Israel / Palestine

Occupied Territories Bill, Gaza, diplomatic engagement

Timeline 2009 events shown · 416 lobbying returns · 1,739 PQs · 27 divisions

• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Barry Heneghan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the proposed Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; the steps taken; the Government's current position on its enactment; the legal, constitutional or EU law issues identified that may affect its progression; the expected timeline for further action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24144/26]
• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Paul Nicholas Gogarty Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the advice the Attorney General has given in relation to the inclusion of services within the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 following clarification being sought by her Department on a number of legal issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24457/26]
• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Paul Nicholas Gogarty Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade which month the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 will most likely be introduced and debated at Second Stage in the Dáil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24458/26]
• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  John Lahart Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to give a timeline for the introduction of the Government’s version of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and her views on the matter in the context of advice received form the Attorney General; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24929/26]
• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Albert Dolan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government’s current position on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; the status of the legal advice being considered in relation to the Bill; the expected timeline for its progression; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25601/26]
• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Paul Donnelly Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will raise Israel's newly enacted death penalty law formally at the EU Council and the UN Human Rights Council. [26191/26]
• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Emer Currie Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on her engagements with EU counterparts with regard to the re-examination of the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26335/26]
• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Conor D McGuinness Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will raise Israel's newly enacted death penalty law, passed on 30 March 2026 formally at the EU Council and the UN Human Rights Council. [26353/26]
• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Roderic O'Gorman Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts made by the State to raise the introduction of a new law in Israel, which mandates the death penalty for Palestinians who have been tried in military court and found guilty of committing a fatal attack, with the Council of the European Union and the UN Human Rights Committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26840/26]
• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Roderic O'Gorman Green Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number and value of dual use export licenses granted to end users based in Israel, by quarter, since Q1 2020;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24435/26]
• 2026-04-14
  PQ
  Liam Quaide Social Democrats asked Justice

  Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reasons a centre in Palestine (details supplied) have been refused short-term visas to visit Ireland;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24410/26]
• 2026-03-27
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Supporting a politician with humanitarian updates from Palestine.
  • ActionAid sharing on the ground updates on the situation in Palestine from colleague visiting from West Bank.
• 2026-03-26
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether she supports the calls from Colombian President Gustavo Petros for states to invoke Resolution 377, the UN’s uniting for peace mechanism in relation to Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22633/26]
• 2026-03-26
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her Department’s position on the incursions into southern Lebanon by Israel and the displacement of over a million people by Israel in Lebanon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22943/26]
• 2026-03-26
  PQ
  Roderic O'Gorman Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the progress of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22986/26]
• 2026-03-26
  PQ
  Brian Stanley Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if discussions are taking place with other European States on curtailing the Israeli trade agreement due to their illegal war with Palestine, Lebanon and Iran; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22963/26]
• 2026-03-26
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2026-03-26
  PQ
  Brian Brennan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding continuing Government support to Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23043/26]
• 2026-03-26
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the current conflict in Lebanon and the increasingly destructive campaign being waged by Israel that has displaced over one million people; if they feel that the UNIFIL mission’s planned ending is premature; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23139/26]
• 2026-03-26
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23214/26]
• 2026-03-24
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his evaluation ahead of the reappointment of the Governor of the Central Bank, included the Governor's testimony to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach (FINPERT) in October 2025 regarding the transfer of the Israeli bond prospectus to the Luxemburg Regulator, where he stated a "final determination of genocide has not yet been made" in direct contradiction to the Government's statements prior to that "what Israel is doing is genocide." [22163/26]
• 2026-03-24
  PQ
  Robert O'Donoghue Labour Party asked Agriculture

  Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department is aware that the livestock vessel MV Saleh (details supplied) has recently transported cattle shipments primarily to Israel; whether the Department expects the cattle being loaded in Greenore Port to be exported to that destination; whether any conditions have been attached to the export licence in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21967/26]
• 2026-03-18
  PQ
  Ivana Bacik Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following the closure of borders around Gaza her plans to assist with provision of aid to the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18709/26]
• 2026-03-18
  PQ
  Ivana Bacik Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her plans to review the Occupied Territories Bill. [18710/26]
• 2026-03-04
  PQ
  Eoin Hayes Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the Governments recognition of the State of Palestine, its position on issues (details supplied). [17440/26]
• 2026-03-03
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Culture

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he welcomes the upcoming matches between the Irish football team and the Israel national football team, in light of Israel’s commission of the crime of genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16814/26]
• 2026-03-03
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Culture

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is planning to call for the Irish football team to boycott matches with Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16776/26]
• 2026-03-03
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Culture

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he supports a boycott of the upcoming Nations League matches between Ireland and Israel on the grounds that Israel is an apartheid state that has engaged in ethnic cleansing and genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16820/26]
• 2026-03-03
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Culture

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has any concerns around the planned Ireland versus Israel Nations League fixtures; the engagement his Department has had with the FAI on the fixtures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16799/26]
• 2026-03-03
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Transport

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 13 May 2025, No. 602 of 21 May 2026, and No. 17 of 24 September 2025, to provide details of this examination of overflights of Ireland of munitions to Israel without authorisation; to provide the date upon which this examination commenced; to outline what the examination consists of; whether contact has been made with any of the airlines alleged to have carried these munitions; and when the examination will be completed. [16824/26]
• 2026-03-03
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Culture

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has concerns regarding the planned Ireland v Israel Nations League fixtures; the engagement his Department has had with the FAI on the fixtures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17205/26]
• 2026-02-27
  LOBBY
  An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland Trade

  • 2 topics: 1. Alert to screening of Corporate Europe Observatory expose on dirty Hydrogen CSO webinar on Trade & Tarrif concerns. 2. EU Israel Association Agreement
• 2026-02-26
  PQ
  Tom Brabazon Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill ; and when it is expected that the Bill will come before the Houses for First Stage [15680/26]
• 2026-02-26
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm receipt of a letter from a cross-party group of parliamentarians from Ireland and Britain in relation to the situation in Palestine; the reason no response has been given; and her plans to respond to the proposals set out in the letter. [15742/26]
• 2026-02-24
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when last the Cross-Departmental International Sanctions Committee, chaired by her Department, discussed imposing sanctions on Israel; and to summarise any outcome of that discussion. [14479/26]
• 2026-02-24
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when last the National Committee on International Humanitarian Law, chaired by her Department, discussed International Humanitarian Law in Israel; and to summarise the outcome of that discussion. [14480/26]
• 2026-02-24
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when last the Government Trade Forum, chaired by her Department, discussed trade with Israel; and to summarise the outcome of that discussion. [14481/26]
• 2026-02-24
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the breakdown of Irish funded infrastructure destroyed by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territories in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14800/26]
• 2026-02-24
  PQ
  John Lahart Fianna Fáil asked Transport

  Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport if he will comment on media reports around the alleged use of Shannon Airport to facilitate the deportation of Palestinian citizens to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15199/26]
• 2026-02-24
  PQ
  Roderic O'Gorman Green Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment total value of dual-use exports to Israel from 2017 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13996/26]
• 2026-02-24
  PQ
  Roderic O'Gorman Green Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total number of dual-use export licenses granted to Israel from 2017 to 2025, detailing the type of product exported, the type of end user academic, medical, military and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13997/26]
• 2026-02-24
  PQ
  Roderic O'Gorman Green Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total number of dual-use export licenses to Israel which were denied from 2017 to 2025, detailing the reason for denial, type of product requested for export, the type of end user academic, medical, military and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13998/26]
• 2026-02-17
  PQ
  Robert Troy Fianna Fáil asked Transport

  Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is currently monitoring US state flights which are stopping over at Shannon; and if there is awareness of deportation flights carrying refugees back to Palestine which are stopping over at Shannon [12438/26]
• 2026-02-12
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Transport if permission was given by the State for US deportation flights to land and refuel in Shannon Airport en route to Israel on 21 January and 1 February 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11237/26]
• 2026-02-11
  PQ
  Barry Heneghan Independent asked Finance

  Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the Central Bank’s decision to proceed with the Israeli Bonds Programme (details supplied); his views on the Central Bank’s role in facilitating the transfer of bond approval to the Commission de Secteur du Financier (CSSF) in Luxembourg to ensure Israel’s continued funding of genocide; the specific steps he will take to ensure the Central Bank is upholding its international legal obligations including those under the Genocide Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10677/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Finance

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to establish the reason the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI), in violation of international law and in direct breach of the recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee Report on the Israeli Bonds Programme, transferred, on Israel's request, the Israel bonds prospectus to the Commission de Secteur du Financier in Luxembourg, given that the CBI had sole and absolute discretion to refuse that transfer request, and thereby end authorisation of the sale of Israel bonds in the EU; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9946/26]
• 2026-02-10
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Finance

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to end the Central Bank’s facilitation of the sale of Israeli bonds in the EU, given that the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach, in its report on the Israeli bonds programme, published on 5 August 2025, unanimously found that these bonds assist the financing of Israel’s violations of human rights and contravening international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10227/26]
• 2026-02-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on Ireland's implementation of, and adherence to, the resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, which Ireland co-sponsored, arising from the ruling of the International Court of Justice in the case of the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. [8626/26]
• 2026-02-05
  PQ
  Paul Lawless Aontú asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given that Ireland contributed over €150 million to global humanitarian crises in 2024, including responses in Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Yemen, and Afghanistan; the way in which it is planned to safeguard and prioritise humanitarian funding in Budget 2026; and the assessment that has been made of the risks to Irish strategic interests should global crises continue to expand. [8701/26]
• 2026-02-05
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will call for Israel to admit all waiting humanitarian assistance to Gaza now that the Israeli hostage situation has ended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8714/26]
• 2026-02-05
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Enterprise

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the value of dual-use goods exported to Israel in 2025 in its entirety; the companies that got licenses, as well as applications that were refused, and who the end users were. [8926/26]
• 2026-01-29
  LOBBY
  Global Legal Action Network Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2026-01-28
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the State has recognised any of Northern Cyprus, Kashmir, South Ossetia, Transnistria, or Western Sahara to be "occupied territories";; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6812/26]
• 2026-01-27
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment given his competency for OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises on Responsible Business Conduct, to respond to allegations of data centres located in Ireland operated by a company (details supplied) being used to facilitate genocide in Gaza. [6337/26]
• 2026-01-22
  LOBBY
  Comhlámh Foreign Affairs

  • Letter (sent as an email to An Taoiseach, Micheál Martin)
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Two letters regarding the unlawful interception by Israeli forces of the Global Sumud Flotilla, and detention and welfare of Irish nationals onboard
  • Letter requesting meeting to discuss escalating catastrophic situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and ongoing genocide in Gaza
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Joint letter from ActionAid Ireland, Christian Aid Ireland, Oxfam Ireland, and Trócaire related to humanitarian access in Gaza.
  • Irelands role in Palestine - the EU Israel Association Agreement and the OTB
• 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
• 2026-01-21
  LOBBY
  Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Foreign Affairs

  • Briefing on the medical and humanitarian situation on the ground in Gaza and the West Bank
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 4 returns Foreign Affairs EU Affairs

  • Request for meeting with Amnesty International Senior Director, Erika Guevara Rosas, and Amnesty Ireland to discuss international law re situation in Gaza and rest of the OPT during her mission to Ireland
  • Informal meeting of Chair and Vice Chair of Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade with Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, Erika Guevara Rosas, and Amnesty Ireland to discuss Gaza and OPT
  • Letter seeking meeting with Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy, Policy and Campaigns, Erika Guevara Rosas, to discuss Ireland's action on Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza and crimes in rest of OPT
  • Handover at Government Buildings of over 10,000 signatures to our petition calling on Taoiseach and Tánaiste to ‘Shred the EU-Israel Association Agreement’, with cover letter
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Uplift Justice and Equality

  • Lobbying to protect the people on board the Sumud Flotilla, lift the blockade, and open up channels for humanitarian aid in Gaza.
• 2026-01-20
  LOBBY
  Doras Luimní Justice and Equality

  • Letter with recommendations to government in response to Gaza genocide. Covering humanitarian admissions programme, international protection, and family reunification.
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Ken O'Flynn Independent Ireland asked Foreign

  Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to set out, in tabular form, the total amount of Exchequer funding provided by Ireland to programmes relating to Gaza and the West Bank from January 2023 to date, broken down by year, funding instrument, recipient organisation, and administering body, and to state the projected allocations to each recipient body to the end of 2026. [3950/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Ken O'Flynn Independent Ireland asked Foreign

  Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what mechanisms are used by her Department to verify the end-use of Irish humanitarian funding provided to Gaza and the West Bank, whether Ireland operates or participates in any independent verification or tracing system beyond partner self-reporting, and to outline the limitations of current verification arrangements. [3952/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Ken O'Flynn Independent Ireland asked Foreign

  Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has conducted any risk assessments since January 2023 regarding the potential diversion or misuse of Irish humanitarian funding provided to Gaza and the West Bank, and if so, to outline the findings, mitigation measures applied, and any changes made to funding delivery models. [3953/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Ken O'Flynn Independent Ireland asked Foreign

  Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how many audits, evaluations, or compliance reviews have been conducted since January 2023 in respect of Irish-funded programmes in Gaza and the West Bank, which organisations were audited, whether any material weaknesses or adverse findings were identified, and what corrective actions were taken. [3954/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Ken O'Flynn Independent Ireland asked Foreign

  Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how her Department assesses value for money in respect of Irish humanitarian funding provided to Gaza and the West Bank, including administrative overheads charged by intermediary organisations, and whether comparative analysis has been undertaken against alternative delivery mechanisms. [3955/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Ken O'Flynn Independent Ireland asked Foreign

  Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify the extent of direct control exercised by the Irish State over the allocation and distribution of humanitarian funding provided to Gaza and the West Bank, and to state whether she is satisfied that current arrangements provide sufficient accountability to the Irish taxpayer. [3956/26]
• 2026-01-20
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to clarify how Irish aid to Palestine is being distributed; how funding and resources have been allocated; how the Government is ensuring that these funds are used to the benefit civilians in Gaza; and the organisations that are in receipt of this funding, in tabular form. [4457/26]
• 2026-01-19
  LOBBY
  Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel Foreign Affairs

  • To connect with MEPs regarding the ongoing situation in Israel and occupied Palestine particularly in East Jerusalem
• 2026-01-19
  LOBBY
  Irish Development Education Association 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Signed civil society letter to all TDs and Senators urging Ireland to join the Hague Group
  • Signed civil society letter to Taoiseach and Tánaiste urging Ireland to push for UNGA action on Gaza
• 2026-01-19
  LOBBY
  Irish Medical Organisation Health

  • Budget 2026
• 2026-01-16
  LOBBY
  Fórsa trade union Foreign Affairs

  • Seeking the implementation of an occupied territories bill that includes services.
• 2026-01-16
  LOBBY
  TU Dublin Students' Union CLG Education and Training

  • TU Borrowing Framework, Accommodation, Contribution fee, Evacuation of TU Dublin Students from Gaza
• 2026-01-15
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Foreign Affairs

  • Israel / Gaza
• 2026-01-15
  PQ
  John Lahart Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade regarding the decision by the Israeli Government to restrict the ability of 37 international humanitarian aid organisations, including respected organisations (details supplied), from operating in the occupied Palestinian territory her views that if Israel is allowed to prevent these organisations from operating, it will have dire consequences for Palestinians as well as establishing an incredibly dangerous precedent for the free flowing of aid in humanitarian crises, a framework already so damaged over the past two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3200/26]
• 2026-01-15
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Culture

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his position on the continued participation of Israel in FIBA given issues that have been raised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2947/26]
• 2026-01-15
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Culture

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will support the Ireland senior women’s basketball team play against Israel in a EuroBasket qualifier match given issues that have been raised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2948/26]
• 2026-01-14
  PQ
  Tom Brabazon Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on Israel's ordered demolition of a football pitch at the Aida Refugee Camp; the engagement her Department has had with Israel in relation to this matter. [2612/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid. [1989/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on whether the resolution 2803 is delivering the adequate humanitarian response required in Gaza in conjunction with the 10 October 2025 ceasefire agreement; and if resolution 2803 will provide a path for Palestinian statehood and self-determination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74854/25]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Michael Cahill Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the timeframe for the introduction of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1068/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by her Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1981/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will commit to an overall ban on the direct purchase of any product or service from Israel or the Occupied Territories by her Department at any level; if this proposal has been assessed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1999/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to highlight with her counterpart in Israel a demolition order in the occupied West bank (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2186/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Climate

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the pccupied territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1975/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Defence

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the occupied territories by her Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1977/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Transport

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1990/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Finance

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1980/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1986/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Enterprise

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1979/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Education

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by her Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1978/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Culture

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1976/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Housing

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1984/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Social

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1988/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Justice

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1985/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Agriculture

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1973/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Children

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by her Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1974/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Health

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to consider aiding in the medical evacuation of a person from Gaza (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75015/25]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Health

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by her Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1983/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department has sought the exclusion of Israel from EU-related funding opportunities related to defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74009/25]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1982/26]
• 2026-01-13
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Rural

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in 2025, broken down by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1987/26]
• 2026-01-05
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Trade

  • Campaign callin on Irish Government to Enact the Occupied Territories Bil
• 2025-12-18
  PQ
  Louise O'Reilly Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the ethical guidelines used to determine whether or not the State will invest in companies with links to the illegal occupied territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73047/25]
• 2025-12-17
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach if she will outline all recorded trade with Israel for each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [72664/25]
• 2025-12-17
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the extent and value of trade between Ireland and Israel in each direction. [72665/25]
• 2025-12-17
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the basis on which trade with Israel is calculated; which trade statistics apply to Israel; and the way in which a particular trade stream with Israel is determined. [72666/25]
• 2025-12-17
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the categories which trade takes place between Ireland and Israel, including the occupied Palestinian territories. [72670/25]
• 2025-12-17
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will prevent US military aircraft from transiting Irish airspace while carrying military equipment to be used by Israeli Defence Forces in connection with Gaza or the occupied Palestinian territories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72718/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Defence

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Defence to confirm her engagement with the UN Security Council on the plan to withdraw UN peacekeeping troops from Lebanon, with recent accusations from Israel on alleged rearming of Hezbollah; the number of complaints UNIFIL has made to the IDF on its military fire on UN peacekeeping troops in Lebanon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71591/25]
• 2025-12-16
  PQ
  Conor Sheehan Labour Party asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial supports available to students from Gaza who are accepted into programmes in Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71333/25]
• 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.
• 2025-12-04
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on pathways to resettlement for Palestinians in Gaza who wish to come to Ireland. [68957/25]
• 2025-12-03
  PQ
  Brian Stanley Independent asked Health

  Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health if the Government will expand the scheme of medical treatment in Irish hospitals for children from Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68254/25]
• 2025-11-27
  PQ
  Liam Quaide Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has engaged, or plans to engage, with the UK authorities regarding the treatment and prosecution of members of Palestine Action and those who have expressed solidarity with the group; if she will raise concerns about the protection of the rights to peaceful protest, fair trial and humane conditions of detention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66238/25]
• 2025-11-27
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the recent engagement at EU level on the EU-Israel agreement and the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66658/25]
• 2025-11-27
  PQ
  Tom Brabazon Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views and those of other EU ministers for foreign affairs in relation to post-ceasefire attacks in Gaza. [66462/25]
• 2025-11-27
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will report on Ireland's implementation of, and adherence to, the United Nations General Assembly resolution, which Ireland co-sponsored, arising from the ruling of the International Court of Justice in the case of the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem. [66734/25]
• 2025-11-27
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the EU-Israel Association agreement; and the efforts being made by the Government in relation to the suspension of the agreement. [66748/25]
• 2025-11-27
  PQ
  Brian Stanley Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her assessment of the intimidation and violence against the Palestinian people in the West Bank; the actions her Department is taking to increase the international pressure on Israel to halt their campaign of displacement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66647/25]
• 2025-11-27
  PQ
  Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her diplomatic engagements to date in relation to the Gaza peace plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65875/25]
• 2025-11-27
  PQ
  Tom Brabazon Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken at an EU level regarding the reconstruction of Gaza. [66463/25]
• 2025-11-27
  PQ
  Charles Ward 100% RDR asked Defence

  Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Defence if any military personnel or Department officials attended a recent conference in Israel organised by the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) on their intensive multifront campaign over the past two years, or any recent training conference or seminars organised by the IDF; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67246/25]
• 2025-11-20
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Culture

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will support the exclusion of teams representing Israel from international sport in the context of the genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64363/25]
• 2025-11-19
  PQ
  Pádraig Rice Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to respond to the findings of a report from a UN special rapporteur (details supplied) that the Irish state continues to permit the transfer of weapons to Israel through Irish ports and airports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64056/25]
• 2025-11-18
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland will raise at European level the decision of the Israeli authorities to obstruct and place a five year travel ban on the Chair of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62741/25]
• 2025-11-18
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the funding which has been provided for emergency relief in response to the recent humanitarian crises in Palestine and Sudan. [62978/25]
• 2025-11-12
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of press releases issued by his Department from 1 January 2025 to date on issues relating to Israel or Gaza, Ukraine, Africa and South America respectively. [61097/25]
• 2025-11-12
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken to raise the issue of the interception of the Global Sumud Flotilla and the detainment of 16 Irish citizens by the Israel Defence Forces at an EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61226/25]
• 2025-11-12
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Justice

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied) on the policing of the pro-Palestine protest held near Dublin Port Tunnel on 4 October 2025; if he has reviewed the findings of that report regarding alleged excessive use of force by An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61632/25]
• 2025-11-06
  PQ
  Cian O'Callaghan Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ensure Ireland plays a leading role in the restoration of the Palestinian banking system; if he will advocate for the immediate end to the block imposed by Israel of banknotes to Palestinian banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60750/25]
• 2025-11-06
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  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]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Cian O'Callaghan Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the work his Department has undertaken to ensure the safe evacuation of a family (details supplied) to Ireland from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57773/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Ken O'Flynn Independent Ireland asked Foreign

  Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of Ireland’s formal request for clarity from the European Commission regarding its partial suspension proposal of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, if he will provide a full assessment of how any such Commission decision might affect Irish export/import trade flows, especially in the agri-food sector; the projected diplomatic and reputational implications for Ireland among EU member states; and the mechanisms in place to protect Irish business interests during the decision process. [59645/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to layout his intention to advocate for the release of health workers from Palestine currently detained in prisons in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59801/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Ken O'Flynn Independent Ireland asked Foreign

  Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the recent condemnation of the strikes in Gaza by the Government and the increasing visibility of Ireland in international humanitarian diplomacy, to outline the full cost-assessment of Ireland’s humanitarian support commitments (bilateral and via multilateral agencies) for 2026; and the means by which his Department intends to engage with private-sector Irish firms (including Cork-based businesses) on potential ripple-effects in trade, sanctions or reputational risk. [60135/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Transport

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport if he has granted exemptions for the carriage of munitions of war through Irish airspace that are bound for Israel in the past 12 months; if so, the reason for granting such an exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57788/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Health

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if she will consider aiding in the medical evacuation of a person from Gaza (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58669/25]
• 2025-11-04
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Health

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health to examine the case for a medical evacuation of a person from Gaza (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58886/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in the context of the recent ceasefire, the steps Ireland is taking to pursue accountability over the genocide in Gaza, and the continued occupation of the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57171/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Barry Heneghan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will meet with the Irish activists who were on board the Sumud and Thousand Madleen vessels of the freedom flotilla to Gaza to discuss their experiences, and the urgent need for a sustained ceasefire and full humanitarian access to Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57135/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the engagement there has been at EU level on the EU-Israel agreement and the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57039/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking diplomatically at European and UN level to ensure that the peace deal in Gaza respects the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people and protects them against occupation and apartheid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57132/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Barry Heneghan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps the Government is taking to ensure a lasting ceasefire and a consistent flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza; if he will outline the commitments received from the European Union to apply pressure on Israel to remove barriers to aid distribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57134/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Liam Quaide Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his engagements with EU member states in relation to the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57161/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement his Department has had with the Hague Group; and the efforts which have been made to join the Hague Group in order to support that governmental bloc to maximise international diplomatic and legal action against Israel's human rights crimes and international law violations. [57178/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on his recent engagements in relation to Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57038/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  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]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland will take ahead of next week’s EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting, where Ministers are expected to discuss the partial suspension of the EU–Israel Association Agreement; whether Ireland is engaging with other Member States, including Germany, Italy and France, to support the suspension in view of Israel’s continued breaches of international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57129/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach if he or any of his officials received an invitation to attend the multinational Gaza summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, that took place on 13 October 2025. [56826/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for details of his engagements with his UK counterparts regarding the detention of Irish citizens in the UK for attending Palestine solidarity protests or breaking the controversial ban on the Palestine Action organisation. [56776/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or any of his officials received an invitation to attend the multinational Gaza summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, that took place on 13 October 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56825/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his recent engagement at EU level with regard to suspending the EU Israel Association Agreement; if he will push for full suspension of the agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57191/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Finance

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the steps being taken to ensure the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund is not investing in corporations profiting from trade with Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56712/25]
• 2025-10-21
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update regarding visas for Palestinians in Gaza seeking resettlement in Ireland following the agreement of a ceasefire deal, including any changes to policy, procedure or relevant facts on the ground; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56847/25]
• 2025-10-16
  PQ
  Ken O'Flynn Independent Ireland asked Foreign

  Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any expenditure incurred by the Department of Foreign Affairs in repatriating or assisting Irish citizens detained by Israeli authorities following recent flotilla activities off Gaza has been recorded as a recoverable advance under the assistance abroad loan scheme or any similar mechanism; if any repayments have been received or written off; the procedures in place within the Department of Foreign Affairs to ensure that such advances are repaid in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56312/25]
• 2025-10-16
  PQ
  Ken O'Flynn Independent Ireland asked Foreign

  Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a detailed account of any expenditure incurred by his Department in providing consular, logistical, or financial assistance to Irish citizens who were detained or arrested by Israeli authorities following their participation in recent Flotilla activities bound for Gaza; if he will specify whether his Department has borne any costs in relation to flights, accommodation, legal representation, or repatriation; if such costs were advanced under the assistance abroad loan scheme or any similar mechanism; the total amount advanced or expended to date; whether repayment has been sought or received from the individuals concerned; and his views on the policy of his Department regarding the recovery of public funds in cases where Irish citizens voluntarily engage in activities abroad that result in detention or repatriation at the State’s expense. [56311/25]
• 2025-10-14
  PQ
  Thomas Gould Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports available for those seeking to flee Palestine. [54757/25]
• 2025-10-14
  PQ
  Conor Sheehan Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current welfare and position of the Irish nationals detained by Israel following after participation in the Global Sumud Flotilla. [55437/25]
• 2025-10-14
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will confirm the reunification for families of medical evacuees from Gaza that was announced in July 2025; the date on which these families will be reunited with their family members already here receiving treatment; the way in which the reunification process will proceed; the details of the way and when family members still in Gaza will be brought here; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the medical evacuees are desperate to have their families here following the announcement the Government made in July and that the delay is having a significant impact on the traumatised families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54842/25]
• 2025-10-14
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Health

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm the reunification for families of medical evacuees from Gaza that was announced in July 2025; the date on which these families will be reunited with their family members already here receiving treatment; the way in which the reunification process will proceed; the details of the way and when family members still in Gaza will be brought here; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the medical evacuees are desperate to have their families here following the announcement the Government made in July, and that the delay is having a significant impact on the traumatised families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54841/25]
• 2025-10-14
  PQ
  Pádraig Rice Social Democrats asked Health

  Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); to outline in detail the procedures undertaken by her Department for medical evacuations from Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54953/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Cian O'Callaghan Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to advocate for the immediate release of Palestinian customs income currently being withheld from the Palestinian Authority by Israel; the action he has taken to support the Palestinian banking system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52951/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Michael Cahill Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures that have been taken to date to bring an end to the genocide in Gaza; the other measures the Government will take to cease the murder and starvation of innocent men, women and children; to examine the case for actions outlined in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53382/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 207 of 30 September 2025, wherein he considers that an organisation proscribed for terrorism must decommission its arms in a new Palestinian state as it is guilty of war crimes and terror, whether the same applies to the Israel Defense Force, which in the opinion of the Government is guilty of war crimes and genocide. [53441/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Emer Currie Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on any recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53592/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Emer Currie Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his engagements with EU counterparts with regard to the re-examination of the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53593/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the current welfare and position of the Irish nationals detained by Israel following their being detained after participation in the Global Sumud Flotilla. [53801/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current position regarding the review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53946/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the reason the Government continues to purchase military equipment from Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52925/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Enterprise

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 25 September 2025, whether he will issue guidance to employers concerning the sponsorship of employment permits for Palestinians in Gaza in particular, considering the special conditions that apply there, namely that the people of Gaza are subject to genocide, and that therefore the sponsorship of employment permits for Palestinians in Gaza may save a large number of lives. [53315/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Enterprise

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether he will issue guidance to community and voluntary organisations concerning the sponsorship of employment permits for Palestinians in Gaza, considering the special conditions that apply there, namely that the people of Gaza are subject to genocide, and that therefore the sponsorship of employment permits for Palestinians in Gaza may save a large number of lives. [53580/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Health

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health to clarify if three children (details supplied) will be included in the next planned Gaza Medevac Initiative evacuation; when this evacuation will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53131/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Health

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health to clarify when, and the process by which, family members of evacuees under the Gaza Medevac Initiative, with specific reference to minor or adult children dependents, will arrive in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53132/25]
• 2025-10-07
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Health

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to ensure an individual seeking medical evacuation from Gaza (details supplied) is given a specific medical offer from CHI Crumlin, as all other prerequisites for medical evacuation have been met. [53179/25]
• 2025-10-01
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 187 of 10 June 2025, his views on whether the principle lesson of the Good Friday Agreement applies equally to Palestine as to Ireland, namely, that militant and paramilitary groups can come to form part of a civilian administration provided they mostly, or partially, decommission their arms, or come to some other settlement that ends a phase of violence; and, if so, to clarify his remarks that an organisation (details supplied) has ‘no place’ in a future Palestinian state on grounds that the Irish Government disapproves of its present militant activity. [52199/25]
• 2025-10-01
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the attacks by Hamas on civilians in Israel on October 2023 constituted a genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52316/25]
• 2025-10-01
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to elaborate on his recent statement that an independent Palestinian State should not involve Hamas; the way in which he envisages Hamas being removed from power in Gaza in order to bring about this outcome; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52317/25]
• 2025-10-01
  PQ
  Thomas Gould Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport for an update on investigations into the use of Irish Air Space and Shannon Airport by those travelling to partake in the genocide in Gaza. [52273/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
  Pa Daly Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on his Department's investigation into overflights of munitions to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51973/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of historical precedent for issuing travel documents to non-nationals outside of normal procedures during conditions of genocide (details supplied); and his plans to follow the precedent to enable the evacuation of Palestinians from Gaza where they are seeking to come to Ireland.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51177/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland's 1980 position endorsing Palestinian statehood, and resolving not to make comment "good bad or indifferent" as to the political beliefs of organisations that are "in a position to negotiate on behalf of the Palestinian people," still applies (details supplied); in particular noting that the relevant beliefs included support for the military destruction of Israel; or whether Ireland's 2024 recognition of Palestinian statehood downgrades the standing of a prospective Palestinian state and introduces a role for the Irish Government, or other non-Palestinian Governments, in determining an appropriate government for the Palestinian people, in light of recent comments from the Taoiseach indicating that an organisation could have no role in the future of a Palestinian state, whatever the views of the Palestinian people themselves; and that this was on grounds that the organisation calls for the military destruction of Israel, and that Ireland has resolved that said organisation offers no future to the Palestinian people. [52054/25]
• 2025-09-30
  PQ
  Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his immediate plans to protect Irish citizens on a non-violent mission to bring aid to Gaza, given recent Israeli attacks on the flotilla; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52114/25]
• 2025-09-25
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number and value of dual-use export licence applications, in respect of end-users in Israel, approved by his Department by quarter to date in 2025; the number refused in each quarter to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50786/25]
• 2025-09-25
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Enterprise

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the appropriate routes for Palestinians in Gaza to acquire employment permits in Ireland, which might enable the granting of a visa and subsequent evacuation from the region (details supplied); for details of any efforts his Department is making to connect Palestinians in Gaza with potential employers in Ireland; and for any guidance he might issue to Oireachtas members for connecting Palestinians in Gaza with potential employers in Ireland. [51095/25]
• 2025-09-24
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Transport

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport to examine overflights of Ireland of munitions to Israel without authorisation; and when this examination commenced and will be completed. [50689/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid [49616/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49608/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who have been arrested and/or charged with supporting a terrorist organisation under the UK’s Terrorism Act for their support for Palestine Action; to outline the consular support the Irish embassy has given to those arrested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50353/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Climate

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49602/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Defence

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49604/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Transport

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49617/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Finance

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49607/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49613/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Enterprise

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49606/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Education

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by her Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49605/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Culture

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49603/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Housing

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49611/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Social

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49615/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Justice

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49612/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Agriculture

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49600/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Children

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by her Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49601/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Health

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by her Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49610/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49609/25]
• 2025-09-23
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Rural

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding any product or service purchased from Israel or the Occupied Territories by his Department in the past two years, by description and amount paid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49614/25]
• 2025-09-21
  LOBBY
  Sabrina Joyce-Kemper 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Ask TD to advocate for the release of Dr. Abu Safiya and Other Detained Gaza Medical Personnel
  • Ask TDs to advocate for citizens who sailed on Madleen currently held under unlawful and arbitrary detainment by Israel
  • Advice of legal basis for reasonable belief of Genocide in Gaza and the West Bank in Palestine.
• 2025-09-21
  LOBBY
  An Taisce The National Trust for Ireland Environment

  • New EU Multi-annual financial framework, MFF for EU 27 Heads of State EU Council Meeting 26-27 June 2025
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Irish Development Education Association Banking and Financial Institutions

  • Letter to Governor of Central Bank
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 6 returns Foreign Affairs EU Affairs

