Catherine Murphy

Social Democrats · Kildare North

Activity on Foreign Affairs — 342 events (2 lobbying · 339 questions · 1 votes) full profile →

• 2025-01-21
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  National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • We emailed the 220 public representatives - TDs and Senators - to ask them to sign a statement - "Join UN Rapporteurs to help protect Baha'i Women in Iran."
• 2025-01-20
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  ActionAid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Share with a number of Oireachtas members and MEPS - ActionAid's report on ' Towards a gender-responsive transposition of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive', and invite to webinare on the same.
• 2024-11-05
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of mobile phones issued to staff in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the total costs expended by his Department on handsets and phones bills over the same timeframe. [44861/24]
• 2024-10-22
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on relations between Ireland and Kuwait. [43127/24]
• 2024-10-15
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff that worked in his Department’s communications and press office in each of the years 2019 to 2024; and the grade of each staff member. [41162/24]
• 2024-10-15
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the frequency and duration of the publicity, marketing or advertising campaigns conducted by his Department to date in 2024; the purpose of these campaigns; the cost of these campaigns; and the agencies that conducted these campaigns, in tabular form. [41180/24]
• 2024-10-10
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has conducted a capacity review of his Department’s ability to deliver services that they are responsible for in the past ten years to date; the name of State bodies and agencies under his Department’s aegis; if he published those reviews; the number of recommendations implemented arising from the reviews and same for State bodies and agencies under his aegis; if the capacity review was outsourced; and if so, to whom and at what cost. [40838/24]
• 2024-10-08
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of companies that applied for the contract to construct the new Ireland House in Chicago but were unsuccessful, in tabular form. [39702/24]
• 2024-10-08
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a breakdown of the amount expended by his Department on consultancies in 2023 and to date in 2024; the company engaged; and the nature of the work conducted by the consultancy on his Department’s behalf, in tabular form. [40214/24]
• 2024-10-01
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he, his special advisory teams, or senior officials have consulted with, received briefings or sought advice from an external communications expert or communications consultancy company, or a public relations or public affairs company, in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the costs associated with those interactions; the names of those that have been engaged with; the subject matter or topics the engagements related to, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39133/24]
• 2024-09-26
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of all special advisors that are and or were attached to him, to include Ministers of State special advisors, by grade, duration of role held and point on the pay scale. [38363/24]
• 2024-09-18
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to refurbish the embassy of Ireland based in Singapore; and if not, the last time this embassy was refurbished. [36818/24]
• 2024-09-09
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the most recent date he or his officials spoke directly with the Irish Consul General based in Sydney. [35178/24]
• 2024-07-10
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the totality of the funds requested and drawn down by his Department from EU sources in respect of covid-19 in each of the years 2020 to 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form (details supplied). [30223/24]
• 2024-07-09
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of WTE civilian drivers attached to each embassy of Ireland as of 25 June 2024, in tabular form. [29392/24]
• 2024-07-02
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he had a bilateral meeting with his Croatian counterpart at the most recent EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting. [28076/24]
• 2024-07-02
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on recent activities of the Irish Consulate General based in Hong Kong, including staffing numbers. [28077/24]
• 2024-06-11
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  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]
• 2024-06-11
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  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]
• 2024-06-11
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  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]
• 2024-06-11
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  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]
• 2024-05-21
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applicants that had to resubmit photographs in the years 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form. [22898/24]
• 2024-05-21
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the current situation in Georgia was discussed at the most recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. [22899/24]
• 2024-05-21
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the First Minister of Wales since his appointment. [22900/24]
• 2024-05-01
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  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]
• 2024-04-30
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to open an Irish Embassy in Qatar. [18907/24]
• 2024-04-30
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite his Finnish counterpart to Dublin for a bilateral meeting. [18908/24]
• 2024-04-30
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide the amount of grant-aid returned and or surrendered to his Department, by local authority in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, to include the heading of which it was intended for. [19361/24]
• 2024-04-11
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will consider a public information campaign to advise passport applicants that consent forms downloaded and completed on mobile phone devices will not be accepted, as security features may not be present on the form; if advice as to how best to download, complete, submit and manage consent forms can be provided as part of this campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15792/24]
• 2024-04-10
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has met formally with the Malaysian Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2024. [15565/24]
• 2024-04-09
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to reinstate the secure email verification system trialled following a proposal in June 2022 in respect of that proposal for Passport Office officials to verify Garda log entries by a designated email process (details supplied) before rolling out the procedure nationwide. [14741/24]
• 2024-03-20
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department and bodies under his aegis and of bodies he funds in full or in part, of €100,000 and above but less that €200,00, by the amount and by each body in each of the years 2019 to 2023 and to date in 2024. [12350/24]
• 2024-03-20
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times in 2023 and to-date in 2024 where the Irish consulate general or deputy consulate general based in Los Angeles has met with the governor of the state of Nevada, in tabular form. [12787/24]
• 2024-03-20
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the current situation in Haiti was discussed at the last EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. [12788/24]
• 2024-03-06
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of exit and or severance and or redundancy packages granted by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, and of bodies he funds in full or in part, of €200,000 and above in the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and if he will provide the amount of same, body, name and year. [11015/24]
• 2024-02-20
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to appoint a cultural officer to the Embassy of Ireland based in Rome. [7849/24]
• 2024-01-30
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has availed of services and or consultancy from a list of related companies (details supplied) in the past five years to date; if so, if he will provide a schedule of costs and the purpose for which the company was engaged; and if he continued to use services provided by it. [3781/24]
• 2024-01-30
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of costs incurred by his Department in respect of a visit by An Taoiseach to the formal opening of the consulate general in Miami in 2023, in an itemised manner; if he will also provide a schedule of same in respect of his officials and advisors, in an itemised manner that travelled to the event (details supplied). [4060/24]
• 2024-01-30
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on Irish-Norway relations. [4077/24]
• 2024-01-30
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a schedule of the number of civilian drivers and Garda drivers attached to him and to Ministers of State of his Department; to provide the official work pattern for each driver and the total annual hours worked by each driver; and to indicate the number of drivers assigned to each Minister and Minister of State. [4220/24]
• 2024-01-23
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of official flights, and costs of same, taken by him in 2023; if a schedule will be provided of all hotels he stayed in in 2023, including hotel name and cost per night while on official State business; and if the same information will be provided in respect of all accompanying staff and advisors. [2644/24]
• 2024-01-23
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will clarify whether the transfer of data and/or records from his Department that is transferred to other departments, State bodies and local authorities is in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records are provided. [3082/24]
• 2024-01-17
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of the personal and or person-specific data sets his Department holds that have been provided and/or shared with other Departments and/or Ministers and/or State bodies and/or agencies and/or local authorities in the past 20 years to date; if he will clarify if the transfer of data and/or records was in aggregated form or on an individual basis; and the reason the data and/or records were provided. [57211/23]
• 2024-01-17
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to visit Poland in the first quarter of 2024. [1075/24]
• 2024-01-17
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he spoke with the UK Opposition Foreign Secretary during his visit to London before Christmas. [1076/24]
• 2023-12-12
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide assistance to persons (details supplied). [54593/23]
• 2023-11-29
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount paid in late payment interest payments for goods and services provided to his Department in each of the years from 2016 to date in 2023; and separately, the top five highest late interest payments made in each of those years, and the service and goods supplier that received the payments, in tabular form. [52647/23]
• 2023-11-21
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to seek EU consensus to apply tough sanctions on the leadership of Hamas. [50950/23]
• 2023-11-07
