Written answers
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Passport Services
11.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the application has passed the issue date quite considerably; and if he will... - Foreign Policy
12.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on an independent panel of UN experts who have called for gender apartheid to be recognised as a crime incorporated in Article 2 of... - Foreign Birth Registration
13.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a foreign birth registration in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on... - Passport Services
15.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a specific document is being requested from an applicant as supporting documentation for a passport (details supplied), given the... - Foreign Policy
16.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any representative of Ireland attended the NATO summit in Washington DC in July, or attended meetings organised around this summit; and if... - Foreign Birth Registration
17.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made in relation to an application for foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in... - Foreign Policy
18.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the violation of human rights against the Uyghurs in Xinjiang; the steps he and his EU colleagues have taken regarding this; and... - Departmental Legal Cases
19.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of legal cases taken by his Department, or by agencies or bodies under his Department’s aegis, against another Department,... - Foreign Birth Registration
20.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application to the foreign birth register for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the... - Official Engagements
21.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to invite his Swedish counterpart to Dublin during quarter 4 of this year for a bilateral meeting. [31426/24] - International Protection
22.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 3 July 2024, if he will publish the actual feedback his Department provided to the International... - Passport Services
24.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff in the passport service, by grade, role, location and cost, in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on... - Emigrant Support Services
27.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount allocated to the emigrant support programme in the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a... - Departmental Expenditure
28.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount allocated to the promotion of culture abroad through his Department, in the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will... - Overseas Development Aid
29.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Ireland’s total contribution to overseas development aid in the years 2019 to date; the associated percentage of gross national income... - Passport Services
31.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will issue ahead of travel date in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31556/24] - Foreign Birth Registration
32.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the issues pertaining to a foreign birth register application of a person (details supplied) have been resolved; if the application is now... - Official Engagements
34.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he last spoke with the Portuguese ambassador to Ireland. [31646/24] - Diplomatic Representation
35.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of current 'WTE executive personal assistant posts, by gender, at each Irish Embassy and Consulate General Office, as of 11 July... - Official Engagements
37.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the United States Secretary of State in the past three months. [31676/24] - Passport Services
38.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the case of a missing passport application for a person (details supplied) will be examined. [31704/24] - Diplomatic Representation
39.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will meet an ambassador (details supplied) to discuss an ongoing case he is aware of, having met the family concerned; and if he will... - Consular Services
41.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure all Irish citizens are entitled to the same type of intervention from the Government; the reason a person (details supplied)... - Diplomatic Representation
42.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to renovate and reinstate the former residence of Ireland’s ambassador to the Vatican, Villa Spada, as an... - Passport Services
43.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a passport will issue to a person in County Mayo (details supplied); and the reason for the delay in issuing said passport. [32074/24] - Foreign Birth Registration
44.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a decision has been made on a foreign births register application by a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a... - Passport Services
45.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on processing times for passport applications at present; the number of applications processed this year; the number currently... - Foreign Birth Registration
47.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32649/24] - Middle East
48.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been a response from the EU following the Irish request for the EU-Israeli trade agreement to be reviewed; and if he will make a... - Overseas Development Aid
52.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is aware of any plans by the EU to reduce the overseas aid budget; if he will outline any engagement his Department has had... - Passport Services
53.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of the number of passports issued in 2023 and to date in 2024, by county, of online passport applications, paper applications,... - Cross-Border Co-operation
54.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional measures that will be implemented to grow even further and strengthen the all-Ireland economy following the very welcome growth... - Passport Services
55.To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33209/24]
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