178. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the delegation he plans to send to the 2025 UN Ocean Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29256/25]
Topics / Official Engagements
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsOfficial Engagements
220 questions from 65 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 15 July 2026.
220
questions
203 written, 17 oral
65
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
departments asked
This is one of the catch-all headings the Oireachtas uses for how a department runs rather than what a question is about, so it is left out of the range and focus figures.
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 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 20 |
| March 2025 | 26 |
| April 2025 | 24 |
| May 2025 | 20 |
| June 2025 | 8 |
| July 2025 | 11 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 11 |
| October 2025 | 10 |
| November 2025 | 14 |
| December 2025 | 16 |
| January 2026 | 9 |
| February 2026 | 6 |
| March 2026 | 17 |
| April 2026 | 9 |
| May 2026 | 10 |
| June 2026 | 5 |
| July 2026 | 2 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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.
The TDs who asked most
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
208. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for details of engagements with the Israeli government and the Embassy of Ireland in Israel regarding the case of an individual arrested in the West Bank (details supplied); if he will condemn this arrest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30663/25]
209. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the means by which his Department is ensuring that Irish citizen (details supplied) is receiving proper treatment in detention after her detainment on the 31 May by the Israeli police in the Occupied West Bank, in the Palestinian village of Masafer Yatta while she contests the deportation order of the Israeli authorities; and if h…
33. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Finance for a report on his attendance at the at the 2025 ILCU Conference. [27988/25]
119. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his engagement with EU officials in response to the tariffs imposed by the United States [17227/25]
401. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times he has met with the new strategic infrastructure unit in the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation since its inception; to provide a breakdown of Departments and agencies that were present at each meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [276…
196. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken formally with the Chinese ambassador to Ireland to date in 2025. [25352/25]
197. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit Lithuania during quarter three of 2025. [25353/25]
718. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken formally with his UK counterpart to date in 2025. [25351/25]
288. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite the Governor of Washington to Ireland for a bilateral meeting. [24286/25]
167. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on his recent trip to Lebanon and, in particular, his meeting with Lebanese officials about the ongoing legal proceedings in the matter relating to the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18043/25]
182. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on his meetings in Lebanon recently about a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16860/25]
203. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent visit to Lebanon; on the engagement he had with his counterparts in the Lebanese Government, particularly regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and on his views on how conditions could be improved for Irish Defence Forces personnel serving on peacekeeping duties there; and if he will make a statement on the…
7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Ministers, officials, advisors, and security staff visited Rome to attend the funeral of Pope Francis; and the estimated cost of same. [22048/25]
11. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade he person or body that invited U.S. congressman Brian Mast to Ireland last week. [22087/25]
12. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason U.S. Congressman Brian Mast was invited to Ireland last week. [22088/25]
13. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the person from the Irish Government who met with U.S. Congressman Brian Mast last week. [22089/25]
14. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what was discussed if Government officials met with U.S. Congressman Brian Mast last week. [22090/25]
15. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for details of engagements with the German government and German embassy in Ireland regarding the case of an individual arrested for demonstrating in the Irish language outside the Irish embassy in Berlin (details supplied); if he will condemn this arrest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22101/25]
18. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of the attendees at the Government Trade Forum, chaired by him on 28 April 2025; to provide a list of all those invited; to provide a list of attendees from meetings on 4 April, 21 March and 26 February; to provide copies of any documents, minutes or agendas circulated in advance of, or after, the four meetings to …
108. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the details of his engagements with his EU counterparts and the Council of the EU in relation to exercising his powers under Section 42 of the Criminal Activity (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 to impose restrictive measures on groups associated with financing terrorist activity in Israel; specifically in relation to financing terrorist activity and not in …
8. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the interactions he or his Department have had with the owner of a business (details supplied) since taking office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21247/25]
22. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his recent engagement with a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21535/25]
2. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite his Dutch counterpart to Dublin for a bilateral meeting, [21319/25]
5. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement between his Department and the Government of Indonesia in 2024 and to-date in 2025. [21506/25]