Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Fianna Fáil · Kildare South

Activity on Foreign Affairs — 73 events (21 lobbying · 51 questions · 1 votes) full profile →

• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will support the call for an independent international investigation into the US attack on the Minab School in Iran at the start of the war where it is believed 165 people, most of them girls aged seven to 12 years of age were killed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27115/26]
• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that she has taken to achieve greater EU pressure to find an immediate and diplomatic resolution to the Iranian crisis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27116/26]
• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27205/26]
• 2026-03-27
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • ActionAid sharing on the ground updates on the situation in Palestine from colleague visiting from West Bank.
• 2026-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on Irish aid to Nepal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22520/26]
• 2026-03-26
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on her engagement with EU counterparts in relation to the situation in Iran; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22519/26]
• 2026-03-25
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in light of the large number of Irish teachers working in the UAE , the guidance being given by her Department with regard to their safety and taking into account the fact that online teaching is being used in the Emirates; if she has engaged with the authorities in the UAE and other war impacted countries where Irish people are working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22639/26]
• 2026-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22136/26]
• 2026-03-24
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will intervene in the case of a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22137/26]
• 2026-03-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will address concerns regarding the humanitarian crisis in Cuba, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19897/26]
• 2026-03-03
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will address concerns regarding family reunification (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17123/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if further to correspondence (details supplied) she will expedite the foreign birth registration of a child of an Irish citizen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11897/26]
• 2026-02-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will address the concerns in relation to the St. Brigid’s day advertisement raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11367/26]
• 2026-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her assessment of the current situation in Belarus; if she has had any engagement with the Belarus government-in-exile; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8280/26]
• 2026-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action she is taking with EU colleagues with regard to Venezuela; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8279/26]
• 2026-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will address concerns about the current situation in Iran, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9034/26]
• 2026-02-05
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has had engagement with the US embassy in relation to the Catalpa sesquicentenary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9035/26]
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  John Gallagher Foreign Affairs

  • To promote the work of the Sudanese Doctors Union of Ireland on the war in Sudan
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  American Chamber of Commerce Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Participate in Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade meeting on transatlantic trade relations
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Civil Society Space
• 2026-01-14
  LOBBY
  DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS Foreign Affairs

  • AV Room at Leinster House on 24 September 2025 to inform on Dochas' pre-budget submission, the need to increase ODA spending and global climate finance
• 2025-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main initiatives taken to support Ireland’s trading position during 2025; her priorities for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73558/25]
• 2025-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on preparations for Ireland’s preparations for the Presidency of the European Council in 2026; her priorities for the first half of 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73559/25]
• 2025-12-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on how Ireland has enhanced its diplomatic capacity in 2025; her priorities for 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73560/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a number of governments , including most recently the government of the Netherlands have moved to accept that autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the most feasible solution to the Saharan dispute; if in this regard the Government is reviewing its current position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71715/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has spoken formally with the US Ambassador to Ireland since her appointment as Minister; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72400/25]
• 2025-12-04
  LOBBY
  National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Sent a report to the Joint Committee for Foreign Affairs and Trade on the state sponsored hate speech against Baha'is in Iran during and after the war with Israel.
• 2025-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has had any recent discussions with her EU counterparts about the situation in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66240/25]
• 2025-11-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her assessment of the current situation in Belarus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66241/25]
• 2025-11-18
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address concerns regarding a passport application appeal, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63794/25]
• 2025-11-12
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the new Irish Consulate General Offices based in Melbourne and Malaga will be opened; if new locations for these offices have been secured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61138/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the current situation in Afghanistan, especially in relation to the rights of women and girls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56898/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current situation in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56899/25]
• 2025-10-15
  VOTE
  Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • ✓ voted for the motion motion passed · 94–65
• 2025-10-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade If he will consider the concerns raised in the correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54256/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to visit Italy before the end of 2025. [50383/25]
• 2025-09-21
  LOBBY
  Concern Worldwide Foreign Affairs

  • Concern 2026 Pre-Budget Submission - ODA Helps Build a Better World
• 2025-09-21
  LOBBY
  An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Consideration by the JOC on Foreign Affairs and Trade of the General Scheme of the Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Trócaire 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
  • Climate Justice
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  UNICEF Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Meetings with public officials on Gaza's humanitarian crisis
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Uplift 2 returns Trade

