Gino Kenny

People Before Profit-Solidarity · Dublin Mid-West

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• 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."
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the Irish delegation did not join the many delegations that walked out during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the UN General Assembly on 27 September in protest at Israel’s genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40782/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the Irish delegation did not join the many delegations that walked out during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech at the UN General Assembly on 27 September 2024 in protest at Israel’s genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40651/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will commit to a referendum on enshrining neutrality in the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40654/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will condemn the United States for supplying extensive military and political support for Israel as it continues its genocide in Gaza and invasion of Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40655/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will call on President Biden to cease providing military aid and support to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27744/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will call on President Biden to stop providing military aid and support to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27523/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will commit to a referendum on enshrining neutrality in the Constitution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27525/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that total global military expenditure reached $2,443 billion in 2023; that this is the highest military spending on record; that this military spending means vast numbers of badly needed homes, schools and hospitals are forgone to fund warfare; if he will urge world leaders to end this dangerous escalation of militarisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27524/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that the United States government is seeking to establish a closer relationship with the regime in Saudi Arabia and that an organisation (details supplied) has stated that Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammad bin Salman has effectively quashed all dissent in the state; if he will call on the US Biden administration to end its close relationship with the Saudi regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27527/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will inform US President Biden that he condemns the force used by police against students in US universities protesting recently against US military support for Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20886/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will bring forward a Bill to enable a constitutional referendum on neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20884/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will call on US President Biden to stop providing military aid and support to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20887/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken to his European counterparts about placing sanctions on Israel for its bombardment of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10255/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on the situation concerning the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) detained in Iraq and his Departments work in providing consular assistance for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10256/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if an Israeli attack on Rafah would have implications to Ireland’s St. Patrick’s Day arrangements and engagements in the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10253/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Ireland’s position on the situation in the Western Sahara; if he has discussed this situation with his counterparts in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10254/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his engagement to date with his EU counterparts and members of the UN Security Council on the potential Israeli attack on Rafah; his views on the statements by the Secretary General of the UN regarding "An all-out Israeli offensive on the city” (Rafah); what Irelands response to such an attack would be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10252/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will comment on Israel's killing of Palestinian civilians in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3296/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is concerned about a potential Chinese offensive action against Taiwan; if the Government intends to intervene on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3300/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will comment on the Government's engagement with the Chinese Deputy Leader, specifically in the context of human rights abuses in China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3297/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to attend the St Patrick's Day engagements in the United States; if he intends to boycott engagement with officials of the US administration for its role in arming Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3298/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the work of his Department in the resumption of beef exports to China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3299/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make direct contact with the Israeli embassy in relation to the illegal detention of the executive director of the Aida Youth Centre in the Aida Refugee Camp Bethlehem (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56757/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he and his Department have taken to date to secure the release of Irish citizens in Gaza and those being held hostage by Hamas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50659/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on this engagement with his counterparts in the Israeli Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50199/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline Ireland’s humanitarian response to the situation in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50198/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has consulted his EU counterparts on illegal settler violence in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50200/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the Afghan ‘Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan’ and Ireland’s response to the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50201/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on his recent engagements at the UN; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41807/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will update members on what role Ireland will play in providing support and relief following the floods in Libya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41809/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he can provide an update on the situation facing women in Iran; if he can outline what steps Ireland is taking at an international level regarding this situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41810/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the details of any meetings he had at the UN regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41808/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that many journalists, trade union leaders, judges, civil society activists and politicians, including the Speaker of the Tunisian parliament (details supplied) have been arrested in Tunisia in recent weeks in concerted acts of state repression; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28774/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the recent acts of severe repression carried out by the army and state institutions in Pakistan against opposition politicians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28775/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that human rights campaigners that will be outside the AGM of a company (details supplied) in Ballsbridge on 28 April 2023 to highlight the appalling impact of the company's operations in Colombia on the land rights of the indigenous Misak people, on the environment and on human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19869/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the deteriorating situation in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19867/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken to his counterparts in the EU on the situation in regard to China and Taiwan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19868/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his views on a one-state solution for the situation in Palestine and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19865/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has discussed the increasingly high levels of Palestinian civilian casualties in the occupied West Bank with the new Israeli government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13389/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has engaged with other foreign ministers regarding the loss of electricity power at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine due to Russian missile bombardment; if he is concerned about the potential result of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13386/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he will have on his St. Patrick's day visit to the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13390/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has engaged with his counterparts in Turkey and Syria in relation to the devastating earthquakes in the two countries; what Ireland’s response to these catastrophes will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13388/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will condemn Israeli bombing and raids in Nablus in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13387/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will further elaborate on his comments, reported in the media regarding Irish neutrality, that neutrality is a policy issue that can change at any time, subject to the Houses of the Oireachtas or the Government of the day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13382/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has discussed with his counterparts in Finland and Sweden their decision to join NATO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13384/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts he intends to make to try to prevent further escalation of the war in Ukraine in his new role as Minister for Foreign Affairs of a neutral country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4515/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent election of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; if he has had any contact with his government regarding Palestine, the Occupied West Bank and Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4450/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the engagements he has had at EU or UN level regarding a Palestinian driver who was reportedly pepper sprayed and shot by the Israeli defence forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4449/23]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise reports of the Iranian authorities shooting protestors and targeting women at the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62450/22]
• 2022-12-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions that he proposes to take given Ireland’s position on the UN Security Council regarding reports of Iran executing protestors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62451/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions that he has taken on behalf of Ireland at UN level and EU level relating to the protest movement in Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57534/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent United Nations committee decision to adopt a draft Palestinian resolution requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on Israel's occupation of Palestinian land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57535/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Irish position on Israel's condemnation of so-called American "interference" in the fatal shooting of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57538/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on any recent engagement that he has had with the ambassadors of Ukraine and Russia to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57536/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the repression of the Uyghur people in China by the Chinese state; his plans on behalf of Ireland, given Ireland's position on the UN Security Council and in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57537/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the likely declaration of famine in Somalia; the steps that the Irish Government proposes to do in regard to this deteriorating situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54748/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken in relation to the potential famine in Somalia in view of Ireland’s seat at the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54749/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his view on comments made by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the need for greater transparency regarding climate finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54750/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps the Irish Government is taking in a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54753/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland is taking in response to the Israeli defence forces and mounting violence in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54754/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on comments made by Martin Griffiths, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, on the need for greater transparency regarding climate finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54963/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that he has taken and intends to take in regard to the brutal oppression being inflicted by the Iranian regime on protestors in Iran, given Ireland's seat on the UN Security Council, and with his foreign affairs counterparts in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54964/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the steps that he has taken with the Iranian ambassador in regard to the brutal violence being perpetrated on Iranian protestors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54965/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the measures that the Government is taking in regard to what China is doing to the Uighur people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54966/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that Ireland is taking in response to the Israeli defence forces and mounting violence in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54967/22]
• 2022-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken to the Israeli ambassador to Ireland on the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49391/22]
• 2022-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent French naval exercises off the coast of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34165/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn the recent report that a court in Nigeria has imposed a sentence of death by stoning on three men for homosexual acts; if he will contact the relevant parties in Nigeria to express abhorrence at this practice; if he will take all the steps that are necessary to ensure that this death sentence does not proceed as planned given the impact it will have on Nigeria’s international standing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42059/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update to the Houses of the Oireachtas on any engagement he has had with the European Union or the Polish Government on the ban on abortion in Poland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33165/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a recent report published by Observatory of Multinationals in Latin America, SumOfUs and the Latin America Solidarity Centre that has highlighted serious socio-environmental impacts and human rights violations arising from Smurfit Kappa’s operations in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33162/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline any discussions at the United Nations Security Council regarding the ongoing situation in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33166/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report back on his recent visit to Finland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33164/22]
• 2022-05-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on his recent visit to the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23595/22]