  • Letter requesting meeting with Tánaiste in capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs to discuss Irish Government action to help end ongoing genocide in Gaza, and to protect international rules based order from further degradation
  • Letter urging Irish Government to take unilateral action on EU-Israel Association Agreement and EU Council's failure to suspend it despite Israel’s clear violation of Article 2
  • Shared letter from AI's EU Office to EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs in advance of Foreign Affairs Council urging Ireland's support for our calls including suspension of EU-Israel Association Agreement, with annex of information on Israel's violations of international law
  • Meeting with AI's Secretary General, Agnes Callamard, and AI Ireland's Executive Director and Chief of Staff to discuss Israel's atrocities in Gaza and rest of OPT
  • Letter regarding EU-Israel Association Agreement, also requesting that the Taoiseach and Tánaiste recognise Israel's committing genocide in Gaza
  • Ran a grassroots petition, "Tánaiste - use these three words - THIS IS GENOCIDEl", calling on the Tánaiste to recognise Israel's atrocities in Gaza as genocide
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  Irish Medical Organisation Foreign Affairs

  • Conflict in Gaza and Procurement Policy
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  UNICEF Ireland Foreign Affairs

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

  • 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
  Immigrant Council of Ireland Justice and Equality

  • Recommendations to Government in response to Gaza genocide
• 2025-09-19
  LOBBY
  The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Situation in Middle East, Gaza in particular
• 2025-09-18
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Foreign Affairs

  • Letter to Minister for Foreign Affairs asking for stronger measures to end Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine and genocide in Gaza
• 2025-09-18
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Health

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on medical evacuations to Ireland, of children who are paediatric patients from Gaza to which Government approval was secured in September 2024; and when the agreed intake of 30-children will be complete. [49570/25]
• 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
• 2025-09-17
  LOBBY
  Fórsa trade union Foreign Affairs

  • Letter from Kevin Callinan, Fórsa General Secretary to Mr. Jim O’Callaghan TD, Minister for Justice. This letter questions the decision to deny visas to children due to participate in the proposed GAA Palestine visit to Ireland. It highlights Fórsa’s sponsorship of the team kit, the longstanding bonds between the Irish and Palestinian peoples, and the union’s concern for the welfare of the children involved.
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the Kallas' options paper, and on the engagements he, or his Department, have had with other EU states from a point of view of implementing some of the options as a means of sanctioning Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47604/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018, and the possibility of dealing with services as well as goods, and any other sanction on Israel that is available to this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47605/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on any recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47611/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a family trapped in Gaza (details supplied); if he will provide an update on their evacuation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48178/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to establish a process or mechanism by which Irish citizens in Gaza, who have lost their documentation during the ongoing genocide can be issued with urgent or temporary documents to assist in their evacuation; the steps he will take in the case of Irish citizens trapped in Gaza (details supplied ); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48229/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Seán Ó Fearghaíl Fianna Fáil 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]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Cian O'Callaghan Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will urgently issue emergency travel documentation for a person (details supplied); if he will arrange evacuation from Gaza to allow them and their family to travel to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48306/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department has taken to ensure the safety of Irish citizens engaged in the Freedom Flotilla heading to Gaza from Tunisia, given the dangers involved (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48868/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Donna McGettigan Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the screening measures in place at airports and ports of entry here to detect people who have served in the Israeli Defence Forces and may have committed criminal acts in Palestine; whether such people will be refused entry or will be arrested under universal jurisdiction; if not, if he will introduce such measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48734/25]
• 2025-09-17
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial supports in place for students who travelled recently from Gaza; the fees that they must pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48819/25]
• 2025-09-16
  LOBBY
  Irish Refugee Council Justice and Equality

  • Letter to Taoiseach, Tanaiste and Minister O'Callaghan from Irish refugee and migrant organisations giving recommendations to Government in response to Gaza genocide
• 2025-09-16
  LOBBY
  Development Perspectives Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2025-09-16
  LOBBY
  Irish Association of Social Workers 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • The IASW deplores the worsening humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, and we condemn the relentless genocidal actions by the Israeli government that has resulted in more than 50,000 deaths, including thousands of women and children. Many thousands more have been maimed, injured, and traumatised and face starvation in the coming days and weeks, as well as ongoing risk of death and injury, unless decisive international action is taken to stop the killing.
  • Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) writing to express our full support for the tabling of an Emergency UN resolution scheduled for debate on Wednesday morning in the Dáil, calling for urgent and unhindered humanitarian aid access to Gaza through the United Nations mechanism
• 2025-09-16
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Foreign Affairs

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

  • Occupied Territories BIll and Ireland joining the Hague group
• 2025-09-15
  LOBBY
  TU Dublin Students' Union CLG Foreign Affairs

  • Regarding the no fly policies in occupied territories
• 2025-09-15
  LOBBY
  Psychiatric Nurses Association Health

  • Pre Budget Submission and Urging to Cease Buying of TEVA prodcuts
• 2025-09-12
  LOBBY
  Irish Refugee Council Justice and Equality

  • Email to Richard Dixon regarding the International Protection Office's policy towards people from Gaza.
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Ciarán Ahern Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of emails his Department has received regarding the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 over the past 12 months; the proportion of the emails received that have been supportive of the Bill; the proportion of emails received that have supported both goods and services being covered by the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44539/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Ciarán Ahern Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of emails his Department has received relating to Israel’s war on Gaza over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44540/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Ciarán Ahern Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of calls his Department has received relating to Israel’s war on Gaza over the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44541/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the request for help to facilitate the evacuation of a person (details supplied) in Gaza who was assured by the Irish Embassy in Tel Aviv that they would be evacuated; and if he will assure the person and their sponsor in Ireland that they will be evacuated [44570/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the role Ireland has in evacuating individuals from Gaza who are not citizens of Ireland but have family residing here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44664/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who is training to be an architect and was admitted to a Masters in Architecture at UCD in February, but is currently trapped in Gaza; if his Department will facilitate their evacuation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44726/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Michael Cahill Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to consider points made by a person (details supplied) regarding life and death in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44805/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process of evacuation for a student from Gaza (details supplied), the possibility of evacuating university students in Gaza who have been offered places in Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44810/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a person who has been accepted on an academic course in Ireland will be evacuated from Gaza (details supplied) given the circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45838/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to consider aiding in the evacuation of a person from Gaza (details supplied) who has been accepted to a university in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45883/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Malcolm Byrne Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria used by the State to correctly recognise the State of Palestine; if he would also apply to those criteria to the recognition of the State of Taiwan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46146/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens murdered by Israel in the course of their genocide against the Palestinian people of Gaza; the number of Irish citizens that remain in Gaza; the number of whom remain that have sought the assistance of his Department to leave Gaza; the number who have been killed while unable to leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46259/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he will raise with his German counterpart the vicious assault perpetrated by the German police on an Irish citizen protesting Israel’s genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46606/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47335/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has put forward at EU level the urgent need to impose additional meaningful sanctions on Israel in view of the ongoing genocide being inflected on the people of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47336/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Pearse Doherty Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the date that the Central Bank of Ireland received the request from Israel to transfer the approval of their bond prospectus to another member state; if the Central Bank of Ireland had any correspondence with Israeli authorities prior to receiving the request for a transfer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46861/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Pearse Doherty Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the date that ESMA was notified of the transfer of Israel’s bond prospectus to another member state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46862/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Pearse Doherty Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when the Central Bank of Ireland made the decision to grant Israel a transfer of bonds to another member state; the rationale for the decision taken; the engagement the Central Bank had with other branches of Government in relation to the decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46863/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Pearse Doherty Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the date that Israel was notified of the transfer of its bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46866/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Ken O'Flynn Independent Ireland asked Finance

  Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance what economic and reputational impact is expected from Israel’s transfer of EU bond prospectus approval to Luxembourg; whether there are plans to amend Ireland’s financial regulatory framework to reflect evolving political sensitivities; and how the Government will respond to public criticism of central bank policies. [47538/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to respond to media reports of data centres located in Ireland being used to "plan deadly airstrikes and shape military operations" by a unit of the Israeli occupying forces against the people of Palestine (details supplied); and to outline whether his department has engaged with the data centre owner on the matter. [46728/25]
• 2025-09-08
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Health

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if a medical evacuation will be expedited for a person from Gaza ( details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45852/25]
• 2025-08-29
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 2 returns FinanceEU Affairs

  • Campaign to end the regualtion of Israel Bonds by the Central Bank of Ireland
  • Email ahead of EU FAC Meeting: EU-Israel Association Agreement must be suspended
• 2025-08-29
  LOBBY
  Global Legal Action Network Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to abide by the legal analysis of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel that each state is obliged to undertake a thorough due diligence review of its aid and assistance to Israel and determine whether it is being used by Israel to support and maintain the unlawful occupation, by conducting or commissioning such a review across public expenditure in the fields of political, diplomatic, military, financial, economic and cultural relations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44318/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to abide by the legal analysis of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel by conducting or commissioning a due diligence review to examine private enterprises incorporated in the State and their dealings with the State of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory to ensure they are not engaging in any business, activity or financial support that maintains the unlawful occupation or contributes to maintaining it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44319/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he intends to abide by the legal analysis of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel by conducting or commissioning a due diligence review to examine private enterprises incorporated in the State and their dealings with the State of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory to ensure they are not engaging in any business, activity or financial support that maintains the unlawful occupation or contributes to maintaining it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44320/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Pat Buckley Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if vetting was undertaken for the evacuation of Irish citizens and their dependants from Israel to ensure that they were not involved in war crimes. [41010/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) who is in Gaza and has a student visa for Ireland is added to the exit lists so that they can exit Gaza and take up their studies here. [41324/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger 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. [41833/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether his Department had any engagement with Israeli counterparts regarding the decision of the Israeli authorities to block the chair, a member and the secretariat of the European Parliament Delegation for Relations with Palestine from entering Israel on an official mission of the European Parliament in February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42224/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in light of the Hague Group meeting in Colombia, which Ireland attended, and the declaration of 12 countries to end all ties with Israel through the use of their legal and administrative systems, if Ireland is considering making such a commitment; if so, the barriers to doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42293/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has given approval for the transfer of military weaponry or personnel through Irish airspace, from the period 28 May to date in 2025, to the State of Israel; and if his Department is aware of the use of military aircraft in the above-mentioned operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42294/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Cian O'Callaghan Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take on an EU level to sanction Israel for its ongoing war crimes in Gaza; to push for an end to the blockade of food and humanitarian aid which is waiting at the borders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42303/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Roderic O'Gorman Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the reported deaths of civilians in Gaza from hunger with the Israeli Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42373/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Roderic O'Gorman Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the measures Ireland is taking to pressure the Israeli Government to permit food and medical aid to enter Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42374/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Eoghan Kenny Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his engagements with EU counterparts with regard to the re-examination of the EU-Israel Association Agreement as of July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42449/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Pa Daly Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he intends to take legal action in respect of the failure of the EU to implement sanctions against Israel for ongoing breaches of international law.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43097/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been contacted in relation to an Irish citizen seeking the evacuation of his father from Gaza; and if he will address the matters raised (details supplied). [43204/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to coordinate with his counterpart at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to ensure that a family connected with Irish citizens are evacuated from Gaza (details supplied). [43284/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to work with his counterparts at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to ensure that the family of a Palestinian individual living in Ireland (details supplied) are evacuated from Gaza. [43287/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Michael Cahill Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will do everything humanly possible to bring an end to the starvation of the civilian population in Gaza (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43294/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the Kallas options paper and the engagements his Department has had with other EU states from a point of view of implementing some of the options as a means of sanctioning Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43452/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the Occupied Territories Bill and the possibility of dealing with services as well as goods and any other sanction on Israel that is available to this State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43453/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on any recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43459/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Strategic Economic Advisory Panel discussed the inclusion of both goods and services in the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025, or other matters related to Palestine and the genocide in Gaza in the context of US trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43720/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of evacuation processes in place for university students granted places at Irish universities to escape Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43962/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason there have been no evacuation flights from Gaza since April 2025; the reason there are no plans for further evacuation flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43963/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of any recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the EU and in the UN in relation to the urgent need to impose additional sanctions on Israel without further delay in view of the ongoing genocide in Palestine, the mass starvation inflicted on innocent people by Israel and the blockage of medical and food supplies to Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44176/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he accepts the legal analysis of the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel that each state is obliged to undertake a thorough due diligence review of its aid and assistance to Israel; if he intends to conduct or commission a due diligence review of all transfer and trade agreements with Israel, including but not limited to equipment, weapons, munitions, parts, components, dual use items and technology, to determine whether the goods or technology subject to the transfer or trade contribute to maintaining the unlawful occupation or are used to commit violations of international law and to review trade and economic agreements with Israel that involve products and produce of the unlawful settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44321/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Defence

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the up-to-date position on recent risk assessments carried out this year on the safety impact to Irish peacekeeping troops serving in Lebanon on their monitoring of the blue line between Lebanon and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42157/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether his Department has had any engagement with the European Commission regarding the revelations that at least €15 million has been awarded under the European Defence Fund to a company (details supplied) owned by Israel's largest state-owned weapons manufacturer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42222/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of dual-use export licences granted by Ireland for exports destined for the State of Israel in each of the years 2018 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42226/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to intervene urgently to assist with an individual (details supplied) who has been displaced from Gaza alongside his family who are seeking to exit Gaza and come to Ireland. [40860/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to engage with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure that a humanitarian worker (details supplied) is evacuated from Gaza. [41236/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration If he will work with his counterpart at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure that an individual and his family (details supplied) are evacuated from Gaza. [41242/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to intervene to ensure that a person (details supplied) who has been accepted for a place in UCD is granted a student visa to exit Gaza and take up their studies in Ireland. [41327/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to work which his counterpart at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure that a person (details supplied) is granted a student visa for Ireland in order to take up their studies, with a clear pathway to being added to the exit lists from Gaza. [41332/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has had any engagement with the European Commission regarding the recent comments of the EU Coordinator for Combatting Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life describing bake sales for Gaza (including raising money for the Irish Red Cross) as causing 'ambient antisemitism' and linking European citizens protesting peacefully for justice in Palestine to extremist organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42228/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given that the Government considers conditions in Gaza to constitute a genocide, whether any senior official in his Department has been appointed to co-ordinate immigration permissions for Palestinians who might seek refuge in Ireland. [42409/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has been contacted in relation to an Irish citizen seeking the evacuation of his father from Gaza; and if he will address the matters raised (details supplied). [43205/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to coordinate with his counterpart at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure that a family connected with Irish citizens are evacuated from Gaza (details supplied). [43283/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to work with his counterparts at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to ensure that the family of a Palestinian individual living in Ireland (details supplied) are evacuated from Gaza. [43286/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Health

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health the details of any coordination with other states on evacuation flights from Gaza, similar to the coordination with the Slovakian Government in December 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43964/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Pat Buckley Sinn Féin asked Health

  Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Health who is eligible for evacuation from Gaza to Ireland on medical grounds; and if people requiring medical attention in Gaza are eligible for evacuation if they are first cousins of Irish citizens. [41011/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Health

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details of evacuation processes in place for medical evacuees attempting to escape Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44567/25]
• 2025-07-29
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide detailed information on the acceptance criteria, processes for assessment and any other pertinent information of the Government of Ireland International Education Scholarships with respect to applications from students from Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44240/25]
• 2025-07-17
  PQ
  Roderic O'Gorman Green Party asked Justice

  Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason it took so long for the visa application for the 33 young players and 14 mentors for the Moataz Sarsour GAA club in the Palestinian Occupied Territories to be determined on and rejected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40472/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 60 of 29 May 2025, if the 2024 figure, due mid-year, in respect of the value of all State investment in Israel bonds, is now available; if Ireland, through the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, has now entirely divested itself of direct holdings of Israel bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39400/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to list all meetings which he or his predecessor has held with either the Attorney General, other Ministers, or officials, in relation to the so-called Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 from 1 January 2024 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39006/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Roderic O'Gorman Green Party asked Justice

  Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has given any consideration to the provision of emergency visas for people fleeing Gaza, similar to what was provided to people fleeing Afghanistan in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38731/25]
• 2025-07-15
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason for the recent refusal of visa applications for a group of 33 Palestinian children who were due to travel to Ireland as part of a cultural and sporting exchange organised by GAA Palestine; if he is aware that this trip had been in planning for months and involved the support of over 150 Irish families across the island; and if he will urgently review the decision in light of the humanitarian and symbolic significance of the visit. [39665/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether his Department has had engagement with, or diplomatic representations from, US counterparts around the exclusion of services from the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38290/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade on his recent engagements with other states regarding the genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38251/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Brian Stanley Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he and his Department formally submitted an additional complaint to the International Criminal Court regarding the murder of thousands of Palestinian civilians by the Israel Defense Forces while queuing for food; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37868/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the import of trade in services from the occupied Palestinian territories, and exports from Ireland to the occupied Palestinian territories in both goods and services, have been excluded from the general scheme of the Israeli settlements in the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38299/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his position in relation to the EU-Israel association agreement. [38030/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Brian Stanley Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a timeline for the enactment of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37864/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Brian Stanley Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the steps he has taken, in conjunction with other EU governments, to have the Israel-EU trade arrangements suspended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37865/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade by whom Ireland will be represented at the emergency ministerial meeting of the Hague Group on 15 and 16 July 2025 in Colombia, to address Israel's international law violations; his plans for Ireland to join the Hague Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38300/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the engagements he has had with the Donald Trump administration and its representatives regarding the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 in the past six months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37855/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans, and the international engagement there has been, on the issue of the Middle East, particularly on the genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37592/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Donna McGettigan Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will establish an interdepartmental committee to investigate the need to end Ireland’s reliance on goods and services purchased from Israel and find alternative suppliers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35766/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Tom Brabazon Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his assessment of the EU review of the EU-Israel association agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38058/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Peter 'Chap' Cleere Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his discussions with his EU counterparts on the EU-Israel association agreement. [38053/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the course of action he plans to take should the suspension of the EU-Israel association agreement continue to be blocked at EU Council level, despite clear evidence of the breach of the human rights provisions of the agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38292/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he intends to take legal action in respect of the failure of the EU to implement sanctions against Israel for ongoing breeches of international law. [37568/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the EU-Israel association agreement; the actions our Government is taking in talks with our EU partners related to Israel's compliance with Article 2 of this agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37246/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Colm Burke Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the level of humanitarian support to Gaza in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38282/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason two US Air Force Hercules C130J aircraft numbers 14-5815 and 15-5832 were authorised to land at Shannon Airport about 19.30 on 3 July 2025, having come from Chania joint air base in Crete, and allowed to spend two overnights at Shannon Airport before flying on to Keflavik in Iceland on 5 July 2025; if any investigations or searches were carried out to establish whether these two specialised aircraft had been involved in recent US military operations in Gaza or Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38531/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is aware of efforts by producers in the occupied West Bank to label their goods as having originated in Israel; how his Department will ensure that fraudulently labelled goods are not imported into Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38633/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Transport

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport if he has given authorisation to the transportation of military personnel and equipment through Irish airspace and or the use of Shannon airport by US armed forces with Israel as a stated final destination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38637/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has had any engagement with the European Commission regarding the adequacy decision granted to the State of Israel under Article 45 of Regulation 2016/679; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38394/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Michael Cahill Fianna Fáil asked Justice

  Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the plan to evacuate 18 seriously ill children from Gaza to Ireland for potentially life-saving treatment has stalled because of Government concerns about granting special visas to the children’s siblings, can these visas be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38457/25]
• 2025-07-10
  PQ
  Erin McGreehan Fianna Fáil asked Health

  Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health if it is the case, as per media reports, that a plan to evacuate eighteen seriously ill children from Gaza to Ireland for potentially life-saving treatment has stalled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38639/25]
• 2025-07-09
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance if he accepts that Article 127 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union requires the Central Bank of Ireland to act with a view to contributing to the achievement of the objectives of the Union as laid down in Article 3 of the Treaty on European Union, including specifically the strict observance of international law; if he accepts that the sale of Israeli bonds currently facilitated by the Central Bank of Ireland contributes to the State of Israel’s actions which have been found in violation of international law by the International Court of Justice; if he is concerned by the comments of the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach on 11 June 2025 that international law does not govern the Bank’s actions; and the actions he intends to take to ensure that the Central Bank of Ireland does take account the European Union’s objective of strict observance of international law in its decisions as set out in the Treaties. [38007/25]
• 2025-07-09
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an individual coming to this country from Israel will be stopped from entering if they have previously served in the Israeli Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38167/25]
• 2025-07-09
  PQ
  Robert O'Donoghue Labour Party asked Health

  Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of any changes to medical evacuation requests as provided for by the Union Civil Protection Mechanism; if there are any attempts to expand or improve the scope of this mechanism in light of the worsening situation in areas such as Gaza; if this mechanism is under consideration of being paused; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38191/25]
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of the review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement. [36907/25]
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland has been invited to the emergency ministerial meeting on Palestine being hosted by the Hague Group in Bogotá on 15 and 16 of July 2025, if he intends for us to join the Hague Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37200/25]
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of people the Government accepts have been killed in the Israel-Gaza conflict to date; the number of these deaths that are civilians; the number that are Hamas militants; the sources of information which Ministers use when quoting these numbers in public statements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37320/25]
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of German military aircraft that have been allowed to use Shannon Airport for training, or other purposes, since 7 October 2023; if he has any concerns given Germany's provision of weapons to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37599/25]
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Ged Nash Labour Party asked Social

  Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has instructed the successful bidders for NAERSA’s investment management services, in the context of contract negotiations, not to invest in companies and funds supporting companies included in the Database of Business Enterprises Pursuant to UN Human Rights Council Resolutions 31/36 and 53/25; if any additional advice has been provided by the Department to the successful bidders in relation to the Government’s view on Israel-related investments; what the nature of that advice involves; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37342/25]
• 2025-07-08
  PQ
  Malcolm Byrne Fianna Fáil asked Health

  Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the medical evacuation programme from Gaza; how she envisions the programme continuing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37594/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Justice

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps his Department is taking to support those applying for a family reunification visa in conflict zones such as Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36584/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Pat Buckley Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any of the Irish citizens recently evacuated from Israel were current or former members of the Israeli Defense Forces. [36760/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Cian O'Callaghan Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps the Government is taking on an EU level to end the Israeli blockade of food, humanitarian aid and baby formula which is having devastating consequences in children’s hospitals in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36797/25]
• 2025-07-03
  PQ
  Pat Buckley Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a special visa programme has been considered for Palestinians undergoing war and genocide in Gaza and the West Bank. [36759/25]
• 2025-07-02
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach the outcome of the most recent EU Council in relation to the provision of much needed additional support at EU level for the people of Palestine, with the ongoing genocide by Israel, the use of starvation as a method of war, and the prevention of essential food, medicine and other essential supplies reaching innocent people in the most desperate of situations. [36661/25]
• 2025-07-01
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide greater detail regarding the evacuation of 15 Irish citizens from Israel, specifically the role of Austria in the evacuation, and the reasoning behind the Defence Forces not performing the evacuation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35442/25]
• 2025-07-01
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in light of the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza and the level of public sympathy for Palestinians in Ireland whether he will expand the Community Sponsorship Programme to help settle Palestinian families in Ireland with community support. [36222/25]
• 2025-07-01
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Health

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Health since Government approval was secured in September 2024 for Ireland to evacuate a number of sick children from Gaza for treatment and care, following an appeal from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to address the current health needs of people from Gaza, the number that have been treated to date in 2025; and the number that remain outstanding at this time. [35913/25]
• 2025-07-01
  PQ
  David Cullinane Sinn Féin asked Health

  Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Government approval in September 2024 for Ireland to evacuate a number of sick children from Gaza for treatment and care, following an appeal from the World Health Organization to address the current health needs of people from Gaza, the number of children from Gaza received and treated to date in 2025; and the number which remain outstanding at this time, in tabular form. [35941/25]
• 2025-06-25
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to the statement of European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas, of June 18 2025 (details supplied), whether he has appraised the High Representative that Iran was involved in negotiations regarding its civilian nuclear programme at the time it was attacked by Israel; if he is concerned that the High Representative’s lack of familiarity with factual events central to her role represents gross incompetence and undermines her ability to fulfil the duties of her office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34591/25]
• 2025-06-25
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contents of the official acknowledgement by the Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations in response to the concerns he raised relating to Israel shooting at Irish soldiers in Lebanon; if Israel has accepted responsibility or apologised for this attack; and if not, the steps he will take to ensure Israel does accept responsibility and apologise or faces sanctions for this action. [34694/25]
• 2025-06-25
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will intervene in the case of an injured individual (details supplied) in Gaza awaiting approval of his visa to ensure his safety. [34652/25]
• 2025-06-24
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 12 June 2025, his views on whether the “deferrals” in relation to the question of right to return for Palestinians, agreed as part of the Oslo Accords, remain applicable in a context where Israel has failed to honour its commitments as agreed as part of the same accords. [33628/25]
• 2025-06-24
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the new measures his Department had put in place to ensure the safety of Irish diplomats serving abroad, particularly in Israel, Palestine and Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34439/25]
• 2025-06-24
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position which Ireland will take on the upcoming renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the European Union, Egypt and Israel on natural gas, specifically due to the lack of a territorial clause explicitly excluding the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34484/25]
• 2025-06-24
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to direct correspondence (details supplied), if he or his officials will advise of any channels available to Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas to support individuals in Gaza seeking assistance exiting Gaza; and if he or his officials will agree to a meeting to discuss the matter. [33831/25]
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Donna McGettigan Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is aware that according to the UN trade database Comtrade, Ireland imported €2.89 billion worth of goods from Israel in 2024, making us their largest trading partner in Europe (details supplied); and what measures he will undertake to reduce this level of trade with Israel. [32228/25]
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the analysis undertaken of the activities of a company (details supplied), which company continues to generate profit from tourism to illegal settlements, deemed illegal under international law; if he is concerned that despite the ruling by the International Court of Justice in July 2024 that Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory is illegal and that all States must prevent trade or investment that supports the occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32972/25]
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number and value of dual-use export licence applications, in respect of end-users in Israel, approved by his Department by quarter in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the number refused in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32970/25]
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any response has been received from Israel to his diplomatic rebuke for the shooting by Israel at Irish soldiers participating in a UNIFIL peacekeeping mission in Lebanon in May 2025. [33439/25]
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Rose Conway-Walsh Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the value of imports of all goods and services to Ireland from Israel in the past year; the value of all goods and services from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory included in the above figure; the value of goods and services exported from Ireland to Israel in the same year; if the IDA employs, or has under contract, an agent in Israel to increase investment in Ireland by Israeli enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33481/25]
• 2025-06-19
  PQ
  Catherine Ardagh Fianna Fáil asked Agriculture

  Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the total number of live animal exports from Ireland to Morocco, Israel, and Singapore, broken down by species and age, including the total duration of travel from farm and date of export, since 1 January 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33255/25]
• 2025-06-18
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations he has made to the government of Egypt to ensure safe entry and passage to Irish citizens participating in the global march to Gaza; to provide details on any response he has received; if he is aware of Irish citizens being detained and deported by Egypt for attempting to participate in the march to Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33002/25]
• 2025-06-18
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken in response to the detention of an Irish citizen in Egypt partaking in the march to Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33026/25]
• 2025-06-18
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Finance

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance if Irish sovereign wealth and investment funds will divest their holdings in Israel, the illegally occupied territories in Palestine and the Golan Heights, in light of his statement on the matter in February 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33155/25]
• 2025-06-18
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if, in light of the recent approval of a total economic and academic boycott of Israel by Trinity College Dublin, he plans to discuss this matter with other higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33152/25]
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 195 of 10 June 2025, if he will confirm that the only material consequence in Irish policy between endorsement of a Palestinian state in 1980 and recognition of a Palestinian state in 2024 is a change in status for Palestinian diplomats in Ireland and Irish diplomats in Palestine. [32575/25]
• 2025-06-17
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration with respect to his responsibility for anti-racism policy, if Ireland will implement policy similar to that which exists in Germany, where legitimate and peaceful civil society groups have been placed under police observation on the grounds that under the IHRA definition of antisemitism their political opinions are considered antisemitic (details supplied); and how he will protect the rights of individuals and groups that call for a boycott of Israel or who hold anti-Zionist views. [32577/25]
• 2025-06-12
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Defence

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the incident in southern Lebanon where Irish peacekeepers came under fire from the Israel Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29866/25]
• 2025-06-12
  PQ
  Conor D McGuinness Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the contact that has been made with the Israeli Government after Irish peacekeepers in southern Lebanon having most recently came under fire from the Israel Defence Forces, IDF, at the end of May, which followed on from attacks by the IDF on Irish diplomats; how the Israeli Government has sanctioned the IDF soldiers involved in firing live ammunition at Irish citizens; and the security guarantees for Irish peacekeepers and diplomats he has demanded from the Israeli Government. [31306/25]
• 2025-06-12
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he supports a right of return for displaced Palestinian communities whose families were displaced from what is now considered to be Israel in line with the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the 1948 Fourth Geneva Convention. [31646/25]
• 2025-06-12
  PQ
  Tom Brabazon Fianna Fáil asked Finance

  Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish the Attorney General's legal advice on the Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025 or a section of the Attorney General's advice detailing the potential for legal challenges against the proposed legislation. [31417/25]
• 2025-06-11
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to secure the release of an Irish woman detained by Israel in the West Bank (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31215/25]
• 2025-06-11
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Climate

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position which Ireland will take on the upcoming renewal of the memorandum of understanding between the European Union, Egypt and Israel on natural gas, specifically due to the lack of a territorial clause explicitly excluding the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31336/25]
• 2025-06-11
  VOTE
  Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds · the motion · motion passed 85–71

  Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2025-06-11
  VOTE
  Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds · an amendment to the bill · motion passed 85–71

  Ending the Central Bank’s Facilitation of the Sale of Israel Bonds: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it appropriate for Ireland's official definition of antisemitism to come from an organisation that in recent days hosted Benjamin Netanyahu, where he claimed that the position supported by the Government, that Israel is deliberately halting the entry of aid into Gaza, is antisemitic misinformation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29713/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline in detail what the implications were to the change in the status of Palestine (details supplied); his views on the symbolic implications of this change in status and any practical consequences for Irish policy. [29823/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Michael Cahill Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will continue to make every effort, including facilitating the passing of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 and urging our EU colleagues to support the people of Gaza, in this time of attempted genocide of the Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29843/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position Ireland took regarding the appointment of Annalena Baerbock as UNGA President, particularly in light of her role in providing diplomatic and political support to Israel as it has engaged in mass murder in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29993/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Michael Cahill Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support a group of Irish medical doctors who came together to protest against the humanitarian disaster happening in Gaza (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30170/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to justify the adoption of the Global Guidelines Against Antisemitism considering the input of a government that the Irish Government considers to be guilty of the crime of genocide in the formulation of the guidelines via the EU-Israel Seminar (details supplied). [30481/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Pádraig Rice Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for details of engagements with the Israeli government and the Embassy of Ireland in Israel regarding the case of an individual arrested in the West Bank (details supplied); if he will condemn this arrest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30663/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he is aware of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla setting sail for Gaza again on the Madleen to deliver humanitarian aid following the attack on by Israeli Armed Forces on a previous ship of the Freedom Flotilla recently off the coast of Malta, in an attempt to break the siege on Gaza and highlight the mass starvation of the people of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30720/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  John Lahart Fianna Fáil asked Enterprise

  Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the value of trade from the occupied territories in Israel from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [30153/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Eoghan Kenny Labour Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total value of exports to Israel for 2023 and to date in 2025, segmented by type of product; if any Department or agency exports products or services to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29536/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Eoghan Kenny Labour Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total value of imports from Israel for 2023 and to date in 2025, segmented by type of product; if any Department or agency exports products or services to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29537/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if a company (details supplied) has sent any products to Israel since May 2025; if his Department is aware that the company is supplying Israel with parts for munitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29541/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Eoghan Kenny Labour Party asked Education

  Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail any contracts entered into by her Department, agencies under the aegis of her Department or by schools that have notified her Department with companies that have ties with Israel in any form; the value of those contracts and date entered into, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29538/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if Israeli nationals seeking a visa to visit Ireland are required to provide information as to whether they served in the Israeli Defence Forces and/or were involved in the commissioning of war crimes in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29303/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Justice

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 787 of 7 November 2023 the consideration given to extend the 2001 Temporary Protection Directive to Palestinian nationals living in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem; if he will provide details of the representations made at EU level since November 2023 in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29309/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Children

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, wherein the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade gave the foreign affairs perspective, and in light of the examples provided in the IHRA working definition of antisemitism, which has been adopted by the government, if she could outline her views from an equality perspective how she will ensure that training or education courses procured by her Department will not give the impression that legitimate political views should be considered antisemitic, wherein taking a particular interest in human rights in Palestine may be read as applying a double standard against Israel, under the IHRA definition, and where individuals disagree with the description given in the definition that Israel is a democratic nation, owing to its disenfranchisement of the native Palestinian population across the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29001/25]
• 2025-06-10
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Health

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the possibility of undertaking a medical evacuation of a person (details supplied)), to reconsider the possibility of implementing a formal medical evacuation system for people in Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29827/25]
• 2025-05-29
  LOBBY
  Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Foreign Affairs

  • MSF’s report 'Gaza Death Trap' details how military attacks, the dismantling of the health system, siege and the systematic denial of humanitarian assistance is destroying the conditions needed for life in Gaza.
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Finance

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if, in light of the ongoing genocide carried out by Israel, he will direct the Central Bank to stop facilitating the sale of Israeli war bonds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27946/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance the value of all State investment in Israeli bonds; if he is concerned that a person (details supplied) told potential investors that purchasing bonds was the “best way” to help Israel support “the war campaign”, given that the Central Bank of Ireland is designated as the competent authority to approve prospectuses for Israeli bonds sold in the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27766/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Finance

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if, in light of the ongoing genocide carried out by Israel, he will impose financial sanctions on the state of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27947/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Finance

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance his views on whether Israeli war bonds, whose sale is facilitated by the Central Bank, are financing the genocide in Gaza; his further views on whether the Central Bank and his Department are complicit in genocide as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27949/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Finance

