84. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the engagement she has had with her counterpart in the UK on the decision to amend travel document requirements for those travelling by ferry between Ireland and the UK (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64030/26]
Topics / Travel Documents
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsTravel Documents
9 questions from 7 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 7 September 2026.
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88. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on whether changes to passport check requirements (detail supplied) impacts on the common travel area policy between Ireland and the UK; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64020/26]
154. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review an application and escalate same (details supplied). [33646/26]
337. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider extending eligibility for the student Leap card to include part-time students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29573/26]
1937. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Social Protection if there are any special exceptions under which a person under the age of 66 years-of-age, who is living with a medical condition that significantly restricts but does not limit their ability to drive, may qualify for a free travel pass; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26844/26]
111. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason the window for accepting and processing travel pass scheme applications is limited; if there are plans for the NSSO to expand this period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10854/26]
199. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legislative basis of the Government's policy not to issue travel documents to non-nationals experiencing grave humanitarian disasters whose passports have been lost, damaged or destroyed as a consequence of the conditions they are seeking to be removed from (details supplied); and whether he will consider legislation wh…
200. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of historical precedent for issuing travel documents to non-nationals outside of normal procedures during conditions of genocide (details supplied); and his plans to follow the precedent to enable the evacuation of Palestinians from Gaza where they are seeking to come to Ireland.; and if he will make a statem…
996. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of individuals who have arrived in Ireland at any port of entry, including Dublin Airport, without valid travel documents for each year from 2018 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1186/25]