Paul Murphy

People Before Profit-Solidarity · Dublin South-West

Activity on Foreign Affairs — 322 events (13 lobbying · 307 questions · 2 votes) full profile →

• 2026-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will end the use of Shannon Airport by US military aircraft in light of its illegal war of aggression against Iran; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21343/26]
• 2026-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will condemn the illegal attacks by the US and Israel on Iran and Lebanon, including the bombing of a girls’ school killing more than 170 civilians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21344/26]
• 2026-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will hold a referendum on neutrality in light of opinion polling showing strong support for Irish neutrality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12202/26]
• 2026-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consider restricting Saint Patrick’s Day engagements with the Trump administration in light of the execution of protesters, kidnapping of a head of state and threats towards Greenland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8702/26]
• 2026-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has raised concerns with the US about human rights violations in the United States, including the execution of peaceful protesters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8703/26]
• 2026-01-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the mandatory requirement that members of the Irish Election Observation Roster must apply for at least one mission a year has been lifted; the implications of this for the smooth running of the roster and active members; the number of such members that have not applied for any missions in the last two years; whether she has conducted research into the reasons for this inactivity and the findings; whether she will take steps to address the financial barriers impacting members, particularly those needing to make alternative arrangements for dependants during missions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7075/26]
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Climate Justice
  • Civil Society Space
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • To share ActionAid’s briefing note on Official Development Assistance and women’s rights
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill 2018 / Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to a US military aircraft, which is reported to have flown through Irish airspace (details supplied), whether permission was granted by Irish authorities for this; if so, on what basis; if not granted the actions taken as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1587/26]
• 2026-01-13
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  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether she agrees with the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Maduro by the US authorities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1950/26]
• 2025-12-16
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  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application (details supplied) has been received; and if she will instruct her Department to assist the family in question. [72301/25]
• 2025-11-27
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  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she agrees with the recommendation of the Oireachtas Joint Committee Foreign Affairs and Trade to include services in the version of the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 to be introduced by the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65956/25]
• 2025-11-27
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  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will include services in the version of the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 to be introduced by the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65955/25]
• 2025-11-06
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding granting a US Department of War chartered flight, carrying troops or military cargo, to refuel at Shannon Airport en route to the Nevatim IDF base in Israel, the way in which he reconciles this decision with the statement made by the then-Taoiseach in November 2023 that ‘there were no flights going from the US through Shannon to Israel with troops onboard’. [60891/25]
• 2025-10-21
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish neutrality is now defined only as formal non-membership of NATO; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49147/25]
• 2025-10-21
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will stop the use of Shannon Airport by the US military while it is assisting Israel’s genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49150/25]
• 2025-10-15
  VOTE
  Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • ✗ voted against the motion motion passed · 94–65
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government has plans to join the Hague Group. [53225/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the systematic violence being employed by the Myanmar military, including airstrikes on civilian areas with a view to clearing territory ahead of planned elections, if Ireland will state unequivocally that it will not recognise any election conducted by the Myanmar military while it is engaged in aerial attacks and forced displacement of civilian populations; and if Ireland will press this stance at the European Union and UN General Assembly. [53620/25]
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Climate Justice
• 2025-09-17
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill 2018 / Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the treatment of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise the matter with the Chinese authorities. [45508/25]
• 2025-07-15
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  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans the Government has to be represented at the conference on Gaza organised by the Hague Group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39399/25]
• 2025-07-10
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details for the past three years and the current year funding allocated or paid out for Departmental employees for legal study programmes including EU law in the past three years, detailing the course title, the course provider, the course fees, grade of employee supported, whether course was in person or online and name of the scheme providing the support; if employees received any other supports such as time off; if so, the details of same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38546/25]
• 2025-06-10
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  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 27 May 2025, the reason, given the Government's support for political integration of former associates of paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland through the Good Friday Agreement so as to incentivise decommissioning of arms, it has taken the opposite view in relation to Palestinian groups, whatever their present activity and classification. [29663/25]
• 2025-05-29
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the progress of legislation to ban trade with the occupied territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27406/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the new actions he will take against the state of Israel in light of the duty of the State to prevent genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27405/25]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of persons appointed as international election observer to the Irish 2024 election observer roster; the number of such members that still have to receive an offer of deployment; the plans to provide such offers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27174/25]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned that continued flights through Irish airspace of aircraft carrying munitions to Israel are in violation of Ireland’s policy of military neutrality; the steps he will take to defend Irish neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18056/25]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his comments in Dáil Éireann (details supplied) his views on whether the choice of government in Palestine should be a matter for the Palestinian people to determine or whether the Irish or other governments should play a role defining who can hold office in the region. [27547/25]
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • AV room launch of paper on Irelands role in the fossil fuel industry where we shared the findings and recommendations.
  • Invite to AV room briefing covering Irelands role in fossil fuel industry.
  • Report shared
• 2025-05-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if he will advocate for the rights of this activist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24567/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of a case (details supplied) in which activists have been jailed; if he will advocate for their release and support the investigation into human rights abuses in the region. [23703/25]
• 2025-05-06
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Foreign Affairs

  • Parliamentary Question submission re arms tenders from Israel
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the two Irish citizens (details supplied) being deported from Germany despite not being charged with any crime due to them exercising their right to protest; if he will instruct his Department to intervene on their behalf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18631/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will instruct his Department to advocate for the opening of a humanitarian corridor in Gaza in light of the renewed attacks by Israel in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19224/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo; if he will instruct his Department to work with international partners to help bring an end to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12285/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will condemn US President Trump's advocacy of US "ownership" of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4497/25]
• 2025-02-11
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  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on US President Trump's plan to colonise Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4498/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will boycott the traditional St. Patrick's Day visit to the White House in light of President Trump's advocacy for ethnic cleansing and a US occupation of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4499/25]
• 2025-02-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will instruct his Department to work with an organisation (details supplied) on an order to deliver aid to Gaza in light of the dire humanitarian crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3728/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in relation to Ireland's announced endorsement of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism, that endorsement includes endorsement of the illustrative examples that accompany the definition, which the Government had not previously considered to be an integral part of the definition, and which he has previously expressed concerns in relation to. [2133/25]
• 2025-02-05
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will condemn the recent comments by US President Donald Trump advocating for the forced displacement and ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2916/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline the process by which it was agreed that the Irish embassy in Britain would host a book launch for a person (details supplied); whether this facility is open to all authors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46535/24]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the release from prison of a prominent Tibetan environmental rights defender (details supplied) after serving a 15-year prison sentence; if he will publicly support the release of the activists brothers, who were arrested after their environmental protection group sought to expose local officials who hunted endangered animals; and if he will express concerns about restrictions on the activists freedom of speech and other fundamental human rights actions. [46761/24]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a recent report on China (details supplied) which described how the human rights landscape continues to deteriorate, characterised by widespread repression and systematic violations against various groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1304/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will urgently condemn the abduction and abuse of a doctor (details supplied) by the Israeli Defence Forces; if he will call for his immediate release and the cessation of violent attacks on medical staff and facilities in Gaza, which constitute grave breaches of international humanitarian law; and if he will outline the actions his Department is taking to demand accountability for these violations and to ensure Ireland upholds its commitments under the Geneva Conventions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1371/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will condemn the death sentence against a person (details supplied) by the Iranian government; if he will work to apply diplomatic pressure on the Iranian government to halt this execution and end the ongoing persecution of activists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1697/25]
• 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."