• 2022-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on and the detail of Ireland’s non-lethal aid to Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13666/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that despite recent actions adopted to improve services at the Passport Office many people are still experiencing extensive delays across the board in terms of first-time passports and renewals (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6025/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has discussed the ongoing war and the humanitarian crisis in Yemen with his counterparts across Europe; if consideration has been given to imposing sanctions on Saudi Arabia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4170/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of alcohol taken from the cellar of Iveagh House for the event on 17 June 2020; if food was delivered to the event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3922/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there were children in attendance at the event in Iveagh House on 17 June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3923/22]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had engagement with his counterparts in the European Union on the situation of Palestinian hunger strikers that are demanding an end to their administrative detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56567/21]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on engagement he has had with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Belarus on the situation facing migrants on the Belarussian-Polish border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56564/21]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to raise the situation in northern Ethiopia with the United Nations Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56565/21]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to raise the coup in Sudan at the United Nations Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56566/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the Israeli Ministry of Defence designating six Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist organisations; his plans to address same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53062/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the expansion by IDA Ireland into Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47159/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had engagement with the Polish Ambassador regarding reports of LGBT free zones in Poland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47165/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs Ireland’s position on the US, UK and Australia trilateral security partnership; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47164/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the situation relating to Afghani refugees; and if Ireland plans to increase its allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47163/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagement with Speaker Pelosi on his recent trip to the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47166/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any engagement with the Israeli authorities regarding the treatment of Palestinian prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47162/21]
• 2021-09-15
  VOTE
  Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 92–59
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent Israeli air strikes and their effect on children in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34137/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken to the new Prime Minister of Israel on the occupation of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33905/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with his counterparts in Europe on the continuing situation in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33908/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with officials from China regarding the treatment of the Uyghur people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33906/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken to Hungarian officials or the ambassador on comments made by the Prime Minister of Hungary on Irish international footballers kneeling before their friendly match with Hungary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33907/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had with the Chinese Ambassador regarding the treatment of the Uighur people by China; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24394/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on a recently published report by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24395/21]
• 2020-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will re-examine the proposed legislation to ban the import of goods from illegal settlements in Palestine in view of recent attacks by the Israeli state there on human rights and the ongoing demolition of homes by the Israeli state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38339/20]
• 2020-11-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the matter relating to a person (details supplied) with his EU counterparts at upcoming EU-wide meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38338/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will convey Ireland’s opposition to the Australian ambassador to Ireland of the proposed destruction of 40 to 86 significant Aboriginal sites in the central Pilbara region by a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11973/20]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to renewed attempts by the Israeli Government to deport a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43159/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to halt Israeli policies aimed at the de facto annexation of East Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25215/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); his views on whether the unilateral policies of Israel would exacerbate the conflict in and over Jerusalem and harm hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in East Jerusalem; the steps he will take to object to the precedent for Israeli annexationist ambitions in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25214/19]
• 2019-02-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to have the Temporary International Presence in Hebron reinstated as a matter of urgency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8900/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to request that the authorities of a prison (details supplied) lift the ban on freedom of prisoner movement and association within the prison; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3899/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent attacks on prisoners in a prison (details supplied) by Israeli prison administration and military forces, including the use of rubber bullets, tear gas, sound grenades and police dogs; if he will raise the attacks with the Israeli authorities and request they cease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3898/19]
• 2018-12-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the plight of a person (details supplied); the steps he has taken to investigate and assist in this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51710/18]
• 2018-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to ensure that Ireland increases its diplomatic efforts through the EU to ensure that South Sudan’s fragile peace deals holds; the further steps he will take to support the humanitarian efforts in South Sudan that are addressing the root causes of the conflict; if funding and support will continue in order to support the vital conflict resolution and peacebuilding efforts at community level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48979/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent raid by Israeli covert special forces which resulted in the killing of seven Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the destruction of a six storey residential building which housed a kindergarten; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48012/18]
• 2018-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will call on the EU to seek the suspension of Israel from the Kimberley process and introduce a ban on Israeli diamond exports in view of the fact that diamonds generate $1 billion annually for the Israeli military; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40272/18]
• 2018-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had communications with the Prime Minister of Greece with regard to the detention of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40269/18]