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of statements of interests for the purposes of section 19 filed by his special advisers in 2020, 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will provide a schedule of same. [47647/23]
• 2023-10-25
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the additional allocation of €60 million to official development assistance in budget 2024 is sufficient to meet Ireland's goals in this area in 2024; how this allocation factors into meeting Ireland's commitments to spending 0.7% of GNI on ODA by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46886/23]
• 2023-10-25
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the fact that money spent on resettling Ukrainian refugees is being counted towards Ireland's official development assistance spending figures in 2023 and 2024; his views on whether this is appropriate; his further views on whether this will lead to the ODA to be spent overseas being squeezed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46887/23]
• 2023-10-24
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken formally with the United States Secretary of State in the past five months. [46479/23]
• 2023-10-24
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of foreign birth registrations currently being processed within his Department. [46480/23]
• 2023-10-17
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the dates where the Irish Consulate General or Vice Consul based in the North of England has met with the Mayor of Newcastle to date in 2023, in tabular form [44824/23]
• 2023-10-03
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite the Governor of the State of Virginia in the US to Ireland before the end of year. [42377/23]
• 2023-09-20
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the Turkish Ambassador to Ireland to date in 2023. [40121/23]
• 2023-09-20
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to appoint a cultural officer to the Embassy in Canberra, Australia. [40122/23]
• 2023-09-11
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons who applied for the recent post of housekeeper at the Irish Consulate General in New York; and if he will provide a breakdown on the gender ratio of the applications. [37934/23]
• 2023-09-11
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) within his Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of A.I., and if he will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of A.I. [38567/23]
• 2023-09-11
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if construction works have commenced on new Ireland Houses in Singapore, Chicago and Shanghai. [38956/23]
• 2023-07-25
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he and-or his officials have composed a green paper on the topic of a united Ireland in the past ten years to date. [36164/23]
• 2023-07-25
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite the Governor of California to Ireland before end of 2023. [35941/23]
• 2023-07-25
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to visit Australia within the next six months. [35942/23]
• 2023-07-11
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to allow first-time applications online to be available to Irish passport holders located in Thailand. [33788/23]
• 2023-07-06
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to clarify whether at any point over the past ten years the SSL certificates for his Department’s websites expired for a period of time; if so, the reason this occurred; and the duration they remained expired. [33273/23]
• 2023-07-05
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of instances in which his Department used unlicensed software and/or lapsed licenced software in the past ten years to date; the associated expenditure on same to remedy the situation; and the software that was being used. [33156/23]
• 2023-07-04
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of the grants, grant-aid, low-cost borrowing and funding that his Department can provide to an association (details supplied), heading under which the grants, grant-aid, low-cost borrowing and funding is provided; the maximum amount that can be accessed; and the dates on which the schemes operate. [32278/23]
• 2023-07-04
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Irish Ambassador to the United States has spoken with the Governor of the State of Virginia in the US to date in 2023. [32667/23]
• 2023-06-27
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the definition of military neutrality as it appears on his Department's website (details supplied); who approved this definition; when it was approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30552/23]
• 2023-06-21
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of each category of Irish passports issued to date in 2023, for example, adult renewal, child renewal and so on. [29925/23]
• 2023-06-21
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has engaged with European counterparts in respect of further sanctions to be applied to Belarus ahead of the next EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. [29926/23]
• 2023-06-13
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff seconded to his Department from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the title and-or role they filled; and the duration of same. [28178/23]
• 2023-06-13
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of instances in which his Department availed of services and-or consultancy and-or advices from a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date; the costs of same; the number of contracts between the company and his Department; and the duration and costs of same. [28197/23]
• 2023-05-31
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and name of public authorities which requested passport application form and passport document data under the provisions of section 41 of the Data Protection Act 2018 for the period 1 January 2020 to date in 2023, inclusive; the number of requests received and declined in respect of each public authority; the data set information sought from each in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26592/23]
• 2023-05-31
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the breakdown of the information requested by public authorities, departments and An Garda Síochána from the Passport Office data set in the past three years to date in 2023; the number of requests for access to data in the past three years to date in 2023; the number of times his Department has refused access; the schedule of bodies and number of requests made over the timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26593/23]
• 2023-05-23
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of revenue generated for his Department through all aspects of passport fees in the years of 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [24980/23]
• 2023-05-17
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the names of external cleaning companies that have provided cleaning services to his Department in the years of 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount paid to each company for such works, in tabular form. [23407/23]
• 2023-05-17
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of the amount of funds, beneficiary of funds and use of funds released by his Department under the per cent for art scheme in each of the past five years to date in 2023, in tabular form. [23577/23]
• 2023-05-03
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of WTE staff by grade within his Department dealing with foreign birth registrations as of 25 April 2023; and the number of foreign birth registrations currently within his Department. [20502/23]
• 2023-04-18
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports that issued to first-time applicants in 2022 and to date in 2023. [17055/23]
• 2023-04-18
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of foreign birth passport applications made in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number foreign birth passports that issued in the corresponding timeframe. [17056/23]
• 2023-04-18
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications made outside of this jurisdiction in 2022 and to date in 2023; and the number of passports that issued outside of this jurisdiction in the corresponding timeframe. [17057/23]
• 2023-04-18
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule, by embassy and or consulate, in respect of passport applications and documents issued in 2022 and to date in 2023. [17058/23]
• 2023-04-18
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications in the system as of 10 April 2023; the number of these that are on hold pending receipt of additional information; and the number of passports overdue for issuing to the applicant. [17059/23]
• 2023-04-18
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applicants that had to resubmit photographs in 2022 and to date in 2023. [17060/23]
• 2023-04-18
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if construction works have commenced on a new Chancery Building in Abuja, Nigeria; and the estimated completion timeframe for this building. [18045/23]
• 2023-03-23
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the protocols and or guidelines he has issued in respect of the use of personal social media accounts by officials in his Department; the number of sanctions imposed by his Department on its own officials in the past ten years to date in respect of social media output by its officials, verbal, written or otherwise; if social media platforms are restricted on his Department’s network; if an application (details supplied) is available to use and or download onto Department-issued mobile phones; and if not, if it is barred from use. [14513/23]
• 2023-03-21
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of times the Irish Ambassador to United States has visited Norfolk in the state of Virginia in 2022 and to-date in 2023, in tabular form; and the purpose of each visit. [14041/23]
• 2023-03-08
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Ireland to date in 2023. [11707/23]
• 2023-02-28
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details of all special advisers employed in his Department; their roles; and their annual salaries. [9710/23]
• 2023-02-28
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of social media influencers and online personalities, television and or radio personalities engaged by his Department and bodies under his aegis in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; if he will include the fees expended, name of personality and campaign they were engaged on; and if he will also provide the key performance indicators in respect of their engagement. [9899/23]
• 2023-02-21
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Irish ambassador to Australia has visited any military barracks in Australia on official business in the years of 2022 and to date in 2023; and if so, the name of the military barracks, in tabular form. [8352/23]
• 2023-02-21
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to visit the United Arab Emirates within the first half of 2023. [8353/23]
• 2023-02-21
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of NGOs that he and bodies under the aegis of his Department suspended funding and-or grant aid to due to their failure to file accounts and-or concerns that arose in respect of their governance in the years 2019 to 2022 and to date in 2023; and the amount of funding per NGO that was suspended. [8656/23]
• 2023-02-16
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of the non-commercial and semi-State commercial companies under his aegis; if an explanatory memorandum will be provided in respect of the policy of a dividend payment to the Exchequer from each company; the dividend paid by each company to the Exchequer for each year from 2000 to 2022; if his Department collects the funds and forwards it to the central fund or whether it goes directly; if over that period his Department has requested an increase in respect of the dividend due over it’s percentage shareholding; the number of occasions that it waived the dividend; the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7905/23]
