Parliamentary questions

Departmental Funding

Matt Carthy

70. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding provided to multilateral international organisations in 2020 to date, by organisation and by year; if the funding was a recurring obligation or for a special purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19721/24]

Departmental Funding

Matt Carthy

71. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding expended in relation to Ireland seeking election to positions within multilateral organisations, by electoral contest; if Ireland was successful, by year from 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19722/24]

Departmental Funding

Matt Carthy

72. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the funding provided through his Department to multilateral international organisations, by organisation, in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19723/24]

Departmental Bodies

Matt Carthy

73. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the work of inter-departmental groups tasked by Government with taking forward policy and operational planning regarding Ireland's holding of the Presidency of the Council of the European Union from July to December 2026; the policy areas he views as priorities.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19724/24]

United Nations

Matt Carthy

74. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the elections Ireland has participated as a candidate in the United Nations since 2002; the outcome of such elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19727/24]

International Bodies

Matt Carthy

75. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the international organisations that Ireland is currently considering or in the process of joining on the basis of full membership or otherwise, for example, observer membership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19728/24]

United Nations

Matt Carthy

76. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his proposals regarding reform of the United Nations institutions, in particular the UN Security Council and the use of a veto by the permanent five members; the engagements he has had in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19729/24]

Passport Services

Matt Carthy

77. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of appointments available for urgent passport renewal in Cork, Dublin and London, by month, in each of the years 2019, 2023 and 2024, by month; the number of which were availed of, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19730/24]

Departmental Staff

Matt Carthy

78. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and roles of local staff employed in Irish missions abroad, by mission; the associated cost, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19731/24]

Departmental Staff

Matt Carthy

79. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and cost of staff within his Department not currently posted abroad, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19732/24]

Departmental Staff

Matt Carthy

80. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and cost of staff posted abroad, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19733/24]

Departmental Staff

Matt Carthy

81. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the average number of staff in Irish diplomatic missions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19734/24]

Departmental Staff

Matt Carthy

82. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of attaché's posted in overseas missions, by policy area and by mission, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19735/24]

Departmental Funding

Matt Carthy

83. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional funding provided to facilitate the opening of new diplomatic missions in 2023 and 2024, by capital/current and by mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19736/24]

Passport Services

Matt Carthy

84. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 9 April 2024, if he no longer intends to increase staffing in the Passport Service to 920, per the Minister's commitment to do so by January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19737/24]

Passport Services

Matt Carthy

85. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 9 April 2024, the cost associated with increasing staffing levels in the Passport Service by 10, 50 and 100 WTE; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19738/24]

Passport Services

Matt Carthy

86. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 9 April 2024, the WTE equivalent within the Passport Service, by location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19739/24]

Passport Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

87. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made in relation to applications for passports lodged by a husband and wife (details supplied); the reason for the delay in issuing the passports despite the fact that the applications were lodged on the 10 March 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19855/24]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

88. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention or that of his Passport Office officials has been drawn to the profile verification used by a company (details supplied) for accounts in that it requires an account holder to upload their passport details and also scans the e-chip of a passport; if official have engaged with the business in respect of this practice; if he and or his officials have conducted their own data protection risk analysis of this and other social media companies' requirement to upload passport details; and if he will set out his concerns in relation to these requirements. [19860/24]

Passport Services

James Lawless

89. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to examine a passport issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19898/24]