Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Trade Sanctions

Thomas Pringle

67. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether, in the course of the Government’s diplomatic engagements in the United States for St. Patrick’s Day this year, he, other Ministers or any Irish officials challenged the United States regarding the decision of the current administration to continue to enforce the Cuban embargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25798/24]

Passport Services

James Lawless

68. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to expedite passport applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25840/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Mattie McGrath

69. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a decision will be made on an application for a foreign birth registration (details supplied); the reason for the delay in processing the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25846/24]

Passport Services

Éamon Ó Cuív

40. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Galway; the reason for the delay in issuing said passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25619/24]

Passport Services

Cathal Crowe

41. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider amending the rules to allow the issuing of passports of shorter durations in view of some extenuating circumstances (details supplied). [25621/24]

Passport Services

James Lawless

42. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application for a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25623/24]

Passport Services

Niamh Smyth

43. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to review a passport application and expedite same (details supplied); and if he will provide an update on the matter. [25662/24]

EU Meetings

Denis Naughten

44. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of his Department; and the number of formal and informal meetings, respectively held virtually and the corresponding number held in person; if he or his predecessor attended each meeting, or a Minister of State or ambassador represented the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25670/24]

Flexible Work Practices

Denis Naughten

45. Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department and each body and agency under the remit of his Department has achieved the Government-mandated public sector remote working target of 20%; when this was achieved in each instance; the current percentage of staff working remotely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25688/24]

Middle East

Bríd Smith

46. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has any plans to provide extra supports to students from Gaza, in light of the awful situation they and their families have endured and continue to face in Palestine (details supplied); if he will take extra steps to further support these students; the measures he can take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25744/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Michael Healy-Rae

47. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25766/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

28. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicant’s travel date is imminent and the application has passed the target issue date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24630/24]

Passport Services

James Lawless

29. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24633/24]

Departmental Data

Carol Nolan

30. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details of any anti-racism or unconscious bias training and presentations made available to staff in his Department during the period 2021 to date; the content of such training and presentations; the provider of any such training and presentations and the costs incurred for each event; if attendance at such training and presentations is mandatory or voluntary for staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24670/24]

Legislative Measures

Carol Nolan

31. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will be prioritising the progression of any specific pieces of legislation prior to the Dáil summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24702/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

32. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on Ireland’s participation in an initiative of shared commitments to UNRWA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24715/24]

Middle East

Matt Carthy

33. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government was advised in advance that Israel would record an engagement with the Irish Ambassador; his response to this occurrence; his response to the engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24716/24]

Passport Services

Matt Carthy

34. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications which were discarded having been in processing for six months, in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24717/24]

Passport Services

Paul McAuliffe

35. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport can be expedited for a child (details supplied). [24731/24]

Departmental Staff

Patrick Costello

36. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the next recruitment intake of Third Secretaries will take place; the number of roles likely to be recruited for; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24827/24]

Military Neutrality

Catherine Connolly

37. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 28 May 2024, if he will publish the non-paper and the text of the letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24834/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

38. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicant's travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24839/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

39. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the applicant's travel date is imminent and; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24840/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

40. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the application has passed the target issue date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24841/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

41. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application (details supplied) can be escalated as the application has passed the target issue date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24842/24]

Passport Services

James Lawless

42. Deputy James Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to examine an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24859/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Alan Kelly

43. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional staffing and personnel that will be based at the Irish Embassy in Paris during the upcoming Olympic and Paralympic games; and if a temporary emergency out-of-hours phone line will be setup during these games. [24869/24]

Departmental Staff

Alan Kelly

44. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of females and males that applied for the post of consular officer and administrative officer at the Irish Consulate General Office in Boston. [24870/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Alan Kelly

45. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the civil service grades each Irish Ambassador and each consul general is at, in tabular form. [24871/24]

Diplomatic Representation

Alan Kelly

46. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Irish Ambassador or deputy Ambassador or equivalent based at the Irish Embassy in Rome have visited the city of Naples, Italy to date in 2024; and if so, the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [24872/24]

Foreign Policy

Seán Haughey

47. Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the current diplomatic relationship between Ireland and Western Sahara, and between Ireland and the Polisario Front; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24909/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Duncan Smith

48. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a status update in respect of a foreign birth registration (details supplied); if he will expedite the application process for reasons (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24947/24]

Foreign Policy

Patrick Costello

49. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a list of all agreements, treaties and conventions Ireland has with Morocco, both bilateral and as a member of the European Union. [24973/24]

Passport Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

50. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what is being done to address the backlog in passport applications [25029/24]

Passport Services

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

51. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of passport target dates that have been exceeded. [25030/24]

Official Travel

Catherine Murphy

52. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is scheduled to visit the United States before the end of this year. [25100/24]

Official Engagements

Catherine Murphy

53. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the government of the Philippines in the past 12 months. [25101/24]

Passport Services

Catherine Murphy

54. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish passports notified to his Department as stolen and lost in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [25102/24]

Passport Services

Alan Dillon

55. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed and expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25115/24]

Middle East

Bríd Smith

56. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that at least 11 Palestinian graduates who came here to study on ICOS/Department of Foreign Affairs-/Irish Aid-sponsored scholarships have recently received a letter (details supplied); if he agrees that this is a poor choice of options, given the situation in Palestine; the reason the option to secure a two-year graduate work visa is not given to these Palestinian graduates as it is to their fellow overseas graduates; if he will commit to ensuring that this option is now extended to these graduates as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25120/24]

Foreign Policy

Leo Varadkar

57. Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to make a statement on the crisis in Myanmar; to list the meeting he had which addressed the matter and what actions Ireland can take to help restore democracy in the country [25150/24]

Passport Services

Niamh Smyth

58. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs how a person (details supplied) can obtain a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25154/24]

Overseas Development Aid

Patrick Costello

59. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a breakdown of international development assistance funding provided to each country in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25162/24]

Overseas Development Aid

Patrick Costello

60. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the 2023 Irish Aid Climate and Environmental Finance Report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25163/24]

Overseas Development Aid

Patrick Costello

61. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the 2023 Irish Aid Annual Report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25164/24]

Overseas Development Aid

Patrick Costello

62. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on the commitment to providing at least €225 million per year in climate finance to developing countries by 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25165/24]

Foreign Birth Registration

Alan Dillon

63. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 65 of 2 February 2024 when a person (details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25179/24]

Passport Services

Pearse Doherty

64. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if passports for siblings in County Donegal applied for on 22 March 2024 will issue on time for a travel date of 27 June 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25362/24]

Passport Services

John Brady

65. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) given that the applicant's date of travel is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25457/24]

Departmental Contracts

Catherine Murphy

66. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of all contracts they have and/or had with a company in the past 25 years to date (details supplied); the agreed contract cost; the ultimate contract cost including extras, design changes, conciliation, claims etc; project name/title; and the name of the body responsible for the delivery of projects where responsibility has been devolved. [25475/24]