• 2023-01-31
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on Ireland’s bilateral engagement with Saudi Arabia, with a view to bringing about an end to the war in Yemen; if he will provide an update on Ireland’s engagement on this matter at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4504/23]
• 2023-01-31
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  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of plans to formally recognise the State of Palestine pursuant to the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4506/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if additional tougher sanctions will be discussed at the next EU Foreign Affairs Council Meeting to be applied on Iran following this involvement in the Ukraine war. [1218/23]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the sanctions that have been imposed by the EU on Belarus following on from Belarus’s involvement in the war with Ukraine. [61885/22]
• 2022-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite his Australian counterpart to Ireland in early 2023. [61886/22]
• 2022-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide the attendance record of his Department at all joint policing committee and city and county development board meetings since 2015 to date, in tabular form. [59683/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department and all bodies under his Department’s aegis have reviewed their estates' portfolio in the context of identifying unoccupied buildings that may be suitable for use in the context of meeting the accommodation needs of persons arriving in Ireland from Ukraine. [54217/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and type of unused and or unoccupied buildings in his Department’s estates’ portfolio and all bodies under his Department’s aegis. [54235/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of officials in his Department who have undertaken the Harvard Business School advanced management programme in the past ten years to date; the grade of each official; and the cost for each attendee in tabular form. [55482/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite the United States secretary of state to Ireland early in 2023. [55524/22]
• 2022-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of judicial reviews taken against his Department in the past ten years to date in 2022, in tabular form; if he will indicate in the reply the body and or person that initiated judicial review proceedings; the number of judicial reviews that remain open and or active; and the totality of costs incurred by his Department as a result of judicial reviews over that time period. [50757/22]
• 2022-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of the number of staff by grade who are assigned on a full-time basis to liaise and provide support to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in order for that Department to fulfil its areas of responsibility in respect of providing for the needs of those seeking international protection and persons categorised by virtue of the temporary protection directive by the European Union; and if he will provide a schedule of the services that his Department provides to the Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in that regard. [50450/22]
• 2022-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of the costs for all live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by him; and the details of the person or body that is conducting each study, review and research project in tabular form. [47045/22]
• 2022-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken directly with the Malaysian Foreign Minister in the past 12 months. [47172/22]
• 2022-09-20
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current number of live studies, reviews and research projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department in tabular form; and the date by which each study, review and research is scheduled to be completed. [45955/22]
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons employed in his Department who have a formal agreement to work from home one day per week, two days per week and five days per week; his Department’s policy in respect of facilitating requests by persons to work from home; and the number of persons that have made requests to work from home in 2021 and to date in 2022, that have been declined. [44580/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the totality of grant-aid and or subsidy provided to each local authority in 2019, 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022 (details supplied). [42828/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the dates on which the Irish Consulate General and or the Vice Consul in San Francisco have visited Honolulu in Hawaii in 2021 and to date in 2022; and the purpose of each visit. [43180/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the dates on which the Irish Consulate General and or Vice Consul in San Francisco have visited Las Vegas in 2021 and to date in 2022; and the purpose of each visit. [43181/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the duration for which that he will run the pilot project in respect of the proposal for Passport Office officials to verify Garda log entries by a designated email process (details supplied) before rolling out the procedure. [39092/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to upgrade the Irish Honorary Consul in Cancun, Mexico to a Consulate General Office. [39261/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken formally with the Foreign Affairs Minister of Thailand in the past 12 months. [39262/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of complaints that he has received from persons under the customer service charter for his Department in respect of passport services in the past five years to date in 2022; the number of complaints that he has engaged with the Ombudsman in respect of complaints made by persons regarding the operation of the passport service in the past five years to date in 2022; and if the Ombudsman has directed him to improve service delivery regarding passports in 2022. [34490/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the repatriation of a person (details supplied). [30320/22]
• 2022-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount expended on external consultancy to date in respect of the Passport Reform Programme; if he will provide a breakdown of costs by consultancy and external advice; the total amount expended on ICT advice and software associated with the Passport Reform Programme to date; and the totality of the approved expenditure for the Passport Reform Programme. [26826/22]
• 2022-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite a passport for a person (details supplied) in view of the fact the person concerned has missed multiple travel dates due to the non-issuing of the document in a timely manner; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the applicant has a travel date of 25 May 2022. [26831/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the process that Dáil Deputies should follow in respect of making representations to him regarding expediting passport applications; if he or his officials have communicated the process to officials in the Passport Office; the extent to which officials who work on the Houses of the Oireachtas representation phone line are aware of the process given that inconsistent information is being advised to Members by officials in respect of queried applications; and the steps that he is taking to ensure that accurate and consistent information is communicated. [25876/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite a passport application of a child (details supplied). [26404/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff working in the passport offices section in his Department by grade, full-time, part-time and sections and number of staff assigned to each section. [25525/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will review the way in which the manual process of checking passport applications is conducted in view of the fact that errors are only being notified to applicants late in the process. [25526/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of representations made by each Deputy to him in respect of passport applications via the minister@DFA and HQ email addresses in 2021 and to date in 2022; and the number of phone calls to the telephone line for Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas that have been processed in 2021 and to date in 2022. [25527/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications that are currently being processed. [25528/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the annual cost of cleaning and sanitising roofs of buildings under his Department’s control for the past five years to date in 2022. [25588/22]
• 2022-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide the Eircode associated with the Passport Office building in Balbriggan, County Dublin; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons cannot avail of the same day delivery service provided by An Post in order to supply the Passport Office with requested documentation. [24983/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite the processing and release of a passport renewal application in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will facilitate the collection of the passport by the applicant . [24472/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of fines and totality of the amount paid in respect of fines issued by the EU on his Department for failing to transpose EU directives; if he will include the directive that was not transposed on time; and if he will indicate the directives that are still not fully transposed for the past 25 years to date in 2022. [22326/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a piece of surveillance technology (details supplied) is being used by his Department or any agencies under his remit in view of the fact that there are security and privacy concerns associated with the use of same; the data protection policies on the use of artificial intelligence with respect to instances in which this technology is being used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21235/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of full-time fraud experts working in the Passport Office in each of the past three years; and the grade of staff that this staff member is normally assigned. [17711/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite his Portuguese counterpart to Dublin later in 2022. [17712/22]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of urgent passport query forms his Department has processed per month in 2021 and to date in 2022 from Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16893/22]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of calls to the Oireachtas members query line that were processed per month in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16894/22]
• 2022-03-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of parliamentary questions he has answered in regard to individual passport applications as opposed to systematic processing queries in 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16895/22]
• 2022-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount collected in passport application fees in the past ten years to date; and the breakdown of the fees collected in respect of first-time applications, renewals, emergency passports and so on over the same time period. [15729/22]
