Middle East
An official questions-paper heading. 363 questions (46 oral, 317 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
Questions under this heading, per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| Jan 2025 | 3 |
| Feb 2025 | 36 |
| Mar 2025 | 3 |
| Apr 2025 | 47 |
| May 2025 | 25 |
| Jun 2025 | 13 |
| Jul 2025 | 44 |
| Sep 2025 | 50 |
| Oct 2025 | 32 |
| Nov 2025 | 22 |
| Dec 2025 | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 19 |
| Feb 2026 | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | 22 |
| Apr 2026 | 2 |
| May 2026 | 15 |
| Jun 2026 | 3 |
| Jul 2026 | 13 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Foreign | 299 |
| Finance | 14 |
| Health | 12 |
| Justice | 8 |
| Housing | 3 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3 |
| Enterprise | 3 |
| Public Expenditure | 3 |
| Taoiseach | 3 |
| Children | 3 |
| Agriculture | 2 |
| Culture | 2 |
| Education | 2 |
| Rural | 2 |
| Social | 2 |
| Defence | 1 |
| Transport | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-02 | Middle East |
| 2026-07-02 | Middle East |
| 2026-05-26 | Middle East |
| 2026-05-21 | Middle East |
| 2026-03-26 | Middle East |
| 2025-11-27 | Middle East |
| 2025-11-27 | Middle East |
| 2025-10-21 | Middle East |
| 2025-10-21 | Middle East |
| 2025-10-21 | Middle East |
| 2025-09-18 | Middle East |
| 2025-07-16 | Middle East |
| 2025-07-15 | Middle East |
| 2025-07-10 | Middle East |
| 2025-07-10 | Middle East |
| 2025-07-10 | Middle East |
| 2025-07-10 | Middle East |
| 2025-05-29 | Middle East |
| 2025-05-29 | Middle East |
| 2025-04-01 | Middle East |
| 2025-04-01 | Middle East |
| 2025-02-13 | Middle East |
| 2025-02-11 | Middle East |
| 2025-02-11 | Middle East |
| 2025-02-11 | Middle East |
The questions
Sorca Clarke
written
2026-01-20 · to Foreign
234. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify how Irish aid to Palestine is being distributed; how funding and resources have been allocated; how the Government is ensuring that these funds are used to the benefit civilians in Gaza; and the organisations that are in receipt of this funding, in tabular form. [4457/26]
John Lahart
written
2026-01-15 · to Foreign
217. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the decision by the Israeli Government to restrict the ability of 37 international humanitarian aid organisations, including respected organisations (details supplied), from operating in the occupied Palestinian territory her views that if Israel is allowed to prevent these organisations from operating, it will have…
Tom Brabazon
written
2026-01-14 · to Foreign
2. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on Israel's ordered demolition of a football pitch at the Aida Refugee Camp; the engagement her Department has had with Israel in relation to this matter. [2612/26]
Carol Nolan
written
2026-01-13 · to Foreign
227. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list the postal codes located in the so-called "occupied Palestinian territory", including East Jerusalem, which she and her Department are giving consideration to prescribing as such under the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025; to state or estimate th…
Duncan Smith
written
2026-01-13 · to Foreign
245. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on whether the resolution 2803 is delivering the adequate humanitarian response required in Gaza in conjunction with the 10 October 2025 ceasefire agreement; and if resolution 2803 will provide a path for Palestinian statehood and self-determination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74854/25]
Ruth Coppinger
written
2026-01-13 · to Foreign
294. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to highlight with her counterpart in Israel a demolition order in the occupied West bank (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2186/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-01-13 · to Transport
778. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1990/26]
Barry Ward
written
2025-12-17 · to Foreign
26. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action she has taken in relation to the illegal seizing of Irish citizens who were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, in October 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72671/25]
Barry Ward
written
2025-12-17 · to Foreign
27. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the further action she will take in relation to the illegal seizing of Irish citizens who were part of the Global Sumud Flotilla, in October 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72672/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-12-10 · to Foreign
91. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 4 December 2025, the areas of legal uncertainty she is referring to as to whether the inclusion of services is permissible under EU law. [70842/25]
Cian O'Callaghan
written
2025-12-09 · to Finance
50. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will ensure the Irish Strategic Investment Fund is fully divested from all companies, directly and indirectly, involved in illegally occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64339/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-12-04 · to Foreign
145. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans to pass the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025, in full, in 2025; and if not, the way in which she will justify the continued trade of goods and services with illegally occupied lands, that are being ethnically cleansed by an apartheid st…
Michael Cahill
written
2025-12-04 · to Foreign
164. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans in respect of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68893/25]
Duncan Smith
oral
2025-11-27 · to Foreign
2. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the Israeli settlements (prohibition of importation of goods) Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66299/25]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
oral
2025-11-27 · to Foreign
4. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current progress of the drafting of the Israeli settlements (prohibition of importation of goods) Bill. [66755/25]
Tom Brabazon
oral
2025-11-27 · to Foreign
11. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views and those of other EU ministers for foreign affairs in relation to post-ceasefire attacks in Gaza. [66462/25]
Matt Carthy
written
2025-11-27 · to Foreign
32. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on Ireland's implementation of, and adherence to, the United Nations General Assembly resolution, 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 terri…
Sinéad Gibney
written
2025-11-27 · to Foreign
34. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her Departments position on the UN Security Council’s adoption of Resolution 2803, particularly in the context of concerns raised around the violation of Palestinian right to self-determination by UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66727/25]
Brian Stanley
written
2025-11-27 · to Foreign
52. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her assessment of the intimidation and violence against the Palestinian people in the West Bank; the actions her Department is taking to increase the international pressure on Israel to halt their campaign of displacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66647/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh
written
2025-11-27 · to Foreign
60. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her diplomatic engagements to date in relation to the Gaza peace plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65875/25]
Tom Brabazon
written
2025-11-27 · to Foreign
82. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken at an EU level regarding the reconstruction of Gaza. [66463/25]
Pádraig Rice
written
2025-11-19 · to Foreign
73. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to respond to the findings of a report from a UN special rapporteur (details supplied) that the Irish state continues to permit the transfer of weapons to Israel through Irish ports and airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64056/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2025-11-18 · to Foreign
179. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland will raise at European level the decision of the Israeli authorities to obstruct and place a five year travel ban on the Chair of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62741/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
written
2025-11-18 · to Foreign
199. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to ensure that the €200 million currently earmarked and future moneys under the Horizon Europe's EIC Accelerator for Israeli start-ups is withdrawn; and whether the matter has been raised by him at EU Council meetings. [63979/25]
Barry Ward
written
2025-11-12 · to Foreign
201. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to raise the issue of the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla and the detainment of 16 Irish citizens by the Israel Defence Forces at an EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61226/25]