March 2026 is expected to be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; the reasons it has not yet been laid before the Houses; whether any changes in policy, operational cooperation, training arrangements, information-sharing arrangements or defence engagement struc…
1356. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given the implementation of the EU Migration and Asylum Pact and the increasing long-term use of large-scale international protection accommodation centres, whether new operational standards or regulations will be introduced governing the management of such centres (details supplied), the interaction between centre management, res…
3. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to seek the suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement during Ireland's EU Presidency, considering Israel's ongoing crimes against humanity; if the Government will enact the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40382/26]
10. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the efforts the Government has made to suspend the EU-Israeli Association Trade Agreement since January 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40650/26]
164. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the result of any impact assessments relating to the State’s liabilities regarding international agreements containing investor courts that are ratified in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38643/26]
109. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has engaged with partner EU states, Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland regarding the withdrawal from the Ottawa treaty which outlaws anti-personnel mines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22636/26]
493. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the ratification of the second optional protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18126/26]
17. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on any and all actions taken in relation to Ireland's withdrawal from the Energy Charter Treaty since the decision agreement to withdraw by the previous Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15592/26]
143. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any product or services purchased from Canada by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid. [15338/26]
216. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions her Department has had enacted since Ireland adopted the Sendai Disaster Framework. [14216/26]
814. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the assessment that has been made of the expected impact of the EU–India free trade agreement on long-stay visa applications, residence permissions, renewals, and family reunification volumes; whether current visa and permission processing capacity is considered appropriate given housing and service constraints; whether throughput, pri…
815. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether Ireland is participating in any EU-level mobility pilots or coordination mechanisms linked to the EU–India free trade agreement, including the proposed “Legal Gateway”; which Irish visa or residence permission pathways, if any, are designated as in scope for such participation; whether this participation is limited strictly to …
853. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the mobility framework associated with the EU-India Free Trade Agreement, upon which negotiations concluded on 27 January 2026, will form part of the trade proposal that the Commission will bring to the Council, and therefore be subject to QMV, or whether the mobility agreement between the EU and India will come under the pilla…
460. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has engaged with institutions of the European Union with respect to the Mobility Pact (Comprehensive Framework for Cooperation on Mobility) element of the EU-India Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8602/26]
1027. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when a referendum will be held to ratify the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, the International Agreement for which was signed by Ireland in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2477/26]
268. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the absence of reciprocal driving licensing agreements between Ireland, America and Canada (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70878/25]
86. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to Ireland ratifying the UNCRC Second Optional Protocol, the reason the State must be able to meet the obligations it assumes from the moment that international agreement enters into force in Ireland; the reason for the discrepancy between this agreement and the Istanbul Convention, which Ireland ratified, yet, where the State rema…