Michael McNamara

Independent · Clare

Activity on Foreign Affairs — 60 events (1 lobbying · 58 questions · 1 votes) full profile →

• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  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."
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline Ireland's position on the recent crisis involving Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh, and what steps he has taken in international forums, such as the EC and the UN, to seek to reverse the exodus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50231/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland condemns the Israeli response in the Gaza Strip to 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50232/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department is providing assistance in repatriating an Irish resident (details supplied) stuck in Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23173/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the European Council meetings at which Ireland agreed to participate in, and fund, the European Peace Facility and the EU military assistance mission in support of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19794/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the financial contribution of Ireland to the European Peace Facility, EPC, each year since its establishment in March 2021; if there are differing funds operated by the EPC for contributors for the purchase of military equipment designed to deliver lethal force and those whose contributions are specified to be limited to the purchase and supply of non-lethal equipment; if there is a commitment to increase Ireland's financial contribution in future years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13900/23]
• 2022-10-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of persons within his Department who are working remotely on a part-time or full-time basis in County Clare in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48735/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application for a child (details supplied) will be processed on time for an intended travel date of 14 July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37212/22]
• 2022-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied) given that it has exceeded the target issue date and applicant’s travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36904/22]
• 2022-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application for a person (details supplied) will be processed on time for an intended travel date of 13 July 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36913/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite three family passports for persons (details supplied) in County Clare given that the passport applications were received by the Passport Office on 4 May 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35540/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views in relation to Ukrainian oligarchs and organised crime in the State given his advocacy for early accession to the European Union.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31777/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31811/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31812/22]
• 2022-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31452/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the passport applications of persons (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29325/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27708/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26094/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 419 of 17 May 2022, if a passport will be expedited as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26308/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be expedited for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26309/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be expedited for persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24618/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue for a person (details supplied) in County Clare, given that the passport was due to issue on 11 May 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24883/22]
• 2022-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport will be processed on time for a child (details supplied) in order that they can travel with their family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23607/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19977/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the proposed role of Special Envoy for Freedom of Expression to the UN will be proceeded with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20229/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare given that this person applied online on 27 January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20961/22]
• 2022-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application will be expedited for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21080/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18394/22]
• 2022-03-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15241/22]
• 2022-03-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite a passport for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13591/22]
• 2022-03-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a passport application by a person (details supplied) in County Clare will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12534/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue for a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5855/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the steps Ireland is taking as a member of the United Nations Security Council to address rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3765/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of public sector workers under his remit in each of the local electoral areas in County Clare in each of the years 2016 to 2021, in tabular form under headings (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2386/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport application processed during 2019, 2020 and 2021, by type, namely renewals and first-time applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2414/22]
• 2021-11-30
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport is likely to issue in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58510/21]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas are restricted to making five enquiries regarding passport applications per week even in circumstances in which the enquiries relate to passport applications which have already exceeded the stated timeframe for processing. [56302/21]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas are restricted to making five enquiries regarding passport applications per week; and the reason a follow-up query regarding the same application is considered a new query. [56303/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of a passport application by a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50407/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of an application for a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51046/21]
• 2021-10-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a passport will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49267/21]
• 2021-09-15
  VOTE
  Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 92–59
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when a person (details supplied) in County Clare will receive an application for the register of foreign births; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42052/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of an application by a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42200/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when both the Cork and Dublin passport offices will reopen to the public given that international travel has resumed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40303/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has a policy on the funding or defunding of organisations with gender critical views by Irish Aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33878/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of former Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas nominated to participate in election observation missions from the election observation roster over the past ten years who were former members at the time of their nomination; the name of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33881/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the objective criteria for nomination to participate in election observation missions from the election observation roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33880/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of different persons who have been on the election observation roster to be eligible for nomination to participate in election observation missions over the past ten years; the number of missions each person was nominated to participate in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33879/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport applications that are outstanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24203/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason the processing of passports was not deemed to be an essential service given that the right to leave a state including one's own is enshrined in international law and the possession of a valid passport is an essential prerequisite for the exercise of that right; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24205/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised the issue of correction camps for the Uighur minority in China with the Chinese authorities; if it is proposed to take a common EU position on the matter; the use that has been made of Ireland's current position within the UN systems to raise the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24204/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of an application by a person (details supplied); if the application will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20516/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when both the Cork and Dublin passport offices will reopen to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20517/21]
• 2020-11-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will continue to process passport applications during the current lockdown given that the right to enter and leave the State of which one is a citizen is a basic human right and Ireland has not declared, formally at least, declared a state of emergency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34222/20]
• 2020-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if an exemption can be made for a two-year working holiday authorisation for a person (details supplied) in County Clare due to the Covid-19 pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32292/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has personally raised the issue of correction camps in Xinjiang province in China with his Chinese interlocutors; if the issue has been raised by his officials with the Chinese authorities or in other multilateral fora; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28892/20]
• 2020-09-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a working holiday application will be processed as a matter of urgency for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26011/20]
• 2020-09-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when both the Cork and Dublin passport offices will reopen to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23951/20]
• 2020-07-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports processed to date in July 2020; the number of persons waiting for passports; the number of passports processed in the first half of July 2019; the number of persons waiting for a passport on 16 July 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17457/20]