Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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618. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support he provides through the embassy network and consular services to assist Irish persons in pursuing civil matters in the European Union, for example, where property transactions have not been completed correctly and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6032/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and its network of Embassies and Consulates provides a range of consular services to Irish citizens.

These services include Apostille certification and legalisation of certain documents. Full details of the services available are on the Department’s website: .

Irish missions abroad do not provide legal advice or have any role in local civil legal proceedings. In relation to such matters, the support that the Department and its Embassy and Consulate network offers to citizens is generally limited to providing information on competent local authorities or lists and contact details of relevant professional or legal experts. Within the European Union a number of instruments have been adopted to assist private parties in the pursuit of civil law matters in other member states.