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Trócaire 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
  • Climate Justice
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Sharing priorities for COP29 with minister and relevant committee - highlighting 4 key actions Ireland can take to show true climate leadership
  • Sharing new ActionAid research with a number of DPOs which shows that Climate finance grants from the Global North for climate-hit countries are grossly insufficient to support climate action and the necessary transitions. Climate finance grants amount to just 1/20th of the Global South public finance going to fossil fuels and industrial agriculture.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Comhlámh Foreign Affairs

  • Comhlám's Justice for Palestine group emailed TDs requesting support for the Occupied Territories Bill
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that the United States recently approved the sale of $20 billion in fighter jets and other military equipment to Israel; if he will call upon the US President to cancel supply of this deadly weaponry to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40658/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to detail contacts with the Israeli embassy in relation to the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 and over flights to Israel carrying military equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40659/24]
• 2024-10-02
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  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if all possible assistance will be provided by the Irish embassy to the family of a person (details supplied) seriously injured in an accident, including facilitating accommodation in order that the family can be close to the hospital. [39427/24]
• 2024-09-25
  PQ
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish election observers that he plans to nominate for each country as part of the Organisation for Security Co-operation in Europe’s forthcoming election observation missions, namely to Georgia, Moldova and Uzbekistan; the number of observers already deployed this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37964/24]
• 2024-09-25
  PQ
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that comparative members of the Organisation for Security C-operation in Europe provide their long-term election observers with income payments in addition to living expenses; if he will consider introducing this in order to reduce barriers to participation in such roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37965/24]
• 2024-09-24
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  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline, in response to over 500 days of the conflict in Sudan, which has caused almost 10 million to be forced to flee their homes making it the world’s largest displacement crisis, the actions the Government has taken on this; and if his Department will consider actions (details supplied). [37279/24]
• 2024-09-09
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the protests by students across Bangladesh, who are demanding justice and accountability; if he will condemn the state violence being used against protesters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33888/24]
• 2024-09-09
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will make political representations to Greenland against the extradition of a person (details supplied) to Japan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34259/24]
• 2024-09-09
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he will take to protest against the ban on women's voices and bare faces in public imposed by the Taliban government in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34973/24]
• 2024-07-23
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on an independent panel of UN experts who have called for gender apartheid to be recognised as a crime incorporated in Article 2 of the Draft Crimes Against Humanity Convention; the reason Ireland has not yet taken a position on the inclusion of gender apartheid in the treaty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31076/24]
• 2024-07-23
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if any representative of Ireland attended the NATO summit in Washington DC in July, or attended meetings organised around this summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31260/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 43 of 3 July 2024, if he will publish the actual feedback his Department provided to the International Protection Office on the potential designation of Algeria as a safe country; and, if not, the reason he will not publish this feedback. [31472/24]
• 2024-07-23
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will ensure all Irish citizens are entitled to the same type of intervention from the Government; the reason a person (details supplied) was explicitly informed by him that the Government could only offer the person and their two children consular assistance; and the reason the person’s children are not entitled to the same type of intervention from his Department, given they are Irish, as is their parent. [31991/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the scheduled upcoming international Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, OSCE, and EU election missions in which Irish election observers are due to be nominated to participate; if there are any missions that Ireland will not participate in; the reasons for that; the proposed number of participants per mission; the criteria for the selection of observers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29699/24]
• 2024-07-03
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to publish his Department’s feedback to the International Protection Office on the potential designation of Algeria as a safe country for the purposes of the International Protection Act 2015. [28440/24]
• 2024-06-25
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will reply to correspondence from a person (details supplied). [26772/24]
• 2024-06-25
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  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the difficulties faced by non-binary people looking to change their name; if he will ensure that this oversight in the system is urgently addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27107/24]
• 2024-05-21
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the catastrophic flooding, due to never-seen-before levels of rain, that has been devastating the south Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul (details supplied); and the actions the Government is taking to provide support to those affected by this crisis. [22644/24]
• 2024-05-21
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if urgent assistance will be provided to a person (details supplied); if he will ensure their safe return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22660/24]
• 2024-05-15
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the reported torture and death of a Palestinian doctor (details supplied) in an Israeli prison, given that with their death, Gaza’s Ministry of Health reports the total number of medical personnel who have been killed since Israel’s war on Gaza broke out in October 2023 has reached 496; and if the Government will publicly condemn these actions and impose sanctions on Israel. [21962/24]
• 2024-05-08
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will recognise the Armenian Genocide 1915-1917; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20482/24]
• 2024-03-07
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support that an allegation made by a person (details supplied), the Attorney-General of the Irish State, in his presentation to the International Criminal Court in the Hague, is withdrawn or a statement of correction issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11252/24]
• 2024-03-05
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he can provide a solution to an issue as regards guardianship (details supplied); if he will consider updating the legislation for someone who is the sole guardian in getting a child's passport; and if not, why not. [10054/24]
• 2024-02-27
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of an offer by a group (details supplied) which has a team of over 20 highly qualified specialist doctors, licensed and experienced in various medical fields in Dublin, ready to volunteer their services in Gaza; if he has considered this offer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8926/24]
• 2024-02-21
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 449 of 8 November 2022, if he will follow up with the UN Human Rights Committee, requesting any updates in relation to this case, including any actions taken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8193/24]
• 2024-02-15
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if on a visit to the West Bank, he asked to see a village that had been destroyed and ethnically cleansed by settlers; if so, if the IDF refused to allow it; if this is correct, the reason he did not make a public statement in relation to the matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7199/24]
• 2024-01-30
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take a stance against Pakistan's actions and explore avenues such as sanctions to halt the ongoing war crimes in occupied Balochistan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3935/24]
• 2024-01-18
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement in relation to the attacks by armed gangs in Nigeria (details supplied). [2149/24]
• 2024-01-17
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that the US has announced that it will be implementing a new visa restriction policy targeting individuals believed to have been involved in undermining peace, security or stability in the West Bank; if Ireland will be implementing a policy such as this; if Ireland will be imposing sanctions on the Israeli state that would place meaningful pressure on the Israeli Government to halt its current assault on Gaza; if Ireland will be calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56615/23]
• 2023-12-06
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a representation to the US authorities about a case (details supplied). [54041/23]
• 2023-11-30
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will expel the Israeli ambassador in light of the war crimes being committed by the Israeli Government in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50265/23]
• 2023-11-30
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he supports the State referring Israel to the International Criminal Court, as was previously done by Ireland in relation to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50266/23]
• 2023-11-30
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views as to whether or not the deployment of troops by regional arrangements without the authorisation of the UN Security Council is within the parameters of the UN Charter (details supplied). [53027/23]
• 2023-11-30
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he considers that the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 was within the parameters of the UN Charter. [53028/23]
• 2023-11-28
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he applied to enter Gaza on his recent trip to the Middle East; and if so, whether this application was blocked by Israel. [51816/23]
• 2023-11-28
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the plight of disabled and elderly residents in Gaza (details supplied); the steps his Department will take to address it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52387/23]
• 2023-11-21
