Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any of the Irish citizens recently evacuated from Israel were current or former members of the Israeli Defense Forces. [36760/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, including through our Embassies and Consulates worldwide, provides consular assistance to Irish citizens in difficulty abroad within the remit of its Consular Assistance Charter.

Throughout this crisis, my Department, including through our Embassies in Tehran and Tel Aviv, has remained in regular contact with Irish citizens seeking support to return to Ireland from Iran and Israel.

Consular assistance is built around the needs of the citizen and is delivered in a strictly confidential manner. As such, and to ensure cases are not potentially identifiable, the Department does not release any personal information pertaining to individuals who receive assistance.

I am pleased to say that, with excellent support and cooperation from EU partners, my Department successfully supported 24 Irish citizens and their dependants to depart the region.