• 2022-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will reduce the price of a passport in the context of the impact of inflation across other aspects of the cost of living. [15730/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has engaged a company (details supplied) in respect of the services it provides from 2011 to date in 2022; the number of times he has engaged this company; the services used; and the total cost of all engagements with this company. [15181/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of the humanitarian partners that have received humanitarian assistance funding and the amounts provided to date; and if will commit to providing additional supports if required. [14059/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited as a matter of urgency. [13007/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an external contractor has been engaged regarding a protected disclosure over that time period; if so, the cost of same; and the number of protected disclosures that were rejected, accepted and that remain under review for the time period in question. [13052/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of diplomatic and officials passports reported as lost and or stolen in the past 25 years to date in 2022; and the number of those passports lost or stolen that were recovered. [13082/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish passports issued to persons under fraudulent means in the past 25 years to date; and the number of those passports that were recovered. [13083/22]
• 2022-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite the processing of a passport application (details supplied) and return the documents as soon as possible. [12263/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage accuracy of the updates available to the client-facing interface of the passport tracking system on a monthly basis for the past five years to date in 2022; and the number of instances in which the system was down and-or not operational to the optimum level over the same time period [11426/22]
• 2022-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to significant delays in respect of first-time passport application processing times made from within the State; the steps he has taken in order to reduce application processing times; and the number of first-time applications made within the State in the backlog of applications to be processed. [10685/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if will provide an update on the progress made to date in respect of a case to the persons that are directly involved (details supplied). [8015/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of the time backlogs on all accepted foreign-birth Irish passport applications by country; and the additional resources he has provided and will provide to clear these backlogs. [6180/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of the time backlog on all accepted first-time passport applications made in Ireland; and the additional resources he has and will provide to clear these backlogs. [6181/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of the time backlog on all accepted passport renewal applications made in Ireland by post; and the additional resources he has and will provide to clear these backlogs. [6182/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of the time backlogs on all accepted foreign Irish passport renewal applications by country; and the additional resources he has provided and will provide to clear these backlogs. [6183/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has procured new buildings to house the new Irish Consulate General Offices in Lyon, Miami and Toronto. [6222/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite the Vice-President of the United States of America to Ireland in the second half of 2022. [6223/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications that were made through Irish embassies in Hanoi, Vietnam and Bangkok, Thailand in 2020, 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [6224/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he and or his Secretary General issued instructions to his Dublin-based and or foreign-based officials to prepare for Ministers to visit their respective jurisdictions over the course of St. Patrick’s week 2022. [6225/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will be travelling abroad for St. Patrick’s week 2022 on official visits; and if so, the location he is scheduled to visit. [6233/22]
• 2022-02-03
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure that Irish citizens and their families in Ukraine are at all times safe and can avail of consular services; the steps he has taken to protect Ireland’s services there; and his plans to update advice in respect of Ukraine (details supplied). [5531/22]
• 2022-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to repatriate a person (details supplied); if he and or his officials will engage with officials in the Algerian embassy regarding facilitating a pathway for a person to return to Ireland; and if he will develop a solution in order for the person to make an application for an Irish passport. [4592/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he and or his officials staff met with Russian officials, diplomats or military staff in respect of Russian plans to conduct artillery drills off the coast of this jurisdiction (details supplied); if so, if he will publish minutes and or memos attached to those meetings; and if he will provide the date on which he was informed of Russian plans to conduct these drills. [4135/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of civilian and Garda ministerial drivers in his current corps of drivers; the breakdown of the civilian versus Garda drivers; and the total costs including salaries, maintenance, fuel and so on incurred by the driver corps in 2020 and 2021. [3968/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of instances historically to date in 2022 in which consideration was given to a request by an Irish citizen to accept a title of nobility or honour in accordance with Article 40.2.2 of Bunreacht na hÉireann by date of consideration, name of requestor, title or honour concerned and the decision by the Government to approve or not to approve in tabular form; the legislative instrument which ensures the practical application of Article 40.2.2; if he will provide a schedule of persons who have made requests over this time period; if he will further indicate those that were refused and those that were approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1000/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of all client and or customer facing and or orientated services that his Department provide via a contracted service provider; the contractor that provides the service; and the cost of same for the past five years to date in 2022. [1800/22]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of official and diplomatic Irish passport applications made and passports issued since 1 January 2017 to date in 2021; and if he will provide a schedule of the annual cost related to same. [62585/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of foreign travel episodes arranged by his Department for elected representatives, Ministers and their staff and or special advisers since 1 January 2017 to date in 2021; and if he will provide a schedule of locations of the travel arranged or advised on to include the final destination of travel episode by year and the full cost of same. [62586/21]
• 2021-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will issue a passport and all supporting documents to a family (details supplied) as a matter of priority in view of fact that their travel episode is imminent. [62778/21]
• 2021-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to visit Canada early in 2022. [61293/21]
• 2021-12-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on electricity costs in tabular form; and if he will provide an additional schedule that sets out all energy costs associated with their ICT hardware, that is, servers and so on in tabular form. [60938/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount expended by his Department in each of the past five years to date in 2021 on lighting and heating costs in tabular form. [59703/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to improve ventilation in the office buildings of his Department; if air cleaning and or purification systems have been installed in 2021; and if not, the plans to install same in 2022. [59721/21]
• 2021-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has engaged with his equivalent in Bahrain in respect of matters concerning human rights violations (details supplied). [59279/21]
• 2021-11-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of the time backlog on all accepted foreign birth Irish passport applications by country (details supplied); and the additional resources he has and will provide to clear these backlogs. [55462/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has engaged with the new Japanese Prime Minister to date in 2021; and if he will provide a briefing note in respect of those engagements. [50559/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has engaged with the Irish Ambassador to Malaysia to date in 2021; and if he will provide a briefing note in respect of those engagements. [50560/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if construction works have commenced on a new Ireland house in Tokyo, Japan; and if not, when works will commence. [43388/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken formally to the United States Secretary of State in the past two months to request when fully vaccinated Irish citizens can visit the US for tourist purposes. [43402/21]
• 2021-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount paid in late interest payments and penalty payments by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 in respect of late payments being made to suppliers, service providers and contractors in tabular form; and the measures he has put in place and or is implementing to reduce late payment interest and penalty payments. [44004/21]
• 2021-09-15
  VOTE
  Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 92–59
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he and or his special advisors and or officials use or have used services (details supplied) to communicate in the past 18 months. [43072/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to visit the United States of America before the end of quarter 3 2021. [38286/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will run advertisements on the national print media and national radio stations reminding persons to check that their passports are still in date prior to booking flights abroad. [38287/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional staff by grade that have been recruited by his Department for Expo 2020 in Dubai commencing in October 2021; the staff by grade that have yet to be filled; and when these posts will be filled in tabular form. [38288/21]
• 2021-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with the Singapore Foreign Minister to date in 2021. [38289/21]
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. [36125/21]
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. [36143/21]
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. [36161/21]
• 2021-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to upgrade the Irish Honorary Consul in Cancun, Mexico to a consulate general office. [30744/21]
• 2021-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are plans to open a new Irish consulate general office in Osaka, Japan. [30745/21]
• 2021-06-03
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which the American birth children of an Irish citizen may be granted Irish citizenship; the general duration of the process from application to grant; and if there are mechanisms in which the process can be expedited. [30406/21]
• 2021-05-20