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has any current contracts with any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in the world which is owned or part-owned by any Israeli state agency or by any Israeli-based company; and if so, the value of those contracts. [51045/23]
• 2023-11-21
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department or any of its agencies are involved in any exercise, operation, training or research which includes involvement by any Israeli state agency, any Israeli-based company or any company based elsewhere in the world which is owned or part-owned by any Israeli state agency or by any Israeli-based company. [51063/23]
• 2023-11-15
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to give a complete overview of the process that the US military must follow when moving personnel through Irish Airports on US Military aircraft transiting through Irish airports since January 2022. [50105/23]
• 2023-11-15
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  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a record of all US Military flights that have passed through Shannon Airport since the beginning of October 2023. [50106/23]
• 2023-11-15
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  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to give a detailed account of all oversight procedures implemented by his Department, other Government Departments and/or the Irish Aviation Authority on flights granted exemptions for the carriage of munitions of war, weapons and dangerous goods through Irish airports (inspections of aircraft, inspections of manifests, Garda deployment, etc.). [50103/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take immediate action to stop the fighting in Sudan; if he will commit to delivering food and medical aid to the Sudanese people through organisations such as the UN World Food Programme and the Red Crescent; if he will strongly condemn the shipments of weapons into Sudan from countries that are opponents of peace, including but not limited to, the United Arab Emirates; and if he will urge military leaders (details supplied) to stop the conflict immediately and advocate for peace. [49787/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if is aware that the UN has stated that there is a record 6.9 million people internally displaced in the Democratic Republic of Congo due to escalating violence, for the sake of mining coltan and cobalt for the big tech companies of the world; the actions that have been or will be taken by his Department to bring an end to the violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49793/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what actions his Department is taking to ensure the safe release of an Irish-Israeli citizen (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49908/23]
• 2023-10-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the issue of a crackdown on oil pipeline protestors in Uganda; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47068/23]
• 2023-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he is taking every action possible to evacuate Irish citizens from Gaza, including children (details supplied). [45955/23]
• 2023-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the complaint submitted by an organisation (details supplied) about the ESB’s relationship with the Cerrejón mine in northern Colombia, which is linked to human rights abuses, including the forced displacement of indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities and widespread, persistent and extreme pollution of air and water; if he agrees with the steps set out in the organisation's complaints; if he will ensure that this abuse of human rights is addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41713/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update in relation to the steps that are being taken on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36400/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the total costs for the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; if any panellists or chairs, or the forum chair, are receiving remuneration for their participation; and, if so, the amount. [30723/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs how the panellists and chairperson of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy were chosen; when the first invitations for panellists and chairpersons were issued; and when the final list of panellists and chairpersons was finalised. [30724/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the process for choosing the Chair of the Consultative Forum on International Security Policy; when a person (details supplied) was asked to be chair; and if anyone else was asked to be chair. [30725/23]
• 2023-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason expressions of interest with a closing date of 26 May 2023 had been sought for places on the election observer roster; the conclusions and findings that arise from this process; if persons who did not express interest can apply; if so, if they will be at any disadvantage over those who expressed interest; the date the full competition will be published; the number of places available; whether separate panels will be formed for long-term election observers and short-term election observers; if he plans to have any reserved places for people with disabilities, politicians or others; if so, will he detail the number of reserved places and the persons eligible to apply for them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30232/23]
• 2023-06-20
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs in relation to a case (details supplied), if he will request confirmation as to why the Irish Consulate are suggesting that this person physically represents themselves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29674/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he supports Ireland’s historic position of neutrality; his views on the Government’s current position regarding Irish neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28826/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the reforms agreed to EU migration and asylum laws; to outline the position taken by Ireland during the negotiations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28825/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he agrees that the best interest of a child (details supplied), whose passport application was denied due to their father's student status, was absent in the decision-making process; and if he will ensure that this application is reconsidered. [28267/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passports that have been issued to children that fall under the parameters of a judgement (details supplied). [26812/23]
• 2023-05-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the death of a child abroad (details supplied); if he knows that in the first three months of 2023, 17 Palestinian children have been shot dead by Israeli forces, noting that under international law, intentional lethal force is only justified in circumstances where a direct threat to life or serious injury is present; if he will publicly condemn these killings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23103/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs in relation to a person (details supplied) who has been incarcerated in Iran since October 2022, and who has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison, given the reports that his health is suffering and that he has had to endure very difficult conditions in prison, the actions the Government is taking to ensure his release; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18261/23]
• 2023-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Enterprise

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he plans to correct the statement he made to the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Defence, on 8 February 2022 (details supplied). [14943/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the reports of Aleppo Airport being out of service due to an air raid (details supplied); if he will publicly condemn this attack as a human rights abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13131/23]
• 2023-02-02
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the matters he discussed recently with other EU foreign affairs ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5204/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has sought a meeting with the Iranian ambassador in regard to executions committed by the Iranian regime; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4439/23]
• 2022-11-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn the fact that two US military personnel from US Cyber Command or other cyber operations have been operating in Ireland over the past five years (details supplied). [57142/22]
• 2022-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that a person should take who as a young teenager was subjected to mistreatment by British soldiers while living in the North of Ireland and who is now suffering with a number of conditions (details supplied); the way that they can seek justice for the wrongs that were committed against them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56814/22]
• 2022-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will condemn the issue of human rights’ abuses by the current and past governments of Pakistan against the people of Sindh and Balochistan in Pakistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56834/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will seek an investigation into the disappearance of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54863/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views in relation to reports that this Deputy’s office has received from County Donegal of USAF planes and other NATO aircraft that pass over Ireland heading west to east and east to west; the frequency with which these aircraft are using Irish airspace; the purpose of the journeys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55033/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government’s position in relation to the need for a UN binding treaty on business and human rights, in order to tackle corporate impunity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55263/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide a list of the names of each special advisor employed by his Department since 2015, the relevant Minister they worked under and the date that their employment with the Department/Minister ceased where applicable. [51780/22]
• 2022-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs that date on which an invitation was received from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe to nominate Irish election observers for the Bulgarian parliamentary election scheduled to be held in October 2022; the reason that no Irish election observers were nominated for this mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49721/22]
• 2022-10-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the names of each person nominated to take part in Ireland’s international election observation programme since the start of 2019; the cost of each mission involved broken down by airfares, expenses, grants and insurance; if these observers were appointed or reappointed to the Irish election observation roster; if so, the date that they were originally appointed; if he will detail the budget for the programme in 2022 and 2023; the amount of the budget for 2022 that has been spent to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49722/22]
• 2022-10-04
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will contact the Russian authorities in relation to the abduction and forcible conscription of a Russian national (details supplied) who is a Ukrainian resident; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48021/22]
