120. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the actions her Department is taking to assist Irish citizens trying to get home from the Middle East; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22945/26]
Topics / Middle East
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMiddle East
369 questions from 62 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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322 written, 47 oral
62
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| January 2025 | 3 |
| February 2025 | 36 |
| March 2025 | 3 |
| April 2025 | 47 |
| May 2025 | 25 |
| June 2025 | 13 |
| July 2025 | 44 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 50 |
| October 2025 | 32 |
| November 2025 | 22 |
| December 2025 | 6 |
| January 2026 | 19 |
| February 2026 | 8 |
| March 2026 | 22 |
| April 2026 | 2 |
| May 2026 | 15 |
| June 2026 | 3 |
| July 2026 | 13 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 4 |
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124. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will advance the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025, for goods and services, with urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22979/26]
125. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government’s assessment of the impact of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, including tensions involving Iran, on Irish trade; the potential risks to key export sectors and supply chains; the measures being taken to mitigate any disruption to trade flows; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22803/26]
129. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether consideration has been given to establishing a cross-departmental taskforce to coordinate responses to international crises, including demand for repatriation flights; if measures will be put in place to ensure a more proactive approach in supporting Irish citizens abroad during periods of instability; and if she will make a statement on…
145. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps her Department is taking to progress the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22946/26]
154. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding continuing Government support to Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23043/26]
35. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a breakdown of the cost of the €800 fee for charter flights to evacuate Irish citizens from the Middle East; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19195/26]
36. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the Irish charter flights from Dubai cost €800 per person and the reason that figure is double the €400 per person cost of the UK Government flights; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19196/26]
48. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost of the recent repatriation flight from Oman to Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19665/26]
49. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the charge incurred by passengers on the recent repatriation flight was calculated; the reason for the charge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19666/26]
146. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he welcomes the upcoming matches between the Irish football team and the Israel national football team, in light of Israel’s commission of the crime of genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16814/26]
221. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm receipt of a letter from a cross-party group of parliamentarians from Ireland and Britain in relation to the situation in Palestine; the reason no response has been given; and her plans to respond to the proposals set out in the letter. [15742/26]
231. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will outline the progress he has made with regard to divesting State monies from companies which derive profits from their activities in the occupied Palestinian territories. [10076/26]
275. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland has raised at EU level the Knesset bills introducing a form of racialised capital punishment against the Palestinian people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10347/26]
88. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on Ireland's implementation of, and adherence to, the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, which Ireland co-sponsored, arising from the ruling of the International Court of Justice in the case of the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, includi…
95. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific commitments Ireland made at the Global Alliance meeting on the two-state solution; the way these commitments will be implemented and monitored over the course of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8620/26]
99. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the specific actions Ireland is currently taking in response to the significant expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, including at EU and United Nations level; the way in which Ireland is raising concerns regarding breaches of international humanitarian law and the impact of settlement expansion on the viability of a tw…
131. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has made, or plans to make, any representations at European Union level, through international fora on sports, or to the Israeli minister responsible for sport to demonstrate opposition to the proposed demolition of the football pitch at a location (details supplied). [4125/26]
206. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the value of dual-use goods exported to Israel in 2025 in its entirety; the companies that got licenses, as well as applications that were refused, and who the end users were. [8926/26]
10. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures being taken by the Department to advocate for the release of a person (details supplied) who faces execution in Iran; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4730/26]
213. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the current situation in Iran; and the engagement her Department has had with the European Union in relation to the matter. [3599/26]
215. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of post codes which she and her Department are giving consideration to prescribing under the terms of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025; and the total or estimated total geographical area of these post codes. [3706/26]
222. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out, in tabular form, the total amount of Exchequer funding provided by Ireland to programmes relating to Gaza and the West Bank from January 2023 to date, broken down by year, funding instrument, recipient organisation, and administering body, and to state the projected allocations to each recipient body to the end of 2026. [3950/26]
223. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what governance, audit, and compliance conditions are attached to Irish Exchequer funding provided to UNRWA since January 2023, what additional oversight measures have been introduced following international concerns regarding UNRWA governance, and whether any Irish funding has been suspended, redirected, or made conditional as a result. [3951/2…
224. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what mechanisms are used by her Department to verify the end-use of Irish humanitarian funding provided to Gaza and the West Bank, whether Ireland operates or participates in any independent verification or tracing system beyond partner self-reporting, and to outline the limitations of current verification arrangements. [3952/26]