Written answers
Thursday, 4 October 2018
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Brexit Issues
12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of meetings or other relevant engagement he has had with EU member states and his UK counterparts on the subject of Brexit since... - Middle East Issues
13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will call on the EU to seek the suspension of Israel from the Kimberley process and introduce a ban on Israeli diamond exports in view... - United Nations
15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his aims ahead of his forthcoming trip to the United Nations General Assembly. [37513/18] - Brexit Negotiations
16. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the backstop agreement between the EU and the UK Government with regard to ensuring no hard border on the island of Ireland;... - Passport Services
17. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if greater resources will be provided to the Passport Office in County Cork to allow for greater speed in clearing passport applications; and... - Brexit Issues
18. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is developing contingency plans for businesses for a situation in which the landbridge through Britain becomes unusable for Irish... - Human Rights
19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the oppression faced by the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan (details supplied); and if he will he raise... - Overseas Development Aid Expenditure
20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a roadmap outlining his overseas development aid plan to reach the 0.7% of GNI target will be published; and if he will make a statement... - Human Rights
22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to ensure that the recommendations of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar are... - Irish Prisoners Abroad
23. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had communications with the Prime Minister of Greece with regard to the detention of a person (details supplied); and if he will... - UN Resolutions
24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to his UK counterpart in regard to the need for the British Government to return sovereignty of the Chagos... - Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of discussions on the Dublin and Monaghan bombings. [29044/18] - Foreign Conflicts
26. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to bring diplomatic pressure to bear on Saudi Arabia to cease its attacks on Yemen in view of recent atrocities... - International Sanctions Application
29. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to ensure that US sanctions on Russia do not adversely affect a plant (details supplied); if he has formally raised... - UN Environmental Programme
31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the new report, Single-Use Plastics: A Roadmap for Sustainability, released by the United Nations... - Human Rights
33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the discussion at the recent UN Human Rights Council of the report of the findings of the group of eminent experts on Yemen;... - EU Issues
35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the invocation of the Article 7 procedure following the Sargentini report; and if he will make a statement on the matter.... - Northern Ireland
36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the introduction of the historical investigations unit in Northern Ireland in line with the Stormont House... - Foreign Conflicts
37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which concerns on the non-implementation of aspects of the peace agreement in Colombia can be addressed in view of the extent of... - Emigrant Support Services
38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made to date since the publication of the report on challenges being faced by returning Irish emigrants; and if he will make a... - Brexit Issues
39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made with regard to the sectoral challenges of Brexit such as retaining connectivity when the UK leaves the Open Skies... - State Visits
40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with the United States of America Administration in regard to the cancellation of President Trump's visit. [37581/18] - EU Presidency
42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Executive will be proposing an Irish candidate for the Presidency of the European Commission from 2019. [30827/18] - Undocumented Irish in the USA
43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the efforts to secure a legal pathway for the undocumented Irish in the United States of America; and if he will make a... - Middle East Peace Process
46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with President Abbas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40268/18] - Humanitarian Aid Provision
47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the US Government’s decision to stop providing funding to the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees (details... - Passport Applications Data
48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the turnaround time for passport applications; the number of persons waiting to have passport applications processed through the Passport... - Humanitarian Aid Provision
49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if support, financial or otherwise, directly or indirectly, is provided to a group (details supplied); and his views regarding EU members'... - Middle East Peace Process
50. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to highlight the challenges facing the Palestinian Authority and the Palestinian people in terms of peace, security, welfare and... - Brexit Negotiations
51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his engagement with the EU Brexit negotiating team and the UK Government with a view to ensuring regulatory alignment on agriculture matters... - Dublin-Monaghan Bombings
52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of his Department's input into the ongoing outstanding requests with the British Government regarding inquiries into the Dublin... - Public Relations Contracts Data
54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 61 of 27 September 2018, the details of the projects, logistics and events that companies with a public... - Brexit Expenditure
55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of revamping the Brexit website (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40482/18] - Humanitarian Aid Provision
56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial support given to the state of Palestine in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40522/18] - Passport Applications Data
58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which an increase in the number of applications for Irish passports has been recorded in the past 12 months; and if he will... - Brexit Negotiations
59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if in the course of current negotiations on Brexit cognisance is taken of the fact that Northern Ireland rejected Brexit; and if he will make... - Brexit Issues
60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which new trading partners have been identified in anticipation of Brexit with particular reference to the extent to which the... - Overseas Development Aid
61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which Irish aid remains unconditional in view of the fact that other jurisdictions are seeking trade for aid throughout Africa;... - UN Security Council
62. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he has identified support for Ireland’s case in the context of his recent address to the UN General Assembly; and... - EU Enlargement
63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he and his EU colleagues continue to influence positively the political situation in the western Balkans; and if he will... - Overseas Development Aid Oversight
64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which international aid is co-ordinated to ensure that the intended recipients receive from the donors all that was intended;... - Overseas Development Aid Data
65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which various countries, through the EU or UN, in the past five years have failed to deliver aid as promised; the target... - International Terrorism
66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the activities of Al-Shabaab and Boko Haram are being curtailed on the African continent; the ongoing actions in this... - Overseas Development Aid
67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the various destinations included in Ireland’s bilateral aid programme and those in the multilateral aid programme; and if he will... - Human Rights
68. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community continues to intervene to prevent the recruitment of child soldiers at various global... - Middle East Peace Process
69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and the international community can continue to exert pressure to bring about an amicable peace process in the...
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