• 2022-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason Ireland agreed to reconvene the European Union-Israel Association Council in October 2022, given Israel's actions on the ground in Palestine show it remains a serial human rights abuser and international law violator. [47708/22]
• 2022-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action that will be taken to ensure that Irish citizens are provided with all possible assistance by Irish embassies after citizens’ involvement in a car crash in a foreign country (details supplied). [46169/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions that were taken by him, his Department and the United Nations Security Council to stop executions of pro-democracy and opposition leaders in Myanmar from being carried out further to his Department’s statement (details supplied) condemning the executions; and if he will call for the matter to be brought before the UNSC with a view of creating a clear, collective and concrete plan of action given that multiple reports now suggest that the military junta is preparing to execute a further 41 political prisoners. [42258/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 925 of 26 July 2022, if he will enquire whether the reason that the application in question was rejected by the United States immigration authorities will be communicated to the applicant. [42259/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will contact the Russian authorities in relation to Ukrainian human rights activist (details supplied) who has been captured by Russian troops to insist on his rights in accordance with the Geneva Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42277/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Israeli army raid on the offices of several Palestinian human rights organisations in Ramallah (details supplied); if he will publicly condemn Israel’s military raids on the offices of Palestinian human rights and civil society organisations as an internationally wrongful act in an official statement; if he will summon the Israeli Ambassador to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and request that the Israeli military commander in the occupied West Bank be ordered to lift the closure order on offices of the Palestinian human rights organisations; and if he will request that the Israeli Minister of Defence immediately rescind the terrorist designation on Palestinian human rights and civil society organisations. [42973/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make representations to the United States immigration authorities to ensure that persons who are refused by the electronic system for travel authorisation have the reason communicated to them. [40169/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who is currently being detained in Bulgaria, falsely accused of not matching the person in the photograph on their passport; and if he will step in urgently to ensure that the Bulgarian prosecutor is informed that they are the person in the photo on their passport, allowing for their release and return to Dublin [41434/22]
• 2022-07-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a campaign by an organisation (details supplied) and its calls for greater co-ordination and planning, stronger communications and engagement with civil society organisations meeting the needs of people fleeing Ukraine and the communities in which they now live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38885/22]
• 2022-07-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the percentage of Ireland’s overseas development aid that was devoted to health in 2019 and 2021. [38366/22]
• 2022-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the frustration caused to passport applicants due to the delayed contact in relation to documents that need to be resent and requests for additional documents; if he will consider a system of triage or order of need to help those who have had to resend and send additional documents; if he will increase resources and staffing to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37985/22]
• 2022-06-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will identify the person who initiated the visit of the HMS Enterprise war ship to Cork city; and when the invitation was sent to the British admiralty. [33991/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to Saudi Arabia's Court of Appeal decision to uphold a death sentence (details supplied); if he will request the immediate release of the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32829/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will request his Department to engage with the National Unity Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on issues regarding the military junta’s crimes and the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33054/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take actions to stop the executions of four political prisoners (details supplied) who are prominent activists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33055/22]
• 2022-06-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether as a member of the United Nations Security Council, Ireland must not ignore the continuous human rights abuses being carried out daily by the military junta in Myanmar; if he will ensure that the ongoing crisis in Myanmar is brought before the United Nations Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33056/22]
• 2022-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of two Bahrainis (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28611/22]
• 2022-06-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will request that a passport application by a person (details supplied) is expedited given that the delay has been caused due to an error in the Garda station when singing as a witness and not due to the fault of the applicant or their guardians. [28495/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will cancel a passport application (details supplied) which will allow for the resubmission of an application by this person. [27345/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the Israeli High Court ruling on 4 May 2022 in favour of demolishing 12 communities in Masafer Yatta and displacing thousands of residents under the claim of being present in a firing zone area; if he will make representations to the Israeli government to halt the expulsion and forced transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27739/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he has raised issues with their sentence of the death penalty with the Saudi authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26445/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the allegations which have been named CatalanGate; his views that there needs to be an official enquiry into this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22224/22]
• 2022-05-04
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to ensure a safe evacuation for civilians in relation to the civilians in the Azovstal steel works in Mariupol city which has been surrounded by Russian troops and the difficulties faced creating a humanitarian corridor to allow these people to escape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22243/22]
• 2022-04-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the call for the cancellation of Ukrainian national debt. [18233/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will match funding from an organisation (details supplied) to support persons with cystic fibrosis in Ukraine. [14340/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); his views on same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10856/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will establish guidelines in relation to the use of diplomatic bags; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11650/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the breakdown of the total cost of sending and receiving diplomatic bags over the past five years with individual costs associated with each expedition laid out (details supplied). [11651/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 637 of 22 February 2022, the steps that his Department has taken to ensure that persons can come to Ireland from Ukraine in the quickest way possible given the current urgency of the situation. [11740/22]
• 2022-02-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 88 of 26 January 2022, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Hungary has not complied with the Copenhagen Declaration as Hungary has not provided a legal framework for domestic citizen NGOs to conduct election observation missions; if he will urge a full-scale independent election observation mission of the forthcoming April elections in Hungary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7209/22]
• 2022-02-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if advice will be provided in relation to attaining an Irish passport for a citizen whose father was born in Ireland but has since passed away (details supplied); and the way that this person can proceed with their application. [6572/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the brutal repression of uprising in Kazakhstan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3840/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his attendance at an event after a champagne party in Iveagh House on 17 June 2020. [3841/22]
• 2022-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps a person (details supplied) can take to attain an Irish passport. [3743/22]
• 2022-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the plans by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe to run a full-scale election observation mission for the forthcoming elections in Serbia with both long and short-term observers; if long-term and short-term observers from Ireland will be provided for such a mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3753/22]
• 2022-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 20 civil society groups in Hungary have urged the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe to conduct a full-scale election observation for the forthcoming elections in Hungary and that this has been supported by a number of MEPs; if he plans to support the running of such a mission; if he will convey same to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe; if he will support a call from the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe to provide long-term and short-term election observers from Ireland for such a mission to Hungary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3754/22]
• 2022-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the budget in 2022 for Ireland's election observation programme; if the budget includes provision for the recruitment to a replacement roster in 2022; the number of observers on the current roster; if observers must be tax resident in Ireland; if not, the number of non-tax resident observers on the roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3755/22]
• 2022-01-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department is involved in carbon offset programmes for airline travel journeys undertaken; if so, the details of the programme; the amount spent on the programme in 2021; the budget for 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3756/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason his Department did not issue a statement in relation to the brutal repression of an uprising in Kazakhstan which resulted in the reported killing of more than 160 protesters and the arrest of more than 8,000 persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3456/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the time at which he attended Iveagh House in the evening of 17 June 2020; and if there were indications of a social gathering when he was present. [3457/22]