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a schedule will be provided of IT and email security costs incurred over the past five years to date; and the contractor engaged to deliver the services and or system. [27278/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he and bodies under his aegis have engaged private investigation companies or persons in the past three years to date; and if so, the cost, duration and purpose of these engagements of this type of contractor. [25825/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff in his Department that have had access to files and or email restricted and or revoked as part of a disciplinary process or preceding or following a disciplinary process from 1 January 2018 to date in 2021. [22775/21]
• 2021-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of renewal passports processed and issued through Irish embassies and consulates in 2020 and to date in 2021. [22441/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent by his Department on public relations advice and media advice since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged for this advice in tabular form. [22274/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount spent by his Department on advertising and public messaging in print, broadcast and online since January 2020 to date in 2021; and the companies engaged to assist with placing the advertisements and the companies advertised with in tabular form. [22292/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a schedule will be provided of the data sets, databases and file types his Department has shared with the Department of Health since 2000. [17973/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of complaints his Department has received from members of the public under the heading of GDPR and data information requests since 2018 to date in 2021; the number of data information requests that have been refused and accepted, respectively; the number of GDPR requests refused; and the basis on which they were declined in tabular form. [17991/21]
• 2021-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number that were accepted as a protected disclosure; the number that were in part or fully examined by a third party or consultancy; the number of protected disclosures under investigation over this period; and the number that were finalised and the contents accepted and acted on. [16031/21]
• 2021-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 from officials within his Department; the number of officials who made protected disclosures over the period and who are now not working in his Department; and the number of protected disclosures received from retired officials of his Department over the period. [16049/21]
• 2021-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of letters he has issued to persons travelling here in 2020 and to date in 2021 who were travelling for an urgent humanitarian reason in order to avoid quarantine (details supplied). [15722/21]
• 2021-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there are full-time documentary fraud experts working in the Passport Office. [12696/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to offer assistance to citizens of Myanmar; and the level of engagement he has had with EU counterparts on the issues in Myanmar over the past five days. [7861/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a report on the activities of the Irish Consulate General in Los Angeles. [6620/21]
• 2021-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the specific funding streams available to local authorities to apply for; the amount that has been given by county; the amount awarded under each scheme in each of the years 2018 to 2020 and to date in 2021, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4056/21]
• 2020-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 8 December 2020, if he will provide a schedule of costs incurred on consultancy, construction and decoration of the embassies that have been refurbished to date in 2020 (details supplied); and if he will include the budgets for same in respect of embassies that are scheduled to be refurbished in 2021. [43360/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken directly to the new US Vice President-elect since their appointment. [41409/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the embassies that have been refurbished to date in 2020; and the embassies that are scheduled to be refurbished in 2021. [41410/20]
• 2020-12-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of engagements he has had with his Chinese counterpart in respect of a person (details supplied) who has been barred from leaving China for the past 20 months; and the status of the attempts made by him to secure a route without prejudice back to this State. [41901/20]
• 2020-12-03
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to participate in a United Nations election to fill vacancies on the disability committee (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40980/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of all consultancy firms, accountancy firms, legal firms, project management firms and IT firms his Department has engaged to carry out work its behalf in 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020; if he will summarise the work they were engaged to do and the full costs of the engagements; if disputes over costs ensued; if they were resolved with or without sanctions and-or financial penalties and-or withholding of funds; and if contracts are subject to legal challenge or mediation. [40211/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of data-access requests the Passport Office has made to telecommunications and social media companies here in the past three years to date in 2020 under the Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011; the number of access requests that were approved and declined by the companies from which the data were requested; and the reason the data were sought. [38853/20]
• 2020-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which his Department’s annual amount for contingent liability is set; the factors considered when setting contingent liability; if forecasting is undertaken regarding setting future amounts; the contingent liability figure for his Department for 2020; and if the contingency provision has been utilised to date in 2020. [36904/20]
• 2020-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has lease arrangements with co-working real estate companies; and, if so, the details of the leases, including the terms of the lease, location, price and duration. [35857/20]
• 2020-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department leases additional office space that is outside its departmental building and the estates section of the OPW; and, if so, the details of the lease including the terms of the lease, location, price and duration. [35875/20]
• 2020-10-20
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he spoke to the Governor of Washington during his recent visit to the United States of America. [31168/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing humanitarian situation in Lesbos, Greece; if he has engaged with his Greek and other European counterparts in this regard; his plans to accommodate persons from Lesbos here; and the assistance he is providing to mitigate the situation. [28203/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct online and-or social media monitoring and-or provide reports on social media coverage of his Department; if so, the cost of same; and if the name of the social media platforms being monitored will be provided. [28917/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of staff in his Department on sick leave between March and September by month in 2019 and to date 2020; the pay arrangements that exist for staff on sick leave for an extended period of time; the number of sick days accounted for by his Department over the period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28935/20]
• 2020-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount expended on access to online and hard-copy media publications since May 2020 to date; and the breakdown of online and hard-copy subscriptions, including the publications to which his Department subscribes. [27642/20]
• 2020-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has engaged a third-party company in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 to conduct media monitoring and-or provide reports on media coverage of his Department; and if so, the costs of same and the companies engaged. [27660/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when construction works will commence on Ireland House in Tokyo, Japan; the estimated time-frame for completion; and estimated cost of building. [26825/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a schedule of advisers and special advisers appointed and or recruited by him since his appointment will be provided; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary for each appointee in tabular form. [27053/20]
• 2020-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken formally to the Slovenian foreign minister, Mr. Anže Logar, in the past three months. [22753/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the process and procedures in place for handling data access requests from public authorities, other Departments and An Garda Síochána; the way in which the data is requested and released; the decision maker in the context of deciding whether to release or refuse data requests from the bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21182/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the breakdown of the information requested by public authorities, Departments and An Garda Síochána from the Passport Office data set in the past year to date in 2020; the number of requests for access to data in the past year to date in 2020; the number of times his Department has refused access; the schedule of bodies and number of requests made over the time frame; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21183/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if nominated public bodies, Departments and An Garda Síochána have access on request to the data contained on a passport application form; if they have access to the data on the printed passport document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21184/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number and name of public authorities which requested passport application form and passport document data under the provisions of section 41 of the Data Protection Act 2018 for the period 29 January to 1 September 2020, inclusive; the number of requests received and declined in respect of each public authority; the data set information sought from each in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22172/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants working in his Department appointed and or recruited and or in an acting capacity; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary scale for each role in tabular form. [22529/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of a person (details supplied); if he has discussed the matter with the Chinese Ambassador; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20470/20]
• 2020-07-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a schedule of advisers, special advisers and seconded civil servants currently working in his Department appointed and or recruited and or in an acting capacity; the roles and responsibilities attributed to each; and the salary scale for the role in tabular form. [20620/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with his Chinese counterparts and their officials in respect of Uyghur Muslims; the nature, subject matter and frequency of the engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18128/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a definition will be set out for non-essential travel in view of genuine instances in which persons need to travel abroad for work and family reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18140/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nature of his most recent engagement with his counterparts in Bahrain; if he has discussed human rights conditions in Bahrain with them and or his European counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18197/20]