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Finance to provide details of the value of financial assets held in Ireland by Israeli state entities and by companies registered in Israel; his views on whether these assets should be frozen in light of the genocide being carried out by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27950/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will call for an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly and table a resolution calling for collective measures to allow for the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza and protection of its citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27478/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his engagements with the EU-Israel Association Council, following the recent meeting of the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27400/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 37 of 11 February 2025, the timeline for the passage of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 that incorporates a ban on imports and services from these areas, supported by the advisory opinion on the illegality of Israel’s occupation and settlements issued on 19 July 2024 by the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27350/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  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
  Brian Stanley Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reconsider what he stated earlier in February 2025 and ban services in the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [26772/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Brian Stanley Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will define the timeline for the enactment of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [26771/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Séamus McGrath Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position on the conflict and humanitarian crisis in Gaza. [27341/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Darren O'Rourke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; the date on which the Bill will brought before the Dáil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27335/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Paul Lawless Aontú asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason he will not implement the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018, in light of his comments that Israel is committing war crimes over the blockading of aid in Gaza. [24169/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made by the Government to have the aid that is stuck at the Rafah border crossing freed and transported into Gaza. [27347/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has ever expressed concern regarding the issuance of a dual use export licence in relation to an end user based in Israel. [27333/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Conor D McGuinness Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he agrees with the comments of an tUachtarán at the recent National Famine Commemoration that the General Assembly of the United Nations should exercise its powers under ‘Uniting for Peace’ to bypass the Security Council and authorise collective action to preserve life in Gaza in the face of Israel’s genocidal campaign against the Palestinian people. [26756/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the progress of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [27394/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Darren O'Rourke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the withdrawal of the EU from the EU-Israel Association Agreement; the efforts he is making to advance that case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27334/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his timeline for publishing debating and enacting the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27483/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Martin Daly Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Martin Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland assesses the appropriateness of maintaining full trade ties with Israel under the EU-Israel Association Agreement, in view of the ongoing blockade of Gaza and warnings of imminent famine, including the possible deaths of thousands of children; and if Ireland considers that trade pressure is now necessary to compel Israel to comply with humanitarian obligations. [27437/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Barry Heneghan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the recent decision by the European Union to review its association agreement with Israel, in light of the humanitarian situation in Gaza and concerns over potential violations of Article 2 of the agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27456/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Martin Daly Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Martin Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will support the suspension of elements of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, particularly trade preferences, should the upcoming review determine that Israel is in breach of Article 2 of the agreement concerning respect for human rights and international law; to outline Ireland's position within that process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27436/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will support efforts for a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, highlighting the human rights clause of Article 2 of that agreement. [27346/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Paul McAuliffe Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the outcome of the discussions at European level regarding the EU Trade Association Agreement with Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27203/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his engagements with his counterparts in the EU in relation to the bombing of a humanitarian aid ship off the coast of Malta, which was due to sail to Gaza [27397/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Naoise Ó Cearúil Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Israeli authorities temporarily allowing the UN to resume delivery of limited aid into Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27345/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Catherine Callaghan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on efforts to review the EU-Israel Trade Association; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26945/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the EU’s decision to review the cooperation deal with Israel, as signalled by EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Kaja Kallas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27479/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Peter 'Chap' Cleere Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he is taking to ensure humanitarian aid reaches Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26982/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Seán Ó Fearghaíl Fianna Fáil 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]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Pádraig O'Sullivan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on Ireland's role in securing a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement; the further steps Ireland is taking to ensure that this matter is progressed at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27404/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the obligations placed upon Ireland arising from the ruling of the International Court of Justice of 19 July 2024 in the case regarding the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the related United Nations General Assembly resolution of 18 September 2024, co-sponsored by Ireland. [27332/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Cathy Bennett Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the Israeli Defence Forces opening fire while Irish diplomats were present in the Jenin refugee camp; the steps he will take to ensure the safety of Irish diplomats from the Israeli defence forces; the response and sanctions he intends to levy against Israel in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28427/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Jen Cummins Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to correct the place of birth on a passport (details supplied) from Israel to Jerusalem, or State of Palestine. [28534/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a company (details supplied) has sent any products to Israel since May 2025; if his Department is aware that the company is supplying Israel with parts for munitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28575/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of his most recent discussions at EU and UN level in regard to the ongoing urgent requirement to get essential and food and medical supplies to people in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28880/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions he has had with countries outside the EU in relation to the provision of essential food and medical supplies to people in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28883/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Pa Daly Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance the measures he is taking to ensure that Ireland has divested from all bonds linked to the ongoing genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26454/25]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform 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]
• 2025-05-29
  PQ
  Pa Daly Sinn Féin asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has considered the ongoing genocide in Gaza as part of the public procure strategy for government departments and public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26457/25]
• 2025-05-28
  PQ
  Conor D McGuinness Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 215, 216, 217, 218 and 441 of 29 April 2025, if he is aware of the use of the IHRA definition of antisemitism as a tool by groups and colleges in other countries to ban and penalise events being organised in universities and other non-state bodies that promote and reference Palestine or Palestinians or that recognise Palestinian statehood. [27828/25]
• 2025-05-28
  VOTE
  Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025 · whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 75–87

  Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether there is accommodation in the Irish-Palestinian scholarship programme (IPSP) for individuals, who have been unable to complete their secondary education in Palestine owing to genocide and humanitarian disaster but wish to apply for a scholarship in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26736/25]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, whether through the IHRA working definition of antisemitism the State has endorsed the position that criticism of Israel is only legitimate when it concerns actions of the government of Israel and that therefore endorsed that criticism of the State's constitutional arrangements and its overall legitimacy are antisemitic. [27241/25]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Martin Daly Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Martin Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's role in supporting the Dutch-led initiative, now backed by a majority of EU member states, to initiate a formal review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and to state whether the Government will advocate for trade measures should Israel continue to impede the delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza. [27434/25]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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
  Paul Lawless Aontú asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken to address weapons being carried through Irish airspace to Israel; the complicity of Ireland in a genocidal war; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27523/25]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Paul Lawless Aontú asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations he has made within the EU to bring about an end to the blockade of essential aid to Gaza. [27524/25]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade notwithstanding any letters, speeches or communications expressing support for a review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement, whether the Government has brought any formal proposals to meetings of any EU institutions equivalent to those formally tabled by the Dutch government, or formally requested such proposals be included as an agenda item at meetings of any EU institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27527/25]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to reports (details supplied) that the government of Hungary has vetoed sanctions against extremist settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories at the European Union level, and therefore that these sanctions, and any further sanctions in relation to Israel that are supported by the Government, are unlikely to be agreed at the EU level, whether there are any plans to take action to impose sanctions of any kind without the endorsement of the European Union or the institutions thereof. [27533/25]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2025-05-27
  PQ
  Peadar Tóibín Aontú asked Foreign

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps his Department is taking to ensure the end to the blockade of food and aid in Gaza. [27734/25]
• 2025-05-22
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Health

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 337 of 15 May 2025, her plans to evacuate children that are currently stuck in Gaza, awaiting medical treatment and exposed to famine. [26406/25]
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 6 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Letter calling on Government to make strong representations and interventions in case of two Irish citizens resident in Germany issued with deportation orders in connection with their protesting against Israel’s atrocity crimes in Gaza
  • Letter regarding Hungary's inviting Prime Minister of Israel to Europe while the subject of ICC arrest warrant, together with copy of Amnesty Secretary General's open letter of 1 April to the President of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute on this mattter
  • Separate letter to each seeking a meeting on the ongoing genocide in Gaza and worsening crisis in rest of Occupied Palestinian Territory
  • Sharing letter sent to EU HR/VP Kallas and Foreign Affairs Ministers by our European Institutions Office Director ahead of EU-Israel Association Council meeting
  • Letter seeking meeting on the situation in Gaza and rest of Occupied Palestinian Territory
  • Letter seeking meeting on the situation in Gaza and rest of the Occupied Palestinian Territory
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • We attended a meeting organized by the Civil Society umbrella group, Dochas where we intended to brief MEPs on ActionAid priorities of economic justice, climate justice and Gaza.
  • Communication ahead of the St Patricks delegation to the United States
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Cancer Society Foreign Affairs

  • Cancer care in Gaza and the West Bank
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Red Cross Health

  • Deputy Bacik requested a call/meeting to discuss how she can assist with our efforts for the children requiring treatment arriving from Gaza.
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel Foreign Affairs

  • To connect with MEPs regarding the ongoing situation in Israel and occupied Palestine particularly in East Jerusalem
• 2025-05-21
  LOBBY
  Comhlámh Foreign Affairs

  • Email was sent querying government plans to adopt the IHRA definition on antisemitism and to request progress on the Occupied Territories Bill.
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  UNICEF Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Email to Members of the Oireachtas regarding imminent famine in Gaza
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Uplift 3 returns Foreign Affairs Trade

  • Phonecall and texts with Senator Frances Black to discuss the latest government response to the Occupied Territories Bill
  • Uplift members were asked to call TD James Lawless demanding he acts to stop Kildare based company, Powell Electronics, from shipping components for fighter jets to Elbit Systems in Israel
  • Uplift members were asked to email their TDs, and to share social media posts, demanding the government progress the Occupied Territories Bill.
• 2025-05-20
  LOBBY
  Fórsa trade union Foreign Affairs

  • A letter from Kevin Callinan, Fórsa General Secretary urges the Minister for Foreign Affairs to advocate at the EU level for the release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, a detained Palestinian doctor, and other healthcare workers in Gaza, highlighting the humanitarian crisis and Fórsa’s solidarity with the outgoing situation.
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of his responsibility for equality policy, his views on the way in which it is possible for persons to be clear that they are not applying double standards to Israel by requiring of it a behaviour not expected or demanded of any other democratic nation, which is described as a form of antisemitism in the IHRA working definition of antisemitism; in cases in which a person believes that due to its disenfranchisement of the native Palestinian population it governs that Israel is not a democratic nation or in cases in which a person takes a particular interest in human rights in the region, and therefore may be seen to be applying double standards by discussing a consistent standard in a single, particular context; the way in which he will ensure that no training or education courses procured by his Department will give the impression that such individuals are antisemitic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25425/25]
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Naoise Ó Cearúil Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Israel's aid blockade on Gaza. [24172/25]
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Conor D McGuinness Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the June 2024 assessment of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food (details supplied) that famine has existed in Gaza since that time. [25668/25]
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Conor D McGuinness Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he recognises that Israeli officials, over the course of the conflict and blockade, have made repeated public statements indicating an intention to use starvation as a method of warfare against the civilian population of Gaza. [25669/25]
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Conor D McGuinness Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza over the past 70 days constitutes the use of starvation as a weapon of war and a violation of international humanitarian law. [25671/25]
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Conor D McGuinness Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he supports the establishment of a United Nations-mandated force to ensure the safe delivery and distribution of humanitarian aid to the civilian population in Gaza. [25672/25]
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Conor D McGuinness Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Government will consider bringing forward, or supporting, a motion at the United Nations General Assembly, on foot of the Uniting for Peace mechanism, to authorise the deployment of a UN humanitarian protection force to Gaza, given the Security Council's ongoing failure to act. [25673/25]
• 2025-05-20
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Enterprise

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of Irish companies exporting parts for military drones to companies (details supplied) in Israel, as reported in the media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25238/25]
• 2025-05-19
  LOBBY
  Friends of the Earth Europe Justice and Equality

  • Solidarity with Palestine - our colleagues from Pengon were there as well
• 2025-05-15
  LOBBY
  Uplift Defence

  • Uplift members were asked to email all senators asking them to vote to pass the Air Navigation and Transport (Arms Embargo) Bill 2024 which would stop weapons being sent from Ireland to Israel.
• 2025-05-15
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his engagements with European counterparts regarding the potential activation of the EU Civil Protection Mechanism to relieve humanitarian disaster in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24911/25]
• 2025-05-15
  PQ
  Tom Brabazon Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current status of the implementation of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and the work his Department has carried out on this Bill since he took office. [24916/25]
• 2025-05-15
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the reason only one family member of children from Gaza being brought to Ireland for medical treatment is being given a stamp 4 visa; if he will consider extending stamp 4s to other family members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24999/25]
• 2025-05-15
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Health

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has turned down requests to treat injured children from Gaza in Children’s Health Ireland, despite the fact that clinicians and surgeons have stated that they have the resources and theatre time available to do so; and if so, how many children have been turned down. [24920/25]
• 2025-05-13
  LOBBY
  INTO - Irish National Teachers' Organisation Education and Training

  • Pass the Occupied Territories Bill
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline the actions he has taken, or engagement with his cabinet colleagues with regard to ensuring compliance with the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, in tabular form. [23247/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Catherine Callaghan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has engaged with the Israeli authorities regarding the ongoing blockade that has prevented four Irish-funded aid trucks, waiting in Jordan, from entering Gaza; and the steps being taken to ensure the urgent delivery of this and other humanitarian aid. [23582/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Transport

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the status of any investigation carried out by his Department in relation to the allegation that munitions are being carried through Irish airspace en route to Israel; the findings of any such investigation; and the timeline for completion of any investigations. [24203/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice whether an organisation’s working definition (details supplied) of antisemitism supersedes the description of racism given in the National Action Plan Against Racism, namely that racism has its roots in colonialism, oppression and domination, given that the organisation’s working definition of antisemitism considers that describing Zionism as form of racism to be inherently antisemitic while Zionism is defined by support for settling or colonising historic Palestine so as to construct a Jewish state. [24469/25]
• 2025-05-13
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the reason there is no refugee programme in place for Palestinians, equivalent to the Afghan admission programme, considering the acute humanitarian crisis in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23269/25]
• 2025-05-09
  LOBBY
  Global Legal Action Network Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2025-05-08
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign EU Affairs

  • Letter regarding Enforcing EU law at the Gymnich meeting in Warsaw
• 2025-05-08
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Defence

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the up-to-date position on risk assessments carried out this year on the safety impact to Irish peacekeeping troops serving in Lebanon on their monitoring of the blue line demarcation between Lebanon and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17994/25]
• 2025-05-07
  PQ
  Eoin Hayes Social Democrats asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Taoiseach the timeline for publication of a Government proposal on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [22694/25]
• 2025-05-07
  PQ
  John Lahart Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of progress towards the implementation of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22154/25]
• 2025-05-07
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Finance

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the details of his engagements with his EU counterparts and the Council of the EU in relation to exercising his powers under Section 42 of the Criminal Activity (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 to impose restrictive measures on groups associated with financing terrorist activity in Israel; specifically in relation to financing terrorist activity and not in relation to restrictive measures against a smaller number of individual extremist settlers, given that the definition of terrorist activity under the Act includes activity that is committed with the intention of seriously destabilising or destroying the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structures of a state or an international organisation; considering reports (details supplied) that many enterprises in the West Bank and many enterprises inside the 1967 borders of Israel are financially connected with settler activity committed with the aforementioned intent; and should therefore be subject to sanctions and restrictive measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22353/25]
• 2025-05-06
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 3 returns Foreign Affairs EU Affairs

  • Book AV Room for parliamentary briefing by Mahmoud Nawaja of the BDS Movement
  • Request to sign Parliamentarians' Letter calling for Review of EU-Israel Association Agreement
  • Parliamentary Question submission re arms tenders from Israel
• 2025-05-02
  LOBBY
  Development Perspectives Foreign Affairs

  • The Occupied Territories Bill
• 2025-04-30
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland is not making an oral submission to the International Court of Justice for the case regarding Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Request for Advisory Opinion), in light of his Department’s active role in supporting the work of UNRWA and developments in the Israeli Knesset which will limit UNRWA’s activities in the West Bank, Gaza, and Occupied East Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21312/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the State recognises Hamas as a terrorist organisation; his views on whether this group should be removed from any position of power in Gaza; his further views on whether it would be satisfactory for that organisation to be in any position of authority in any future independent Palestinian State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18525/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Conor D McGuinness Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned that Israeli activity in Gaza and the northern part of the West Bank forms a new wave of ethnic cleansing and land-grabbing; if he will condemn this illegal activity; the steps he will take to address it internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20096/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 2 of 9 April and 238 of 1 April 2025, if the European Commission requires the permission of the European Council to commission a review as to Israels compliance with its human rights obligations under the EU Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20416/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 3 and 5 of 9 April 2025, if the referenced United Nations General Assembly resolution, co-sponsored by Ireland, which seeks to implement the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, distinguished between the trade of goods and services with Israels illegal settlements in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20417/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 58, 3 and 5 of 9 April 2025, if he has engaged with the Minister for Finance regarding Irelands €9.4 million investments via the ISIF in eight companies, given the outline he provided of the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, stated that the Court identified ‘a duty not to render aid or assistance in maintaining the illegal situation created by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20418/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he is taking to put pressure on the Israeli government to ensure humanitarian aid enters Gaza immediately. [20726/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has contacted the German authorities about the repression of a protest held outside the Embassy of Ireland in Berlin in solidarity with Palestine on 16 April 2025; if he has contacted the German authorities about their repression of the use of the Irish language at protests in the country, including arrests at the Embassy on 16 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20886/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated value of imports from the so-called “occupied territories” within Israel in each year from 2020 to 2024, by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18713/25]
• 2025-04-29
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports available to those students fleeing Palestine; if he will lay out plans to increase supports going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21052/25]
• 2025-04-09
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 1 April 2025, the basis upon which there is a requirement to prioritise those measures which least disturb the functioning of the EU Israel Association agreement, in light of suspension being on the grounds that Israel being in serious and persistent violation of the requirement to respect human rights as an essential element of the Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17672/25]
• 2025-04-09
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 1 April 2025, if he will outline Ireland's obligations as clarified by the International Court of Justice in its recent advisory opinion on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17674/25]
• 2025-04-09
  PQ
  Conor D McGuinness Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that Israel is illegally withholding significant tax revenues from the Palestinian Authority, which it controls as a result of its ongoing illegal occupation; if the Government has raised this issue directly with Israel or at international fora; if the State will press for the release of this revenue to the Palestinian Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17699/25]
• 2025-04-09
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 2 April 2025, if he will list the eight companies in which Ireland indirectly invests €9.4 million, which derive profit from the activities in Israel's illegal settlements in the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17671/25]
• 2025-04-08
  PQ
  Máire Devine Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Máire Devine asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will support the reappointment of UN Special Rapporteur on Palestine Francesca Albanese; the Government’s position on the Dutch government’s opposition to Ms. Albanese’s reappointment as Special Rapporteur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17005/25]
• 2025-04-08
  PQ
  Denise Mitchell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he had with authorities in Germany regarding the deportation of two Irish citizens [details supplied] in relation to their attendance at pro-Palestine protests despite those citizens not having been found guilty of any crime; if the Minister has liaised with the two Irish citizens or their representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17127/25]
• 2025-04-08
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he or officials in his Department have engaged with their German counterparts on Irish citizens being ordered to leave Germany due to pro-Palestine activism, despite not being convicted of any crime in the German courts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17133/25]
• 2025-04-08
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who needs an urgent transfer from Gaza for medical care; if his Department will intervene on behalf of this person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17406/25]
• 2025-04-03
  PQ
  Marie Sherlock Labour Party asked Finance

  Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance the measures he proposes to take to amend Ireland's obligations under Prospectus Regulation 2017/1129 and ensure that all securities licensed by the Central Bank of Ireland are not used for the financing of war efforts in Israel or any other country in the world and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16514/25]
• 2025-04-02
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Finance

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the Central Bank is not acting in violation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, given that the bank is facilitating the sale of Israeli bonds in EU Member States, despite the International Court of Justice ruling that Israel is plausibly committing genocide and the ongoing South African case at the ICJ which Ireland has joined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15902/25]
• 2025-04-02
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance further to the remarks of the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment that the Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) had divested from Israel, if he will outline when ISIF fully divested itself from all companies which derive profit from their activities in illegal Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16220/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the progress of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [15541/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Brian Stanley Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department has had any contact from the US administration or the White House regarding the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; if so, the nature of those contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15085/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Barry Heneghan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland’s response to Israel breaking the ceasefire and launching new phase of aggression against innocent civilians living in Gaza and in southern Lebanon. [15540/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his engagements with the EU-Israel Association Council, following the recent meeting of the council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15545/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Cathy Bennett Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he has taken in response to Israel denying a European Union delegation access to the State of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15505/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Rose Conway-Walsh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the meetings he has engaged in with international organisations, including the United Nations and the European Union, concerning the appalling atrocities inflicted on innocent people in Gaza. [15576/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on whether Irish provided aid is being permitted to enter Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15499/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the communications he has had with the European Union and the United States regarding the provision of arms and economic support to Israel following Israel’s breach of ceasefire in Gaza and escalating settler violence in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15533/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional measures he is proposing to the EU to impose sanctions on Israel given the ongoing and worsening attacks in the West Bank and Gaza following the breach of ceasefire by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15532/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps Ireland is taking to fulfil its obligations under the Genocide Convention to take action to prevent acts of genocide in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15514/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the additional sanctions against Israel is he proposing given that Israel broke ceasefire with Hamas and killed of over 800 civilians; if he is planning to cut trade ties with Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15534/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on any work his Department is undertaking to comply with the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice regarding the illegal occupation by Israel of Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15497/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details on any engagement he or his officials have had with the Israeli government following Israeli bombardment of a hospital in Gaza where Irish medical personnel were working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15498/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Catherine Callaghan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he has had with Irish representatives at the United Nations, particularly with regard to the conflict and devastation in Gaza, the Middle East and Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15217/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Catherine Callaghan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the support and assistance provided to the citizens of Gaza and the West Bank due to the conflict in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15218/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Liam Quaide Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; how these breaches of international law impact Article 2 of the EU-Israel Association Agreement asserting respect for human rights by all parties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15260/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his phone call discussion with US Commerce Secretary (details supplied) on 24 March 2025; whether the Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 was mentioned during that phone call; and, if so, the discussions regarding the bill. [15356/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade considering that Article 55 of the Fourth Geneva Convention requires that an occupying power ensure adequate food and medical supplies for civilians, and given that reports from Gaza describe a near-total blockade of medical aid, the steps Ireland is taking to demand full access for humanitarian and medical aid and support the establishment of a humanitarian corridor for safe medical evacuations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15411/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade considering that a disproportionate number of children have been injured and killed in Gaza due to airstrikes, the specific measures the Government is pursuing to protect injured children and ensure their access to medical care, and push for an immediate halt to actions that result in mass child casualties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15412/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Pádraig Rice Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm that his Department are in contact with Irish medical professionals and other volunteers in Gaza; how often this contact is made; the measures in place to ensure the safety of these citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15413/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recourse open to Ireland should a review of Israel's human rights obligations under the EU Israel Association Agreement not be forthcoming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15467/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is considering prohibiting the use of Shannon Airport by the United States military given the recent threats by President Trump to remove Palestinians from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6082/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Cathy Bennett Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 11 February 2025, the actions taken arising from his follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15647/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Liam Quaide Social Democrats asked Finance

  Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Finance if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15256/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Liam Quaide Social Democrats asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15259/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Liam Quaide Social Democrats asked Housing

  Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15261/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Liam Quaide Social Democrats asked Justice

  Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15257/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Paul McAuliffe Fianna Fáil asked Justice

  Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice if international protection applicants arriving in Ireland from Palestine will have their applications prioritised, as recommended by the UNHCR. [15286/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Children

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will review a case concerning two Palestinian people (details provided) who have been evacuated from Gaza and are in receipt of a family reunification visa as their daughter is an Irish citizen; if she will acknowledge the trauma and terror these elderly people with medical conditions have faced and the fact that they had to leave with no possessions and who now face the prospect of arriving here with no accommodation or access to healthcare; if she will act swiftly and compassionately to provide what they need given the extraordinary circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15645/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Liam Quaide Social Democrats asked Health

  Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she or Ministers of State from her Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15258/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Health

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she will review a case concerning two Palestinian people (details provided) who have been evacuated from Gaza and are in receipt of a family reunification visa as their daughter is an Irish citizen; if she will acknowledge the trauma and terror these elderly people with medical conditions have faced and the fact that they had to leave with no possessions and who now face the prospect of arriving here with no accommodation or access to healthcare; if she will act swiftly and compassionately to provide what they need given the extraordinary circumstances; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15644/25]
• 2025-04-01
  PQ
  Liam Quaide Social Democrats asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he or Ministers of State from his Department raised recent breaches of international law by Israel such as cutting off food, water, and electricity to civilian populations in Gaza during recent visits to EU Member States over the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15263/25]
• 2025-03-27
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on Ireland’s obligations to comply with international law with regard to the ongoing genocide in Palestine, particularly with regard to the Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 and the use of Shannon Airport for transporting military aid for Israel; the steps he is taking to meet these obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14720/25]
• 2025-03-27
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 would include a ban on trade in services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14759/25]
• 2025-03-26
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on the outcomes of recent discussions between Ireland and the United Nations concerning the facilitation and delivery of food aid to Gaza, especially in light of the severe restrictions reported by humanitarian organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14389/25]
• 2025-03-26
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the specific measures has Ireland advocated for at EU level to ensure the unimpeded flow of humanitarian aid, including food and medical supplies, into Gaza, considering the blockades preventing the delivery of much needed supplies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14390/25]
• 2025-03-26
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs given Ireland’s recent pledge of €20 million to UNRWA to provide additional humanitarian aid to Gaza, to outline how this funding will be effectively implemented in light of the growing difficulties in delivering aid to Gaza; the steps being taken to ensure that this aid reaches those most in need, given the obstacles and blockages to the delivery of aid into the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14391/25]
• 2025-03-26
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if there is continuous contact at political and official level with international organisations, including the United Nations and the European Union, concerning the appalling atrocities inflicted on innocent people in Gaza; and also concerning the blocking of essential aid from delivery into Gaza taking into account recent comments of a UN Official where it was stated “for two weeks now, our food supplies are rotting at the borders, the medicines are expiring, the water’s been cut off, the power’s been cut off - and all that to punish civilians further”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14601/25]
• 2025-03-25
  PQ
  Liam Quaide Social Democrats asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with representatives of the US-Jewish community during his visit to the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day and the reports from the American Jewish Committee that he indicated that the occupied territories Bill was no longer on the legislative agenda. [13395/25]
• 2025-03-25
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a list of civilian infrastructure projects supported by Irish Aid in Palestine; and an update on how each project has fared under Israeli bombardment. [13639/25]
• 2025-03-25
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what position Ireland will take regarding the nomination of Annalena Baerbock for the position of president of the United Nations General Assembly, particularly given her support for Israel’s brutal military campaign in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14175/25]
• 2025-03-25
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Transport

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding any research or legal advice provided to him regarding proposals to amend existing inspection procedures at Shannon Airport for any planes that may be carrying military goods, destined for Israel as outlined in an article (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13343/25]
• 2025-03-19
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice if he will grant a performance visa to a person (details supplied) in light of his active support and involvement in the Israeli attacks on Gaza; if his Department will grant visas for those directly involved in Israeli armed forces in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10729/25]
• 2025-03-04
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to the refusal of Israel to grant access to the sovereign State of Palestine to a delegation of the European Parliament to engage with the Palestinian prime minister, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expatriates, EU representatives and civil society, his response and the diplomatic sanctions he intends to introduce in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9771/25]
• 2025-02-26
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Defence

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 5 February 2025, if Ireland intends to purchase military equipment from Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6080/25]
• 2025-02-25
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on his engagements with the EU-Israel Association Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7886/25]
• 2025-02-25
  PQ
  Ivana Bacik Labour Party asked Finance

  Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance his views on the regulation of Israel Bonds by the Central Bank of Ireland. [7292/25]
• 2025-02-25
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Finance

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the Central Bank is not acting in a manner that might be complicit with genocide given that the bank is continuing to allow Israel to sell Israeli bonds in EU Member States, despite the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling that Israel is plausibly committing genocide and the ongoing South African case at the ICJ which Ireland has joined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8112/25]
• 2025-02-20
  PQ
  Cathy Bennett Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of and value related to dual-use export licences granted to end users based in Israel, by quarter, since Q3 2023; and his engagements with Cabinet colleagues in relation to such. [6708/25]
• 2025-02-20
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of dual-use export licence applications in respect of end-users in Israel approved by his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; the value of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6377/25]
• 2025-02-18
  PQ
  Mark Ward Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the new maritime patrol CASA 295 aircraft to be purchased by the Irish Air Corps carries Helionix; if the Government have reneged on their commitment to stop buying military equipment from Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6122/25]
• 2025-02-13
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the current total number and value of State investments in companies which derive profit from their activities in illegal Israeli settlements; the total number of such investments; his views on whether such investments help entrench and sustain Israel’s illegal occupation; his further views on whether such investments run contrary to rulings of the International Court of Justice; and the amount of profit Ireland derived from such investments since 2022, by company, by year, in tabular form. [4903/25]
• 2025-02-13
  PQ
  John Lahart Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on the way the Government is assisting the Gaza paediatric care initiative in carrying out its vital work in providing healthcare to the children of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5323/25]
• 2025-02-13
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which Ireland is complying with the International Court of Justice’s non-binding opinion on the legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, 19 July 2024; the specific actions taken to comply with the UN General Assembly resolution calling for the illegal occupation of Palestine to be brought to an end within twelve months; the actions taken to address each of the fourteen actions to meet Ireland’s legal obligations in bringing an end to Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestine before the UN General Assembly of 19 September 2025, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5430/25]
• 2025-02-13
  PQ
  Conor D McGuinness Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of the moves by the authorities of Australia and New Zealand to question Israeli citizens seeking to enter those countries regarding involvement in the Israeli military and the commission of war crimes, human rights abuses and crimes against humanity in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; if he will consider adopting a similar approach for Israeli citizens seeking to enter Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5362/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to recent mass arrests of Palestinians in the West Bank by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4876/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress he has made in securing a review of Israel’s adherence to its obligations under the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4878/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the timeframe in which he intends to progress the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4879/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to Israel increasing the size and scope of its illegal occupation of Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4881/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with his European counterparts regarding the ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4882/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to repeated breaches by Israel of the ceasefire in Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4883/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements regarding Israel’s attacks on the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4884/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of a leaked internal European Union document (details supplied) outlining Israeli war crimes in Gaza; if he has discussed such with his European counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4885/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagements he has had with international partners with regard to the illegal trafficking of arms through sovereign Irish airspace in support of Israel’s genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4886/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the United Nations resolutions Ireland has recently co-sponsored alongside the State of Palestine at the United Nations; the purpose of the resolutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4891/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Conor Sheehan Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline the dialogue and engagements he has had with the US administration; if he has, whether the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 has been discussed as part of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4994/25]
• 2025-02-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the number and value of investments the Irish State holds in companies who derive profit from their activities in illegal Israeli settlements; the legal obligations placed upon Ireland by recent rulings of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding such economic investments which support Israel's illegal occupation; if this Government intend to progress Sinn Féin’s Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023 in order to ensure compliance with the rulings of the ICJ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4880/25]
• 2025-02-12
  VOTE
  Situation in Palestine · the motion · motion passed 91–73

  Situation in Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2025-02-12
  VOTE
  Situation in Palestine · an amendment to the bill · motion passed 92–72

  Situation in Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the progress of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [4844/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the Government’s plan to introduce the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4852/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on any recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4541/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Cathal Crowe Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on his plans to pass the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4363/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is planning any engagements with his counterparts in the USA or the EU administrations in relation to Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians from Gaza to Egypt and Jordan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4492/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Pa Daly Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government's position on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; the timeline for when he expects this Bill to be passed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4385/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure the suspension of the EU Israel Association Agreement given the multiple violations of human rights and international law of the Israeli Government. [4448/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Pádraig O'Sullivan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views in relation to recent comments by President Donald Trump apparently advocating for the forced displacement of Palestinian people from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4444/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the timeline for the passage of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 that incorporates a ban on imports and services from these areas, supported by the advisory opinion on the illegality of Israel's occupation and settlements issued on July 19 2024 by the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4514/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Cathy Bennett Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with his Cabinet colleagues regarding Ireland's obligations arising from the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice regarding legal consequences arising from the policies and practices of Israel in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and regarding the implications of the State's continued investment in companies which derive profit from their activities in illegal Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4518/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement his Department has had with the United States and Israel regarding the statements from the US President on the ethnic cleansing of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4823/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his efforts to ensure that international journalists will have access to Gaza, Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4284/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Israel and/or the United States have engaged with him or his Department in the past three months regarding the potential enactment of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; if so, the nature of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4808/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he intends to continue to exclude Israel from tenders for military equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4266/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to the commitment of his predecessor that Ireland would not be procuring military equipment or defence equipment from Israel, if he is aware that various aircraft purchased by the Defence Forces in recent months contain Israeli components; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4271/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Defence

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how much his Department has spent on the purchase of military equipment, leasing of military equipment, and provision of services from Israel in the past two years, broken down by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4805/25]
• 2025-02-11
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Defence

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how much his Department has spent on the purchase of dual use goods, leasing of dual use goods from Israel in the past two years, broken down by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4806/25]
• 2025-02-06
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2025-02-06
  PQ
  Barry Ward Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; the progress to date on any amendments or new legislation in this regard, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3807/25]
• 2025-02-06
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Finance

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance whether Irish sovereign wealth and investment funds have investments in illegally occupied territories in Palestine and the Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3900/25]
• 2025-02-06
  PQ
  Sinéad Gibney Social Democrats asked Finance

  Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance whether Irish sovereign wealth and investment funds have investments in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3901/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Louis O'Hara Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government’s position on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; if the Government will impose any sanctions on Israel given the genocide committed against the people of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2552/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Liam Quaide Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will reconcile his comments around the lifting of the money message obstruction from the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 in November 2024, prior to the general election, with more recent comments from the Taoiseach suggesting that the Bill will be replaced with new legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2593/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  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]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3083/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Brian Stanley Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department and the Government will facilitate the passage of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 that crucially incorporates a ban, not just on imports of goods from these areas, but also bans the import of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3102/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Conor D McGuinness Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what plans are in place to upgrade the representative office of Ireland in Palestine to full embassy status and to appoint an ambassador, in light of the recognition by Ireland of the State of Palestine last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3413/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Defence

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if reports (details supplied), despite commitments to the contrary, that Ireland is to purchase military equipment from Israel are accurate; if so, to detail all equipment to be purchased and the value thereof; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3081/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Health

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to provide therapeutic support for child asylum seekers and refugees coming from war zones including Gaza. [2326/25]
• 2025-02-05
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Health

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of medical evacuations to Ireland of Palestinians in Gaza and in the West Bank to date; her plans for future evacuations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3080/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the discussions that have taken place at EU Council level regarding an arms embargo on Israel; the positions Ireland has taken in any such discussions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1358/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  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
  Pádraig Rice Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the timeline he is working towards in progressing the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 through Dáil Éireann; if he expects the Bill to proceeded to the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence before the summer recess in July 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1787/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Holly Cairns Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details on the Government's proposed changes to the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; the reasoning for such changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1967/25]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she will instruct her Department to provide support to people from Gaza who have lost almost all their immediate families (details supplied); if she will provide clear instructions about any way that they may apply for a visa so that their family can join them in Ireland once the Rafah crossing opens; if there is a sponsorship programme that they could avail of to assist in coming here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46874/24]
• 2025-01-22
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Children