• 2022-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when it was decided to conduct a Departmental investigation into the event in Iveagh House on the evening of 17 June 2020. [3458/22]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will cut all trade in products and services between Ireland and Israel (details supplied). [63461/21]
• 2021-12-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62065/21]
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason for the delay in the provision of passports for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59882/21]
• 2021-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will introduce a resolution at the Human Rights Council addressing human rights violations in Bahrain; and if not, the reason therefor.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59274/21]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason it was decided not to send any Irish long term observers to the OSCE election observation mission in Kyrgyzstan; the number of roster members by gender that applied to participate as short term observers for the election in Kyrgyzstan ; the number by gender that have been nominated for this mission; if nominated observers are not members of the current roster; if he will provide details of grants and other supports being provided to these observers; if his Department will pay for additional expenses of an observer that contracts Covid-19 while on the mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55791/21]
• 2021-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the budget for the election observation programme in 2019, 2020 and 2021; the amount spent in each year; if he will provide details of the budget in 2022; the number of observers projected to be deployed; his plans to replace the current roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55792/21]
• 2021-10-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the OSCE international election observation mission to Uzbekistan is headed by an Irish citizen; if he or his officials have provided supports to this person concerning this mission; if so, the nature of the support; if a request for the deployment of Irish election observers has been made for this mission; the number of Irish election observers that he plans to deploy on this mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50981/21]
• 2021-09-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the urgent help needed by the Tigrayan people; if he will raise this matter with his EU colleagues and at the United Nations requesting that they set up an international independent body to investigate these atrocities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46362/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise the matter with his EU colleagues and at the United Nations. [45118/21]
• 2021-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will meet with a group (details supplied). [45119/21]
• 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 Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the circumstances whereby his mobile phone was hacked; the information taken from the phone; the reports that were made to An Garda Síochána; the date on which they were made; the investigations that were conducted by An Garda Síochána or his Department in relation to the hacking; and the measures in place to minimise the chance of his phone being hacked again. [42596/21]
• 2021-09-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures taken to ensure that his text messages used for official business are filed as part of the records management process as required by the decision of the Information Commissioner (details supplied). [42597/21]
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the issue of the human rights violations by the government of Saudi Arabia was raised during his meeting with the Saudi Minister of State of Foreign Affairs, Adel al-Jubier, in Riyadh on 16 June 2021; his views on whether the Saudi Government is in violation of Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights; and if he has contacted and discussed same with democratic Saudi political forces (details supplied). [35853/21]
• 2021-07-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if troops participating in the African Lion military exercises passed through Shannon Airport or Irish airspace before or after their military exercise. [36110/21]
• 2021-06-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the death of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise this matter with his EU colleagues and at the United Nations. [32316/21]
• 2021-05-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will address a series of matters (details supplied) in relation to an aircraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28046/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in the context of ongoing steps by the Israeli state to expel Palestinians from East Jerusalem and replace them with Zionist settlers and the killing of 22 Palestinians in an Israeli attack on Gaza, he will expel the Israeli Ambassador from Ireland to express Ireland’s opposition to these killings and to the threatened expulsion of 13 families comprised of 58 persons including 17 children from Sheik Jarrah in East Jerusalem; if he will immediately prepare a Bill to go before Dáil Éireann to impose trade sanctions against Israel in response to these killings and threatened expulsions; if he will prepare a proposal from Ireland to the European Council calling for the imposition of trade sanctions by the EU against Israel on the grounds of these killings and the breaches of the human rights of Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25926/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of vaccines that the EU plans to give to Palestine given the extended state of emergency in Palestine to prevent the spread of new variants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24396/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy 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. [24397/21]
• 2021-02-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of flights given diplomatic clearance since the beginning of 2021. [10118/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of expenditure for each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021, showing consultancy, financial, legal, recruitment, quality assurance and training fees incurred by the election observation programme in tabular form; the amount involved for each service; the name of the suppliers; the nature of the services provided; if public procurement procedures were followed for these services; if his attention has been drawn to concerns in relation to the operation and management of the programme; his views on whether the programme would benefit from an independent investigation to assess the programme against international best practice; if he will direct that an independent investigation be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9035/21]
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent outbreak of war between Eritrea and Tigray; the position of the Government on the events taking place in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Tigray; his views on reports of mistreatment of refugees and civilians by the Eritrean Government; the steps Ireland is taking in the EU and at the UN to ensure that humanitarian and food supplies are not cut off from the civilian populations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42610/20]
• 2020-12-02
  PQ
  Asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with foreign affairs will next meet. [40064/20]
• 2020-12-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current expected cost of the European Peace Facility to Ireland for each of the years 2021-2027 noting that the Athena mechanism and the African Peace Facility are funded through his Department and the Department of Defence, respectively; the Department that will have primary policy responsibility for the European Peace Facility; the expected timetable for bringing the European Peace Facility before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40035/20]
• 2020-11-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recommendations of the Oireachtas Select Committee on Public Accounts in 2018 that the five year duration of the election observation roster should be reviewed as to whether it is excessive; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that EU countries refresh their election observation rosters every two or three years; the plans he has to replace the current roster; if officials in the audit unit examined the roster; if he will detail their findings and recommendations; the date on which it was decided to suspend the contribution by Ireland to international election observation missions of the OSCE; the basis upon which that decision was made; if other Departments were consulted in advance of the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37818/20]
• 2020-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the recent death in an Israeli prison of a Palestinian detainee (details supplied) who died from the medical negligence of their cancer; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the Israeli state has also withheld their remains from their family in an act of collective punishment; if he will write to the Israeli Ambassador in Ireland to call upon the government of Israel to immediately release the remains of the person to their family for a proper funeral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37357/20]
• 2020-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the cases of political prisoners (details supplied) in Bahrain who were sentenced to death. [31932/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he discussed the upcoming US presidential elections and the ongoing Black Lives Matter movement during his visit to Washington, DC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28444/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of Ireland on the ongoing conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28445/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the widespread detention of prominent human rights activists, journalists and opposition leaders in Bahrain in view of the deteriorating situation in terms of human rights in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28133/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to engage with the Greek authorities to commence the immediate evacuation of Lesvos and the relocation of unaccompanied children and families from Lesvos and Greece to Ireland in the context of the deepening humanitarian crisis and the increasing risks to refugees on the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26865/20]
• 2020-09-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to change the approach of the EU with regard to accepting refugees in Greece into the countries of the EU in order to uphold both EU and international conventions on human rights and ensure that non-European nationals will not be arbitrarily deprived of their life Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights or be subject to physical or mental ill-treatment amounting to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Article 3 of the convention in the context of deepening humanitarian crisis on the Greek island of Lesvos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26866/20]
• 2020-09-08