  • Uplift members emailed members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and asked them to perform full pre-legislative scrutiny of the changes to the Arbitration Act that would allow the Government to ratify the CETA trade deal. Uplift members also emailed members of the cabinet asking them asking them not to give cabinet approval to amend the Arbitration Act.
  • Uplift members were asked to email the Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee about passing the Occupied Territories Bill and asking that all trade in goods and services be banned with the illegally occupied territories.
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Spoke at an Oireacthas committee hearing to Highlight the issue of debt and its impact on global development.
  • Highlighting a brieifing where there will be Testimonies directly from communities in the West Bank
  • Submit ActionAid Irelands submission for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025.
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS Foreign Affairs

  • Global Aid cuts and Irish ODA Spending
• 2025-09-17
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025
  • Arbitration (Amendment) Act 2025
  • Occupied Territories Bill 2018 / Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to issues relating to Irish citizens in Gaza (details supplied). [48300/25]
• 2025-09-16
  LOBBY
  Development Perspectives Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2025-09-16
  LOBBY
  Suas Educational Development Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories BIll and Ireland joining the Hague group
• 2025-08-29
  LOBBY
  Global Legal Action Network Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to open a new Irish consulate general office in Auckland, New Zealand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42947/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any recent discussions with his EU counterparts about the situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37940/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the current situation in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37941/25]
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will give consideration to the opening of an embassy in Lima, Peru, given our strengthening relationship, since Peru have a resident Ambassador here since 2017, the growing trade and travel opportunities between both countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32658/25]
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied), a British citizen married to an Irish citizen, who has been imprisoned in Dubai for 17 years; if he is further aware of the work done by the UN arbitrary detention group on this case; if he is in a position to utilise our positive relations with UAE authorities to present a case for the release of this person who is 70 years of age and in ill health; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32660/25]
• 2025-06-06
  LOBBY
  DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS Foreign Affairs

  • Meetings on ODA-USAID Cuts and foreign affairs
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has any concerns that a deal between Ukraine and Russian brokered by the United States could result in Russian aggression being rewarded with territorial gain; the discussions he has had with EU counterparts in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27451/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the proposed EU review of the Israel Association agreement; if there is a timeline in place for its completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27452/25]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on his attendance at the informal meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers in Gymnich on 7-8 May 2025. [26950/25]
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  UNICEF Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Email to Members of the Oireachtas regarding imminent famine in Gaza
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the free trade agreement between the EU and Turkiye. [21792/25]
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the free trade agreement between the EU and United Arab Emirates. [21794/25]
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to open a new Irish Consulate General Office in Kuwait. [21800/25]
• 2025-05-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to open a new Irish Consulate General Office in Qatar. [21801/25]
• 2025-04-09
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of the countries which are the primary beneficiaries of Irelands Development Aid Programme, in tabular form; if he is aware of any projects funded by Irish Aid that have been co-funded by US aid; if there are strategies in place to sustain these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17942/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to support democracy and human rights in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15468/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an overview of the overseas aid that Ireland is providing to Nepal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15469/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to schools, or other bodies under the aegis of his Department, who are providing educational support to women and girls in Afghanistan suffering under the Taliban regime which limits females access to education; if this is an area where more can be done; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9706/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland can take, acting unilaterally or in tandem with European partners, to support the democracy building work of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarussian opposition leader living in exile in Lithuania; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9698/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the supports Ireland can give either unilaterally, or working with European partners, to help women and girls in Afghanistan who are suffering under the rule of the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9708/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his assessment of the recent election in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4522/25]
• 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
  ActionAid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Met with Seán Ó Fearghaíl to discuss our Irish Aid funded programme and our manifesto asks for the upcoming general election.
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Bills his Department has published since 9 March 2011; the number and Title of those Bills that included a regulatory impact assessment in advance of publication; the regulatory impact assessments published; the number of promised Bills for publication; the Bills that will include a regulatory impact assessment; the regulatory impact assessments that will be published before publication of the relevant Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45809/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the Acts currently in force for which he has lead responsibility and that have parts or sections yet to be formally commenced, including the purpose of same, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46285/15]