• 2018-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with President Abbas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40268/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the unilateral decision by the USA to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and its further humiliation of the people of Palestine by moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on the 70th anniversary of the Nakba; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21121/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the historic significance of 15 May 2018 as the 70th anniversary of the Nakba (details supplied); if meaningful sanctions against the Israeli embassy will be considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21120/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received reports on the use of dual-use drones against unarmed civilians on the Gaza-Israeli border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20433/18]
• 2018-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Israeli ill-treatment of Palestinian children in military detention, highlighted by UNICEF as being widespread, systematic and institutionalised; if he will raise the case of a person (details supplied) with his Israeli counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14133/18]
• 2018-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received the humanitarian letter signed by over 100 organisations pleading with all parliamentary institutions throughout the world to stop the genocide, siege and forced displacement happening in eastern Ghouta in Syria; his plans to work urgently with his European counterparts to stop the genocide against civilians and condemn the Syrian regime and its allies' refusal to abide by the Security Council Resolution 2401; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14134/18]
• 2018-02-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the hostile approach adopted by the Argentine state towards the indigenous Mapuche people in Argentina; his plans to address matters in this regard (details supplied) with his Argentine counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7368/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request the release of a person (details supplied); his views on the position of UNICEF that the ill-treatment of Palestinian children in military detention is widespread, systematic and institutionalised; his further views on the fact that Israel is the only nation that systematically detains and prosecutes children in a military court system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3504/18]
• 2017-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he will make known his views on President Donald Trump's formal recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and acknowledge the potentially destructive consequences for the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53037/17]
• 2017-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the petition signed by more than 22,000 persons highlighting the arms trade with the state of Israel presented to An Taoiseach by members of an organisation (details supplied) on 4 October 2017. [51490/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an open letter to the UN Security Council from more than a dozen Nobel laureates, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu, criticising Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s de facto leader, for a bloody military crackdown on minority Rohingya people, warning of a tragedy amounting to ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3030/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump’s, plan to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem; and that this planned move is a reversal of existing US policy (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the move is a violation of Resolution 181 of the UN General Assembly and that senior Palestinian officials warn that the move could provoke regional violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3029/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether Ireland's neutrality is in question due to the shift towards an alliance with Britain, Europe and the United States; if Ireland has entered into agreements with foreign powers on air defences without consulting Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39827/16]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will telephone President Duterte on behalf of a person (details supplied); if he will meet with the person's spouse to hear their perspective; and if he will verify the location of the person's passport. [1743/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an armed raid conducted by Pakistani police on the administrative offices at the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Rabwah, Pakistan on 5 December 2016 (details supplied); if he will protest to the Pakistan Government regarding this state-sanctioned sectarian violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41129/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); if he will intervene by contacting the Algerian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37486/16]
• 2016-11-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he has taken in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37487/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Digital Research Centre, NDRC, whose budget is paid entirely from State funds, refused to support an initiative to assist the fledgling start-up ecosystem in Palestine, citing NDRC's purported politically neutral status and yet has provided support and sponsorship to a programme of engagement with the start-up ecosystem of Israel, namely, the recent start-up Tel Aviv event held on the NDRC premises on 29 June 2016; his plans to influence the NDRC to co-operate in extending support to the Palestine start-up ecosystem or to cease support for the Israeli start-up ecosystem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34158/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the presidential decree of law 140 was submitted again for a person (details supplied) in August 2016 and that there is limited time this decree can remain effective; if he will put adequate pressure on the Egyptian Government to ensure the person can be released as many inmates have recently received a presidential pardon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30281/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the reports of statesanctioned death squads and vigilantism in the Philippines under President Duterte; the assistance being offered to a person (details supplied) and his or her family in an appeal in the Philippines against a 12-year prison sentence for a trivial offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30277/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the destruction of the refugee camp at Calais; if he has made inquiries regarding the health and safety of the more than 10,000 adults and children living there; if he will advocate for the safety of the residents by strongly protesting at any attempts by the French authorities to forcibly move residents; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30269/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will identify to Dáil Éireann the countries which are taking part in, or supplying weapons or military ordnance to support, military aggression in Syria and Yemen; if he will call in the ambassadors of those countries to account for such action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31808/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason a person (details supplied) is being denied an Irish passport, given that her siblings were granted Irish passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30434/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the comments of a person (details supplied) that torture and abuse takes place in the prison and that a person not receiving the same level of support that they did; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19352/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the increase in the number of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli security forces in the past year; the number of these children who were arrested without their parents being informed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19412/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the increase in the number of Palestinian children arrested by Israeli security forces in the past year; the number of these children who were arrested without their parents being informed; and his views on the use of unnecessary force in arresting and detaining these children, in some cases beating them and holding them in unsafe and abusive conditions. [19426/16]
• 2016-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he is taking to secure the release of a person (details supplied) from detention in Egypt; the reason for the delay in the person's release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11902/16]
• 2016-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for detailed information on the trade in goods and services between Ireland and Israel, including restrictions on such trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11901/16]