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of the members from Ireland on the national election observation roster by the county submitted on the application forms as of 30 March 2020; the country submitted on the application forms of each in cases of overseas observers; the due diligence applied prior to appointment of persons to the roster in tabular form; if his attention has been drawn to allegations that some members on the roster were involved in fake election activities while appointed to the roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21205/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the persons on the most recent election observer roster. [16766/20]
• 2020-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for Irish passports for the children of an Irish citizen (details supplied); and the way in which the person should now apply for renewal of their Irish passport which expired on 22 May 2020 in the context of their circumstances. [13836/20]
• 2020-05-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements he is making to repatriate Irish citizens that are presently unable to get scheduled flights out of Peru to Ireland, as in the case of a person (details supplied). [5137/20]
• 2019-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the gravity of the recent human rights abuses committed by the Government of Bahrain; and the reason a joint statement will not be introduced at the UN Human Rights Council in March 2020 to address the gravity of the abuses. [53209/19]
• 2019-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the content of his discussion with the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Israel; and if they discussed the recent plans by the Government of Israel to build a further illegal settlement in Hebron. [53210/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland has scaled back by a third the number of observers it sent to the recent elections in Belarus compared to previous elections in 2015 and 2016; the names of the two observers sent; the basis on which they were selected; if his attention has been drawn to concerns that no open call issued to the official election roster for the mission; his plans to ensure future opportunities are advertised and filled on a transparent basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51163/19]
• 2019-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the campaign for a seat on the UN Security Council. [43228/19]
• 2019-07-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if undertakings were provided to issue a composite reply to concerns and questions raised by Irish election observers early in 2019 in respect of the establishment of the 2018 election observation placement roster; when the reply will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31755/19]
• 2019-02-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a review of legislation will be considered to allow employees who work at an embassy here to avail of rights under employment law here, including the pursuance of their cases through the appropriate workplace relations bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9594/19]
• 2019-01-15
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No 65 of 12 December 2018, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland can refer a case to the ECHR in relation to four Catalan civil and political leaders held in prison on pre-trial detention who are now on hunger strike; if officials from his Department will visit these persons before Christmas in order to report back to him on their situation and conditions of detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54043/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration will be given to making contact with the Spanish Government to recommend that the pre-trial Catalan civil and political prisoners are given temporary release over Christmas as a humanitarian confidence building measure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53286/18]
• 2018-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish officials will attend to monitor proceedings at the trials of the Catalan civil and political prisoners that are expected to be held early in 2019; if he will provide funding to court observers from the NGO sector to monitor proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53287/18]
• 2018-12-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received representations from the Irish ambassador in Madrid regarding the recent decision by a number of Catalan pro-independence prisoners on pre-trial detention to go on hunger strike in protest against their trial being frustrated and their access to the ECHR being blocked by Spain; if he will raise or facilitate the matter in the ECHR; his plans to raise the matter with the Spanish Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52258/18]
• 2018-11-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent remarks by the French President Mr. Emmanuel Macron supporting the foundation of a true European army (details supplied); his further views on EU institutions being used for increased militarisation; his views on calls for increasing militarisation at the upcoming peace summit in Paris; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46988/18]
• 2018-09-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the call by the European Commission President in his state of the Union address to the European Parliament to move to qualified majority voting in specific areas of the EU's external relations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37793/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applications by gender that were received by the closing deadline to join the 2018 election observation roster; the number of late applications that were received; if they have been admitted to the selection process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36786/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date and reason it was decided not to proceed with the original plan to have merit-based interviews to select applicants for the 2018 election observation roster; the name, expertise and qualifications of the three assessors appointed to select the election observers; the methods that will be used to select the most meritorious applicants; if this will involve language testing in cases in which an applicant claims to have a high level of foreign language proficiency; if there are measures in place to ensure members of the 2013 roster are not unfairly favoured over newer applicants; when the assessment will be conducted; when applicants will be informed of the outcome of their applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36787/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the background to the policy change to now provide Irish election observers to OSCE missions to the United States of America; the number of applications received for this mission by gender; the criteria and method by which applicants were selected for this mission; the name of the selected applicants; the avenues of appeal open to unsuccessful applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36788/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name of all members appointed to the 2013 election observation roster; the date that each was appointed or reappointed in the case of members that were on the pre-2013 roster; the date that members resigned or were removed; the number of missions completed by each member since 2013; the reason some members have been on numerous missions while others have never been on a single mission; his plans to ensure an even distribution of observation opportunities on the 2018 roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36789/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of election observers that have withdrawn from missions prior to departure in each of the past five years; the cost involved in each year including unused airline tickets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36790/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of election observers that have returned prematurely from missions in each of the past five years; if they had to refund expenses paid; if not, if they were written off; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36791/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been contact with the Revenue Commissioners regarding the operation of the 2013 election observation roster; if this resulted in changes, undertakings or settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36792/18]
• 2018-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to the Middle East and his meeting with the Prime Minister of Israel; if the recent attacks against the Palestinian people were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28028/18]
• 2018-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the policy of the Italian Government to refuse ships with refugees; the approach he has taken regarding discussions on European migration policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28024/18]
• 2018-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the Russian Government in relation to the situation faced by LGBT persons there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28025/18]
• 2018-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations to the Chinese Government in relation to the ongoing attacks on democratic rights in Hong Kong which include the prosecution of opposition members of the Legislative Council, the banning of candidates in elections, prosecution of pro-democracy protesters and the preparation of repressive national security legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28027/18]
• 2018-06-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations he has made with the Government of the United States of America in relation to its policy to separate minors from their immigrant parents; his views on whether this is a breach of human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28023/18]
• 2018-06-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made representations with the Italian Government following its announcement to instigate a register for Roma persons in Italy; his view on whether this is a breach of human rights of Roma persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27715/18]
• 2018-06-19
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of the Government on the recent refusal of the Italian Government to accept refugees (details supplied); the contact he has had with Italian or European authorities regarding the incident; if he will condemn the treatment of the refugees, who included many unaccompanied minors, pregnant women and injured persons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26540/18]
• 2018-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the disqualification of legislators in Hong Kong with his Chinese counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14201/18]
• 2018-03-28
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the erosion of democratic rights in Hong Kong; the communications he has had with the Irish consulate regarding the recent by-elections in Hong Kong; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14202/18]
• 2017-12-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recognition of Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel by the United States of America and the relocation of its embassy; his further views on the removal of the invitation to President Trump; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53199/17]
• 2017-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the threat to jobs in a company (details supplied) in his meetings with the British Government or leaders of the Northern Ireland parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48319/17]
