Written answers

Tuesday, 10 June 2025

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

 
  • Departmental Meetings
    170. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of any further meetings held between his Department with the US-based Strategic Economic Advisory Panel of business leaders...
  • Official Engagements
    172. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken with the new Canadian Prime Minister. [28973/25]
  • Passport Services
    173. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to review the requirement for widowed parents to provide a sole guardianship affidavit for passport renewals; and if he will make...
  • Northern Ireland
    174. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has any further plans regarding engaging with the British government over the Northern Ireland Troubles Legacy Act 2023...
  • Trade Agreements
    175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the free-trade agreement between the EU and Qatar. [29170/25]
  • Diplomatic Representation
    176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates in 2024 and to date in 2025 in which the Irish Consul General based in Miami has met with the sheriff of Miami-Dade Sheriff...
  • Official Engagements
    178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the delegation he plans to send to the 2025 UN Ocean Conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29256/25]
  • Diplomatic Representation
    179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any representations made directly to the Chinese Government in relation to the Christians in China or more generally...
  • European Council
    180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the position taken by Ireland at the recent meeting of the European Council regarding the request from the Spanish...
  • Diplomatic Representation
    181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the cases related to the persecution of Christians in China (details supplied); if this has been raised...
  • Foreign Birth Registration
    182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on an application by a person (details supplied) for the foreign birth register; the reason for the delay in...
  • International Bodies
    183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will leave the IHRA given the organisation's hosting in recent days of Benjamin Netanyahu who is considered by the Government to...
  • Passport Services
    184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to consider reinstating the exemption for passport fees for those aged 65 and over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29560/25]
  • Human Rights
    185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the sustained attacks on the LGBBTQ+ community in Uganda; the actions he will take to address this at an...
  • EU Directives
    186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the Letter of Formal Notice or Reasoned Opinion received by Ireland in respect of EU infringement proceedings for each of...
  • Election Monitoring Missions
    187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 27 May 2025, the reason, given the Government's support for political integration of former...
  • Passport Services
    188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria necessary for an organisation (details supplied) to be ratified as the body for official translations; and if he will make a...
  • Foreign Policy
    191. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legislative basis that exists for Ireland's policy of neutrality other than the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, otherwise known as the...
  • Passport Services
    192. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if affidavits are accepted instead of birth certificates or as a form of identification for passport applicants who were awarded...
  • Trade Relations
    193. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific steps he might consider taking to protect the pharmaceutical industry in Ireland should there be an increase in tariffs on EU...
  • International Relations
    194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 203 of 29 May 2025, to ask for clarity on what his definition of 'Israeli security needs' are, in...
  • Foreign Conflicts
    196. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will continue to make every effort, including facilitating the passing of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill...
  • Air Navigation Orders
    197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a US military flyover will be permitted during the NFL game in September of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter....
  • United Nations
    198. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position Ireland took regarding the appointment of Annalena Baerbock as UNGA President, particularly in light of her role in providing...
  • Human Rights
    199. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support a group of Irish medical doctors who came together to protest against the humanitarian disaster happening in Gaza...
  • Official Travel
    200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to visit Canada later this year. [30410/25]
  • Trade Agreements
    201. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with his European counterparts in relation to the EU Mercosur free trade agreement; and if he will make a...
  • Passport Services
    202. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that were delayed due to the fact that consent forms could not be verified with the relevant Garda...
  • Human Rights
    203. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to justify the adoption of the Global Guidelines Against Antisemitism considering the input of a government that the Irish Government...
  • Official Engagements
    208. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for details of engagements with the Israeli government and the Embassy of Ireland in Israel regarding the case of an individual arrested in...
  • Humanitarian Aid
    210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he is aware of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla setting sail for Gaza again on the Madleen to deliver humanitarian aid following the attack...

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