• 2020-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement he has had with Bahrain in the past two years; the nature of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17941/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of advisers and special advisers appointed by him since becoming Minister; the starting annual salary of each person appointed by him; if an open interview process was conducted for each appointee; the duration and terms of each contract issued to each adviser and special adviser; and if an advisory role has been split to facilitate job sharing, in tabular form. [16564/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of United States military flights that have landed en route to another destination to date in 2020; the number of personnel that have disembarked those flights in the same time period; the number of personnel that have traversed outside of airside of airports here in that time period; if they are required to complete the locator form; if they have been contacted to ensure they are self-isolating; and the numbers of non-compliance. [16943/20]
• 2020-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken formally to his Japanese counterpart to date in 2020. [15264/20]
• 2020-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of persons that availed of and the costs incurred by his Department regarding the cycle to work scheme since it was introduced to date by year and cost in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9984/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount expended on access to online and hardcopy media publications in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020; the breakdown of online and hard copy subscriptions including the publications that his Department subscribes to; if consideration has been given to using a banded set of IP addresses for online subscriptions rather than individual accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4008/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the top ten websites visited by officials and political staff annually in each of the years 2017 to 2019 and to date in 2020 via hardware provided to them by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4024/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on administration and staffing for the election observation roster; the administrative and staffing budget for 2020; the additional costs in terms of travel and expenses in having the election observation unit in two separate geographic locations in each of the past three years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4626/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of protected disclosures his Department has received since the legislation was introduced; the number of protected disclosures examined to conclusion by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5306/20]
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the instances since 2009 to date in 2020 in which consideration was given to a request by an Irish citizen to accept a title of nobility or honour in accordance with Article 40.2.2 of Bunreacht na hÉireann, by date of consideration, name of requestor, title or honour concerned and the decision by the Government to approve or not to approve in tabular form; the legislative instrument which ensures the practical application of Article 40.2.2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2709/20]
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to open a new consulate general office in Osaka, Japan. [3193/20]
• 2019-12-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis on which his Department allows a company (details supplied) to make a demand for a passport and-or a driver licence issued here as a method of verifying the identity of a person; if he has consulted with the company in respect of the way in which and-or the location it stores customer identification; if he has consulted with the company on the way in which it shares the information it collects from persons with third parties; if he has met with the owners and directors of the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50837/19]
• 2019-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 21 November 2019, the reason each public authority listed accessed the passport office data sets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49630/19]
• 2019-11-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the procedures and-or protocols that were in place prior to the enactment of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 for public authorities and An Garda Síochána to gain access to the information in the Passport Office data sets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49653/19]
• 2019-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of agency staff hired and-or engaged by his Department in the past five years to date; the cost per year of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49298/19]
• 2019-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nominated public authorities that can access the Passport Office data set; the sections within those public authorities that have accessed the data in the past year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48400/19]
• 2019-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if nominated public bodies and An Garda Síochána have access on request to the data contained on a passport application form; if they have access to the data on the printed passport document; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48401/19]
• 2019-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of the information requested by public authorities and An Garda Síochána from the Passport Office data set in the past year to date; the number of requests for access to data in the past year to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48402/19]
• 2019-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process and procedures in place for handling data access requests from public authorities and An Garda Síochána; the way in which the data is requested and released; the decision maker in the context of deciding whether to release or refuse data requests from the bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48403/19]
• 2019-11-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 5 November 2019, the number of instances in the past 20 years to date data (details supplied) was accessed by An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, the Airport Police Service and other public authorities; the number of complaints lodged by Irish passport holders regarding the access of the data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46852/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Departments that have access to data and photographs contained in the Passport Service data sets; the purpose for which each Department is using data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44827/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has recruited by grade in each of the years 2014 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of full-time and part-time civil servants his Department has lost due to retirement by grade in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41819/19]
• 2019-09-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were bound by a cooling-off period in respect of taking up new employment in the private sector by grade, year and sector the staff moved on to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38153/19]
• 2019-09-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of civil servants who have left and or retired from his Department in the past ten years who were not bound by a cooling-off period in respect of taking up new employment in the private sector by grade, year and sector the staff moved on to; the reason for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38169/19]
• 2019-09-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued but subsequently revoked and or voided due to the fact they were obtained by fraud and or deception in the past ten years to date; the jurisdiction the offence occurred in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38182/19]
• 2019-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis for refusing to issue a passport renewal in respect of a person (details supplied); the instances in which a person must produce a public services card in order to obtain a passport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37777/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount expended on the renewal of licences (details supplied) by his Department since 2009 to date in 2019; the amount projected to be spent on the renewal of such licences by his Department over the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35342/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of external consultancies that delivered and continue to deliver advice and training on all aspects of GDPR in the context of preparedness and ongoing upskilling of staff regarding the regulation; the cost expended on the external advice and training of same to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35577/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of complaints his Department received under the customer service charter in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019; if his attention has been drawn to issues and or problems in having complaints registered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35645/19]
• 2019-09-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of unpaid internships issued and or granted to persons to work in his Department over the past five years to 28 August 2019; the number of persons who took up unpaid internship roles in that timeframe; if his Department continues to offer unpaid internships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36149/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of protected disclosures for which he has engaged an external consultancy and-or legal firm since 2014 to date; the name of the firms engaged; the year and the costs associated with engaging the consultancy and-or legal firms in respect of protected disclosures; the way in which persons are protected in cases in which an external consultancy firm is engaged in respect of protected disclosures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32400/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the provision made under the social welfare code for those who volunteered with APSO towards pension entitlements; the relationship of his Department with APSO; the years provided for; if a review is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32754/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of online, over-the-counter and postal passport applications, respectively, issued from the date on which the online option went live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29217/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued by office location outside Ireland in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29218/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued since the Brexit referendum in the UK under criteria (details supplied) in respect of persons resident in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29219/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans and projected costings and-or budgets for the purchase of lands and-or buildings for projects similar to Ireland House in Tokyo for the next two, five and ten years, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29272/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the costs paid to companies (details supplied) for projects each was engaged by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason each was engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29444/19]