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth given that Ireland currently does not have an agreement to internationally adopt children from Palestine, if he has any plans to change that; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1972/25]
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Engineers Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Letter on Ireland's diplomatic efforts to protect infrastructure in Gaza
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 5 returns TradeForeign Affairs Transport

  • Signatory to joint letter from members of the Campaign to Pass the Occupied Territories Bill demanding Government pass an Occupied Territories Bill which gives full effect to obligations under international law, as stated clearly by the ICJ, i.e., enact legislation that bans all trade with Israel’s illegal OPT settlements, not just imports of goods
  • Sharing with political party leaders new AI research finding, following 7 October 2023, Israel committed and is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza
  • Sharing new AI research, "You Feel Like You Are Subhuman’: Israel’s Genocide Against Palestinians in Gaza" finding that, following 7 October 2023, Israel committed and is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza; and related recommended action
  • Letters seeking engagement on possible action by Ireland, in coordination and in concert with other states, on catastrophic situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
  • Letter seeking Irish Government’s position, assurances and action following media reports that civilian aircraft overflew Irish airspace while carrying military material destined for Israel
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Hospital Consultants Association Foreign Affairs

  • Letter regarding the evacuation of sick and injured children from Gaza into Ireland
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) 2 returns Foreign Affairs EU Affairs

  • MSF’s report 'Gaza Death Trap' details how military attacks, the dismantling of the health system, siege and the systematic denial of humanitarian assistance is destroying the conditions needed for life in Gaza.
  • MSF’s report 'Gaza Death Trap' details how military attacks, the dismantling of the health system, siege and the systematic denial of humanitarian assistance is destroying the conditions needed for life in Gaza.
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Front Line Defenders Community

  • Support for human rights defenders from Gaza (and their families)
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Speaking at an event encouraging the government to support the Occupied Territories Bill.
  • Speaking at a press conference encouraging the government to support the Occupied Territories Bill.
• 2025-01-21
  LOBBY
  Uplift 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Ministers were asked to enact the Occupied Territories Bill
  • All TDs and Senators were sent letters and emails saying legal action would be taken if the government do not stop all military trade with Israel, all dual-use trade with Israel and the use of Irish airspace for transporting weapons to the Israeli army.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

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

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

  • Contacted all TDs and Senators regarding what Ireland can do for the people of Palestine.
  • Email sent to Urgently Appeal for Ireland to Co-Sponsor the UNGA Resolution on the ICJ Advisory Opinion on Israel’s Occupation
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  St Patrick's Mental Health Services Foreign Affairs

  • A letter to political party leaders from the CEO was sent in November calling for a commitment to campaign to bring an end to the atrocities and human rights violations being perpetrated within Gaza in particular in relation to children's rights and protection of healthcare.
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Comhlámh 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Comhlámh's Justice for Palestine group emailed a TD requesting that they support UNRWA
  • Comhlám's Justice for Palestine group emailed TDs requesting support for the Occupied Territories Bill
• 2025-01-20
  LOBBY
  Save the Children UK Foreign Affairs

  • Taoiseach speaks at UNGA side event on the impact of conflict on children in Gaza
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel Foreign Affairs

  • To connect with MEPs regarding the ongoing situation in Israel and occupied Palestine particularly in East Jerusalem
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2025-01-17
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Gaza Pediatric Evacuation Project
  • Pass the Occupied Territories Bill
• 2025-01-08
  LOBBY
  Global Legal Action Network Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2024-11-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs with reference to his account to Dáil Éireann on 10 October 2024 concerning reports of illegal transportation of weapons through Irish airspace and his confirmation that the Department of Transport is carrying out an examination to determine whether there may have been a breach of the applicable law, if he agrees that the current situation is extremely urgent in view of sustained Israeli bombing of the civilian population in Gaza, resulting in over 42,000 Palestinians killed and expansion of Israeli aggression against the population of neighbouring Lebanon with a resultant death-toll approaching 3,000; if he is aware of the recent statement the U.N. Human Rights chief that the darkest moment of the conflict in Gaza is unfolding in the north of the territory and that Israel's actions could amount to atrocity crimes; how much longer we must wait for an assurance that Ireland is not complicit in the supply of the means to carry out these acts of genocide; if he will immediately share the results of the examination, or provide a date by which we will receive it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45656/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs with regard to the recent ICJ ruling which indicates that states have an obligation to abstain from entering into economic or trade dealings with illegal Israeli settlements, if he will provide a clear indication of the specific reasons there is now a need to delay the enactment of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 further, in view of the fact that all political parties in Dáil Éireann have publicly expressed support for the Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45658/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the sanctions that the Government have imposed on Israel in response to the genocide it is currently conducting against the Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45824/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Pearse Doherty Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware that the prospectus for Israeli bonds approved by the Central Bank of Ireland which allows the bonds to be sold across Europe does not include information on the fact that these bonds are used to fund to the ongoing genocide in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45806/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Pearse Doherty Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 232 of 15 October 2024, if he accepts that Israeli bonds are used to fund the ongoing genocide in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45807/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance further to the ruling of the International Court of Justice that Israel’s occupation of Palestine is illegal and that there is a duty upon states to ban trade and investment with settlements, if he will progress the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023 to ensure that Ireland does not continue to invest in companies which derive profits from their investment in illegal settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45851/24]
• 2024-11-07
  PQ
  Pauline Tully Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Finance in light of the historic Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice in July that Israel's continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory is unlawful, if the Government will now enable the passage of Sinn Féin's Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40665/24]
• 2024-11-06
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the timeframe in which he intends to join the case the South Africa has taken under the Genocide Convention against Israel at the International Court of Justice; if Ireland is entitled to a copy of South Africa's memorial; if his Department has sought a copy of South Africa's recently filed memorial under Article 53 of the Rules of the Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45362/24]
• 2024-11-06
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs noting the obligations of contracting parties to the EU/Israel Association agreement arising from its necessitation of 'respect for human rights and democratic principles' as 'an essential element of the relationship', the letter of An Taoiseach of 14 February 2024 to the President of the European Commission outlining concerns in relation to such, and Ireland's obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, if he has considered exercising Ireland's rights under Article 265 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union arising from the Commission's failure to act in relation to the ongoing genocide against the people of Gaza, opening infringement proceedings against the European Commission at the European Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45365/24]
• 2024-11-06
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government has filed a declaration of intervention in the case of South Africa versus Israel at the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45380/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with Israeli officials in relation to the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 since 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45256/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is monitoring the increased crackdown on freedom of assembly and expression in Bahrain in response to pro-Palestine protests since October 2023; if he will raise concerns about the arrests of hundreds of individuals, including minors, clerics, and protesters since late September, who have expressed solidarity with Palestine and Lebanon across Bahrain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44588/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Transport

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport if contact has been made with ASL Airlines Ireland about reports that it has transported munitions of war to Israel and, if so, when was that contact made and what was the response from the airline. [44632/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 23 May 2024, the number of dual-use export licence applications in respect of end-users in Israel approved by his Department in the period 7 October 2023 to end 2023, and to date in 2024; the value of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44332/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Niamh Smyth Fianna Fáil asked Justice

  Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Justice if consideration can be given to waiving the €300 fee for the immigration residence permit for two Gazan scholars currently studying at SETU (details supplied), who, while not officially recognised as refugees, were evacuated from Gaza and are on student visas; and if steps can be taken to support institutions like SETU, which are covering all accommodation, fees, meals, stipends, and health insurance for these students without Government support. [44502/24]
• 2024-11-05
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Health

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to his statement of 18 September 2024 (details supplied), the number of children evacuated from Gaza to Ireland to date; the number of children identified who have yet to be evacuated; when it is expected that such children will arrive in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44603/24]
• 2024-10-24
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 49 of 11 July 2024, the details of his engagement with the Department of Foreign Affairs in respect of all dual-use and military export licence applications for goods manufactured in Ireland granted for export to Israel since October 2023; the number of times such applications were refused on foot of engagement with the Department of Foreign Affairs or otherwise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43210/24]
• 2024-10-24
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his plans to suspend the export of dual-use goods to Israel in light of the finding in the International Court of Justice of a case of plausible genocide being undertaken by Israel against the people of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43211/24]
• 2024-10-24
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the assurances he can provide that dual use export licences have not been granted in relation products or services with military applications to end users based in Israel that produce or offer military good or services. [43205/24]
• 2024-10-22
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Transport

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport in light of international media reports that a company (details supplied) have illegally transported munitions of war from the US to Israel over Ireland on eight occasions between 2 September and 9 October, if there has been any contact with the company in relation to these flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42736/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on the current situation facing Irish Defence Forces personnel deployed to Lebanon as part of the UNIFIL mission; and his response to the recent attacks against UNIFIL by Israel. [42031/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Defence

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his views on the ongoing attacks by the Israel Defence Forces on Lebanon; the safety and security of Irish personnel serving with UNIFIL in Lebanon; the discussions he has had with UN force commanders/officials on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42292/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Defence

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the actions he will take against Israel in response to the Israeli military firing on UNIFIL positions in south Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42110/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Defence

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the actions he has taken on foot of the revelations of a media outlet (details supplied) in relation to the illegal transportation of weapons through Irish airspace; the capacity of the Defence Forces to ensure that aircraft do not transit Ireland without the permission or knowledge of the State; the analysis undertaken to establish whether any such munitions were involved with the loss of life in Palestine and or Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41695/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to his announcement that the Defence Forces would not be procuring military equipment or defence equipment or contracts with Israel, the mechanism by which he is excluding Israeli companies; and the amount expended since January 2023 with any such companies. [42018/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Defence

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the status of the peacekeeping Defence Forces members on duty in Lebanon in light of the deteriorating situation between Israel and Lebanon and more widely in the region; the plans in place to ensure the safety of Irish troops deployed with UNIFIL; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41694/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to reports that weapons of war bound for Israel have been illegally trafficked through sovereign Irish airspace, if he has conducted an analysis as to whether any such munitions have endangered the lives of Irish peacekeepers deployed on mission with UNIFIL to south Lebanon. [42017/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Transport

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that the company (details supplied) recently awarded a lucrative contract of over €2 billion by the NTA to install ticketless operations on Irish public transport also has lucrative contracts in Israel; if his Department has examined if the company are complicit in terms of supporting Israel's apartheid separation policies through its toll road operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42068/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Transport

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the steps he has taken to stop overflights carrying weapons to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42116/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Transport

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the action he will take against airlines illegally overflying the State which are carrying weapons to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42115/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Transport

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport for an update on his Department's work to identify and stop any overflights of arms shipments destined for Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41982/24]
• 2024-10-17
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Transport

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of media reports that aircraft carrying weaponry from the US to Israel are continuing to fly through Irish airspace; the action he has taken to end such flights since this first came to light in August 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42108/24]
• 2024-10-16
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Defence

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the measures being taken to ensure safety of Irish peacekeeping troops stationed in Lebanon and in particular their monitoring of the blue line demarcation between Lebanon and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42057/24]
• 2024-10-16
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Defence

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the up-to-date position on risk assessments carried out in the past eight weeks on the safety impact to Irish peacekeeping troops serving in Lebanon on their monitoring of the blue line between Lebanon and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42058/24]
• 2024-10-16
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on his efforts to ensure that no further flights transit Ireland trafficking arms in support of Israel's genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42014/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Seán Haughey Fianna Fáil asked Justice

  Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications that have been received for international protection from Palestinians in 2023 and to date in 2024; if their applications will be dealt with quickly and sympathetically given the appalling conditions in Gaza and the occupied Palestinian territories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41541/24]
• 2024-10-15
  PQ
  Holly Cairns Social Democrats asked Agriculture

  Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he will take in response to the revelation that Irish cattle are being shipped to Israel while disguised as being of Romanian or Croatian origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41558/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the advice provided to the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment regarding the provision of dual-use export licences for commercial products or services with military applications to Israel. [40494/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on any discussions with his US or Israeli counterparts about the ongoing crisis in the Middle East as a result of Israel's assault on Gaza, in the West Bank, and now in Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40657/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland has taken to comply with the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice on 19 July 2024 on Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory, which states that member states are under a positive obligation “to abstain from entering into treaty relations with Israel in all cases in which it purports to act on behalf of the Occupied Palestinian Territory or a part thereof on matters concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory or a part of its territory; to abstain from entering economic or trade dealings with Israel concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory or parts thereof which may entrench its unlawful presence in the territory”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40620/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 15 of 27 June 2024, the status of his engagement at EU level in relation to the February 2024 request seeking an urgent review of whether Israel is complying with its human rights obligations under the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40618/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to explain the Government's position on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [40631/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Joe Flaherty Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Joe Flaherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the situation between Iran and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40571/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he has discussed with his counterparts in the US the ongoing provision of arms and weapons to Israel which are being used in what the International Court of Justice has called a “plausible genocide in Gaza”, in military raids in the West Bank and now in the Israeli military assault on Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40656/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Brendan Howlin Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to set out the contacts he has had with UN and EU Member States concerning the urgent need to have a ceasefire in Gaza, in particular his contacts with US, Egyptian and Qatari representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36390/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  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]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any interaction with officials of Israel's government in the last year; and, if so, to recall those interactions. [40632/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Violet-Anne Wynne Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 10 of 27 June 2024, if he will respond to the revelations from a news publication (details supplied) that the Israeli military is in fact using Irish airspace to transport weapons to Palestine; if he or his Department have any plans to act for the people of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40645/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Violet-Anne Wynne Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department supports the enactment of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40646/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the work he and his Department have done to encourage a ceasefire in Gaza, aside from calling for one. [40633/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to the Republic of Maldives Article 63 declaration to intervene in the case of South Africa v Israel before the International Court of Justice, taken under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, if he will file such a declaration and support the efforts of South Africa to uphold international law. [40495/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will condemn the United States for supplying extensive military and political support for Israel as it continues its genocide in Gaza and invasion of Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40655/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline his engagements at the UN Security Council regarding Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza. [40630/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Darren O'Rourke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the ongoing situation in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40518/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Thomas Gould Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been granted leave to come to Ireland from Gaza but cannot escape Gaza; and the actions he taken to ensure their safe passage here. [40863/24]
• 2024-10-10
  PQ
  Thomas Gould Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of people granted leave to come to Ireland from Gaza who are currently unable to leave Palestine. [40864/24]
• 2024-10-09
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to Israel's attempted invasion of Lebanon, its deliberate targeting of civilians and healthcare workers; if Ireland has or will provide humanitarian assistance to the Lebanese government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40510/24]
• 2024-10-09
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he had any discussions or engagement with any Israeli counterpart or any person with regard to preventing the passage of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40616/24]
• 2024-10-09
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the extra resources that have been made available to the Irish contingent of UNIFIL currently in Lebanon given the vastly increased daily attacks by Israel and the retaliatory response from Hezbollah, especially in the region the Irish soldiers are operating in; to confirm that contingency measures are in place to safely evacuate them if needs be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40470/24]
• 2024-10-09
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Justice

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice if he can offer any assistance to a person seeking to travel from Israel to work in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40441/24]
• 2024-10-08
  PQ
  Joe O'Brien Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the plans, if any, of the European Commission to review the EU Israel Association Agreement in light of the atrocities in Gaza over the past 12 months. [40300/24]
• 2024-10-08
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Children

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Palestinian citizens given advance clearance to relocate to Ireland while still in the Palestinian regions under Israeli attack, Gaza and the West Bank in particular, as programme refugees, in the past year; and the number and citizenship of others who have benefitted from the Irish refugee protection programme since October 2020 when he became responsible for administering the programme. [40137/24]
• 2024-10-02
  PQ
  Neasa Hourigan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions Ireland has taken to comply with the 19 July 2024 determination by the International Court of Justice on Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory, which states that Member States are under obligation to ‘abstain from entering into economic or trade dealings with Israel concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory or parts thereof which may entrench its unlawful presence in the territory’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39225/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps being taken to assist Palestinian citizens who have been cleared to evacuate from the Palestinian region of Gaza and come to Ireland based on having family members already living in Ireland; the contact carried out with the Israeli occupation forces to ensure they are not preventing their evacuation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38564/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) whose daughter is working in Ireland, and who, despite having the necessary clearances to leave Palestine, is being prevented from evacuating from the Palestinian region of Gaza by Israeli forces of occupation; the steps that can and have been taken to help themselves and many others leave the territory, which has been under constant genocidal bombardment for nearly a year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38565/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline, given the urgent and distressing situation regarding an Irish citizen (details supplied) who remains trapped in Gaza despite having received approvals for evacuation, the steps his Department is taking to apply pressure on the Israeli government to facilitate the person's safe passage to Ireland. [38943/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the Israeli government; if he has raised the illegal trafficking of arms through Ireland bound for Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39048/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39071/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Environment

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39069/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the next steps for the highly-trained soldiers on peacekeeping duties in Lebanon, given the deteriorating situation between Israel and that country and that more widely in the region, the evidence shows the IDF behaving in ways not in accordance with accepted international rules of military engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38654/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to reports that weapons of war bound for Israel have been illegally trafficked through Ireland, if he has conducted an analysis as to whether any such munitions have endangered the lives of Irish peacekeepers deployed on mission with UNIFIL to south Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39053/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39066/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39081/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39070/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39076/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 18 September 2024, and further to reports of arms being illegally trafficked through Ireland bound for Israel, his views on whether ‘sure as possible’ checks are sufficient to ensure that any dual-use export licence which has been granted to a consignee based in Israel does not result in goods or services being provided to a person or company whose activities either directly or indirectly support or contribute to Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39029/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39068/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Education

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the contact she or any Minister in her Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39067/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Tourism

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the contact she or any Minister in her Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39080/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Housing

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39074/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Social

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the contact she or any Minister in her Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39078/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice the number of Palestinian citizens given advance clearance to relocate to Ireland while still in the Palestinian regions under Israeli attack, Gaza and the West Bank in particular, as programme refugees, family reunification, medical emergency or some such other status, in the past year; and the number that have been able to avail of these offers and have located here, in tabular form. [38566/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the contact she or any Minister in her Department have had with any Minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39075/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Agriculture

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39064/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Children

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39065/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Health

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any Minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39073/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the contact he or any Minister in his Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39072/24]
• 2024-10-01
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Rural

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the contact she or any Minister in her Department have had with any minister or official in the government of Israel since January 2014; the nature of these contacts, the purpose of these contacts; if a record was kept; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39077/24]
• 2024-09-26
  PQ
  John Paul Phelan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason he made no public statement in relation to Hezbollah attacks on northern Israel, which have been ongoing since October 2023, but commented immediately on the apparent Israeli retaliation against those attacks on 18 September last. [38385/24]
• 2024-09-26
  PQ
  John Paul Phelan Fine Gael asked Defence

  Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total number of applications for tenders for military contracts received in each year from 2010 to date; and the number of such applications which were received from companies or individuals in Israel, per year, in tabular form. [38386/24]
• 2024-09-25
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Education

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Education further to the recognition of the State of Palestine by Ireland on 28 May 2024, her plans to update all educational materials, including the Irish primary atlas, to reflect this recognition; when all educational materials will be updated in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38047/24]
• 2024-09-22
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)
• 2024-09-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • AI’s assessment of EU and member states’ policies in view of 19 July ICJ advisory opinion concerning the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem. Noted certain actions contributing to maintaining the unlawful situation Israel has created in the OPT, eg supplying arms, technology and equipment contributing to maintaining the occupation, trading with settlements, and allowing investments into settlements
  • Letter outlining risks to Amnesty International Israel from Israeli authorities amidst shrinking space for civil society
• 2024-09-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Medical Organisation Foreign Affairs

  • Conflict in Gaza
• 2024-09-20
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Ahead of Statements to mark Europe Day - call for statements to include a demand to end to European arms sales to Israel
  • To highlight the Global Day of Action Against Arms Sales to Israel and ActionAid is calling on the Irish government to use its position in the EU and its relationship with the U.S. to end arms sales
• 2024-09-19
  LOBBY
  Front Line Defenders Foreign Affairs

  • Support for human rights defenders from Gaza
• 2024-09-19
  LOBBY
  Save the Children UK Foreign Affairs

  • Political engagement on the situation for children in conflict in Israel and occupied Palestinian territory
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the timeframe in which he intends to file a notice of intervention following the submission of South Africa’s memorial in the case of South Africa v Israel, taken under the Genocide Convention and before the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36235/24]
• 2024-09-18
  PQ
  Ged Nash Labour Party asked Justice

  Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice if she will consider establishing a programme to provide safe passage via a humanitarian entry visa to Ireland for Palestinians in Gaza, similar to other prior international programmes (details supplied); her views on whether such a programme would provide Gazans with a safe and legal passage to Ireland through neighbouring countries, therefore avoiding perilous journeys and stopping potential exploitation by human traffickers; her views on whether such a programme could also serve as a best-practice model for Ireland and other countries with respect to their broader humanitarian efforts going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36412/24]
• 2024-09-16
  LOBBY
  Uplift Foreign Affairs

  • Ministers were emailed asking that Ireland acts immediately to pressure Israel from rejecting ceasefire negoations and continuing to attack Rafah in Gaza. The Minister for Sate at the Department of Transport was asked that he would support a request to let the Freedom Flotilla be given a flag to sail under in order to deliver aid to Gaza.
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he has taken and will take to uphold the State’s standing and reputation as militarily neutral, given the reported breaches of Irish space in the transport of weaponry or components thereof in the pursuit of, or arming of, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza [35629/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Neasa Hourigan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of Ireland's request to the President of the European Commission regarding a review of the EU-Israel Association agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34148/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland is compliant with the European Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 in relation to checks on US military at Shannon Airport on goods destined for Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35318/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he is taking to ensure the EU sanctions Israel for its war crimes and crimes against humanity. [35633/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Environment

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether his Department has sought agreement to terminate the memorandum of understanding on gas between the European Union, the State of Israel and the Arab Republic of Egypt in light of Israel’s ongoing assault on Gaza and increasing settler violence in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34347/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the actions he has taken on the information and documentation provided by an organisation (details supplied) to the Government on the use of Irish sovereign airspace vis-à-vis armaments and-or components thereof for use by the State of Israel in its actions against the Palestinian people, including war crimes and crimes against humanity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35621/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the reason, given Ireland’s neutrality and the accepted war crimes and crimes against humanity being pursued by the Israel Defence Forces, including with US support and funding, the State did not proceed with all alacrity to undertake the kind of investigation pursued by an organisation (details supplied) on use of Irish airspace, such information being readily available from and at various organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35623/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if he can guarantee that no weaponry or components thereof cited as producing extreme injury of individuals in Gaza – including children and right to the point of vaporisation – has travelled through Irish sovereign airspace or been transported directly or indirectly through an Irish airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35626/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport to list the actions the State has taken to ensure that no weaponry, armaments or components thereof, travel either directly or indirectly to the Israel Defence Forces through the airports of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35627/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport to list the actions the State has taken to ensure that no aircraft of any kind that serves, supplies or is used in any way by the Israel Defence Forces in its actions in Gaza, either directly, indirectly, or that assists that force or the state of Israel in the pursuit of same on an ancillary basis, lands or refuels or stops temporarily at an Irish airport, to include any interim destinations either to or from such activities, for example, Cyprus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35628/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport the actions he has taken or will take to close the gap between Ireland’s humanitarian rhetoric on the killing and terror being inflicted by the Israel Defence Forces on the population of Gaza and the occupied West Bank and the use of Irish airspace for the transport (or actions related thereto), as disclosed by an organisation (details supplied); [35630/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Transport

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the steps being taken to ensure that Irish airports are not being used to facilitate the supply of military equipment to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35110/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  John Lahart Fianna Fáil asked Transport

  Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport to confirm if aircraft from the United States are using Irish airspace to transport military supplies to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35383/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of dual-use export licences granted for dual-use goods destined for the State of Israel from 1 January 2024 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34344/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Agriculture

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has engaged with the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations regarding its work to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and opportunities to levy assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34526/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health what support his Department has provided to medical organisations, including financial support or equipment, operating in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34345/24]
• 2024-09-09
  PQ
  Neasa Hourigan Green Party asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position Ireland is taking regarding the inclusion of Israel in any successors to Horizon Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34731/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on any recent engagement there has been between his Department and the Palestinian Authority on Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32751/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on any recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32753/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Seán Sherlock Labour Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of imports from Israel for 2023 and to date in 2024, segmented by type of product; and if any Department or agency imports products or services from Israel. [31906/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Seán Sherlock Labour Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of exports to Israel for 2023 and to date in 2024, segmented by type of product; and if any Department or agency exports products or services to Israel. [31907/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 8 May 2024, if he will consider a scheme that would assist those Palestinians who have arrived from the West Bank and Gaza, similar to the help that was offered to the Ukrainian nationals; and if he will ensure that an asylum case for a person (details supplied) is expedited, ensuring they are granted the right to work, as should all Palestinians who have arrived here from Gaza and the West Bank. [31966/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice to consider a scheme that would assist Palestinians who have arrived from the West Bank and Gaza, similar to the help that was offered to the Ukrainian nationals; if she will ensure that an asylum case for a person (details supplied) is expedited, ensuring they are granted the right to work, as should all Palestinians who have arrived here from Gaza and the West Bank. [31967/24]
• 2024-07-23
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Agriculture

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the intended destination of a shipment (details supplied); if it is headed to Israel, the reason he has authorised a shipment to a country committing genocide, where there have been reports of this very vessel coming under attack by Houthi rebels; and the reason he has authorised a shipment to a country where temperatures will exceed 30 degrees Celsius. [31111/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will offer international protection to a hospital in Gaza (details supplied) in order that it may continue to operate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29339/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on engagements and the current ongoing talks to ensure a ceasefire, and that unhindered humanitarian assistance is provided for the people of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29782/24]
• 2024-07-09
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Defence

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on risk assessments carried out on the safety impact to Irish peacekeeping troops serving in Lebanon on their monitoring of the blue line between Lebanon and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29793/24]
• 2024-07-04
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the basis upon which it was decided to divest from some but not other companies which derive profit from their activities in illegal Israeli settlements within the state of Palestine; and the amount of funds currently invested. [28527/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagements he has had regarding the formation of the next European Commission; and if he supports the proposed reappointment of Ursula von der Leyen as Commission President considering her actions in supporting the State of Israel in the ongoing assaults on Palestine. [27472/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on discussions with his counterparts in Europe with regard to imposing sanctions on Israel because of its war crimes in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27578/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Violet-Anne Wynne Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason US planes stopping at Shannon Airport are not searched to see if they are carrying arms for use in Palestine; his views on whether these actions are compatible with the historical and foundational Irish position of neutrality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27593/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 9 May 2024, for a status update on his engagement at EU level to seek a review of whether Israel is complying with its human rights obligations under the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27142/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Violet-Anne Wynne Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what his Department plans to do for the people of Palestine beyond merely recognising their right to exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27592/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Pauline Tully Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the response from the European Commission to the joint request from Ireland and Spain for an ‘urgent review’ of the EU-Israel Association Agreement; if the EU-Israel Association Council has recently been convened or if there is a date for it to be convened to review Israel’s compliance with the measures in that agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27575/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the latest engagements with the EU that his Department has been involved in regarding the Israeli onslaught in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26976/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to the formal recognition of the state of Palestine, his proposals to support the Palestinian state and to hold Israel to account for the crimes currently being committed against the Palestinian people. [27490/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Marian Harkin Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress Ireland has made in helping to ensure the suspension and review of the EU/Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27458/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the latest engagements that his Department has been involved in with the United States in regard to the Israeli onslaught in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26977/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Richard Bruton Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the initiatives within the European Union to achieve a ceasefire, humanitarian aid and a lasting settlement in the Israeli/Palestine conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27586/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will work with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications to continue the tradition of working against nuclear proliferation and use the upcoming International Atomic Energy Agency general conference to address the issue of Israeli nuclear weapons, which given Israel's history of aggression, are as much a threat to the peace and stability of the region as the Iranian nuclear programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27522/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Thomas Gould Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the work to divest from companies involved in the arms trade in Israel. [27597/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Government intends to lodge a declaration of intervention in the case before the International Criminal Court taken by South Africa concerning the application on the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip against Israel. [27493/24]
• 2024-06-27
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had, or plans to have, any discussions with the US president or his counterparts in the US with regard to their financing and arming of Israel while it continues its assault on Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27577/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports available for those students fleeing war from Gaza now studying in Irish institutions. [26570/24]
• 2024-06-25
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with the Cabinet or his European counterparts in relation to seeking a suspension of Israel’s participation in Horizon Europe. [27062/24]
• 2024-06-20
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Justice

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 39 of 23 April 2024, for a status update on the number of people currently in Gaza who have permission to remain in Ireland, or who have a visa to live, study or work in Ireland; the steps being taken by her Department to assist them in exiting Gaza; the details of her Department’s engagement with the Department of Foreign Affairs in this regard since October 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26521/24]
• 2024-06-20
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Defence

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the value of all contracts for goods or services purchased by the Defence Forces from Israel and Israeli-based firms over the past two years; to provide the tendering notice publication number for the relevant tender competitions; the steps that were taken to ensure for Israeli companies that at all steps in the supply chain were not outside of the green line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26618/24]
• 2024-06-18
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 424 of 14 May 2024, if, given the circumstances, she will ensure that this appeal is reviewed (details supplied) as soon as possible in order that the person can return to her family here in Ireland and leave Gaza. [26015/24]
• 2024-06-12
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has any plans to provide extra supports to students from Gaza, in light of the awful situation they and their families have endured and continue to face in Palestine (details supplied); if he will take extra steps to further support these students; the measures he can take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25744/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government was advised in advance that Israel would record an engagement with the Irish Ambassador; his response to this occurrence; his response to the engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24716/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that at least 11 Palestinian graduates who came here to study on ICOS/Department of Foreign Affairs-/Irish Aid-sponsored scholarships have recently received a letter (details supplied); if he agrees that this is a poor choice of options, given the situation in Palestine; the reason the option to secure a two-year graduate work visa is not given to these Palestinian graduates as it is to their fellow overseas graduates; if he will commit to ensuring that this option is now extended to these graduates as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25120/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Holly Cairns Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to detail funding and resources provided by Ireland to organisations for the maintenance and establishment of field hospitals in Gaza; whether his department has been approached in regards to providing support for the establishment of a field hospital in Al Mawasi; and to detail what support the state can provide to medical professionals in Gaza seeking international assistance for the establishment and running of a field hospital. [25512/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the ‘urgent review’ of the EU-Israel Association Agreement requested jointly by Ireland and Spain on 14 February 2024; the response from the Commission to that ‘urgent review’ request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25560/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  John Lahart Fianna Fáil asked Defence

  Deputy John Lahart asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if as some media reports suggest, Ireland pays an Israeli government owned weapons company (details supplied) €295,000 each year to maintain drones bought from it, which the same company supplying aerial vehicles and drones being used to kill Palestinian people in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24982/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 23 May 2024, the names of the companies in respect of which fourteen individual dual-use export licences with a value of €52 million to end users in Israel in the period 7 October 2023 to 23 May 2024 were granted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24835/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Children

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth whether there is any expedited process available to facilitate the adoption of orphaned children in Gaza. [25316/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his department has been made aware of any Palestinian students who have been evacuated from Gaza by the Department of Foreign Affairs and wish to continue their education in Higher Education Institutions in the Republic of Ireland; and what steps has he taken to support such students to enrol in third-level education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25566/24]
• 2024-06-11
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what support will his department provide Irish-Palestinian third-level students that have been evacuated from Gaza and are seeking to continue their education in Ireland given they might not satisfy the residency requirement for the ‘free-fees initiative’ which also applies for the grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25567/24]
• 2024-05-29
  PQ
  Chris Andrews Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs who invited the Israeli ambassador to the national famine commemoration on 19 May 2024; his views on whether this was appropriate given the looming famine in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24334/24]
• 2024-05-28
  LOBBY
  Comhlámh 4 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Joint Letter to An Taoiseach on the humanitarian crisis in Gaza
  • Comhlámh's Justice for Palestine member groups asks TDs for their support in the South African at the ICJ
  • Comhlámh's Justice for Palestine member groups asked representatives to vote in support for South African case at the ICJ
  • Comhlámh requested the government to support South Africa at the ICJ and to break trade with Israel
• 2024-05-28
  PQ
  Mary Lou McDonald Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the case of a Palestinian woman (details supplied) who has fled from Gaza to join their family in County Dublin; and if she will take the necessary steps to support their visa application. [23606/24]
• 2024-05-23
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has engaged with the European Commission seeking a suspension of Israel’s participation in Horizon Europe. [23274/24]
• 2024-05-23
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his efforts to ensure that dual-use items exported to Israel are not used in military applications. [23276/24]
• 2024-05-23
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 18 April 2024, the number of dual-use export licence applications in respect of end-users in Israel approved by his Department since 7 October 2023; the value of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23073/24]
• 2024-05-23
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 18 April 2024, the total value of Ireland’s imports from Israel since 7 October 2023; the total value of Ireland’s exports to Israel since 7 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23075/24]
• 2024-05-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2024-05-21
  LOBBY
  The Union of Students in Ireland Education and Training

  • USI's lobbying work with the Minister for Further and Higher Education for the relevant period
• 2024-05-21
  LOBBY
  Irish Council for Civil Liberties Foreign Affairs

  • Ceasefire in Gaza
• 2024-05-21
  LOBBY
  Doras Luimní Foreign Affairs

  • Email to Minitser Michael Martin outlining concerns regarding conflict in Gaza and advocating for increased humanitariansupports to be provided
• 2024-05-21
  LOBBY
  Sabrina Joyce-Kemper 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Request DPOs progress the following actions: Join South Africa in the ICJ case, put forward a UN Motion for ceasefire in Palestine/ Israel, Suspend trade deal with Israel, Suspend derogations for Arms transiting Shannon on US flights.
  • Requested TDs to support Social Democrats Motion on joining South Africa's ICJ Case
• 2024-05-21
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland 4 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Email sent to all Irish MEPS highlighting joint letter sent to EU Commisioners calling for them to do more to end the war in Gaza.
  • Letters sent to all the delegation visiting the United States for St Patricks day to raise 3 questions related to Gaza with their US counterparts.
  • Email to politicians outlining our call for world leaders to do all they can to end the horrors faced by women in Gaza and the West Bank who are suffering unimaginable trauma due to the ongoing conflict.
  • Letter signed by ActionAid and 7 organisations sent to all political parties raising issue of forced displacement in Gaza.
• 2024-05-21
  LOBBY
  Front Line Defenders Foreign Affairs

