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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current progress of the drafting of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025. [57184/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Like many others in the House, I welcome the fact that a peace plan has taken some form. I am very concerned about the fragility of it. Dozens of people have been killed even since the ceasefire. As the Tánaiste noted, extra-judicial killings are to be condemned as well, so undoubtedly the peace is very fragile. As with any peace, a ceasefire is only part of it. A political solution...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Legislative Measures (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: What is planned is perhaps not crystal clear to those of us on this side of the House at this point. I think many people would have been concerned by the Taoiseach's comments last week that seemed to suggest that it was simply not practical to ban services. A number of questions arise in relation to that. The Tánaiste has said in the past that there is no difference between the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the situation in Sudan, and the Government's position on same, in particular the need to ensure access to aid in El Fasher, and the flow of weapons to the conflict. [57183/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Baineann an chéad cheist leis an tSúdáin, that is, the humanitarian situation in Sudan which has been going on for two years now. There are many millions of people displaced and many millions facing severe malnutrition, even famine, particularly in the city of El Fasher in Darfur. This has been laid siege to by the RSF armed group and the Janjaweed. We discussed this in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: The Minister of State is likely aware that in the English-speaking world, one of the most prominent journalists drawing attention to this situation is Declan Walsh, a journalist from The New York Times. Mr. Walsh, an Irishman who has written extensively on this conflict, wrote a piece at the start of the month describing the situation in El Fasher. He interviewed a gentleman, Dr. Omar...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I appreciate the Minister of State's comments and agree with him. It is an extraordinarily severe humanitarian situation. People are facing starvation and dying for lack of food and medicine, while the conflict carries on unabated. This is being exacerbated by the flow of weapons. It has been alleged that certain countries are continuing to supply a significant amount of weapons both to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Have we raised it directly with the governments in question?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: That would be appropriate.

Irish Unity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: Go raibh maith agat. Tá súil agam go bhfaighidh mé an t-am ar ais. It is over 100 years since partition. Partition was profoundly wrong and had huge negative impacts for Ireland, North and South. It divided communities. It separated institutions and cultural movements and organisations. It had a negative effect on politics, North and South, with the sectarian orange state...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Security (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 78. To ask the Taoiseach for an update on the progress of the National Security Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49305/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his Department’s engagements in relation to the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan; and the efforts being made to ensure that peace is sustained in the region. [57179/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on recent dialogue with the British government, including matters of shared interest on issues such as legacy, trade and migration. [57180/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his Department’s engagements in relation to the EU-Morocco trade deal; the Government’s position on this trade deal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57182/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the Government's position in relation to potential increased tariffs; and the preparations it is making for same. [57181/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement his Department has had with the Hague Group; and the efforts which have been made to join the Hague Group in order to support that governmental bloc to maximise international diplomatic and legal action against Israel's human rights crimes and international law violations. [57178/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Budget 2026 (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 28, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations. [57198/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Budget 2026 (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 238. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to provide the Abridged Estimates Volume for Budget 2026 for Vote 36, including the provisional sub head and programme level allocations. [57199/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (21 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: 373. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a secondary school place for a child (details supplied) in County Cork. [56482/25]

Committee on Defence and National Security: Civil Defence and the Office of Emergency Planning: Discussion (16 Oct 2025)

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire: I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee and I thank the staff and volunteers of Civil Defence for the work they do. It is very challenging work in many ways. There is a real commitment to people's communities and the public because it is challenging work in difficult weather and it is exhausting work at times. As a voluntary organisation, it makes a big difference in times of...