• 2019-07-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the costs paid to a company (details supplied) for projects each was engaged by his Department in each of the years 2015 to 2018 and to date in 2019, in tabular form; the reason it was engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29553/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the full rental and-or purchase costs, maintenance and-or upkeep and-or alteration costs associated with all property outside the State that his Department has an interest in, that is, properties that are embassies, Consulates General and official accommodations by accommodation type, cost per year per property and location of property for the past five years to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26586/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of land purchased and leased by size and amount expended in the past five years to date; the location of same; the term of the lease and amount expended per year in cases in which land is leased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25386/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of buildings and property purchased and leased and the amount expended in the past five years to date; the location of same; the term of the lease and the amount expended per year in cases in which properties are leased; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25403/19]
• 2019-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 115 of 4 December 2018, his plans to conduct a historical review of funding to an organisation (details supplied) through the emigrant support programme and the reconciliation fund; if he has considered declining future funding applications from the organisation in view of recent media reports and Oireachtas committee meetings; if he is satisfied that the 2008 reconciliation fund that supported the organisation with a grant of €25,000 towards an all-island coaching conference for over 400 voluntary grassroots football coaches provided the intended outcome and that all funds granted from this amount contributed fully to the conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18305/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a petition to all members of the Houses of the Oireachtas regarding a UN binding treaty on business and human rights in 2019 (details supplied); the actions he plans to take regarding the points raised in the petition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13069/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent on social media advertising and online promoted content (details supplied) in 2018 and to date in 2019 by campaign and social media platform used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11122/19]
• 2019-03-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged and or consulted with a public relations online advertising agency regarding social media advertising and online promoted content in 2018 and to date in 2019; the amount spent by company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11139/19]
• 2019-02-20
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made on implementing all aspects of the 20-Year Strategy for the Irish Language 2010-2030 that are relevant to his Department and bodies under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8621/19]
• 2019-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish Aid checked observer profiles held by the EU and the OSCE in the context of the recent election observation competition; the way in which and the number of the applicants selected for the new roster have had observations validated by the EU or the OSCE; the number of observers with five or more missions on their profiles that were not selected for the new roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7157/19]
• 2019-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the public competition for election observers and the specific subject of disability will be in line with the Civil Service public equality duty; if requests for appeal on the grounds of disability will be independently considered; the arrangements in place for election observer appeals; the arrangements made for disabled applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5857/19]
• 2019-01-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of regular grade civil servants his Department has hired in advance of a no-deal Brexit; the number of specialist grade civil servants hired in advance of same; the budget made available in advance of Brexit for hiring of staff in advance of the UK withdrawal from the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3322/19]
• 2018-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of parliamentary questions his Department has processed in the past three years to date; the number of questions answered directly; the number of questions referred to bodies or agencies under the aegis of his Department for direct reply; the number of staff who are assigned to his parliamentary questions section; and if non-departmental staff, advisers and-or public affairs and relations companies have composed parliamentary question replies or had an act or hand in forming parliamentary question replies in the timeframe specified. [52242/18]
• 2018-12-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if issues with the election observer roster appraisal process have been rectified (details supplied); the reason for the delay; the other steps required to finalise the process; the date on which persons will be placed on the new roster; the appeals process for unsuccessful candidates; the amount expended to date on consultancy fees for this process; the number of candidates who have applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51489/18]
• 2018-12-04
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding or grant aid his Department has made to an association (details supplied) from 1 January 2008 to 2017 and to date in 2018; the purpose for which the funding or grant aid was released to the association; if the way in which the funding or grant aid or both is used is audited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50067/18]
• 2018-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree of diplomatic efforts through the EU that Ireland has made to ensure South Sudan’s peace deal remains in place; his plans to continue to support the humanitarian efforts in South Sudan; the level of co-operation on same he has had with other supporting states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48705/18]
• 2018-11-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is part of the public sector energy reporting programme; if so, the percentage of improvement in energy efficiency to date that has been achieved; the way in which this was achieved; if his Department noted a decrease in energy efficiency in view of the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan for energy efficiency targets; if targets will be met by the 2020 deadline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47592/18]
• 2018-11-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he, his departmental officials and or his ministerial predecessors have met companies and an organisation (details supplied) or representatives of same in the past three years to date; if so, if a schedule of those meetings and the associated minutes will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44777/18]
• 2018-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications made from outside Ireland in the past three years to date; the number of those passport applications that were refused; the number of foreign applications for passports that were granted by an Irish embassy or consulate (details supplied); the number of passports issued by way of online application since the scheme commenced to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44413/18]
• 2018-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and-or his departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past two years; if so, if he will publish a schedule of those meetings and the associated minutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42822/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns to date in 2018, by month and company engaged in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39640/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to have a bilateral meeting with his Greek counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39746/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason when travelling using a passport for a minor it is advised to also carry a birth certificate in view of the fact that an application for a passport for a minor has parent details; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35788/18]
• 2018-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the changes he has made to allow access by persons to their own data held by his Department and bodies under its aegis following the introduction of GDPR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31472/18]
• 2018-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the staffing complement and resources of his Department's data protection officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31496/18]
• 2018-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the data protection impact assessments his Department has commenced since 15 May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31513/18]
• 2018-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passport applications that have been processed using a public services card as photo ID since the card was introduced; the number of passport applications that have been processed using a form of photo ID other than a PSC since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31558/18]
• 2018-07-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he has taken in his Department further to the Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's statement (details supplied) that the Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 is needed to provide a legal basis for certain data transfers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31624/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of charging ports and parking bays for electric vehicles at his Department building and other buildings used by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28892/18]
• 2018-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount paid per project to a company (details supplied) since 1 January 2016, by year, amount and project name; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26391/18]
• 2018-04-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a petition by persons (details supplied); if these matters will be raised at a conference at the end of April 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17602/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on third party public relations advice, communications advice, online advertising and public awareness campaigns from January 2017 to date in 2018, by year, month and company engaged in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11768/18]
• 2018-02-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the preparedness of his Department in the context of the incoming general data protection regulation, GDPR, EU 2016/679; if staff in his Department have undertaken or been offered specific training and-or briefing in respect of the GDPR; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7647/18]