  • Support for human rights defenders from Gaza and their families
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Neasa Hourigan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether the Irish Embassy in Israel sought political direction from his Department prior to signing or issuing particular statements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22548/24]
• 2024-05-21
  PQ
  Ivana Bacik Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will comment on the statement of Ireland in the International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion on Israeli Practice and Policies in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on 22 February 2024; and if he will comment on the statement of the Attorney General at [37], and its relation to the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [23010/24]
• 2024-05-20
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Campaign calling for Irish government action to stop Israeli assault on Rafah
  • Campaign calling for Senators to support CEG Motion on Gaza
  • Campaign calling for Ireland to joinf South Africa's ICJ Filing
• 2024-05-20
  LOBBY
  DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS Foreign Affairs

  • Taoiseach's St Patrick's Day Meeting with President Biden
• 2024-05-20
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Highlight ActionAid briefing note regarding the forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza and also for wider discussions on the crises.
  • Discuss the war in Palestine with other agencies and Tanaiste.
  • Emailed all major political parties asking them to support the Social Democrats motion calling for the Irish Government to support South Africa’s case against Israel under the Genocide Convention in the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
• 2024-05-20
  LOBBY
  Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Foreign Affairs

  • Alerting to the catastrophic humanitarian and medical situation in Gaza.
• 2024-05-20
  LOBBY
  Liam Moran Trade

  • Transportation of Irish designed medical devices to war zones in Gaza and Ukraine
• 2024-05-20
  LOBBY
  Uplift 6 returns Foreign Affairs MarineLocal Government

  • DPOs were Tweeted asking them to support the idea of a city twinning agreement between Cork and Gaza as a mark of solidarity with Palestinian people
  • DPOs were contacted via TikTok asking that the Irish government does everything it can to ensure the Freedom Flotilla carrying aid to Gaza is given an Irish flag to sail under.
  • Emails were sent to Simon Harris asking the government to formally recognise the State of Palestine.
  • All TDs were emailed and called asking them to vote for Ireland to join South Africa the International Criminal Court case against Israel.
  • DPOs were emailed asking them to stop the Irish government from blocking the Occupied Territories Bill.
  • Emails were sent to Cork County Councillors asking them to support the Boycott, Divest and Sanction Campaign motion
• 2024-05-17
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)
• 2024-05-17
  LOBBY
  St Patrick's Mental Health Services Foreign Affairs

  • A letter from members of SPMHS staff to the Israeli ambassador about mental health and human rights concerns due to the bombardment of Gaza was cc'ed to An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar
• 2024-05-15
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  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]
• 2024-05-15
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Defence

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the up-to-date position on risk assessments carried out on the safety impact to Irish peacekeeping troops serving in Lebanon on their monitoring of the blue line between Lebanon and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22106/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps being taken by him at a European Union ministers of foreign affairs level to get agreement to aid, support and facilitate war refugees from Israel's genocidal war on the Palestinian in the same way that Ukrainian war refugees were supported by countries in the EU, including Ireland, over the past two years. [21483/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Holly Cairns Social Democrats asked Transport

  Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport if he or his Department has been approached by the organisers of a group (details supplied) as regards offering the flotilla the Irish flag in order for them to sail lifesaving aid to Gaza; if so, to provide details of the engagement; and if he would consider allowing them to sail under the Irish flag. [21246/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will immediately suspend the granting of export licences for dual-use items to Israel in light of the decision of the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a resolution demanding an arms embargo on Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21468/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of a case of a person (details supplied); if she will expedite the visa application so the person can join their family in Ireland and escape the dangers being faced in Gaza. [21963/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Justice

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice if, given the ongoing situation in Gaza, she will stop the issuing of new travel and work visas for Israeli citizens coming to Ireland. [21307/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice if consideration has been given to the introduction of special measures similar to those introduced to fast-track the processing and facilitation of Ukrainian war refugees under the temporary protection system for those who are fleeing the Israeli genocidal war on Palestine. [21482/24]
• 2024-05-14
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been forcibly displaced four times in Gaza after the building in which they lived was completely destroyed and whose parents and siblings in Ireland are desperate for the person to join them; if she and her Government colleagues will implement special measures in fast-tracking visa applications, similar to the fast-tracking of visa applications for Ukrainian refugees, for Palestinians who urgently want to join family here; if she will expedite the person’s visa application as a matter of priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21623/24]
• 2024-05-13
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Letter to Taoiseach in advance of European Council meeting re urgent action needed in view of serious risk of genocide in the occupied Gaza Strip
  • Letter to Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin re signs of genocide in Gaza and impending Israeli ground invasion of Rafah
  • Joint NGO meeting with Tánaiste Micheál Martin to discuss the ongoing situation in Gaza
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the timeframe in which he intends to submit a declaration to intervene in the case of South Africa v. Israel taken under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice, ICJ. [21105/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Marian Harkin Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he has taken to persuade the European Commission to suspend the EU-Israel association agreement. [20548/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the latest worrying statements by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu on Israel Defense Forces, IDF, action in Rafah will speed up Ireland’s recognition of the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20882/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on his most recent communications with his European counterparts in relation to imposing sanctions on Israel in light of the International Court of Justice’s recent ruling that there is a plausible case that Israel may be committing genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20911/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has been in contact with the German government about the suppression of the Irish language and other forms of censorship in relation to protests in Germany against genocide and Israel’s actions in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20912/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Pauline Tully Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the progress that has been made to date to intervene in the case initiated by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice; to detail the work that needs to be undertaken before a declaration is filed; the timeframe within which a declaration will be filed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20902/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the progress being made to recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20537/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will call on US President Biden to stop providing military aid and support to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20887/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Mark Ward Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will recognise the State of Palestine; the work being carried out by the State in the European Union to promote Palestinian statehood. [12763/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Pauline Tully Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the discussions taking place with other European countries on a joint declaration of recognition of the State of Palestine; the timeframe within which Ireland will give formal recognition to the State of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20901/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Mark Ward Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on when the Government will recognise the State of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20711/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of Ireland’s request to the European Commission that a review be conducted of Israel’s compliance with its human rights obligations under the EU-Israel Association Agreement. [20778/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Alan Farrell Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to detail his engagements with European counterparts on efforts to increase the level of humanitarian aid into Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20572/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Alan Farrell Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens that remain in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20573/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress in announcing formal recognition of the State of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20729/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Brendan Howlin Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to set out his actions of recent times to end the Israeli assault on Gaza; the discussions he has had with governments in the region; the contacts he has had with the US government; the attitude of other EU foreign ministers to the ongoing tactics being employed by Israel; the efforts made to secure an immediate ceasefire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20908/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide an update on the proposed air dropping of aid in Gaza. [20749/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline the distinct actions his Department is taking to ensure the enactment of the Occupied Territories Bill 2018, given the all-out slaughter taking place in Gaza, the harassment and assassination of Palestinians by settlers, the raids by security forces on communities across the occupied West Bank and the blocking of medical services for critically-injured people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20883/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a timeline for the recognition of Palestine. [20748/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 7 March 2024, the details of his engagement at EU level to seek a review of whether Israel is complying with its human rights obligations under the EU Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20840/24]
• 2024-05-09
  PQ
  Darren O'Rourke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position regarding the proposed reappointment of Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission, considering her interventions in respect of Israel's aggression against the people of Palestine. [20813/24]
• 2024-05-08
  LOBBY
  Trinity College Dublin Students' Union Foreign Affairs

  • met Senator Lynn Ruane to get support for TCD BDS and Trinity's links with Israel on 7 April 2024
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 23 of 7 March 2024, for an update on Ireland’s plans to support South Africa’s case against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice; if Ireland’s Declaration of Intervention has been filed to date; if not, when it will be filed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20856/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 62 of 7 March 2024, the timeline for when Ireland will formally recognise the State of Palestine; the details of his engagement at EU level on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20857/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Transport if he will allow the use of Ireland's flag for the freedom flotilla carrying aid to Gaza; an urgent and practical measure which would have an immediate humanitarian impact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20675/24]
• 2024-05-08
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Children

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to correspondence received by his office (details supplied), if he agrees that arrangements must be put in place to help these vulnerable people; if he will ensure that measures are put in place to house asylum-seekers from Palestine (West Bank and Gaza) in appropriate accommodation; and if a person can be accommodated in Blackrock House. [20488/24]
• 2024-05-01
  LOBBY
  Crosscare Justice and Equality

  • Crosscare sent 1 email to Taoiseach's Constituency Office <[email protected]> and Tánaiste <[email protected]> in relation to Irish Residence Permits for the non-Irish family members of 4 Irish evacuees from Palestine.
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the recent report that Irish protesters were told at a pro-Palestine protest camp in Berlin that they were not allowed to speak Irish by German police; if he agrees that this is an unacceptable development and infringes a person's right to speak a language of their choice and is a dangerous precedent to set; if he will clarify if this violates any article of the European Convention on Human Rights or any other legislation; if he intends to raise this matter with his German counterpart with a view to expressing his concerns that Irish citizens were instructed not to speak their national language and under which legislation was this ordered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18937/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he sought access to Gaza ahead of his recent visit to Egypt and Jordan; the reason his itinerary did not include engaging with Palestinian officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19124/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Transport

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport what additional measures have been put in place by his Department to screen aircraft seeking exemptions under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 to ensure that Ireland is not being used as a transit point for weapons which may be exported to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18998/24]
• 2024-04-30
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if any Israeli West Bank settler organisations are considered proscribed and subject to restrictive measures or sanctions by the State on the basis that the construction of settlements seriously destabilises the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structure of Palestine (details supplied); if any Israeli West Bank settler organisations are considered proscribed and subject to restrictive measures or sanctions by the State on the basis of their connection with reported violence against Palestinian civilians that seriously destabilises the fundamental political, constitutional, economic or social structure of Palestine; if the State is considering imposing any sanctions on such organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19020/24]
• 2024-04-25
  PQ
  Neasa Hourigan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his Department's engagement with the United States regarding the role of the US government in the arming of Israel amid the ongoing bombardment of Gaza, particularly in light of the recent UN Human Rights Council resolution calling for a halt to arms exports to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18654/24]
• 2024-04-25
  PQ
  Neasa Hourigan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the engagement the Embassy of Ireland in Israel has had with the Israeli government regarding the ongoing bombardment of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18655/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Justice

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 35 of 22 February 2024, the number of people currently in Gaza who have permission to remain in Ireland, or who have a visa to live, study or work in Ireland; the steps being taken by her Department to assist them in exiting Gaza; the details of any engagement between her Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs in this regard since October 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17852/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Seán Sherlock Labour Party asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Taoiseach the amount of exports to Israel in the months of February and March 2024, by value and type of export, in tabular form. [17299/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Seán Sherlock Labour Party asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Taoiseach the amount of imports from Israel in 2023 and to date in 2024, by value and type of export, in tabular form. [17300/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 132 of 16 April 2024, to clarify the steps taken to ensure that US Air Force C17 Globemaster aircraft number 08-8021 was not carrying weapons or munitions when it travelled through Shannon Airport on 10 April 2024 and landed in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 11 April 2024, and was further tracked flying over Israel, Jordan and Egypt on 13 and 15 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17984/24]
• 2024-04-23
  PQ
  Catherine Murphy Social Democrats asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Finance if the Central Bank, as part of its investment strategies, has any interests directly in or with Israel; and if so, the details of same. [18094/24]
• 2024-04-18
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline the process his Department uses to assess the granting of export licences for dual-use goods to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16986/24]
• 2024-04-18
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 8 February 2024, the number of dual-use export licence applications in respect of end-users in Israel approved by his Department since 7 October 2023; the value of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16847/24]
• 2024-04-18
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of Ireland’s imports from Israel since 7 October 2023; the total value of Ireland’s exports to Israel since 7 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16848/24]
• 2024-04-18
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide the number of times the Irish ambassador to Israel has appeared on Israeli state TV and radio or written opinion pieces in Haretz in the past 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17093/24]
• 2024-04-18
  PQ
  Ivana Bacik Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent engagement with the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights in the West Bank and Gaza. []
• 2024-04-18
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs following the International Court of Justice setting 28 October 2024 as the deadline by which South Africa must submit its memorial in the case of South Africa v Israel taken under the Genocide Convention, if it is still the intention of the Government to refrain from submitting a declaration of intervention until after that point; if so, the timeframe thereafter in which he intends to submit such a declaration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17155/24]
• 2024-04-18
  PQ
  John Paul Phelan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reasons the Government is willing to recognise the independence of Palestine but not the independence of Taiwan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17199/24]
• 2024-04-17
  PQ
  Darren O'Rourke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of US military aircraft inspected in Shannon by the IAA for weapons on stopover while en route to Israel since 7 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16946/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Darren O'Rourke Sinn Féin asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach to report on the levels of exports to Israel in 2020, 2021, 2022; 2023 and to date in 2024 and if there has been any change in the level of agricultural exports since 7 October 2023. [16030/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what steps, if any, were taken to ensure that US Air Force C17 Globemaster aircraft number 08-8201 was not carrying weapons or munitions when it travelled through Shannon Airport on 10 April 2024, coming from Mac Dill US Air Force base in Tampa, Florida, and which then travelled on to Tel Aviv, Israel on 11 April 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16760/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the recent violations of the inviolability of diplomatic missions in breach of the Vienna Convention by the government of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16551/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Ivana Bacik Labour Party asked Finance

  Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if he will make a statement on the recent Ireland Strategic Investment Fund divestment from certain investments in occupied territories. [16164/24]
• 2024-04-16
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, in light of the United Nations Human Rights Council demanding a halt of arms sale to Israel, he will suspend the granting of export licences for dual-use items to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15972/24]
• 2024-04-11
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice what options are available to a woman allowed into Ireland under the EU Ukraine Directive to have their mother and brother (who are from Gaza but are now in Cairo in an MSF facility) join them in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15772/24]
• 2024-04-10
  PQ
  Pearse Doherty Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if he has engaged or will engage with fellow members of Economic and Financial Affairs Council, ECOFIN, to secure financial and economic sanctions against the State of Israel in response to flagrant violations of international law committed by the State of Israel in Gaza and the occupied territories of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15274/24]
• 2024-04-10
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the efforts of Palestine to secure full membership of the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15542/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Seán Sherlock Labour Party asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Taoiseach the amount of exports to Israel in 2023 and 2024 year to date segmented by value and type of export, in tabular form. [13946/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Alan Dillon Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will share the plans related to the dispatch of Irish military aircraft to the Middle East for the purpose of delivering crucial humanitarian aid to Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13668/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts his Department are making to ensure the ICJ meet to assess the accountability of Israel in relation to the preliminary ruling issued in the South African case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14800/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the points of law under which he intends to intervene in the case taken by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention; by when he intends to bring his draft Declaration of Intervention under Article 63 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice to Cabinet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14849/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs in view of his commitment to intervene in the case taken by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention, the sanctions he proposes introducing against Israel arising from their commissioning and prosecution of genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14850/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the bombing by Israel of a World Central Kitchen team that were travelling in a deconflicted zone in two armoured cars branded with the WCK logo; if he will initiate any sanction against Israel for this attack which killed seven aid workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15159/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, following the lodging of a Declaration of Intervention by Ireland in the case of South Africa v Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice, it is his intention that Ireland would submit written observations or seek an oral hearing from the court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15169/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Neasa Hourigan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to follow the steps taken by Spain and set about officially recognising the state of Palestine in the first half of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15239/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether the RTI unit has examined, and is satisfied, that member-based organisations and/or companies, either Irish or multi-national Irish based, with which it confers, consults or liaises on matters of defence and security, have no financial or other material interest in Israeli companies, companies in the OPT, or engage in activities beneficial to or related to the IDF or any other Israeli military or security operations, given Israel’s ongoing actions in Gaza that fit the definition of Torture, War Crimes and Ethnic Cleansing, with ‘Plausible Genocide’ under active consideration by the ICJ. [13852/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Transport

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport whether weapons bound for Israel are transiting through Shannon Airport; if he will immediately stop the use of Shannon as a transit hub for an active enabler of the genocidal violence happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14052/24]
• 2024-04-09
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Agriculture

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 260 of 21 March 2024, to detail the two consignment of cattle shipped to Israel specifically when these shipments were made; the number of cattle involved and the private entity that arranged it; to further clarify if Department officials inspected these consignments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14977/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the engagements between his Department and-or the Defence Forces with the Israel Defense Forces or other Israeli bodies since January 2023; and if proposals for further engagements are currently under consideration or review. [13158/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Defence

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a restriction or embargo will be introduced on Israel and Israeli companies on any future acquisition of defence equipment for the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13250/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will report on the capacity of the Air Corps to contribute to efforts providing humanitarian aid to the people of Gaza. [13154/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Neasa Hourigan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to conduct a detailed assessment of whether genocide is being committed in the context of the war in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13357/24]
• 2024-03-21
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Agriculture

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cattle are still being exported to Israel from Ireland; if so, how this is appropriate, given that the people of Gaza are being starved and face famine; if the Government has any intention of halting the export of cattle and other foodstuffs to Israel in the face of impending famine in Gaza; if he accepts that this is seen by many as putting money before the lives of Gazans who are being slaughtered daily; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13488/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  James Lawless Fianna Fáil asked Taoiseach

  Deputy James Lawless asked the Taoiseach for a report on his joint correspondence, along with the Spanish Prime Minister, to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the situation in Gaza. [7943/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Seán Haughey Fianna Fáil asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a report on his joint correspondence, along with the Spanish Prime Minister, to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen calling for an urgent review of whether Israel is complying with its human rights obligations under the EU-Israel association agreement. [9015/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Mary Lou McDonald Sinn Féin asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a report on his joint correspondence, along with the Spanish Prime Minister, to European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen on the situation in Gaza. [9140/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Mick Barry People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Taoiseach for a report on his joint correspondence, along with the Spanish Prime Minister, to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the situation in Gaza. [9341/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach for a report on his joint correspondence, along with the Spanish Prime Minister, to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the situation in Gaza. [10615/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach for a report on his joint correspondence, along with the Spanish Prime Minister, to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the situation in Gaza. [10621/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his discussions with international partners regarding the air dropping of food to Gaza; the timeframe in which it is intended to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11973/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to reports regarding Israeli settlers storming the Erez crossing in north Gaza and constructing wooden structures which often precedes action through the Israeli legal system to establish settlements which are illegal under international law; if he has raised this specific incident with the representative of the Israeli government to Ireland; what the Irish diplomatic response would be should Israel attempt to re-establish settlements within Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11974/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the US Air Force Gulfstream 5 executive jet number 99-0402 was permitted to fly and through Irish air space and land and refuel in Shannon Airport on 3 March 2024 on its way to Frankfurt (callsign SAM265) and from there to Cyprus and then Tel Aviv Israel on 4 March 2024; if he has concerns that this may breach Irish neutrality, given the allegations of war crimes and the potential genocide taking place in Palestine according to the ICJ, for which arms and munitions are being supplied by the US; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12147/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Justice

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice what provision her Department has made for Palestinians who have fled the war in Gaza to seek asylum in Ireland in circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13364/24]
• 2024-03-20
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Justice

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice what bespoke scheme, if any, exists for Palestinians fleeing the conflict in Gaza to come to Ireland. [13128/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will urgently set a date on which Ireland will officially recognise the state of Palestine. [11047/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Brendan Howlin Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he supports the call of the UN Secretary General for an independent investigation into the deaths of more than 100 Palestinians as they sought aid in Gaza; the action he has taken to avoid mass starvation in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11215/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his position regarding the proposed reappointment of Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission considering her interventions in respect of Israel's aggression against the people of Palestine. [11048/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will work with like-minded countries in the EU, or elsewhere, to organise an airdrop of emergency food and medical supplies to the people of Gaza who are being bombed, shelled, starved and besieged by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10892/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government has made a decision on if and when Ireland will support South Africa's case against Israel in the ICJ, which alleges that the latter is committing genocide in Palestine. [11134/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs in light of his statement of 30 January last, if he has received legal analysis of the genocide convention, the court's provisional measures order and consultation with other contracting parties regarding the case taken by South Africa against Israel; and if he has concluded his urgent consideration in respect of to the filing of a declaration of intervention. [10949/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Alan Dillon Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he could provide an update on the current situation in Gaza; outline what actions the Irish Government is taking at both EU and UN levels to contribute to a resolution of the ongoing issues in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11140/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a status update on Ireland's plans to support South Africa's case against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11057/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his efforts to secure a review of Israels adherence to human rights clauses within the EU Israel Association agreement; and if Ireland will demand a suspension of this agreement until such stage as Israel adheres to its obligations under international law. [10948/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland, in light of Belgium’s move to support South Africa’s case against Israel in the International Court of Justice, has plans to shift its position to one of support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3821/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what political and/or diplomatic actions Ireland is taking at EU level, in the matter of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s high-profile and unilateral support for Israel, and particularly, given the recent remarks of the High Representative of EU and Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Mr Josep Borrell, on how those actions have had “a high geo-political cost for the EU”; what mechanisms are in place, or will be put in place in the interest of the union, its values and credibility, to censure such actions already taken, and to ensure they are not repeated by the Commission president or any other senior EU office holder in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10893/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Brendan Griffin Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland can help provide more effective humanitarian aid for Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11106/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Pauline Tully Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will consider contributing to the aid drop currently being undertaken by Jordan to bypass the Israeli blockade of humanitarian aid to Gaza, which is in contravention of one of the six provisional measures ordered by the International Court of Justice on 26 January 2024 to allow humanitarian assistance into the Gaza Strip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11138/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on his and his Department’s recent interactions with European states and with the United States of America about Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11114/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 25 January 2024, his plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine, as per the commitment in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11056/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Rose Conway-Walsh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline any engagement he or his Department has had with EU High Representative Josep Borrell Fontelles, or his office, on the potential suspension of the EU-Israel trade association agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11145/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of his engagement at EU level following the recent letter signed by the Taoiseach and the Spanish Prime Minister for a review of whether Israel is complying with its human rights obligations under the EU/Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11187/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Brendan Howlin Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he supports the campaign by more than 50 journalists calling on Israel and Egypt to provide free and unfettered access to Gaza for all foreign media; the steps he will take to achieve this important objective; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11216/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Defence

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if a risk assessment has been carried out on the impact to Irish peacekeeping troops serving in Lebanon on their monitoring of the blue line between Lebanon and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11109/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his engagements with Irish institutes of higher education regarding their ongoing collaboration with counterparts in Israel; and if he has raised any concerns with University College Dublin related to their Israeli counterpart fundraising for student reservists that took part in the Israeli assault on Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11400/24]
• 2024-03-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if, given the request of the Taoiseach that the European Commission urgently review whether Israel is complying with its obligations to respect human rights in Gaza under the EU-Israel Association Agreement, he has similarly sought review of Israel’s participation in Horizon Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11401/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Holly Cairns Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department will consider cooperating with other states in conducting air drops of food and other aid into Gaza. [10839/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the joint Irish-Spanish diplomatic initiative demanding a review of how Israel is fulfilling its human-rights obligations in its conduct in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10920/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he and his Government are satisfied that Israel is fulfilling its obligations in the matter of respect for human rights and democratic principles enshrined in Article Two of the EU-Israel Trade agreement; if it is not, what actions it is taking and demanding at the highest executive level of the EU in such regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10921/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he and his Department are satisfied that Israel qualifies as suitable and appropriate as a trading partner for Ireland and the EU given its actions in Gaza and the Occupied West Bank; if he does not, what actions he is currently taking and/or intends to take to address that situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10923/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether Ireland will impose economic sanctions on Israel; if it will not, to outline why not; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10924/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his efforts to secure an interim agreement approaching the level of comprehensive trade agreement between the European Union and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10974/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 28 of 25 January 2024, if his Department has advised against or expressed reservations in relation to the granting of dual use export licence in relation to exports to Israel in the period 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10975/24]
• 2024-03-06
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his engagement with the current ongoing talks to ensure a ceasefire, and that unhindered humanitarian assistance is provided for the people of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11110/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 63 of 27 February 2024, how Irish medical volunteers can offer their services specifically to communities of individuals displaced from Gaza to third countries, for example, Egypt; the steps his Department will take to assist individuals or groups who contact them expressing an intention to do so; what contact points in the Department are suitable for such individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10589/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 27 February 2024, if he is aware of an offer by a group 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 to communities displaced from Gaza into third countries, for example, Egypt (details supplied); if he has considered this offer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10590/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of a study published by Don't Buy into Occupation, a Palestinian civil society group, which found that 776 European banks provided financial support for 51 companies involved in the construction of the illegal settlements, and which found that from January 2020 to August 2023, these banks contributed $164.2 billion to these illegal activities; his response to this report; his efforts at EU level to prevent European banks from engaging in financial illegal activities in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10694/24]
• 2024-03-05
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice which visas are most suitable for Palestinians in Gaza to apply for in order to be permitted to enter Ireland; which visas are most suitable specifically for those with no family here, but who have previously resided in Ireland and for family members of such individuals; her Department's current policy on approving visa applications for Palestinians from Gaza; to provide a breakdown of available visas for Palestinians and guidance on which are most suitable for different categories of applicant, including guidance on making a successful application; if her Department will publish guidance in Arabic to potential applicants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9990/24]
• 2024-02-28
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Enterprise

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware that Ireland imported €5.08 billion of goods from Israel in 2022 and €2.15 billion worth in 2021 (details supplied), yet in 2020, imports were only €138 million, which was par for the course on previous years; what precipitated the jump in trade after 2020; and as a significant trading partner with Israel, what part is Ireland playing in terms of trade in the cessation of the horrific events in Palestine. [9486/24]
• 2024-02-28
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the avenues a person with a three-month visa who has arrived in Ireland from Gaza can now use to apply for citizenship in Ireland whose close family member holds a work visa permit in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9469/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  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]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs how Irish medical volunteers might be able to offer their services in Gaza, or to communities of individuals displaced from Gaza, for example in Rafah, Egypt, in light of the worsening humanitarian and health crisis unfolding in Gaza; the steps his Department will take to assist individuals or groups who contact them expressing an intention to do so; what contact points in the Department are suitable for such individuals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9268/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the up-to-date position regarding the provision of emergency humanitarian aid in Gaza and the surrounding region (details supplied); if this includes the potential for direct deployment of Irish medical professionals; if this further includes the potential for deploying a humanitarian response that is not initiated through the DG ECHO platform; if this includes assisting and facilitating Irish medical professionals seeking to volunteer in Gaza or the surrounding region; his views on how the HSE Global Health Programme might support the amelioration of the humanitarian and health crisis in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9269/24]
• 2024-02-27
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 74 of 8 February 2024, if in light of concerns related to the ongoing genocide against the Palestinian people in Gaza, he will provide additional information which would allay concerns that export licences may been issued for products or components used by military forces or for military applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9381/24]
• 2024-02-22
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Justice

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the number of people currently in Gaza who have permission to remain in Ireland, or who have a visa to live, study or work in Ireland; the steps being taken by her Department to assist them in exiting Gaza; the details of any engagement between her Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs in this regard since October 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8203/24]
• 2024-02-20
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs given his statement of 26 January 2024 when he recalled the commitment by Dáil Éireann to "strongly consider intervention" in the South Africa case at the ICJ, and stated that he had asked his officials to prepare legal advice for his consideration on an "urgent basis"; if he will brief Dáil Éireann on the detailed particulars of the legal advice he has sought; if he will provide that legal advice to Dáil Éireann; if he will outline a deadline for the State's decision regarding an intervention in the ICJ case, in the context of the slaughter of 30,000 Palestinians by Israel, the almost total destruction of civilian infrastructure and, now, the spread of famine and disease among a weak and vulnerable population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7448/24]
• 2024-02-20
  PQ
  Ged Nash Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government and the EU as a block will agree to call for an international declaration and statement calling on the Israeli government to lift its restriction on supplies of insulin and all other diabetes supplies and all other medications for long term medical conditions entering Gaza immediately; if he will detail any concrete and practical actions the Government has taken in this regard to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7479/24]
• 2024-02-20
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he believes further action from Ireland is warranted following attacks from Israel on civilians in Rafah; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7598/24]
• 2024-02-20
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised his concerns in relation to war crimes being committed by Israel in Rafah with the Israeli ambassador; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7904/24]
• 2024-02-15
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Tourism

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media her views on an organisation (details supplied) playing Israel in a EuroBasket qualifier, despite the ongoing genocide committed by Israel in Palestine. [6878/24]
• 2024-02-15
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Transport

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Transport if Shannon Airport or any other facility of the State is not being used in any way which facilitates the United States' military support for Israel's war on Gaza, by military personnel in any way participating in, advising, or in any way supporting Israel's military assault on Gaza, where the ICJ has said there is a plausible risk of genocide; if he will provide reassurances that adequate, rigorous inspection processes are in place to ensure that US aircraft are unarmed, carry no arms, ammunition or explosives or otherwise engage in any form of activity which would facilitate or contribute to the commission of a genocide in Gaza, noting Ireland's obligation under the Genocide Convention to pro-actively prevent the act of genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7343/24]
• 2024-02-14
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider calling on the Israeli government to lift its restriction on supplies of insulin, other diabetes supplies and all other medications for long term conditions from entering Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7017/24]
• 2024-02-14
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of dual-use export licences issued in relation to Israel in 2023; the value in relation to such exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6928/24]
• 2024-02-14
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of dual-use export licences applied for in relation to Israel since 1 January 2023; the number approved; if the Department of Foreign Affairs were consulted and if any concerns were expressed in relation to human rights; the value in relation to such applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6929/24]
• 2024-02-14
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the statements of the Chief Financial Officer of a Japanese company (details supplied) in relation to their suspension of a memorandum of understanding with an Israeli military manufacturer and such action being taken in consideration of the ruling of the International Court of Justice of 26 January 2024 in the case of South Africa v. Israel; if he has considered suspending the granting of exporting licences to Israel in light of the judgement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6930/24]
• 2024-02-14
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if in light of suspension of two export licences in relation to the export of gunpowder to Israel by the government of Wallonia, he believes that the order for provisional measures of the International Court of Justice of 26 January 2024 in the case of South Africa v. Israel may have implications regarding the issuance of export licences for dual-use items to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6931/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of reports a Palestinian-Canadian journalist (details supplied) has been abducted by Israeli authorities in Gaza; if he is aware of reports that journalists are being targeted by Israeli authorities in Gaza; if he has raised the issue with the Government of Israel; if he has raised the issue with the Government of Canada; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6071/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a US Navy Hercules KC130T aircraft was allowed to land and refuel at Shannon Airport on two occasions recently (details supplied); the reason this aircraft was allowed to land and refuel at Shannon Airport in breach of international laws on neutrality; and if steps were taken to ensure that this aircraft was not transporting military materials to Israel in breach of the Government's duties under the Genocide Convention. [6105/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Jim O'Callaghan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a person (details supplied) can be facilitated in being evacuated from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6326/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of the case of a person (details supplied) who is in possession of an Irish residence permit and is trapped in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6409/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Brendan Howlin Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government accepts that Israeli settlement policy in the occupied Palestinian territories is a breach of peremptory norms of international law, including in particular international humanitarian law; if the Government recognises the obligation of the State not to recognise the illegal situation created by this breach, and not to aid or assist in maintaining this illegal situation; his views on whether this includes a legal obligation to abstain from entering into economic or other forms of relationship or dealings with Israel or Israeli entities that purport to acknowledge Israeli authority over Palestinian territory or which would give legal effect to settlement activities or would otherwise entrench the illegal situation; his views on whether the State has a duty to dissuade Irish business from contributing to violations of human rights and international humanitarian law, including by developing economic relations with settlement enterprises; whether the Implementation Group of the National Plan on Business and Human Rights has considered the issue; if so, to outline its view; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6653/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Finance

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Finance the measures he and his Department are taking to ensure that no products from illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine are imported into Ireland; if he and his Department are taking measures to prevent Irish goods being exported to Israeli companies which are complicit in the illegal settlement of Palestinian land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6204/24]
• 2024-02-13
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Finance

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Finance if Ireland holds any investments in US Treasury bonds that finance the provision of bombs and weapons to Israel; if he has any plans to divest from them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6577/24]
• 2024-02-08
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of dual-use export licence applications in respect of end-users in Israel approved by his Department since 7 October 2023; the value of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5477/24]
• 2024-02-08
  PQ
  Louise O'Reilly Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many dual-use licences were issued to exporters to trade in dual-use items with Israel since October 2023; if he has any concern that duel use items being traded with Israel are currently being used against civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Israel-Hamas war; and what actions his Department will be taking under the Control of Exports Act 2008 to end this trade if these items are being used to target civilians and civilian infrastructure. [5574/24]
• 2024-02-08
  PQ
  Martin Browne Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Martin Browne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment how many dual-use licences were issued to exporters to trade in dual-use items with Israel since October 2023; if he has any concern that duel use items being traded with Israel are currently being used against civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Israel-Hamas war; what actions his Department has taken under the Control of Exports Act 2008 to end this trade if these items are being used to target civilians and civilian infrastructure. [5674/24]
• 2024-02-08
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in light of the order of provisional measures of 26 January 2024 by the International Justice in the case of South Africa v. Israel, if he has conducted an analysis of Ireland’s legal obligations regarding the granting of export licences for dual use commercial items with military applications; if he has sought input from the Department of Foreign Affairs regarding human rights implications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5743/24]
• 2024-02-08
  PQ
  Holly Cairns Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if his Department will engage with the family of the person in Ireland in order to ensure safe passage out of Gaza. [5938/24]
• 2024-02-08
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a US military aircraft (details supplied) was permitted to land and refuel at Shannon airport on 1 February 2024; to clarify the steps that were taken to ensure that this aircraft was not involved in US military operations in support of the Israeli attacks in Gaza; to clarify what steps were taken to check what this aircraft was delivering to Ramstein air base; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5992/24]
• 2024-02-08
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a US military aircraft (details supplied) was permitted to land and refuel at Shannon airport on 1 February 2024; to clarify the steps that were taken to ensure that this aircraft was not involved in US military operations in support of the Israeli attacks in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5993/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the EU-Israel Association Agreement is due to be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5050/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what progress is being made on the detailed assessment of whether there is a risk that genocide is being committed in the context of the war in Gaza as a first step towards fulfilling Ireland's duty to prevent genocide under the Genocide Convention of 1948; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5079/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made in working with the European Commission to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement given that Israel is in flagrant breach of its obligations under the agreement (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5080/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Holly Cairns Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has met with or received any correspondence from representatives of South Africa in regards to their case against Israel in the International Court of Justice; and if so, if he would provide details of the correspondence. [5589/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when next the EU-Israel Association Agreement is due to be renewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5737/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Marc Ó Cathasaigh Green Party asked Justice

  Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application by (details supplied) for a short-stay visa in Ireland in order that they can leave Gaza for their own personal safety and survival, and reside with and be financially supported by their family member in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5115/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Marc Ó Cathasaigh Green Party asked Justice

  Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Justice for a status update on the application (details supplied) for a short-stay visa in Ireland in order that they can leave Gaza for their own personal safety and survival, and reside with and be financially supported by their family member in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5118/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Marc Ó Cathasaigh Green Party asked Justice

  Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Justice for a status update on the application (details supplied) for a short-stay visa in Ireland in order that they can leave Gaza for their own personal safety and survival, and reside with and be financially supported by their family member in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5119/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Marc Ó Cathasaigh Green Party asked Justice

  Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Justice for an update on an application of a person (details supplied) for a short-stay visa in Ireland in order that they can leave Gaza for their own personal safety and survival, and reside with and be financially supported by their family member in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5123/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Marc Ó Cathasaigh Green Party asked Justice

  Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Justice for a status update on the application (details supplied) for a short-stay visa in Ireland in order that they can leave Gaza for their own personal safety and survival, and reside with and be financially supported by their family member in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5124/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Marc Ó Cathasaigh Green Party asked Justice

  Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Justice for a status update on the application (details supplied) for a short-stay visa in Ireland in order that they can leave Gaza for their own personal safety and survival, and reside with and be financially supported by their family member in Ireland,; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5127/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Marc Ó Cathasaigh Green Party asked Justice

  Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Minister for Justice for a status update on the application (details supplied) for a short-stay visa in Ireland in order that they can leave Gaza for their own personal safety and survival, and reside with and be financially supported by their family member in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5130/24]
• 2024-02-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the visa which would be appropriate for family members of dependents of Irish citizens currently in Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5727/24]
• 2024-02-01
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to ensure that the order made by the ICJ to prevent genocide in Gaza is followed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4768/24]
• 2024-02-01
  PQ
  Paul Donnelly Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will urgently conduct a detailed assessment of whether there is a risk that genocide is being committed in the context of the war in Gaza as a first step towards fulfilling Ireland’s duty to prevent genocide under the Genocide Convention of 1948. [4907/24]
• 2024-02-01
  PQ
  Paul Donnelly Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will continue to do everything in his power to ensure a permanent ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian assistance is provided for the people of Gaza. [4909/24]
• 2024-01-31
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the activities of the sole remaining animal shelter in Gaza, Sulala Animal Rescue, and its collaboration with Animals Australia; whether he has raised the issue of animal feed reaching the shelter through the Kerem Shalom checkpoint with the Israeli Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4410/24]
• 2024-01-31
  VOTE
  International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza · the motion · motion passed 71–62

  International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2024-01-31
  VOTE
  International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza · an amendment to the bill · motion failed 61–72

  International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2024-01-31
  VOTE
  International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza · Amendment again put: · motion passed 70–63

  International Court of Justice and Genocide in Gaza: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has made any effort to secure the suspension of the EU-Israel Association agreement considering the clear breach by Israel of the human rights clause within that agreement. [3227/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any interactions with the South African government in respect of the case against Israel under the Genocide Convention to the International Court of Justice and the circumstances in which he will propose that Ireland join that case. [3228/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Cathal Berry Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Cathal Berry asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if a risk assessment has been carried out on the impact on Irish troops and diplomats in the Middle East should Ireland formally support South Africa's Gaza case before the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3483/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a public statement supporting the South African case against Israel for genocide at the International Court of Justice, ICJ, and advocate for Ireland to formally intervene in the case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3348/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Mark Ward Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what measures the Irish State is taking to bring about a ceasefire in Gaza; the Government's position on the conditions of a ceasefire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3389/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Darren O'Rourke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs about the situation in Palestine; what legal advice he sought before deciding not to join South Africa's case at the ICJ; about progress on the occupied territories Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3344/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his proposed timeframe to officially recognise the state of Palestine. [3221/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what efforts he is making to assist Irish citizens or families with connections to this country who are seeking to escape Gaza and especially those who have contacted him seeking assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3349/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Pádraig O'Sullivan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on his engagement with the German Federal Foreign Minister; if the humanitarian situation in Gaza was discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3139/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the instances since 2020 whereby the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment have sought his Department’s input in respect of the granting of export licences for dual-use products to Israel; if he raised human rights concerns in relation to such; and if he advised against the granting of such export licences in any case. [3219/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine, as per the commitment in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3332/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs given the latest repeated rejection by the Israeli government of Palestinian statehood and the statement by Prime Minister Netanyahu that all territory west of the Jordan River would be under Israeli control, and if the minister will recognise now that state of Palestine. [3226/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans for Ireland to support South Africa's case against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3331/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his Department’s and the Government’s recent international interactions and planned future engagements on the issue of Gaza and the wider Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3289/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Mark Ward Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs why the Irish Government is not supporting the South African genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice for genocide; what crimes against humanity would need to be committed for the Irish Government to call this genocide; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3388/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has spoken with his EU counterparts in relation to the urgent need for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3140/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Pauline Tully Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his reason why, as a state party to the Genocide Convention with a responsibility to act to protect humanity, Ireland has not joined South Africa's genocide case against Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3333/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Marian Harkin Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the progress of getting family members of Irish citizens out of Gaza. [1667/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Marian Harkin Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will amend its policy to include first degree relatives on the list of evacuees that is being used to ensure their safe passage out of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2577/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Thomas Gould Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he will reconsider his position on the ICJ case on Palestine and join with South Africa. [3380/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Brendan Howlin Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any contact with the government of South Africa to discuss that country's legal case against Israel in the International Court of Justice, concerning the carnage being inflicted of the people of Gaza; if he sees a role for Ireland in assisting or supporting this case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3127/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs at what stage and in which conditions he would deem it appropriate to define Israel's killing of Palestinians as genocide. [3068/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline explicitly his reasons for not being in favour of backing South Africa's case accusing Israel of the genocide of Palestinians in the International Court of Justice. [3069/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Richard Bruton Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the work at EU and UN level which Ireland is undertaking in pursuit of peace and of a two-state solution in the Israel Palestine conflict. [2981/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Seán Haughey Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of Ireland in relation to the genocide case taken against Israel by South Africa in the International Court of Justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2556/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Marian Harkin Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will amend its policy to include first degree relatives on the list of evacuees that is being used to ensure their safe passage out of Gaza. [2578/24]
• 2024-01-25
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Defence

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will confirm what specific training the IDF members received during their time in the Irish Military College (details supplied); if there are IDF military personnel currently attending the Irish Military College; if he will continue to allow IDF members to train in Ireland, given that Israel is currently before the International Court of Justice following a case brought by South Africa accusing the country of committing genocide in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3458/24]
• 2024-01-24
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the undertakings secured from Israel during a meeting in October 2022 regarding the renewal of the EU-Israel Association agreement in relation to human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3272/24]
• 2024-01-24
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to advocate at EU level for the suspension of trade with Israel, in light of its ongoing actions in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3403/24]
• 2024-01-24
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on his engagement at EU level with a view to securing a ceasefire in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3404/24]
• 2024-01-24
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of Ireland’s financial and in-kind assistance to Palestine since October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3407/24]
• 2024-01-24
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Health

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if, in light of the worsening humanitarian crisis unfolding in Gaza, the alarming rate of conflict-related injury and illness affecting children there, the rate at which children are made orphans there, the destruction of Gazan hospitals, and the severe pressures on hospitals in the wider region, he is aware of calls to host Palestinian orphans in severe need of medical care in Ireland; if he is aware of pledges by the United Arab Emirates to evacuate up to 1,000 injured children from Gaza for treatment in hospitals in the UAE; if he is aware of the evacuation of dozens of displaced patients from Gaza to Turkey for treatment; if he is aware of any other medical evacuations of displaced Palestinians to other states; to look into undertaking a similar effort in Ireland; to outline what avenues humanitarians in the region could pursue to see sick and injured orphans from Gaza treated in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3152/24]
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide · the motion · motion passed 71–58

  Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide · an amendment to the bill · motion passed 71–59

  Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide · a sub-amendment · motion failed 59–71

  Gaza and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory · the motion · motion passed 71–62

  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed)
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory · an amendment to the bill · motion failed 60–71

  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed)
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory · an amendment to the bill · motion failed 59–71

  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed)
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory · an amendment to the bill · motion failed 60–71

  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed)
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory · an amendment to the bill · motion failed 62–70

  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed)
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory · an amendment to the bill · motion failed 62–70

  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed)
• 2024-01-24
  VOTE
  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory · Amendment again put: · motion failed 63–71

  Conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed)
• 2024-01-23
  LOBBY
  Clare Public Participation Network Foreign Affairs

  • Clare PPN wrote to Clare County Councillors to ask them to support a motion for a Ceasefire in Palestine and to support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions Campaign aimed to pressure the Israeli Government to respect the human rights of Palestinianst n relation to
• 2024-01-23
  LOBBY
  Uplift 3 returns Foreign Affairs Communications

  • Emails, calls and Tweets sent to the Tánaiste and the Taoseach asking that the Permanent Mission to the UN for Ireland would call for a ceasefire in Gaza
  • Emailed all TDs and Senators an invitation to an information session in the AV Room of Leinster House to discuss Meta's suppression of Palestinian journalists and activists
  • An open letter was emailed to Leo Varadkar, Micheál Martin and Eamon Ryan signed by 150 organisations calling for the government to support a humanitarian corridor in Gaza.
• 2024-01-23
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Defence

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence what measures are being taken to ensure safety of our peacekeeping troops stationed in Lebanon and in particular their monitoring of the Blue Line demarcation between Lebanon and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2744/24]
• 2024-01-23
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of reports that a number of Irish citizens are serving in the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), in light of Government statements that Israeli actions in Gaza may amount to war crimes, in light of the proceedings against Israel in the International Court of Justice under the Genocide Convention, in light of Ireland’s obligations as a signatory to the latter to take measures both to prevent and to punish the crime of genocide, including by punishing perpetrators, including private individuals, and in light of domestic legislation such as the Genocide Act 1973; his views on whether these individuals serving in the IDF may be in breach of Irish law; if he intends to publicly advise those eligible to serve in the IDF against doing so; his further views on whether it is appropriate for Irish citizens to serve in foreign militaries, particularly where the documented conduct of these militaries might seriously conflict with international human rights law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2768/24]
• 2024-01-23
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Defence

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if, in light of the French and Jordanian delivery of aid to Gaza using military aircraft, and in light of the fact that it is unconfirmed whether France received permission from Israel to carry out this operation, acknowledging that the Irish Air Corps has similarly capable CASA-CN235 aircraft, and acknowledging the deployment of these aircraft by the State in relief and evacuation operations in response to crisis situations in Ukraine and Lebanon, if he intends to look into deploying Irish military aircraft in operations to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2769/24]
• 2024-01-23
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 28 November 2023, to which no reply has been provided to date, the details of all export licences under the various categories of the Control of Exports (Goods and Technology) Order that have been approved and are currently in existence for export of goods to Israel; the number that fell within the scope of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1922; the type of export licence issued in each instance; if his Department has been made aware of exemptions from licensing requirements by exporters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2718/24]
• 2024-01-21
  LOBBY
  Nasc Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Co-signed open letter re humanitarian situation in Gaza
• 2024-01-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2024-01-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 7 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Letter requesting Irish Government to call on USA not to block upcoming UN Security Council resolution to demand an immediate ceasefire in Israel/OPT
  • Sharing letter from Amnesty's European Institutions Office to EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs in advance of European Council 26-27 October discussion on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Letter from Amnesty International's International Secretariat to the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs ahead of Foreign Affairs Council meeting re conflict in Israel and Gaza
  • Sharing letter from Amnesty International's Secretary General, Agnes Callamard, sent to all EU heads of Government ahead of extraordinary EU summit re conflict in Israel and Gaza
  • Briefing sent to members of Oireachtas on the conflict situation in Israel, Gaza and elsewhere in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
  • Letter in advance of emergency meeting of EU foreign affairs ministers on the conflict in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Request from members of the Irish Anti Apartheid Campaign for Palestine for a follow-up meeting further to our meeting on 27th July, on the situation on in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
• 2024-01-21
  LOBBY
  Sabrina Joyce-Kemper Foreign Affairs

  • DPOs Sign (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 into law. - Pass resolution calling for a ceasefire in both Israel & Gaza & West Bank & humanitarian aid to be allowed without restriction in Gaza. Do not issue any further exemptions pursuant to Article 5 of the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons, and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989, to the US for planes transiting Irish Airports. - Condemn any genocidal language used by the Israeli/ Palestinian diplomats in Ireland.
• 2024-01-21
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)
• 2024-01-20
  LOBBY
  DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS Foreign Affairs

  • Letter to An Taoiseach ahead of French Humanitarian Conference on Gaza
• 2024-01-20
  LOBBY
  Comhlámh 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Comhlámh, Access to Medicines, the Justice for Palestine Group together with other organisations wrote to An Taoiseach to increase diplomatic efforts to secure a ceasefire in Gaza
  • The Comhlámh Justice for Palestine group wrote a letter in support of human rights workers and Palestinians in the South Hebron Hilla
• 2024-01-19
  LOBBY
  Oxfam Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Lobbying for meeting with Oireachtas committee on crisis in Israel and Gaza
• 2024-01-19
  LOBBY
  DOCHAS - THE IRISH ASSOCIATION OF NON- GOVERNMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONS Foreign Affairs

  • Formal appearance with the Joint Committee to present evidence and update on current humanitarian crises and Dochas reaction to the ODA budget announcement for 2024
• 2024-01-19
  LOBBY
  Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Foreign Affairs

  • Alerting to the catastrophic humanitarian and medical situation in Gaza and the situation in Northern Gaza's hospitals
• 2024-01-18
  LOBBY
  Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • A call to action to our members asking them to lobby Irish parliamentarians to call for the protection of civilians in Israel and occupied Palestine following Hamas' attack on 7th October and subsequent Israeli military response.
  • Members presented to Irish parliamentarians and advisers in the Dáil on the violations of international law by the Israeli government, including forced displacement and violence against Palestinian civilians in the South Hebron Hills region of occupied Palestine.
• 2024-01-18
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland 4 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Letters sent to Leo Varadkar, Michael Martin, Sec Gen of D/Taoiseach and D/FA, Irish Ambassadors of all EU countries, Israel and United States and Perm Reps for EU and UN encouraging Ireland to use all diplomatic channels to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
  • Letter to Michael Martin ahead of EU Foreign Affairs Meeting regarding Gaza
  • Briefing sent to opposition parties and some independents to support in the debates in the Dail regarding Gaza.
  • ActionAid sent a coordinated letter with, Amnesty International Ireland, Christian Aid Ireland, Frontline Defenders, Global Legal Action Network, Irish Congress of Trade Unions, Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Sadaka - the Ireland Palestine Alliance, Trócaire to request a meeting with Minister Martin and set out the ongoing crises in Palestine.
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the ongoing membership of Israel in Horizon Europe; and if he has sought suspension of Israel's membership or receipt of funds through Horizon arising from ongoing breaches of international humanitarian law in the Occupied Palestinian Territories including the targeting and destruction of institutes of higher education in Gaza. [1939/24]
• 2024-01-18
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will report on collaboration between Irish institutes of higher education with counterparts in Israel. [1938/24]
• 2024-01-17
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • End Israel's Genocide in Gaza campaign
  • Suggested amendment to motion regarding Israel's war on Gaza
  • Suggested Parliamentary Questions regarding Israel's war on Gaza
• 2024-01-17
  LOBBY
  Oxfam Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Oxfam calls for Ireland's elected representatives to ensure international law is respected in Israel Gaza conflict, call for a permanent ceasefire and humanitarian access.
• 2024-01-17
  LOBBY
  Save the Children UK Foreign Affairs

  • Engagement on conflict escalation in occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) and Israel
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs in light of statements from members of the Israeli government that they will not allow for the establishment of a Palestinian state; if he will now honour the Programme for Government commitment to recognise the State of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56806/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government sought internal legal advice from the Office of the Attorney General or otherwise, in regard to Israel's actions in Gaza and its obligations under the Genocide Convention at any time since 7 October 2023. [1886/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Peadar Tóibín Aontú asked Foreign

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government received legal advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs or from the Attorney General on whether Israel's war in Gaza constitutes genocide, considering that Ireland is a signatory to the Genocide Convention and has legal obligations to fulfil, the Government needs to seek an urgent legal opinion on the matter; and if legal advice has been received, if he will provide a copy of the advice received, to Deputies. [1926/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason Ireland is not submitting the names and details of the families of Palestinian-Irish citizens for exit from Gaza as other countries have done, including the USA, Canada, Australia, Norway, France, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, and many others; if he will acknowledge that while these family members are not Irish citizens, their lives are endangered by lack of medication, food and clean water in addition to relentless bombing; if he will acknowledge that they will be accommodated by their family members here, and will not be a burden on the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56429/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Holly Cairns Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what efforts his Department is making to ensure the safe release of a person (details supplied) from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56555/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  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]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Jim O'Callaghan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether enquiries will be made to assist the journalists and their families (details supplied) and who are currently stuck in Gaza and attempting to get out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56733/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his efforts to ensure safe passage out of Gaza for an Irish-Palestinian person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56809/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will enact the Occupied Territories Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1000/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will invoke the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in relation to the activities of Israel in Palestine since October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1002/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Chris Andrews Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in the history of the State, diplomatic status has even been given to representatives of a political movement (such as the African National Congress or Palestine Liberation Organization), as opposed to the more standard diplomatic status for representatives of a State; and if this has not been granted, if he could explain how relations between the State and the ANC prior to the fall of Apartheid, or relations between the State and the PLO prior to the establishment of the Mission of Palestine in Dublin, were coordinated. [1559/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will be supporting South Africa in taking Israel to the International Court of Justice accusing it of crimes of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza; and if Ireland will support the people of Gaza in the International Court of Justice following violations by Israel of its obligations under the 1948 Genocide Convention and international law in relation to Palestinians in Gaza. [1857/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to ensure Ireland’s commitments under the political declaration regarding the use of explosive weapons in populated areas are being vindicated in relation to the ongoing bombardment by Israel of Gaza, one of the most densely populated areas on earth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1901/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he sought legal advice before deciding that Ireland would not participate in the ICJ case in respect of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2028/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Transport

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport if an aircraft (details supplied) was approved to carry weapons or munitions or US soldiers through Shannon Airport; the reason(s) such aircraft are permitted to refuel at Shannon airport on their way to the Middle East while war crimes are being committed in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1668/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Louise O'Reilly Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has investigated whether dual-use items being traded with Israel are currently being used against civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Israel-Hamas war; and what actions his Department will be taking under the Control of Exports Act 2023 to end this trade if these items are being used to target civilians and civilian infrastructure. [1793/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Louise O'Reilly Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment what powers his Department has to enact trade sanctions against Israel as a mechanism to stop the deliberate targeting of civilians and civilian infrastructure in the Israel-Hamas war; what powers rest at EU level; if he will give a breakdown of the powers that he has and the powers the EU has; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1794/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Éamon Ó Cuív Fianna Fáil asked Justice

  Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to open a special humanitarian pathway for residents of Gaza who have family residing in Ireland; if visa applications for residents of Gaza are being prioritised by her Department and the relevant embassy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1183/24]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Agriculture

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the footage posted by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to a livestock vessel which left Greenore Port for Israel on 7 December 2023, with around 3,500 young bulls on board; if he agrees that it is immoral, considering the suffering these animals experience on the journey; if he agrees that it is immoral that Ireland is sending these animals to a state inflicting genocide; if he will stop approving these shipments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56590/23]
• 2024-01-17
  PQ
  Cathal Crowe Fianna Fáil asked Agriculture

  Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an investigation (details supplied) into the transport of live animals from Ireland to Israel has been completed; and if, as a result of this, any actions will be taken to stop future shipments. [1023/24]
• 2024-01-04
  LOBBY
  Safetynet Primary Care Justice and Equality

  • Gaza Healthcare Letter to Taoiseach
• 2024-01-03
  LOBBY
  Doras Luimní Foreign Affairs

  • Letter calling for response to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza
• 2023-12-14
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details of what efforts Ireland is undertaking to ensure that Palestinians arrested by the Israeli military during the ongoing assault on Gaza are being treated humanely by their captors; if human rights organisations are being allowed access to prisoners to ensure their wellbeing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56187/23]
• 2023-12-13
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens currently in Gaza; the steps being taken by his Department to assist them in exiting Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55518/23]
• 2023-12-13
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) trapped in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55590/23]
• 2023-12-13
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Justice

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice if she is aware of the number of people currently in Gaza who have permission to remain in Ireland, or who have visas to live, study or work in Ireland; the steps being taken by her Department to assist them in exiting Gaza; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55519/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his role in the oversight in the stop-off of any military personnel or equipment at Irish ports or airports; if any such stop-off has included personnel or equipment on route to Israel or Palestine since 7 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54617/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the President of Israel stating during an RTÉ broadcast that Irish taxpayer monies had been misused in the construction of tunnels by Hamas, in light of a review of funding provided by the European Union to Palestine which found that safeguards work well and that 'no evidence has been found to date that money has been diverted for unintended purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54730/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the topics he discussed with Israeli officials during his visit to Israel in September of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54735/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Holly Cairns Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has reached out to his counterpart in the United States, or other representatives of the United States government on the situation in Gaza; and if so, to provide details on these engagements. [55228/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Marian Harkin Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will use his best efforts to evacuate persons from Gaza (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55432/23]
• 2023-12-12
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport his role in the oversight in the stop-off of any military personnel or equipment at Irish ports or airports; if any such stop-off has included personnel or equipment on route to Israel or Palestine since 7 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54616/23]
• 2023-12-07
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Transport

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the grounds on which aircraft on contract to the US military transportation command are being allowed by his Department to transit through Shannon Airport and through Irish airspace on their way to and from supporting wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, including Israeli bombardment of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54354/23]
• 2023-12-06
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice what schemes are available to Palestinians who are now Irish citizens for their families in Gaza to be evacuated to join them in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53927/23]
• 2023-12-06
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice if there are plans to assist families in Gaza to be evacuated from the region to join their families already living here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53928/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Chris Andrews Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if every support possible will be provided to them to assist with safe passage out of Gaza for their children [53263/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to list all meetings or telephone calls he has had with the foreign ministers or ambassadors of Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates from 7 October to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53318/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to the Department’s correspondence to the Oireachtas Committee of Public Accounts on 16 July 2021 (details supplied), the total compensation sought by the West Bank Protection Consortium from Israel to date; the amount received; if payment was not received, if the Irish Government sought to ensure that payment was received in advance of Foreign Ministers of the European Union agreeing to renew the EU-Israel Association Council in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53453/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland sought for the European Union to make renewal of the EU-Israel Association Agreement contingent upon Israeli payment of compensation sought to the West Bank Protection Consortium; if such a payment was sought and if so, the amount received; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53454/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the humanitarian assistance Ireland has provided to the people of Gaza during the temporary ceasefire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53460/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the humanitarian assistance that Ireland has provided to the people of Gaza in coordination with the European Union during the temporary ceasefire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53461/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland or the European Union have provided field hospitals to alleviate the humanitarian situation in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53462/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland or the European Union have provided humanitarian assistance in the form of Civil Defence equipment to the people of Gaza to assist rescuing the estimated 6,000 Palestinians trapped under rubble; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53463/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs in light of statements from Israel’s Heritage Minister that the dropping of a nuclear bomb on Gaza was ‘one of the possibilities’ with regard to Israel's ongoing assault on Gaza, whether or not it is the position of the Irish Government that the state of Israel possesses nuclear weapons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53464/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the reprimand of the Irish ambassador to Israel in response to a social media post by An Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53477/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to President of the European Commission burdening NGOs with bureaucracy in an attempt to stem aid to Palestine, in the spirit of an announced cessation of aid to Palestinian rebuked by Ireland and other member states, and despite a recent review having concluded that existing safeguards ‘work well’ and that ‘no evidence has been found to date that money has been diverted for unintended purposes’; and so as to ensure parity of treatment with regard to aid to Palestine and trade with Israel, in line with statements of the Taoiseach, the actions he has taken to limit trade with Israel in a comparative manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53480/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his efforts to secure the release of Palestinian people interned by Israel in administrative detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53481/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason Ireland abstained on the UN General Assembly resolution which called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights in accordance with previous Security Council resolutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53733/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the UN General Assembly resolutions and UN Security Council resolutions that Ireland has voted on that called on Israel to withdraw from the occupied Golan Heights, the dates of each resolution and the position taken by Ireland in each instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53734/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs given that the International Criminal Court is engaged in an active investigation of the situation in Palestine, including an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity, and given Ireland's political and financial support for the Court's work, if there are any plans to communicate advisories to Irish citizens and residents who may be serving or volunteering in the Israel Defence Forces on the potential legal consequences and individual criminal liability that could arise under both Irish and international criminal law from their conduct in the course of such service or volunteering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53774/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps taken to ensure that a US navy aircraft (details supplied) was not transporting US soldiers or military materials for delivery to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53820/23]
• 2023-12-05
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Agriculture

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will halt live cattle exports to Israel; to provide details of how many shipments of cattle and the number of cattle that have been exported to Israel since 7 October 2023. [53354/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he condemns the actions of Israel in Gaza that have resulted in the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians. [53017/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he proposes to take any measures, such as diplomatic, economic, trade, legal or political, against the Israeli Government in response to the ongoing breaches of international law by the State of Israel. [53018/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Peter Fitzpatrick Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Peter Fitzpatrick asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs in view of the devastating consequences of the ongoing conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, if he believes that a two-state solution is still possible; the steps he is taking towards this; if he will instruct Ireland's representative at the United Nations to initiate a "Uniting for peace" initiative to discuss a permanent and sustainable ceasefire and the lifting of the blockade on Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52894/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what measures are being taken to ensure exit from Gaza for Irish citizens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50213/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Marian Harkin Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what efforts his Department is making to ensure the safe passage of Irish citizens from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49932/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Pádraig O'Sullivan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update regarding his engagements with EU foreign affairs ministers in relation to the urgent need for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50163/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Darren O'Rourke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the memorandum of understanding between the European Commission and Egypt at the East Mediterranean Gas Forum; if he is further aware that this does not include a clause to exclude occupied Palestinian land, which contravenes Irish and EU policy that all agreements with Israel should be explicitly inapplicable to territories occupied by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52803/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Chris Andrews Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the effort he is making to secure a ceasefire in Israel’s ongoing offensive in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50156/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent engagements he has had with US Government representatives regarding the Israeli bombardment of Gaza; to what extent these discussions were about a roadmap to ceasefire in which US support would be crucial; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49936/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Francis Noel Duffy Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs how many Irish citizens remain in Gaza, and to comment on the delay in evacuating Irish citizens across the Rafah border; what action is being taken to secure their safe passage; what actions are being taken to ensure humanitarian aid is reaching those affected in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50161/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Pauline Tully Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No.10 of 15 June 2023 where he stated that the Government will "[h]onour our commitment to recognise the State of Palestine [to] protect the integrity of Palestinian territory", if the Government will now honour its commitment considering that the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has stated that Israel’s plan to double the settler population in the occupied Syrian Golan by 2027 was unprecedented, and that 700,000 Israeli settlers are living illegally in the occupied West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50276/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  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
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what sanctions he is willing to impose on Israel in order to increase international political pressure on it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49935/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Mark Ward Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures he and his Department are taking to bring about a call for a ceasefire in Palestine from other European states; the interactions he and the Department have had with their EU and Israeli counterparts to achieve this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50207/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent engagements with the Government of South Africa; and if he has sought to join its referral of the situation in Palestine to the International Criminal Court. [52836/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Mark Ward Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what actions his Department and the Government will take to bring about an end of the bombardment of Gaza by Israel; if sanctions are being considered; if the occupied territories Bill will be implemented; if the Government will recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50208/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Alan Farrell Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his Department's efforts to ensure that Irish citizens in Gaza can leave the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49604/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Alan Farrell Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of humanitarian aid his Department is providing to citizens of Gaza; how much of that aid is getting through; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49605/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he believes the actions of the Israeli Government with regard to the onslaught in Gaza should be referred to the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50268/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  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
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his most recent visit to Israel/Palestine; if he made a request to visit Gaza; if any such request was granted or refused; the reasons given for any refusal; the reason he did not visit Gaza on this trip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52856/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Michael McNamara Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael McNamara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland condemns the Israeli response in the Gaza Strip to 7 October 2023 attacks by Hamas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50232/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Alan Dillon Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he could provide an update on the current situation in Gaza; and the actions the Irish Government is taking at both EU and UN levels to contribute to a resolution of the ongoing issues in the region. [50222/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what efforts he has made with the Israeli Government to end the onslaught in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50267/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to call for a comprehensive international arms embargo to be placed on Israel; the details of any engagement he has had at EU and UN level in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50113/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Seán Haughey Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of Ireland in relation to a long-term solution to ongoing conflict between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50048/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposed timeline to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [52837/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Marc Ó Cathasaigh Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs in light of the recent EU Council, his Department’s work on ensuring that water, food, fuel and medical supplies are being provided to the people in Gaza as part of a unified international humanitarian response; that any fuel assistance provided not be abused by Hamas, and that Irish citizens in Gaza are brought home safely; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49760/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline his diplomatic engagements to free hostages from Gaza. [52831/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will advocate for the suspension of trade with Israel at EU level, which is governed by the EU Israel Association Agreement, due to its abhorrent violations of international law. [50256/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Chris Andrews Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the effort he is making to secure the safe passage of Irish citizens out of the Gaza Strip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50169/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Alan Dillon Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what the Irish position is in relation to the conflict between Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50918/23]
• 2023-11-30
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine, as per the commitment in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50114/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  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
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the total cost to date of assisting Irish citizens in Gaza to leave the area following the outbreak of hostilities there on 7 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51923/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason a German military aircraft, Luftwaffe 54-21, Air Defender 2023 is refuelling in an airport in the Irish Republic; the number of times this aircraft has landed at an Irish airport; if this military transport aircraft is being used to transport supplies or resources to support the genocide and illegal occupation taking place in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52075/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Neasa Hourigan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the current guidance provided by his Department to Gaza residents who hold a valid Irish visa, if the Irish Embassy in Tel Aviv fails to not put their names on the departure list to leave Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52089/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Holly Cairns Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether, in light of the Taoiseach’s recent comments, his Department is actively considering a change to the conditions on which Ireland will provide aid to vulnerable people and communities in Palestine; whether the Minister or his Department has engaged with the Taoiseach on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52337/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Holly Cairns Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has investigated whether US military aircraft passing through Shannon Airport towards US military bases in Europe then proceed to travel to Israel, Syria or Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52338/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  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]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Mick Barry People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Transport

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport how many exemption orders for the transport of munitions of war have been granted in each of the last 10 years; how many exemption orders have been issued for munitions destined for Israel in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52117/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Mick Barry People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Enterprise

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Department of Foreign Affairs has raised any human rights or foreign policy concerns with his Department in relation to issuing of dual use export licences to Israel in the last five years, and the number of times such issues were raised by the Department per year in relation to Israeli exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52118/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for details of all export licences under the various categories of the Control of Exports (Goods and Technology) Order that have been approved and are currently in existence for export of goods to Israel; the number that fell within the scope of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2018/1922; the type of export licence issued in each instance; if his Department has been made aware of exemptions from licencing requirements by exporters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52529/23]
• 2023-11-28
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice the options for Irish citizens who have family members in Gaza in terms of refugee or family reunification programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52374/23]
• 2023-11-23
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether an IDA Ireland business development consultant (details supplied) has been recruited; if the Government is rethinking the role in view of the ongoing breaches of international humanitarian law and ongoing war crimes committed by Israel. [51480/23]
• 2023-11-23
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Enterprise

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he can detail the total volume and value in euro of Ireland's exports to and imports from the state of Israel; the categories of products exported and imported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51602/23]
• 2023-11-23
  PQ
  Marian Harkin Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will request the European Commission to start the process of suspending the EU-Israel Trade Agreement. [51090/23]
• 2023-11-23
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of any engagement he has had with the Minister for Foreign Affairs regarding the human rights considerations that may arise from the issuing of dual-use export licences in respect of end-users in Israel, particularly in light of Israel’s actions in Gaza since 7 October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51392/23]
• 2023-11-23
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of dual-use items or military goods approved for export to Israel in each of the years 2019 to date; and if he will direct the trade licensing and control unit within his Department to refuse export licence applications for dual-use items and military goods to Israel, given the ongoing breaches of international humanitiarian law and ongoing war crimes committed by Israel. [51442/23]
• 2023-11-23
  PQ
  Pearse Doherty Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total value and number of investments made by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in companies or enterprises that operate in illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied territories and, respectively, companies or enterprises that have been included on the UN database of companies operating in illegal Israeli settlements on Palestinian land, which was published by the United Nations Human Rights Council resolution 31/36; and for an update on engagements the Minister or his Department have had with ISIF with respect to divesting from said companies. [51791/23]
• 2023-11-23
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he agrees that Ireland has a duty under the UN Genocide Convention to prevent genocide; if any assessment has been carried out as to whether there is a serious risk that genocide is being committed by Israel in Gaza; if so, the outcomes as a result of such an assessment; what action the Government now proposes to take in view of the very serious and worsening situation in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51732/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish-Israeli dual citizens currently in Israel; the number currently in the occupied Palestinian territories, specifically the number in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem; of those, the number who have their habitual residence there; the number in the Gaza Strip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51319/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, given the indications of wide-spread violations of international humanitarian law being committed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip, and in light of the IDF's widespread commission of war crimes related to Israel's settlement regime in the occupied West Bank, and illegally annexed East Jerusalem and the Syrian Golan Heights, Ireland has communicated advisories to Irish citizens and residents of Ireland who may be serving or volunteering in the IDF on the potential legal consequences and individual criminal liability that would arise under Irish criminal law (Geneva Conventions Act 1962 and International Criminal Court Act 2006) for any of their acts or omissions in the course of their service or volunteering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51321/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will engage with other nations with regard to bringing a Uniting for Peace Resolution (General Assembly Resolution 377(V) to the United Nations General Assembly with a view to making appropriate recommendations for collective measures regarding the situation in Palestine, including the calling for ceasefires; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51418/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens that have vacated Gaza since the onset of the most recent Israeli attacks; the supports that have been provided to these citizens by the Irish Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51501/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the meetings and events that he attended during his visit to Egypt, Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the outcome of each engagement. [51504/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an IDA business development consultant has been hired; if Government have reconsidered the creation of such a role in light of the ongoing breaches of international humanitarian law and ongoing war crimes committed by Israel. [51416/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Housing