• 2017-11-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the issue of the jailing of members of the Catalan Government and other repressive measures with the Spanish ambassador or with the Spanish Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48320/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the preliminary statements issued by two election observation research missions that were in attendance at the independence referendum in Catalonia held on 1 October 2017; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that a number of Irish election roster observers took place on these missions; if he will invite them to attend a debriefing session to give first-hand evidence of the events they observed on referendum day including armed masked men entering polling stations to prevent voting happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45171/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the arrangements in place whereby his Department provided funding to an organisation (details supplied) to support the deployment of Irish election observers; if it will be extended to a unit of a university (details supplied) that is planning an election observation mission to Somaliland and that would use funding to deploy additional Irish observers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45172/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 394 of 26 July 2017, the number of late applications received to join the current election roster; the reason these three particular late applications were admitted to the process in view of the fact that this was explicitly ruled out in the public call; the level at which this decision was made to admit these persons that resulted in others being displaced; if there were other departures from the published process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45173/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 397 of 26 July 2017, if the election consultant observer who had the volunteer grant written off had to provide vouchers to account for the grant; if the details of the grant scheme will be published in order to ensure accountability and transparency in the operation of this grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45175/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the names of the members of the election observation roster; the date that each was appointed or reappointed; the number of missions completed by each member since 2013; if he has satisfied himself that all members of the roster are suitable for deployment overseas; the mechanism to appoint replacement members to fill vacancies on the roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45176/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the nature of training provided to election observers by his Department in 2013; the reason it was felt necessary to train the observers at that time; the cost of the training; the persons that were eligible to attend this training; the names of the persons; the expenses or allowances they were paid to attend the course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45177/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if civil servants who partake in election observations are entitled to the higher remuneration; the arrangement for expenses paid to such civil servants; if they are higher or lower than those given to other Irish election observers deployed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45178/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is satisfied with the workings of the election observation roster operated by his Department in view of concerns regarding same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45179/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if 25% of the marks were awarded to those who claimed fluency in Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian and Portuguese; the reason such an emphasis was placed on these languages in view of the fact the majority of election missions are conducted through English; the number of missions each year since 2010 that required observers to have Arabic, French, Spanish, Russian and Portuguese, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45180/17]
• 2017-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to concerns regarding an uneven distribution of opportunities for election observers on the roster with some still waiting for their first mission while others have been awarded two or more missions; his plans to prioritise members that have not been on missions in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45181/17]
• 2017-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether stronger measures should be taken against the Myanmar Government in view of the violence and discrimination carried out against the Rohingya people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39963/17]
• 2017-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received reports from the embassy and the consulate in Barcelona regarding the upcoming referendum on Catalan independence; if he has raised this issue with the Spanish authorities or at a European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39779/17]
• 2017-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on representations that he has made to secure the release of a person (details supplied) who is awaiting a verdict in their trial in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39778/17]
• 2017-09-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the disqualification of four elected representatives from the Legislative Council in Hong Kong (details supplied); if he has made representations to the Chinese authorities regarding the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39780/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent revoking of citizenship of hundreds of Negev Bedouin by Israel; the measures he will take in view of the fact that these persons are now stateless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37795/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures the Government plans to take in defence of the rights of the Rohingya people in Myanmar in view of recent reports (details supplied) of 18,500 persons fleeing to Bangladesh and the widespread burning of Rohingya villages; his views on whether this amounts to ethnic cleansing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37910/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has satisfied himself that all persons on the election roster are suitable for deployment on election observation missions; the reason one in five of those persons still have not been deployed since the establishment of the current roster in 2013 while other persons have had numerous deployments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35410/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been brought to concerns that a number of late applicants were admitted to the 2013 intake to the election roster despite the call notice specifying that late applications would not be considered; the reasons for this departure from the published policy; the level at which the departure was sanctioned; the number of late applications that were received; the number subsequently appointed to the roster or the reserve roster; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35411/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason members of the rapid response corps are required to produce tax clearance certificates while members of the election roster are not; if he has been in contact with the Revenue Commissioners to discuss if tax clearance should apply to election roster members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35412/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been taken to prepare for a fresh call for election roster members to replace the 2013 roster; if he has satisfied himself that his Department has the resources to undertake this; if he will need to engage expertise from other parts of the civil service such as the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government or the Public Appointments Service; if so, if such expertise has been sought; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35413/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if only non-remunerated election observers are eligible for the volunteer grant paid to Irish election observers; if there have been cases that subsequent to the payment of the grant the persons declined to go on a mission on a volunteer basis; if refunds were sought of the grants paid in which persons declined to go on a mission or were appointed to a remunerated consultancy post on the mission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35414/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on contacts he and his officials have had with the Egyptian authorities regarding the case of a person (details supplied); if he has raised the person's medical condition with the authorities and sought his release on these grounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18698/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the general strike and mass demonstrations in French Guiana with the French authorities which have been organised against poor public services, the cost of living, mass unemployment and lack of investment in infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18318/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views of the attempts by the President of Paraguay to extend his term and the movement of opposition to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18319/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent meeting with Secretary for State for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8821/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent policy change by President Trump regarding the two-state solution in Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8762/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the appropriateness of the planned visit by senior members of the Government to the President of the United States of America in view of the recent positions taken by the US President on immigration, human rights, foreign affairs and other issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8764/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the most recent postponement of the trial in Egypt of a person (details supplied) and contacts his officials have had with the Egyptian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8766/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any contacts he has had with the leaders of parties in Northern Ireland and the British Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8765/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the immigration policies of President Trump; his further views on policies that discriminate on the basis of religion and block access to asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8763/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on representations made by his Department following the recent postponement of the trial of a person (details supplied) in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3259/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent attendance at the international Middle East peace conference; his views on the position being taken by President Trump in relation to the rights of the Palestinian people and in particular his intention to move the embassy of the United States to Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3055/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on representations that he has made to international bodies regarding the persecution of the Rohingya population in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3056/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has contacted the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump; his views on the policies of his administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3053/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the potential extradition of a person (details supplied) to the United States of America, in view of comments made by President Trump regarding the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3054/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to human rights abuses carried out against the Rohingya in Burma; if he will raise this with the Burmese Government, the European Union and United Nations; the contacts made by him or his officials regarding the human rights situation for the Rohingya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41538/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent sixteenth postponement of the trial of a person (details supplied) in Egypt; the contacts his Department has had with the person and the Egyptian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36308/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports from a group (details supplied) that Italian authorities tortured migrants, including beatings, sexual humiliation and electric shocks, to meet an EU target of 100% of migrants giving fingerprints; if he will raise the issue with his Italian and EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34114/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions or consultations he has had with his counterparts in the EU concerning the impact on EU foreign and military policy in view of the UK's decision to leave the EU. [27143/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the position of the European Commission President, Mr. Jean Claude Juncker, as outlined in his recent state of the union speech supporting the creation of the position of an EU Foreign Minister; the consultations that have been had with this State on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26584/16]