• 2018-02-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has completed an external quality assurance assessment of its internal audit function as required by the Institute of Internal Audit standards that were introduced in 2012 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5112/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which a person was selected as a nominee for appointment to the expert group set up by the director general of the European Commission's Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology to advise the European Commission on the spread of false information across traditional and social media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3717/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department uses anti-profanity software on its email systems and online contact forms; if so, the level of human oversight that is applied to the monitoring of this software and their effectiveness; his views on whether persons' legitimate right to petition the Government may be blocked unintentionally by errors in the use of such software in determining that which qualifies as profanity being communicated in email and or online contact forms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2087/18]
• 2017-11-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of providing external coaching and-or training services for staff development in his Department over the past five years and to date in 2017, by cost per year, in tabular form; the company that delivered the training courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48807/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the system of tax free allowances paid to Irish officials at embassies outside this State; the way in which they are calculated; the annual cost of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45203/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on taxi and or limousine fares in the past two years to date by year and amount; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35489/17]
• 2017-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which a naturalised person (details supplied) who was given a passport with an incorrect previous nationality can correct the official document upon renewal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30396/17]
• 2017-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department and State agencies under his aegis on outside contract or third-party public relations advice and training in past three years to date in 2017, by year and company engaged, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29232/17]
• 2017-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of private investigation firms hired by statutory agencies and or semi-State agencies under the aegis of his Department in the past five years to date in 2017; the names of the firms; the amount they were paid; if they supplied his Department with a report on completion of their work; if he will provide copies of reports submitted to him from these firms as a result of his engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16985/17]
• 2017-03-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of private investigation firms hired by his Department in the past five years and to date in 2017; the names of the firms; the amount they were paid; if they supplied his Department with a report on completion of their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15738/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to ensure persons can track the progress of their passport applications in real time in view of the fact that the various stages of the process do not update on his Department's website in a timely manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15285/17]
• 2017-03-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department that the Chief State Solicitor's office has incurred expenses on dealing with for each of the past three years and to date in 2017; and the amount of fees for counsel and other legal costs incurred respectively, for each of the past three years and to date in 2017. [12776/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legal fees incurred on FOI requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9679/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost per year for the past three years for the retrieval and return of hard copy files stored at off-site locations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9308/17]
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost per year for the past three years for the storage of data and-or files on cloud storage or third party servers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9406/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the issue of unlawful killings in Northern Ireland during the Troubles with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, James Brokenshire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8604/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with his Palestinian and Israeli counterparts on US President, Mr. Trump's, plans to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem; his views on any such move; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8761/17]
• 2017-02-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of upgrading information technology systems and-or databases to incorporate the use of Eircode; if the use of Eircode is mandatory in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8633/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of funding his Department has provided to an Irish arts centre in New York (details supplied) in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3986/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of moving artwork and paintings from location to location outside the State by his Department in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4039/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost of moving artwork and paintings from location to location in the State by his Department that is on loan to foreign embassies and ambassadors here, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4042/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to avoid a repeat of an unplanned landing of a British military aircraft at Shannon Airport in December 2016 (details supplied); his views on whether procedures regarding landing of foreign military aircraft here need to be reviewed in view of that incident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3094/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for ministerial travel abroad over the course of the St. Patrick's Day celebrations; if members of the Government and-or a delegation will visit the White House during that time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3095/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the cost per year for the past three years for the storage and archiving of his Department's files and records at off-site locations by third party companies and at State-owned storage facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1123/17]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on that fact that the mailing preference database operates on a radically different legal basis than the telephone preference service, particularly in view of the potentially significant penalties which might be levied on businesses for failing to respect marketing opt outs under the EU General Data Protection Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37198/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to address a legal lacuna in the treatment of a valuable regulatory data asset; if it will be addressed in the forthcoming data protection Bill as with the telephone preference service; if ultimate responsibility and authority for the mailing preference service database will be vested in an appropriate independent entity such as the communications regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37362/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to address a legal lacuna in the treatment of a valuable regulatory data asset; if it will be addressed in the forthcoming data protection Bill as with the telephone preference service; if ultimate responsibility and authority for the mailing preference service database will be vested in an appropriate independent entity such as the communications regulator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37365/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has made any efforts to work with the Russian and Iranian ambassadors regarding the current situation in Syria; if he has discussed with each of those ambassadors their country's role in the current conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30278/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's plans in view of the most recent and fifteenth postponement of a person's trial in Egypt (details supplied); his views on whether previous attempts to resolve the case need to be amended and a new strategy adopted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30284/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the focus that has been placed on the role of the European Free Trade Association, EFTA, given the results of the United Kingdom referendum on European Union membership; if he considered how the democratic credentials of the EFTA might be strengthened to ease the transition process of the United Kingdom as an European Union partner to another position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19459/16]
• 2016-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has considered utilising the rule 140 mechanism to try and secure the release of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12132/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of each statutory instrument signed; each contract entered into; each tender issued; each tender awarded; each State board appointment made by him or by an agency of his Department from 1 January 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6692/16]
• 2016-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of appointments to State boards by name of appointee, date of appointment and appointment through a public application process or otherwise from 7 March 2011 to date; the number of vacancies on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4618/16]
• 2015-11-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for details of all instances from 1 January 2000 to 2015 to date where legislation introduced by him or on his behalf, which is enacted and still in force, contains a provision amending the Data Protection Acts to allow for the transfer of personal or other data collected, retained and processed by the State for a particular purpose towards another specific purpose, in tabular form; the financial cost of creating and administering such databases, by case; the projected financial cost for databases not yet complete; the specific legislative provision which enabled such data transfers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41138/15]
• 2015-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the instances, since 9 March 2011, in which the Government considered a request by an Irish citizen to accept a title of nobility or honour, in accordance with Article 40.2.2° of Bunreacht na hÉireann, by date of consideration, by name of requestor, by title or honour concerned and by the Government's decision to approve or not approve, in tabular form; the legislative instrument that ensures the practical application of Article 40.2.2°; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39332/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the precise timeline to which the Government plans to achieve the target of 0.7% of gross domestic product spending on overseas development assistance, following comments made by An Taoiseach to that effect; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36845/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will indicate, in respect of State boards under his Department's remit, the name of each appointed from 7 March 2011 to date in 2015; the date of appointment; whether or not each appointee came through an advertised public application process; the number of vacancies which presently exist on State boards under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37363/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is potential to allow passport renewals to be signed by a peace commissioner or by another official in good standing, in order to alleviate workloads placed upon An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38257/15]