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people that his Department, or associated agencies, has assisted that vacated Gaza since the onset of the most recent Israeli attacks; the supports that have been provided to these citizens by her Department and associated agencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51503/23]
• 2023-11-22
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Social

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people that her Department has assisted who vacated Gaza since the onset of the most recent Israeli attacks; the supports that have been provided to these citizens by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51502/23]
• 2023-11-22
  VOTE
  Palestine · the motion · motion passed 83–50

  Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2023-11-22
  VOTE
  Palestine · an amendment to the bill · motion passed 83–50

  Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2023-11-22
  VOTE
  Palestine · a sub-amendment · motion failed 54–79

  Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Defence

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department intends to continue to purchase goods from Israel and Israeli companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50747/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Réada Cronin Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether the State is supplying and/or buying or selling arms from/to Israel, or any component parts of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50892/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of any Irish citizens, or family members of Irish citizens, who have been killed by Israeli attacks in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50630/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has considered making a referral in respect of the Genocide Convention to the International Court of Justice or to the UN in respect of allegations of acts of Genocide committed by Israel in the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50786/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Peadar Tóibín Aontú asked Foreign

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will examine the plight of two children trapped in Gaza. (details supplied). [51103/23]
• 2023-11-21
  PQ
  Peadar Tóibín Aontú asked Foreign

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when he or his Department learnt first of the potential release date of Irish citizens from Gaza; and who informed he and his Department. [51165/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland is compliant with the European Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP of 8 December 2008 in relation to checks on US military at Shannon Airport on goods destined for Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50301/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department is carrying out checks at Shannon Airport on US military vehicles which are stopping off enroute to Israel and other jurisdictions; if so, the number that have taken place in the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50300/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will consider instructing Ireland's Permanent Representative to the UN to call for an Emergency UN General Assembly under the Uniting for Peace Resolution, as the UN Security Council has failed to adequately act as required to maintain international security and peace in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50316/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs according to his Department “Respect for human rights and the promotion of human rights is a cornerstone of Irish foreign policy” (details supplied), considering that the transfer of military weapons or equipment to participants is regulated by international humanitarian law, if he is concerned that events in Gaza are breach of this law; if he has any concerns that weapons or equipment in transit through Ireland may be used for human rights violations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50330/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to bring forward the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 to Third Stage in Dáil Éireann, given the ongoing crisis in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and his party’s previous support for the Bill (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50367/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has issued a condemnation of Israel in respect of its recent military assault in Gaza broadly and, specifically, in respect of: the targeting and killing of thousands of civilians, including children; the targeting and bombing of civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, schools and mosques; the mass forced displacement of civilians; and the denial of water, food, fuel and other essential supplies to the civilian population. [50508/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his efforts to build a consensus at EU level to call for ceasefires in the Middle East, and if these efforts included: challenging the presidents of the European Commission and the European Parliament for their provocative visit to Israel, in which they appeared to give unequivocal support to Israeli actions; meeting his counterparts from states that have yet to call for a ceasefire in order to encourage them to do so and striving to include the demand for a ceasefire in any joint communique issued by EU states and/or the European Council. [50509/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his actions in response to the positing on X, formerly known as Twitter, by the Deputy Head of Mission at the Israeli embassy in Dublin, which alleged that Ireland funded Hamas tunnels in Gaza [50510/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he has taken to ensure that military aircraft of foreign states landing in Ireland or overflights in sovereign Irish airspace are unarmed, carry no arms, ammunition or explosives and do not engage in intelligence gathering or form part of military exercises or operations; and whether there has been any review of the oversight of these matters in the context of the Israeli military assaults on Gaza. [50512/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he has taken to secure the release of Irish hostages in Gaza and to facilitate the exit of Irish citizens from Gaza. [50513/23]
• 2023-11-16
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if there is any expedition for families applying for reunification of their family members in Gaza who cannot access original documents as necessary in usual circumstances given this is an abnormal situation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50364/23]
• 2023-11-15
  PQ
  Alan Farrell Fine Gael asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Taoiseach his engagement with European leaders as regards the Israel-Gaza conflict. [49603/23]
• 2023-11-15
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what engagement he has had at EU level with a view to securing a ceasefire in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50121/23]
• 2023-11-15
  VOTE
  Imposing Sanctions on Israel · the motion · motion passed 85–55

  Imposing Sanctions on Israel: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2023-11-15
  VOTE
  Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory · the motion · motion passed 80–60

  Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the rights of Palestinian people to protest within the state of Israel and the West Bank, and the international law position on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49391/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to outline the efforts being made by his Department to assist and secure the release of Irish passport holders held hostage in Gaza following the barbaric attack by Hamas on 7 October; and any similar efforts to secure the safe passage of Irish passport holders from Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49634/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his reason for not recognising the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49696/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has had any communication with the Irish citizens seeking to get out of Gaza; to provide an update on their current situation; and what plans he has in place to make sure they can safely return to Ireland. [49697/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether, as per his Department's website, he can state in detail what Ireland is doing to support and strengthen the quality of the education system in Palestine, while ensuring more Palestinian children are accessing education. [49699/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a list of all projects, and their organisations, promoting gender equality in Palestine that Ireland contributes to. [49700/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on any recent meetings or communications he has had with the relevant EU bodies with regards to the situation in Israel-Palestine; and if there has been any meaningful outcome to these engagements. [49702/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Environment

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether he will be engaging with European Union colleagues regarding the memorandum of understanding between the European Union, the State of Israel and the Arab Republic of Egypt in respect of the delivery of gas to the European Union, given that the memorandum of understanding lacks the application of long-standing European Union policy that all agreements with the State of Israel should be explicitly inapplicable to territories occupied by the State of Israel in 1967; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49409/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Mick Barry People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Transport

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Transport if he will take measures to ensure that no arms are transported to Israel through Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49508/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to halt any transportation of weapons bound for Israel through Shannon Airport to ensure that Ireland plays no part in transporting these weapons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49698/23]
• 2023-11-14
  PQ
  Mick Barry People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Enterprise

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of licences for dual use items issued for trade with Israel in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49502/23]
• 2023-11-09
  PQ
  Chris Andrews Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of US government or US military aircraft that have passed through Shannon Airport, either on transit travelling with destination of Israel or travelling with flight originating in Israel, between the period 9 October 2023 – 6 November 2023; the dates these planes landed in Shannon Airport, in tabular form; and whether each specific plane was either a governmental figure transport aircraft (i.e. Boeing VC-25) or a military transport aircraft. [49161/23]
• 2023-11-08
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the devastating consequences of the ongoing conflict in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, he will instruct Ireland's representative at the United Nations to initiate a uniting for peace initiative in accordance with Resolution 377 of 3 February 1950 to call for an emergency session of the General Assembly to discuss a permanent and sustainable ceasefire and the lifting of the blockade on Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49003/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Taoiseach the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the Government of Israel, any state body of the Government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023. [47815/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Taoiseach for an update on his engagements with other EU leaders in relation to the ongoing crisis in Gaza. [48036/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Marc Ó Cathasaigh Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Shannon Airport is being used by the USA to transport weapons to Israel to potentially be used against the occupied territories of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47401/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens currently in Gaza; what contacts his Department have had looking for assistance; what efforts are being made to repatriate those looking to escape; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47448/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the Government of Israel, any state body of the Government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47807/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update on the current Irish Aid provided to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees and UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs work in Palestine; how this aid is used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48035/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for an update in relation to Ireland’s role and actions in the ongoing crisis in Gaza; the engagements he has had with other EU Ministers for Foreign Affairs in relation to this crisis; what further steps he believes the EU should take in relation to alleviating the ongoing crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48037/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, given the statement by the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, outlining that the ICC has jurisdiction over possible war crimes carried out in the occupied Palestinian territory and Israel (details supplied), if he will push for the ICC to open an investigation into potential war crimes in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48052/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will engage with the International Court of Justice to provide Ireland's opinion on the legal consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories in February 2024; what this opinion will entail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48053/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to report on the plans and procedures in place to secure safe return home for Irish citizens currently trapped in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48455/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his intentions for Ireland to act as a broker of resolution to the causes of the conflict in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48779/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Environment

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the government of Israel, any state body of the government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47805/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the Government of Israel, any state body of the Government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47802/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Defence

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to outline the value of all contracts for goods or services purchased by the Defence Forces from Israel and Israeli-based firms over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48042/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Transport

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 185 of 24 October 2023, whether any steps were taken to establish if an aircraft (details supplied) was transporting US soldiers and/or weapons or munitions while travelling from the USA to the Persian Gulf, as this aircraft was on contract to the US military using US Transportation Command call sign CMB504 and was likely to be on a mission to support the Israeli attacks on Gaza, and on its return journey to the USA it landed at US Naval Air Station Jacksonville; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47696/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the government of Israel, any state body of the government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47817/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the Government of Israel, any state body of the Government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47806/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Public Expenditure

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the Government of Israel, any state body of the Government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47812/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the Government of Israel, any state body of the Government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021 and 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47804/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if it has been brought to his attention that approximately 100 engineers have recently come to Ireland from Israel to work with Intel; if it is the case that Israel is to be a key partner in the development of Ireland's weapons industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47945/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment for an update on the overall trade in goods or services exchanged between Ireland and Israel and Israeli-based firms over the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48043/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way his Department applies the whole-of-government approach regarding Ireland's policy on differentiation between Israel and the illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land; the practical steps his Department takes in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48044/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Education

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education the engagements her Department, or any agency or body under her direction, has had with the Government of Israel, any state body of the Government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47803/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Tourism

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the engagements her Department, or any agency or body under her direction, has had with the government of Israel, any state body of the government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47816/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Housing

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the government of Israel, any state body of the government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47810/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Social

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the engagements her Department, or any agency or body under her direction, has had with the Government of Israel, any state body of the Government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47814/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Justice

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice her plans to extend the 2001 Temporary Protection Directive to Palestinian nationals living in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem; the representations she has made at EU level in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48777/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Pat Buckley Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who is currently in Gaza in the midst of the Israeli bombings; if she will provide a rationale for why his visa application to visit his family in Ireland was rejected; if she will review this application to provide the person with the support to leave Gaza to visit his wife Nada and their children in Ireland. [47621/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the engagements her Department, or any agency or body under her direction, has had with the Government of Israel, any state body of the Government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47811/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Agriculture

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the Government of Israel, any state body of the Government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47800/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Children

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the Government of Israel, any state body of the Government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47801/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Health

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the government of Israel, any state body of the government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47809/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagements his Department, or any agency or body under his direction, has had with the government of Israel, any state body of the government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47808/23]
• 2023-11-07
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Rural

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the engagements her Department, or any agency or body under her direction, has had with the government of Israel, any state body of the government of Israel, or any engagement within or with Israel, in 2021, 2022 and to-date in 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47813/23]
• 2023-11-04
  LOBBY
  Irish Refugee Council Foreign Affairs

  • Letter to Government about situation in Gaza
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Chris Andrews Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will intervene in the case of an Irish resident in Gaza and their Irish-born child (details supplied), and include them in any evacuation of Irish citizens. [46210/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Mark Ward Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport in relation to the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Order for US military contracted planes to take weapons through Shannon Airport and Irish airspace, if he can clarify what weapons, if any, have been transported through Shannon Airport with the purpose of being transferred to the Israel Defense Forces to be used on Palestinian civilians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46491/23]
• 2023-10-24
  PQ
  Mark Ward Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if he can confirm that all US military contracted planes that have transported weapons through Shannon Airport and Irish airspace since 1 October 2023 to Israel have been checked for appropriate cargo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46492/23]
• 2023-10-19
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2023-10-19
  PQ
  Violet-Anne Wynne Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on recent statements by the President of the European Commission in support of Israel's breaches of international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46046/23]
• 2023-10-19
  PQ
  Violet-Anne Wynne Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on continued trade with the state of Israel, following its breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46045/23]
• 2023-10-19
  PQ
  Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice if she will introduce a family reunification scheme for Irish citizens and residents with family members trapped in Gaza. [45973/23]
• 2023-10-18
  PQ
  Pat Buckley Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement of solidarity with people of Gaza and Palestine during this terrible time for them and to condemn the illegal actions of Israel in its continuing regime of occupation, land theft, apartheid and collective punishment which has led to nearly one million Gazan children being without food, water and power. [45755/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Shannon Airport will now be used as a transit hub for military support coming from the USA to be used to assist Israel in its illegal campaign in Gaza, where a siege has been installed, with the civilian population denied water, electricity, food and fuel (details supplied). [45227/23]
• 2023-10-17
  PQ
  Ivana Bacik Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagements with the Government of Israel and its representatives since 7 October 2023. [45359/23]
• 2023-10-12
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the way his Department applies the whole-of-Government approach regarding Ireland's policy on differentiation between Israel and the illegal settlements on occupied Palestinian land; the practical steps his Department takes in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44620/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he had requested to visit any part of Palestine or Israel during his recent visit to the Middle East for which permission was not granted; if so, the authority that refused the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43803/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to his recent visit to Israel/Palestine, if he can confirm several reports that the Israeli Government refused his request to visit Palestinian towns in Area C of the West Bank; if he was given a reason for this refusal, and if he accepts the explanation given; if he agrees that the areas in question are not part of Israel but illegally occupied; if this rejection by Israel significantly reduced his capacity to see and experience the effects of the illegal occupation in areas where schools have recently been destroyed and residents have been forced to flee because of settler attacks; if he regards this denial of access as a further rebuff to the international community by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44083/23]
• 2023-10-10
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to his recent visit to Israel/Palestine, if he planned or attempted to visit Ein Samiya in Area C of the West Bank, where, according to reports from the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, schools were destroyed in August and Palestinian residents were forced to flee following attacks from illegal settlers; if he had any engagement with Israeli authorities with regard to a visit to this area, and what the result of these discussions was; if he feels that the policy of the Israeli authorities with regard to the role of the international community has changed since the new Israeli Government was formed; what his plans are now to address the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestinian territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44084/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he proposes to take further to his visit to Palestine and Israel; and if such actions will include the recognition of the state of Palestine. [41428/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he used the phrase "apartheid" in any formal engagement during his recent visit to Israel. [41913/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs following his recent trip to the Middle East, if he believes that a two-state solution is still possible, and what steps Ireland will take individually and at a European level to realise a two-state solution in the face of continued breaches of international law by Israel, ongoing illegal settlement building and expansion, forcible transfer of the Palestinian population by Israel and escalating settler violence with government support. [41757/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 will be examined on Committee Stage. [41910/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Brendan Howlin Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will set out the matters discussed and the responses received in his discussions with the President of the state of Palestine Mr. Mahmoud Abbas; if the issue of the recognition of the state of Palestine by Ireland was discussed; if he raised the issue of holding elections in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39899/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to make a statement on the submission by the Irish Government to the International Criminal Court of Justice on the legal consequences arising from Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory; and to confirm if the submission will be published. [41458/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent trips to Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41752/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs what actions he will take given the accelerating illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank of Palestine. [41763/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Willie O'Dea Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans for a formal recognition of the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41715/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Michael Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent visit to Palestine and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41688/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Brendan Howlin Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will set out the matters raised by him and the responses received, in his meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu; if he specifically raised the continued annexation of Palestinian land by Israeli settlers and the treatment of Palestinians in the occupied territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39898/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the details of any meetings he had at the UN regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41808/23]
• 2023-09-28
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs for a detailed itinerary of his recent visit to Israel. [41909/23]
• 2023-09-27
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the timeline for the formal recognition by Ireland of the state of Palestine; the details of any analysis underway by his Department in preparation for this step; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41736/23]
• 2023-09-26
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will recognise the State of Palestine in the lifetime of this Government; and if so, if he will lay out a timeline for this to happen. [41124/23]
• 2023-09-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2023-09-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Irish Anti Apartheid Campaign for Palestine meeting and follow-up letter regarding situation in Israel and Palestine
• 2023-09-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Foreign Affairs

  • Joint letter from ICTU, SADAKA, Trocaire and Christian Aid regarding the illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to publish his written statement to the International Court of Justice with regard to the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39685/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Ivana Bacik Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he made representations to President Herzog in respect of Palestinian children's access to education in Occupied Palestine on his recent visit to Israel. [39712/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Charles Flanagan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Charles Flanagan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of comments made by him on his recent visit to Israel, he will outline the steps he proposes to take to tackle anti-Semitism, with specific reference to the application of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism; if he accepts and agrees with such a definition; and if he will support calls for Ireland to formally adopt same, in line with other jurisdictions. [39731/23]
• 2023-09-20
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his visit to Israel, Palestine and Jordan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39771/23]
• 2023-09-18
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)
• 2023-08-30
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Foreign Affairs

  • Meeting with An Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will review the decision to employ an IDA business development consultant in Israel, considering the ongoing breaches of international law by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36384/23]
• 2023-07-25
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Health

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if there are any further plans by representatives of the National Ambulance Service to travel to Israel; if future proposals in this regard will be re-evaluated considering the ongoing breaches of international law by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36368/23]
• 2023-07-04
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Agriculture

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the appalling conditions that 3,000 bulls and heifers were subjected to on 30 May 2023 on a shipment of cattle that left Greenore Port in Ireland, with the destination of Haifa port in Israel; the animal welfare regulations and inspections that are in place to prevent these cruel conditions; if there are animal welfare agreements in place with countries that Ireland exports livestock to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32338/23]
• 2023-06-29
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 75 of 10 May 2023, if the IDA currently employs, or has under contract, an agent or consultant in Israel to increase investment in Ireland by Israeli companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31542/23]
• 2023-06-27
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance if the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund has invested in companies which operate and derive income from the Occupied Palestinian Territories; if such is consistent with the Irish Government policy of distinguishing between the territory of the State of Israel and the territories of the State of Palestine occupied by the State of Israel since 1967; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31244/23]
• 2023-06-21
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide details on the number of times the United States has exercised its veto at the UN Security Council to veto resolutions in regard to Israel-Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29899/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 27 April 2023, if he will provide an update on his bilateral engagement to date in 2023 with his Israeli counterpart with regard to the ongoing demolition and seizure of Palestinian property in the occupied Palestinian territories, as well as the escalating violence by Israel on Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28816/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposed timeline to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [28846/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Paul Donnelly Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on a recently published article to mark World Environment Day, recalling that Gaza lacks a safe, clean, and sustainable environment, Al Mezan detailed how Israeli policies and practices, including a 16-year-old blockade, adversely impact local capacity to protect the environment and ultimately hinder Palestinians' right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28776/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will formally recognise the state of Palestine; and if not; if he will make a statement as to why not. [28869/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department recognises Israel's oppression of Palestine as apartheid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28866/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will commit to using the upcoming budget to ensure that UNWRA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) will receive adequate funding so their essential work can continue unabated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28214/23]
• 2023-06-15
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department recognises Western Sahara as a sovereign state in the wake of reports that Israel will recognise the country as a Moroccan territory. [28867/23]
• 2023-06-13
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to submit a written statement to the International Court of Justice in respect of the planned advisory opinion on the Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27645/23]
• 2023-06-01
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Health

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the policy that regulates our health services' international cooperation, in light of the National Ambulance Service's recent trip to Israel's national emergency medical service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26676/23]
• 2023-05-31
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Health

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health if he was made aware of reports of a recent visit by Ireland’s National Ambulance Service to Israel to study the operations of Magen David Adom, Israel’s national emergency medical service established by the Israeli government; his views on whether such a visit was appropriate in view of reports of repeated attacks by Israeli forces on Palestinian emergency relief rescuers and health personnel as well as numerous attacks by illegal Israeli settlers on Palestinian ambulance cars with the acquiescence and support of Israeli security forces; if he is concerned that such a visit might be seen to justify these Israeli actions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26586/23]
• 2023-05-31
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Health

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health his views on the recently reported visit by Ireland’s National Ambulance Service to Israel to study the operations of Magen David Adom, Israel’s national Emergency Medical Service established by the Israeli Government; his views on whether this visit was appropriate in view of the many recent reports of a dramatic increase in attacks by illegal Israeli settlers in the Palestinian Territory on treatment centres and health workers, and the daily obstruction of the movement of ambulances and paramedics with the compliance of the Israeli military, and the unwillingness of the Israeli authorities to uphold their obligations as the occupying power, as reported by the UN General Assembly last October; if this visit was approved by him beforehand; if the Minister for Foreign Affairs was consulted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26587/23]
• 2023-05-30
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Health

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if the visit by representatives of the National Ambulance Service to Israel was officially sanctioned; if so, by whom and for what reason; the cost associated with the visit; if he considers such a visit to be appropriate, given the ongoing breaches of international law by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25666/23]
• 2023-05-25
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs with regard to the UN database of companies operating in Israel’s illegal settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, if he is of the opinion that the database is at present achieving the objectives outlined in the Resolution adopted by the U.N. Human Rights Council in 2016; the initiatives that the Government has taken since 2020 to assist the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in making sure that the database has been regularly updated and is fit for purpose; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25450/23]
• 2023-05-25
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional measures he intends to take to ensure that no products from illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine are imported into Ireland, irrespective of labelling, in order to guarantee that Ireland is not contributing to gross human rights abuses of Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25451/23]
• 2023-05-25
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will confirm that no Irish companies are engaged in activities in Israel’s illegal settlements in Palestine or profiting from or contributing to systematic human rights violations against Palestinian communities; the tangible systems and procedures that are in place to end any involvement in illegal Israeli settlements of Irish companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25453/23]
• 2023-05-24
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he intends to bring forward the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 to Third Stage in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25137/23]
• 2023-05-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Email invitation to 'Picnic Against Apartheid' on Kildare Street outside Leinster House to support campaign for an end to Israel's system of apartheid against Palestinians
  • Convey concern at EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President EEAS Mr Josep Borrell Fontelles’ 20 January 2023 response to parliamentary question entitled ‘Antisemitism in the Amnesty International Report on Israel’
• 2023-05-19
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Colombia, Palestine
  • Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)
  • Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)
• 2023-05-19
  LOBBY
  The Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) in Ireland 2 returns DefenceLocal Government

  • Occupied Territories Bill
  • Proposed Twinning of Waterford Town Council and the Town of Ramallah in Palestine
• 2023-05-18
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Finance

  • Support for the Illegal Israeli Settlements Divestment Bill 2023
• 2023-05-17
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2023-05-10
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 18 January 2023, if the IDA currently employs, or has under contract, an agent or consultant in Israel to increase investment in Ireland by Israeli enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22126/23]
• 2023-05-04
  PQ
  Mark Ward Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if people on a cultural exchange from Palestine to Ireland will need additional documentation when travelling from Dublin to Belfast; to outline the additional documentation that will be needed including costs that may apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20919/23]
• 2023-04-28
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Foreign Affairs

  • Campaign calling for Irish action to hold Israel accountable for its attacks on Palestinians
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Thomas Gould Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of meetings that have been held with the Israeli ambassador about the dramatic increase in violence in Palestine. [19789/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [19750/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the efforts being made to engage with the EU to progress the recognition of the State of Palestine among EU member states; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19775/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his response to the actions of Israel at the al-Aqsa Mosque; and if he has raised this matter at EU-level. [19751/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will call in the Israeli ambassador to Ireland to establish the steps that are being taken in relation to the escalating violence by Israel on Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19618/23]
• 2023-04-27
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline his views on a one-state solution for the situation in Palestine and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19865/23]
• 2023-04-26
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the recognition of the state of Palestine will take place; and his views on the failure to do so during the 32nd Dáil (details supplied). [19632/23]
• 2023-04-18
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of Irish citizens living in illegal settlements built by Israel on Palestinian land in the West Bank and East Jerusalem; the number of Irish passports issued or renewed for Irish citizens living in these settlements in the past ten years, and the procedure for the issue of Irish passports in this instance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16436/23]
• 2023-03-22
  PQ
  Pauline Tully Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on the status of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 in light of the Israeli government recently authorising nine illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank; his plans to progress this Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14277/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Brendan Howlin Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the approach he is taking to the actions of the new Israeli Government on its ongoing efforts to destroy a two-state solution; the specific actions, including sanctions, that will be taken against Israel for the recognition of, and development of, new illegal settlements; the measures if any, that will be proposed to halt the lethal escalation of violence in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13611/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the engagement that Ireland's representatives on the UN Security Council have had regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13669/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he had any discussions on the impacts of Israel’s continued aggression and illegal occupation of Palestinian territory and its destabilising effects on the region during his recent trip to Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5133/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on popular protests in Israel at attempts by the Netanyahu government to make changes to the country’s judicial system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13676/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Mark Ward Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the role his Department is playing in reintroducing the Occupied Territories Bill 2018; if this will be reintroduced given the escalation of violence against Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13898/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Mark Ward Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mark Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps his Department is taking in response to the attempts by the Israeli Government to expand into the Occupied Territories in Palestine; the sanctions that can be placed on the State of Israeli if this continues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13899/23]
• 2023-03-21
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs given the recent transfer of jurisdiction for the Israeli civil administration in occupied Palestine away from military command, if he will now accept that de jure annexation of occupied Palestine by Israel is now happening; if he still believes de facto annexation is taking place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13986/23]
• 2023-03-02
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he considers the unequal treatment of Palestinians in Israel and in the occupied Palestinian territory, as well as the discriminatory practices towards the Palestinian people on a regular basis, as crimes against humanity which the international community is obliged to oppose and to act, individually and collectively, to end. [10646/23]
• 2023-03-02
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he agrees with the former Attorney General of Israel (details supplied) that this is now a one-state reality, with two different peoples living with unequal rights, and that Israel's entire society is implicit in this unjust reality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10647/23]
• 2023-02-23
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details of his priority discussions with his European Union counterparts at the Foreign Affairs Council in January 2023 on the situation of the occupied Palestine territory, as referenced in a recent Parliamentary Question reply; if there were any outcomes as a result of these discussions; the further steps he intends to take in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9405/23]
• 2023-02-23
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the prospects for a two state solution given the new Israeli Governments' stated position that Jews alone have an exclusive and inalienable right to all parts of the land of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9419/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether efforts to further the search for peace in Palestine have been further hampered as a consequence of the inflammatory rhetoric and actions emanating from the newly elected Government in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4613/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs how he will implement the Programme for Government commitment to respond to the annexation of occupied Palestine by Israel. [4381/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he proposes to take or is willing to support against Israel following the destruction of aid supplied by the EU and Ireland to Palestine by Israeli forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4406/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Government will honour the commitment to recognise the State of Palestine. [3962/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Catherine Murphy Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of plans to formally recognise the State of Palestine pursuant to the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4506/23]
• 2023-01-31
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether recognising the State of Palestine at this time would contribute to protecting the integrity of the Palestine territory per the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4688/23]
• 2023-01-24
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports the new Israeli Government has now imposed sanctions on the Palestinian Authority in response to an initiative by the United Nations to seek an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice concerning the legality of Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3357/23]
• 2023-01-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Email Notifying some interested TDs and Senators of the launch of the Irish Anti Apartheid Coalition for Palestine
  • Communication in advance of EU-Israel Association Council, and sending a copy of Amnesty International's European Institutions Office letter to EU High Representative and EU Ministers of Foreign Affairs on this issue
  • invite to a joint protest with IPSC outside Leinster House Monday 19 September to end Israel's apartheid
• 2023-01-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of imports of all goods and services to Ireland from Israel in the past year; the value of all goods and services from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory included in the above figure; the value of goods and services exported from Ireland to Israel in the same year; if the IDA employs, or has under contract, an agent in Israel to increase investment in Ireland by Israeli enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2025/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Finance

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the processes and mechanisms used by Ireland’s customs and excise authorities to identify goods from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory, and in particular to distinguish between such goods and services and those from Israel. [2025/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement that he has had with his counterparts in Israel with regard to the imminent expulsion and forced transfer of over 1,000 Palestinian residents of the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank, in view of the announcement on 2 January 2023 by the Israeli Government that the transfers would commence immediately; the details of any engagement between his Departmental officials on the ground in Israel and Palestinian residents of Masafer Yatta since the beginning of January; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1649/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Neasa Hourigan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the engagements that he has had with the government of Israel in relation to a case (details supplied) and the forced transfer of Palestinians and the demolition of their homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1978/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the action he intends to take at European Union and United Nations level in response to the stated intention of the new Israeli Government to expand a regime of Jewish control over all of Palestine including those lands which are supposed to constitute a future Palestinian state, given the views that were recently expressed by the new Israeli prime minister (details supplied); if he agrees that such intensification of Israel’s colonisation of Palestinian land and its dominant-settler mindset means that new political initiatives are urgently required in pursuit of a peaceful settlement; if he agrees with the concerns expressed that ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population and the expansion of a regime that suppresses non-Jews will now most likely be promoted through further state terrorism and state-sponsored violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2022/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that he is taking to stop the imminent expulsion and forced transfer of over 1,000 Palestinians, including 500 children, by the Israeli Government in clear violation of international law; if will he acknowledge that the forcible transfer of such people in Occupied Territories is a war crime under international law and that the UN and international, Israeli and Palestinian human rights organisation have called this a grave violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2088/23]
• 2023-01-18
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the position on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories Bill 2018); if he will seek to pass it; if he will seek updated legal advice from the new Attorney General; the way that he intends to fulfil Ireland’s obligations under international law around the ongoing illegal occupation of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2143/23]
• 2022-12-03
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Foreign Affairs

  • Campaign calling for action to stop deporation of HRD Salah Hammouri by Israel
• 2022-11-23
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take an initiative at EU or UN level to ensure that Israel will be held accountable for the apartheid regime it is perpetuating which deprives millions of Palestinians of their civil and political rights (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58377/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of any engagement that he has had with his counterparts in other EU countries regarding the recent draft resolution (details supplied), which Ireland voted in support of, by the UN Special Political and Decolonization Committee requesting an advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice on Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands since 1967; if Ireland will support the resolution when it comes before the UN General Assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58129/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [57718/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline the Government's response to the election in Israel of the most right-wing coalition in that country's history; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57923/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

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

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has engaged with his European counterparts to discuss increases in violence in Palestine. [57760/22]
• 2022-11-22
  PQ
  Brian Stanley Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has plans to introduce an embassy in Palestine. [57872/22]
• 2022-11-10
  PQ
  Seán Haughey Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the report submitted to the UN General Assembly by the UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing concerning the destruction of Palestinian homes, military incursions, closures, state-backed settler attacks, home demolitions, and destruction of property; in this context, if he agrees with many human rights experts that Israel is committing the crime of apartheid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55940/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if a list of options available to the EU and member states, in relation to the destruction of Irish-Aid funded projects by Israel, to secure compensation and protect aid for vulnerable communities in area C, including deduction of the taxpayer’s money lost in demolitions from funding for EU-Israel bilateral cooperation be provided and if the Irish Government will demand implementation of concrete measures to secure compensations in the European Council, going beyond the exhausted diplomatic and political options. [54778/22]
• 2022-11-08
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to reports that the United Nations Commission of Inquiry into rights' abuses by Israel and the Palestinians has now decided that it will investigate apartheid charges against Israel which was described as a manifestation of the occupation; if he condemns the fact that Israel has refused to cooperate with the Commission and has not granted it entry into Israel or access to Palestinian-controlled areas in the West Bank and Gaza; his views on the fact that the UN Human Rights Council and other reputable organisations (details supplied) have issued detailed reports in the past two years which describe a regime of apartheid established by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55118/22]
• 2022-10-18
  PQ
  Seán Haughey Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the rights of Palestinian refugees living in refugee camps across Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to return to their homes from which they were forcibly displaced; if he is of the opinion that the biggest obstacle to their return is the Israeli settler-colonial movement that wants to continue to remove the Palestinians from their lands; the new attempts that he intends to make at EU and UN level to ensure that the rights of these refugees, which are firmly based in international humanitarian, human rights, and refugee law are upheld; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51935/22]
• 2022-10-06
  PQ
  Thomas Gould Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the recent engagement that he has had on Palestine. [48908/22]
• 2022-10-06
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the details of his engagement in 2022 with his counterparts in the European Union with regard to the decision to reconvene the European Union-Israel Association Council; if he has called for the imposition of certain conditions, as outlined in a letter by a group of Irish civil society organisations (details supplied), before any reconvening can occur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49069/22]
• 2022-10-06
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [48265/22]
• 2022-10-06
  PQ
  Pauline Tully Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pauline Tully asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason for the decision by European Union foreign ministers to renew the European Union-Israel Association Council; his views on this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49084/22]
• 2022-09-29
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)
  • Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)
• 2022-09-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2022-09-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Briefing on AI's new report on Israel's apartheid against Palestinians
  • Informal meeting with Minister of State Joe O'Brien re Amnesty's new report and campaign on Israel's apartheid against Palestinians
  • Invitation to Oireachtas AV Room Briefing on AI's new report and campaign on Israel's apartheid against Palestinians
• 2022-09-21
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason for his support of the decision by European Union Foreign Ministers to renew the EU-Israel Association Council for the first time since 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46070/22]
• 2022-09-16
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 3 returns Foreign Affairs EU Affairs