• 2016-09-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports the statement by the European Commission President, Mr. Jean Claude Juncker, in his recent state of the union speech that Europe can no longer afford to rely on the military might of others or let France alone defend its honour in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26585/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the hunger strike of a person (details supplied) in detention in Israel; if he will report on any representations on the matter he or his Department has made with the Israeli state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25076/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his views on the detention of a person (details supplied) in Iran; the representations he or his Department have made to the Iranian authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25697/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of US troops and military hardware that have used Dublin Airport in each of the years from 2001 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20799/16]
• 2016-07-07
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on the European Union-Swiss bilateral negotiations; if he supports the Commission's suspension of research grants to Swiss universities and the suspension of the Erasmus student exchange programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20212/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on any contact he has had with the US Government in regard to its military foreign policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19479/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on any contact he or his Department has had with the Brazilian Government since the impeachment of that country's president; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19478/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on any recent contact he has had with the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19476/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has made contact with the Mexican Government concerning the reported state repression of a strike by school teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19480/16]
• 2016-06-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Bills relevant to his Department from the previous Dáil that he will re-initiate; the Bills he will introduce in the coming sessions; when he will introduce each Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15200/16]
• 2016-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will recognise a person (details supplied) as a human rights defender and the measures he will take to ensure the person's safety and ability in going about lawful activities. [11948/16]
• 2016-05-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the comments by the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights that a person (details supplied) has been subjected to torture; and the efforts he is making to secure this person's release. [11949/16]
• 2016-04-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the welfare of a person (details supplied) who is being detained and awaiting trial in Egypt and what he is doing to secure this person's release. [8187/16]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the actions taken by him to secure the release of an Irish citizen (details supplied) who is detained in Egypt and facing serious charges that could result in the death penalty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45311/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the war in Syria; and the discussions he or his departmental officials have had with other Governments on the war and the military intervention by the various international powers and whether the Irish Government is supporting these military interventions. [45312/15]
• 2015-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any of his officials raised the case of a person (details supplied) with the Egyptian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr Sameh Hassan Shoukry, or with Mr Shoukry's officials, who participated in the Valetta Summit on migration in Malta on 11 and 12 November 2015. [40830/15]
• 2015-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the differences between China, Japan and the United States of America concerning islands in the East China Sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39069/15]
• 2015-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent general election in Turkey; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39070/15]
• 2015-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have raised the case of two labour activists in Myanmar (details supplied) who are under detention with the authorities in that country following the provision of advice and support to striking garment workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39071/15]
• 2015-11-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Number 873 of 3 November 2015, his position on the free movement of persons between the European Union and Switzerland; if he will support visa-free travel and work between the European Union and Switzerland; and his position on banking secrecy agreements between the European Union and Switzerland. [39363/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the recent parliamentary elections in Switzerland, his views regarding the renegotiation of bilateral treaties between the European Union and Switzerland concerning the free movement of persons and banking secrecy. [37393/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent election that took place in Egypt. [37767/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the possible revocation of Jerusalem residency of Palestinian communities on the outskirts of East Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38097/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 483 of 10 February 2015, and the contradictory information on the Department website (details supplied), if he will confirm whether the passport card is valid for travel to Switzerland. [35223/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the assistance given to a person (details supplied) who continues to be detained in Egypt awaiting trial. [35344/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the postponement of the trial of a person (details supplied) in Egypt, if he will adopt a different approach to the diplomatic pressure being placed on the Egyptian authorities. [35345/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 201 of 1 October 2015, his views on the deteriorating political, military and human rights situation in occupied Palestine. [35346/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to the United Nations General Assembly. [35347/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any bilateral meetings and discussions he held while attending the United Nations General Assembly. [35348/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the involvement of the military of the Russian Federation in Syria. [34524/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1171 of 22 September 2015, which stated that foreign military action in Iraq had the support of the Iraqi Government, if he supports the military actions of Russia in Syria, given that Russia has the approval of the Bashar al-Assad Syrian Government. [34525/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1171 of 22 September 2015, if he supports the military intervention of other states in Syria or Iraq. [34526/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to his reply to Parliamentary Question No. 1171 of 22 September 2015, if he supports the military intervention of certain other states in Syria or Iraq and not that of others. [34527/15]
• 2015-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his position on Catalan independence from the Spanish state. [33864/15]
• 2015-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision of the Israeli Government to relax rules on its police and army using live ammunition against stone throwers in occupied east Jerusalem and the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33865/15]
• 2015-10-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the United Nations new sustainable development goals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33866/15]
• 2015-09-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have discussed the refugee crisis in Hungary with the Hungarian authorities. [32396/15]
• 2015-09-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the use of tear gas, water cannon and other crowd control measures by the Hungarian authorities on Serbian territory. [32397/15]
• 2015-09-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with European Union counterparts on the refugee crisis. [32398/15]
• 2015-09-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent clashes between Palestinians and the Israeli police force in occupied east Jerusalem. [32399/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with the Egyptian authorities regarding the case of a person (details supplied). [30486/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on ring-fencing a set percentage of Irish national income for overseas aid; the position of the Government to United Nations targets in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31028/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on meetings held with the Speaker of Iran’s Parliament, Mr. Ali Larijani, on his recent visit here; his views on the matter of human rights in Iran and Ireland's relationship with Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30463/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual cost to his Department of fees paid to private for-profit companies to provide services, such as consultancy work, recruitment services and other outsourced services, for example cleaning, catering and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32715/15]
• 2015-09-22
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the annual cost to his Department of fees paid to private for-profit companies to provide public services, for example, waste collection, motorway toll operators, public transport such as Veolia-Luas and private bus companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32722/15]