  • Campaign against Israel's assault on Palestinian civil society
  • Campaign calling for Irish government to oppose reconvening of the EU-Israel Association Council
  • Letter calling on Irish government to oppose reconvening the EU-Israel Association Council
• 2022-09-14
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional steps that he now proposes to take in order to help create the circumstances where Ireland’s recognition of the state of Palestine would progress efforts to reach a solution in the Middle East peace process and protect the integrity of Palestinian territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44562/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will condemn Israel’s military raids on the offices of Palestinian human rights and civil society organisations as an internationally wrongful act; 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; if he will request the Israeli Minister of Defence to immediately rescind the terrorist designation on Palestinian human rights and civil society organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42905/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will issue a public statement calling on Israel to rescind the terrorism designation made without evidence against Palestinian human rights organisations and demand that Israel desists from any further action which would threaten the work of these organisations, including raiding their offices, arresting their staff or preventing them going about their legitimate work, or interdicting finances given Ireland’s condemnation of Israel’s night-time raid on Palestinian human rights organisations on 18 August 2022 and Ireland’s support for a vibrant and independent Palestinian civil society, and taking into account that Israel is likely planning further raids on these organisations as they return to work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44156/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details of all tangible efforts made by his Department in the past two years at European Union and United Nations levels to oppose further plans by Israel to apply its sovereignty over Palestinian territory; if he considers that persistent breaches of international law by Israel have already occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44264/22]
• 2022-09-08
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposals that he has to hold Israel accountable for its violations of international Law in the occupied Palestinian territory including humanitarian and human rights law; if he will provide what he deems as an appropriate response to the further development of illegal settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44266/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Jennifer Whitmore Social Democrats asked Environment

  Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has engaged with the European Commission to ensure that a differentiation in respect of the Occupied Territories is included in the recently signed memorandum of understanding between the European Union, the State of Israel and the Arab Republic of Egypt regarding natural gas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40672/22]
• 2022-07-26
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he anticipates that a settlement would have to include an arrangement for the return of Palestinian refugees to the property they themselves or their forebears left behind or were forced to leave in the context of his Department’s commitment to recognise a State of Palestine as part of a lasting settlement; his views on whether the principle that both first generation refugees and their descendants have a right to return to their property and that this is firmly entrenched in international law; his further views on whether the apartheid framework operated by Israel in denying Palestinian refugees their right of return while at the same time giving those of Jewish descent an automatic right to immigrate to Israel and gain Israeli citizenship is further evidence of the ethnic cleansing taking place and another major obstacle to a future settlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39675/22]
• 2022-07-05
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is willing to support and advance the reconvening of the United Nations Special Committee on Apartheid with a view to bringing an end to Israel’s system of oppression, domination and racial supremacy in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as outlined in recent reports by human rights organisations; if he will review all of Ireland’s cooperation activities with Israel to ensure that these do not contribute to maintaining the present system of apartheid; his views that the purpose of Israel’s actions of discrimination and dispossession is to ensure the dominance of one racial or national group over another; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35890/22]
• 2022-06-30
  PQ
  Jennifer Whitmore Social Democrats asked Environment

  Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the positions Ireland has taken and will be taking in relation to the recently signed memorandum of understanding between the European Union, the State of Israel and the Arab Republic of Egypt in respect of energy supply; and if Ireland will be pushing for a differentiation in respect of the way the agreement will apply to the Occupied Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35078/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will address the concerns that exist in relation to the recent signing of a trilateral memorandum of understanding relating to the export of natural gas from Israel and Egypt to the European Union given Israel’s repeated breaches of international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32923/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [33097/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline any discussions that are taking place at the United Nations Security Council regarding the ongoing situation in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32946/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had at bilateral level with his counterparts in Israel with regard to halting the demolition of Palestinian homes in the Masafer Yatta area of the West Bank; his plans to increase Irish aid funding to Palestinian human rights NGOs, particularly in view of the increasing legal constraints faced by such organisations following the designation by Israel in October 2021 of six Palestinian NGOs as terrorist organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33071/22]
• 2022-06-23
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will outline any discussions at the United Nations Security Council regarding the ongoing situation in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33166/22]
• 2022-06-21
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Tourism

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if she did support, or play an active role in the decision to include Israel in the creative Europe programme. [32282/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 246 of 19 May 2022, the efforts that he has made at European Union and United Nations level to promote and advance such a consensus rather than simply raising the issue of Israel’s compliance with international law (details supplied); his views on whether Ireland is in a strong position at European Union and United Nations level to show leadership in this respect; his views on whether the Irish people would support such an initiative; if he will table such a proposal in view of the deteriorating situation in the occupied Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29111/22]
• 2022-06-14
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will raise the plight of two persons (details supplied) on hunger strike in Palestine at the United Nations General Assembly and with the Israeli authorities. [31003/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the behaviour of the Israeli riot police who stormed a group of mourners as they attempted to carry the coffin of a Palestinian-American journalist (details supplied) from a hospital in east Jerusalem to a church in the Old City and the fact that police fired stun grenades and used batons to beat peaceful mourners and those carrying the coffin which at one point almost fell to the ground; the action other than condemnation that he will propose at European Union level to sanction Israel for this extreme conduct; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27502/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take immediate steps to put pressure on the Israeli government to halt the expulsion and forced transfer of over 1,000 Palestinians, which represents the largest expulsion and forced transfer of Palestinians to take place since the beginning of the Israeli military occupation of Palestine in 1967; if he will acknowledge that the United Nations and international, Israeli and Palestinian human rights organisations have called this a grave violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention and a possible war crime; if he will act with the urgency that is required to prevent this action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27534/22]
• 2022-05-31
  PQ
  Neasa Hourigan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to recent reports of the demolition of and eviction from Palestinian homes in Masafer Yatta on the West Bank; if he has reiterated to the Government of Israel that settlement expansion, demolitions and evictions are illegal under its obligations under international humanitarian and international human rights law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27698/22]
• 2022-05-24
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the death of a journalist (details supplied); the measures that he will take at the levels of the European Union and United Nations to highlight the ongoing abuse of human rights in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25745/22]
• 2022-05-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 7 returns Foreign Affairs Trade

  • Meeting on Amnesty International's new report on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Meeting on Amnesty International's new report on Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Meeting with Senator Frances Black and partner organisations to discuss Occupied Territories Bill (PMB)
  • Meeting with Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence to discuss our report "Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity"
  • Alerting Minister to findings and recommendations in new AI report "Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity"
  • Sharing with Chair of Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence an advance copy of report "Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: cruel system of domination and a crime against humanity"
  • Alerting foreign affairs spokespersons and other Oireachtas members to Israel/OPT report
• 2022-05-20
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)
• 2022-05-20
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Enterprise

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will reconsider IDA Ireland's expansion of its activities in Israel in view of the finding by Amnesty International that Israel is an apartheid state, the recent murder of a journalist by Israeli forces and subsequent police attack on their funeral; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25669/22]
• 2022-05-19
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the difference between breaches of international law by Russia in its invasion of Ukraine and those by Israel as part of its illegal occupation of Palestine; the response to Israel's occupation and oppression of Palestinians he would regard as appropriate; if he regards restrictive economic measures as an appropriate response in instances of illegal occupation and annexation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25422/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the genuine human solidarity and empathy shown by Ireland and the EU to victims of the war in Ukraine in contrast with the continued provision of immunity for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians; his views that international law should apply equally to the invasion of a sovereign country as well as to the colonisation and persecution of another; his further view that the taking of territory is wrong in both instances; his views that the role of the ICC in investigating war crimes be equally endorsed in the case of Israeli repression of Palestinians as in the case of the Russian invasion of Ukraine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24614/22]
• 2022-05-17
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is in favour, given the significant extra resources and political support made available to the International Criminal Court, ICC, for its Ukraine investigation, including from countries not previously supportive of the court’s mandate and activities, of extra resources and support also being made available to the ICC for its Israel-Palestine investigation, which is currently operating with limited resources and in an environment of strong political opposition; the steps he will take to ensure the latter investigation will be allocated equal resources and given every opportunity to complete its investigation successfully; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24615/22]
• 2022-05-12
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Briefing: Israel is guilty of Apartheid says UN Palestine expert Michael Lynk
  • Briefing: Israel, Apartheid and International Law - Amnesty's Devastating New Report
  • Meeting on European Citizens' Initiative and Amnesty Report on Israeli Apartheid
• 2022-05-11
  PQ
  Patricia Ryan Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [23623/22]
• 2022-05-10
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the response of the Government to reports that Israeli authorities are holding 600 Palestinians without charge under what Israel terms administrative detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22880/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether Ireland can genuinely be a credible and effective actor and have international influence by continuing to raise human rights issues with Israel in the context of the treatment of Palestinians by the Israeli Government through measures (details supplied); his further views on whether it is time to be genuinely proactive; the new initiatives that he will undertake; if he will reconsider adopting the legislation to make it an offence to import or sell goods or services originating in an occupied territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15930/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the opinion of a person (details supplied) that Israel has sunk to such political and moral depths that it is now an apartheid regime and that it is time for the international community to recognise this reality as well; his views on their opinion that the solution would be for Israel to withdraw from the occupied territories and the establishment a Palestinian state living side by side with Israel; the steps he intends to take to build an alliance of countries within the European Union to expedite work towards such a solution; if he will take similar urgent action in this instance as has been taken in response to Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine which is also a gross violation of international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15931/22]
• 2022-03-29
  PQ
  Francis Noel Duffy Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Ireland-Palestine scholarship programme runs on a yearly basis; and if so, when applications will open for the next round of awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16297/22]
• 2022-03-24
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government’s response to a report by an organisation (details supplied) into the crime of apartheid by Israel; the actions that he is prepared to take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15351/22]
• 2022-03-22
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total value of dual-use exports to Israel and Palestine for the period of 2017 to date. [13883/22]
• 2022-03-10
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Defence

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide details in tabular form of Ireland’s procurement of military equipment from Israel between 2019 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13468/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the progress made to date with regard to the decision of the IDA to appoint a business development consultant in Israel; if his Department has monitored the IDA's implementation of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights as well as the human rights due diligence guidance published by the Minister for Foreign Affairs; if his attention has been drawn to the recent Amnesty report that concludes that Israeli officials have committed the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people; if there have been discussions with Israeli officials concerning the appointment of a business development consultant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10931/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the overall value of goods imported into Ireland from Israel for the past five years; the value of imports from the Palestinian Territory in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10932/22]
• 2022-03-01
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Finance

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance the number of instances and the value of goods that were refused entry to Ireland in the past five years because they originated in illegal Israeli settlements in Palestine; the details of the efforts being made including the mechanisms in place to ensure that goods from illegal settlements are not mislabelled as Israeli; if he is fully satisfied that no such goods are being imported to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10932/22]
• 2022-02-16
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Justice

  Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if her attention has been drawn to a person’s (details supplied) case; and if she will instruct the IPO to prioritise this application due to the high risk facing his family in Palestine. [8566/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether that as long as Israel continues to illegally seize Palestinian land to build settlements, evict Palestinian families from their homes and intentionally, institutionally and systematically discriminate against Palestinians as has been detailed in numerous recent independent reports, there will be justified criticism of Israel and that such condemnation only seeks to defend and advance the cause of justice for Palestinians; his further views on whether this criticism cannot be described or defined as anti-Semitic in nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7748/22]
• 2022-02-15
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a recent international report by an organisation (details supplied); his views on the conclusions in the report that Israeli officials commit the crime of apartheid against Palestinians, including ethnic cleansing; if he plans to bring any of the recommendations of this report to Government for approval in the near future; if there are recommendations in the report that he clearly rejects; if he plans to raise the contents of the report at European Union level with a view to tackling Israel's system of oppression and domination in Palestine; his further views on whether the International Criminal Court should consider the crime of apartheid in its current investigation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7749/22]
• 2022-02-10
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Commission has continually conceded that Israel has failed to present any concrete credible evidence against an organisation (details supplied) as one of the six designated NGOs for which there is a continued suspension of funding by the European Commission for the human rights organisation; his views on whether this appears to be an effort by Israel to obstruct the work of the NGOs that monitor, report and promote accountability for violations of human rights and international law by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7356/22]
• 2022-02-10
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the European Commission has suspended funding to some of the six Palestinian human rights NGO organisations labelled by Israel as terrorist entities in October 2021; if so, the organisations that have been penalised in this way; if his attention has been drawn to the purpose or rationale of this initiative; his views on the destabilising effect and the potential devastation that the European Commission’s actions will have in undermining the work of Palestinian civil society; if he will raise the issue at European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7357/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [3538/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the status of plans to officially recognise the state of Palestine pursuant to the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3914/22]
• 2022-01-27
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to join the foreign ministries of France, Germany, Italy and Spain in calling on Israel to end the construction of new housing units in east Jerusalem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3883/22]
• 2022-01-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Alerting Chair, Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee, to early 2022 Amnesty report on Israel/OPT situation, and request for a hearing by Committee
  • Joint NGO letter following Israel's designating six Palestinian human rights organisations as “terror organisations”
• 2022-01-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Chris Andrews Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures that are being carried out to protect the European Union funding of the six Palestinian human rights NGOs that were recently designated as terror groups by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63111/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Chris Andrews Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps the Government is taking to protect the funding of Palestinian human rights organisations from European Commission precautionary measures and to revoke the measures put in place by Israel on the three NGOs (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63112/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Chris Andrews Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Chris Andrews asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if concerns have been raised, in view of the fact that Ireland has invested in human rights groups in Palestine regarding the suspension of funding to groups (details supplied) on the basis of a 74 page document of evidence from May 2021 which was widely condemned by European Union member states as not being substantiated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63240/21]
• 2022-01-19
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2022-01-18
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel & the occupied Palestinian territory (IOPT)
• 2022-01-17
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Sign on statement regadring Israel, human rights and Horizon Europe
  • Meeting with the Cross Party Oireachtas Friends of Palestine Group
• 2022-01-12
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Foreign Affairs

  • Detention of Ms Shatha Odeh
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on matters following his recent visit to Palestine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60346/21]
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will take tangible action at European Union level to bring forward the adoption of import and export prohibitions towards illegal settlements such as those in the Occupied Palestinian Territory Defence in view of the announcement on 27 October 2021 by Israel that it has given final approval for the building of 1,800 housing units and initial approval for another 1,344 and the earlier announcement that construction tenders for 1,355 housing units in the occupied West Bank are at an advanced stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60547/21]
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the comments made by the United Nations Special Rapporteur (details supplied) on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967 that the illegal Israeli settlements in the Palestinian Territory continue to attract international corporate engagement; his further views on whether the involvement of these corporations with the settlements assists them economically to grow and thrive as well as providing a form of political legitimisation against the wishes of the international community; his further views on whether Israel will continue to ignore international law with impunity unless definite action is taken, including the provision of political and financial support to the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to fulfil its mandate to annually update and publish the United Nations database of business enterprises involved in certain activities relating to settlements in the Occupied Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60548/21]
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Gary Gannon Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 54 of 18 November 2021, his views on whether years of dispossession, confiscation, segregation and disintegration of the Palestinian people coupled with a strategy of surrounding Palestinian communities with thousands of Zionist settlers has ensured that a two-State solution is farther away now than ever (details supplied); his further views on whether the present extent of the occupation reaffirms Zionist claims to all of Palestine and effectively ensures that a two-State solution will only come about if the international community gives immediate recognition to a Palestinian State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60549/21]
• 2021-12-07
  PQ
  Neasa Hourigan Green Party asked Agriculture

  Deputy Neasa Hourigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to media reports that the process of approving the export of cattle from the State to Israel has commenced; his views on whether such a step would be fully in keeping with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; if his attention has been drawn to the International Criminal Court’s announcement that it is to begin a formal investigation into possible war crimes committed by Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory; if he will consult with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence with regard to the appropriateness of such investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60414/21]
• 2021-12-02
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to a decision by the Belgian Government to intensify its scrutiny of all goods originating in Israel in order to ensure that all products from illegal Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory are excluded from preferential trade tariffs under the EU-Israel Association Agreement; if he will consult with his Belgian colleague and other like-minded European Union states in the context of the recently registered European Citizen’s Initiative to develop an European Union legal proposal to ban trade with these settlements; if he considers such leadership from Ireland appropriate in view of the strong support of the Houses of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59650/21]
• 2021-11-23
  PQ
  Francis Noel Duffy Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his engagement with both Presidents Herzog and Abbas on Israel’s designation of six Palestinian non-governmental organisations as terrorist organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57344/21]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  Barry Cowen Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent visit to Palestine and Israel. [56374/21]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the European Union is proposing action against Israel on the issue of Palestinian hunger strikers and demanding an end to their administrative detention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56568/21]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  Dara Calleary Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on Israel’s plans for the construction of around 3,000 settlement units in the West Bank. [56510/21]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Government will recognise the state of Palestine as previously committed to. [56440/21]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had with his counterparts at European Union level regarding the continuation of the EU-Israel Association Agreement particularly in view of Israel’s ongoing treatment of the Palestinian people and its human rights obligations under Article 2 of the Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56538/21]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Defence the extent and detail of military co-operation with Israel, including the purchase of military equipment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56498/21]
• 2021-11-18
  PQ
  Rose Conway-Walsh Sinn Féin asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the recently concluded agreement to include Israel in Horizon Europe until 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56530/21]
• 2021-11-10
  PQ
  Seán Haughey Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent visit to Palestine and Israel; if he will provide details of the issues he addressed during his visit including the organisations and persons he met there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54932/21]
• 2021-11-09
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if in view of the declaration by Israel that six Palestinian civil society organisations in the Occupied Palestinian territory are terrorist organisations, his views on whether the root cause of this problem is an illegal occupation which has little regard for the human rights of Palestinians and that it is now time to take more concrete action to have this attack on human rights defenders stopped immediately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54218/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Enterprise

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on the planned establishment of an IDA office in Israel. [53173/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 12 October 2021 which indicates that Ireland ensures that any bilateral agreements with Israel do not apply to territories occupied by Israel since 1967, the details of the procedures, systems and mechanisms in place to ensure that this obligation is being fully implemented without fail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52842/21]
• 2021-11-02
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 218 of 12 October 2021, the details of all efforts being made by the Government to ensure compliance with EU and international law as well as the United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 including details of established structures and procedures within his Department and at interdepartmental level concerning the distinction between the state of Israel and the territories occupied by Israel since 1967; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52843/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 250 of 23 September 2021 and his endorsement of the statement by EU Commissioner Lenarčič which underlined that attacks on education constitute violations of international humanitarian law, his views on whether Israel will continue to perpetrate these violations with impunity unless direct action is taken and that the time is now to institute such actions by the international community, by Ireland and the EU in particular; the form these actions might take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48127/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the persistent expansion of illegal Israeli settlements is in keeping with the principles of the UN Charter in the context of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in the Occupied Palestinian Territory and in particular Israel’s persistent expansion of illegal settlements; his further views on whether the Israeli Government has habitually failed to respect human rights and human dignity in its dealings with Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48128/21]
• 2021-10-05
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department by indicating support for the Jewish character of the Israeli state agrees with the treatment by Israel of Palestinian communities in its attempts to accomplish Jewish supremacy; his views on whether these attempts to perpetuate the supremacy of Jews over Palestinians amount to apartheid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48129/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, given the registering of a European citizens' initiative by the European Commission calling for an end to trade with illegal settlements in occupied territories in Palestine and Western Sahara, the Government is prepared to examine the issue of trade with illegal settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories. [47099/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the lobbying efforts Ireland has undergone as a member of the United Nations Security Council to work towards peace between Palestine and Israel; if this issue was progressed as part of Ireland’s role as President of the United Nations Security Council in September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47060/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had at EU level with regard to the expiration of the current EU Israel Action Plan in January 2022; if he has called for any extension of the Action Plan to be contingent on a review of the commitments upon which the EU-Israel Action Plan is based, namely human rights, rule of law and fundamental freedoms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47171/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Ivana Bacik Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to the registration on 8 September 2021 by the EU Commission of a European Citizens' Initiative (details supplied), if he will raise at EU level the potential for an EU-wide ban on the importation of goods from the occupied territories. [47066/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the proposed timeframe to honour the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [46477/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Ivana Bacik Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on a current campaign (details supplied) which seeks to raise awareness about the intimidation, harassment and obstruction faced routinely by Palestinian children as they try to get safely to their classrooms in the West Bank, Gaza and the occupied territories and about the seriously detrimental impact for their education, safety and welfare. [47067/21]
• 2021-09-30
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to make an official visit to Israel later in 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47199/21]
• 2021-09-29
  PQ
  Violet-Anne Wynne Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the role he envisions Ireland taking to advance the Middle East peace process following the unanimous motion of Dáil Éireann earlier in 2021 that Israel’s settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem amounts to an unlawful de-facto annexation; if Ireland will maximise its seat on the United Nations Security Council and take a more pro-active approach in supporting a negotiated two-state solution and lasting peace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47005/21]
• 2021-09-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2021-09-20
  LOBBY
  World Vision Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Ongoing Conflict in occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) and Israel
• 2021-09-16
  LOBBY
  ActionAid Ireland 4 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Letter to Simon Coveney asking him to support the Occupied Territories Bill
  • In May we launched a petition asking our supporters to email Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney asking him to use his role in the UN General Assembly to continue to press for a ceasefire in Gaza, the immediate, safe, and unfettered movement of humanitarian and medical personnel, and halt on all illegal evictions in Palestine
  • In June we launched a petition targeting Simon Coveney asking the government to enact the Occupied Territories Bill.
  • Letter to Minister Simon Coveney asking him to use his role in the UN General Assembly to continue to press for a ceasefire in Gaza, the immediate, safe, and unfettered movement of humanitarian and medical personnel, a halt on all illegal evictions in Palestine
• 2021-09-13
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 5 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Briefing Paper: Israeli Apartheid, Human Rights Watch and Palestine
  • Report on Israel's raid on Palestinian children's NGO
  • Response to Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs Report that calls for Irish Government action on Israel's illegal settlements, demolitions and displacement
  • Briefing Paper: 'Israel - New Government, Same Apartheid'
  • Sign-On letter in support of UN database of businesses involved in Israeli settlements
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Duncan Smith Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps his Department is taking to help the ongoing situation in areas of Palestine with a lack of Covid-19 resources, such as testing and vaccines Covid-19 vaccines in areas of Palestine under Israeli occupation; his views on the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40808/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a list of Irish and Israeli Government agencies, research institutes, institutions of higher education and or third-level colleges and industrial sectors and or companies that his Department has engaged with in the past three years in relation to Article 1 of the Memorandum of Understanding for a Framework of Co-operation between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of Ireland in the field of Industrial Scientific Research and Technological Development (details supplied). [40864/21]
• 2021-07-27
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Further and Higher Education

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps his Department will take to ensure the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding for a Framework of Co-operation between the Government of the State of Israel and the Government of Ireland in the field of Industrial Scientific Research and Technological Development is line with European law in relation to differentiation between Israel and the illegal settlements and territories that have been illegally occupied and annexed by the state of Israel (details supplied).. [40866/21]
• 2021-07-15
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the measures he plans to take at EU level to assist in bringing an end to Israel’s illegal settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem; the actions Ireland will take as a member of the UN Security Council to facilitate the fulfilment of the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people in view of his support for the agreed position of Dáil Éireann that Israel’s settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem amounts to unlawful de facto annexation and taking into account in this context the commitment in the programme for Government to give leadership within the EU and to work to ensure that all parties respect their obligations under international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38919/21]
• 2021-07-15
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the additional prerequisites that will be required before Ireland can give recognition to the state of Palestine given the pledge in the Programme for Government to honour Ireland’s commitment to recognise the state of Palestine believing that in doing so Ireland will progress efforts to reach a two-state solution and in view of the unanimous view of Dáil Éireann that Israel’s settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem amounts to unlawful de facto annexation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38920/21]
• 2021-07-15
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps Ireland will now take to advance the Middle East peace process, to build consensus at EU level and to take a more proactive approach in supporting a negotiated two-state solution and lasting peace taking into account the recent unanimous motion of Dáil Éireann in accepting that Israel’s settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem amounts to unlawful de facto annexation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38921/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the measures that constitute an appropriate response at both a national and an EU level to assist in bringing an end to Israel’s illegal settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem; the actions Ireland will take as a member of the UN Security Council to facilitate the fulfilment of the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34135/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement he has had to date with the new coalition government in Israel and in particular with regard to Israel’s ongoing de facto annexation of Palestinian land; his plans to highlight a recent report (details supplied) with the new Israeli Government which states that Israel’s treatment of Palestinians amounts to the crimes against humanity, of apartheid and persecution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33903/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the action Ireland plans to take against Israel following the continued bombardment of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33911/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to ensure the Gaza reconstruction mechanism will support the rebuilding of Gaza following the recent conflict instead of acting as a block to rebuilding as has been the case to date according to local NGOs. [33873/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Colm Burke Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which Ireland is using its position on the United Nations Security Council to bring about progress in dealing with the conflict in Gaza and the occupied territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33758/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Rose Conway-Walsh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland opposes Israel’s inclusion in the new Horizon Europe Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33923/21]
• 2021-06-24
  PQ
  Dara Calleary Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if there has been any response from Israel on the decision to categorise the occupation of Palestinian territories as a de facto annexation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33697/21]
• 2021-06-22
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the consular support available to Irish passport holders in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32836/21]
• 2021-06-22
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the discrimination of Palestinian Irish passport holders in Israeli airports and travelling through Israel to Gaza or the difficulties in getting out of Gaza to return to Ireland; the representations he has made on behalf of these Irish passport holders in order to resolve the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32846/21]
• 2021-06-15
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Finance

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Finance the number of claims for a benefit under the Israel-Ireland double taxation agreement in each of the past five years; the number that required further investigation; the number that were rejected; the number that were rejected in particular due to the fact that the company, person or income to be taxed was based in illegally occupied territories to which the treaty does not apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30658/21]
• 2021-06-15
  PQ
  Rose Conway-Walsh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 277, 278, 279, 280 and 281 of 3 June 2021, if no European Council decision is required to approve Israel association with the Horizon Europe Regulation once negotiations are concluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31439/21]
• 2021-06-03
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 4 of 29 April 2021, if the IDA has to date appointed the business development consultant in Israel; the details of the checks and balances in place within his Department to ensure that the IDA's decision to establish a presence in Israel will not indirectly support or legitimise Israel’s policies of de facto annexation; the details of the monitoring that will be carried out by his Department in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30201/21]
• 2021-06-03
  PQ
  Johnny Guirke Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current level of import and export trade between Ireland and Israeli businesses in the occupied territories of Palestine, in financial terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29735/21]
• 2021-06-03
  PQ
  Johnny Guirke Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether the plan to set up IDA offices in Israel should be cancelled given Israel's international crimes against the Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29734/21]
• 2021-06-03
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to restrict trade with Israel of goods produced in areas which was agreed on 26 May 2021 have been de facto annexed from Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30073/21]
• 2021-06-03
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the mechanisms that are in place in his Department to ensure that all bilateral agreements with Israel apply only to Israel proper and do not benefit those territories illegally occupied by Israel in 1967; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30090/21]
• 2021-06-03
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Enterprise

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the setting up by the IDA of operations in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30267/21]
• 2021-06-03
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on sanctions against Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30266/21]
• 2021-06-03
  PQ
  Rose Conway-Walsh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will oppose or support the European Commission request for a negotiating mandate for an association agreement with Israel for Horizon Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30326/21]
• 2021-06-02
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will use Ireland’s position on the United Nations Security Council to ensure that a United Nations database of companies operating in occupied Western Sahara is established similar to that which currently exists for occupied Palestine. [29907/21]
• 2021-06-01
  PQ
  Johnny Guirke Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA has employed an Israeli based business development consultant for a new office in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29725/21]
• 2021-06-01
  PQ
  Johnny Guirke Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated amount it will cost to set up IDA office space in Israel; the estimated cost of this operation in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29726/21]
• 2021-06-01
  PQ
  Johnny Guirke Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the annual level in financial terms of import and export trade between Ireland and Israeli businesses in the occupied territories of Palestine in each of the years 2011 to 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29727/21]
• 2021-06-01
  PQ
  Patricia Ryan Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the Government will honour its commitment in the Programme for Government to recognise the state of Palestine. [29065/21]
• 2021-05-27
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the request for tender for the consultancy has been issued with regard to the decision by the IDA to appoint a business development consultant in Israel; if the IDA implements an ongoing process of human rights due diligence as outlined in the guidance for businesses enterprises recently published by the Minister for Foreign Affairs with regard to the decision by the IDA to appoint a business development consultant in Israel; if companies being targeted with potential for investing in Ireland will be analysed using the tools provided in this guidance in particular in the area of human rights; his views on whether the IDA has a duty to ensure that possible business partners being sourced are not in violation of international law on human rights or have connections or partnerships with third-party entities that are or maybe in any way in violation of international law or benefiting from resources in illegally occupied territories by means of extraction, processing, commercialisation, distribution and or investment to carry out their activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28967/21]
• 2021-05-27
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to consult with EU partners concerning the implementation of the differentiation principle between Israel within its internationally recognised pre-1967 borders and the illegal settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; if he is satisfied that Ireland and the EU are completely fulfilling their legal obligations based on non-recognition of Israeli sovereignty over these territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28965/21]
• 2021-05-27
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the precise mechanisms that are in place in his Department to ensure that all bilateral agreements with Israel apply only to Israel proper and do not benefit those territories illegally occupied by Israel in 1967; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28968/21]
• 2021-05-27
  PQ
  Patricia Ryan Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the current status of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29063/21]
• 2021-05-26
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the amount of the recently announced €1.5 million funding which will be made available to ensure access to education in occupied Palestine in view of the challenges of access to education for Palestinian children, as demonstrated by UNICEF 2018 State of Palestine- Country report on out-of-school children report. [28409/21]
• 2021-05-26
  VOTE
  Annexation of Palestine · an amendment to the bill · motion failed 46–87

  Annexation of Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2021-05-25
  PQ
  Martin Browne Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Martin Browne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the quantity and value of arms and dual use equipment exported by Ireland to Israel each year for the past ten years in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27875/21]
• 2021-05-25
  PQ
  Cian O'Callaghan Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps he is taking to urgently support the population of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27523/21]
• 2021-05-25
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Defence

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Defence if an aircraft (details supplied) en route to Israel landed at Baldonnel Aerodrome; if these type of flights are facilitated often at Baldonnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27921/21]
• 2021-05-21
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Peacebuilding priorities for UNSC
• 2021-05-20
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights and international humanitarian law in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory
• 2021-05-20
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 4 returns Foreign Affairs Trade

  • Interparliamentary Task-force on Palestine
  • Opening of IDA Office in Israel
  • Meetings with Oireachtas Freinds of Palestine
  • This is Apartheid' - A briefing on B'Tselem's devastating report on Palestine & Israel
• 2021-05-19
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel & Occupied Palestinian territory
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Seán Haughey Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the recent military strikes by Israel on Palestine; if he will condemn ongoing Israeli violations against the Palestinian persons and the annexation of territory by Israel in Palestine; if he will encourage the EU and the UN Security Council to take a strong stance on these developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26823/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Holly Cairns Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he is taking in response to the escalation of Israel-Palestinian violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26892/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Violet-Anne Wynne Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the worsening conflict against civilians in Palestine and Gaza; if it is within the remit of Ireland on the UN Security Council to do more than merely speak out against the unilateral actions and violence perpetrated by the Israeli state and military forces; if he will express clearly the parameters of Ireland’s responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25875/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Carol Nolan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will elaborate on his recent statement in relation to the violence at the Al Aqsa mosque that the right to peaceful freedom of assembly is non-negotiable; if he will elaborate on the obligations on Israel to guarantee freedom of assembly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26037/21]
• 2021-05-18
  PQ
  Violet-Anne Wynne Sinn Féin asked Justice

  Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Justice if psychosocial and or informational supports are available to persons who are seeking information in relation to when their family members will be able to travel and are navigating the anxiety of their family members in Palestine being in such an unstable geopolitical situation. [25894/21]
• 2021-05-17
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Foreign Affairs

  • Ireland Term on the UN Security Council
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the Government response to the report by an organisation (details supplied) that accuses Israel of the crime of apartheid. [24639/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Matt Carthy Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress his Department has made towards honouring the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine. [23883/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to raise the findings of a report (details supplied) which stated that the ongoing treatment of Palestinians in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories amounts to apartheid at the next meeting of the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24212/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his engagements with the Israeli authorities regarding the commitment to recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24262/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Violet-Anne Wynne Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way Irish corporations can continue to justify their engagement with the state and economy of Israel given that Ireland has acknowledged the fact that Israel’s occupation of Palestine territories is illegitimate (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23886/21]
• 2021-05-11
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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
  John Lahart Fianna Fáil asked Health

  Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the reason Israel was included in the countries from which travel required mandatory hotel quarantine in spite of its vaccination record and low transmission figure. [23786/21]
• 2021-05-05
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Health

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health the reason Israel has been removed from the list of countries required to undergo mandatory hotel quarantine on arrival in Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 3.5 million plus Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem who come under the direct control of the Israeli Government have not been given access by Israel to the Covid-19 vaccine; his views on whether that by differentiating between Israelis and Palestinians this leads to further victimisation of Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23238/21]
• 2021-04-29
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 21 April 2021, concerning the announcement by the IDA that it plans to appoint a consultant in Israel, the systems and processes in place to ensure that enterprises which break international law and operate in the illegal Israeli settlements are excluded from consideration by the IDA; the way in which the Irish public can be reassured that a State agency funded by taxpayers and for which he has responsibility is fully compliant with Ireland’s international legal and moral obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22485/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Cian O'Callaghan Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the position of Ireland on the UN Database of Companies Operating in Israel’s Illegal Settlements published in 2020; if this database is taken into consideration during public procurement tendering processes; if Ireland supports calls for the database to be updated on an annual basis as new information becomes available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21463/21]
• 2021-04-28
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has read a recent report (details supplied); his views on the report; his further views on whether it is now time to begin speaking in relation to Israel’s oppression of the Palestinian people in terms of apartheid rather than merely occupation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21840/21]
• 2021-04-22
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Transport

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Transport the reason Israel has been removed from the list of countries required to undergo mandatory hotel quarantine on arrival in Ireland; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the 3.5 million plus Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem who come under the direct control of the Israeli Government have not been given access by Israel to the Covid-19 vaccine; his views on whether that by differentiating between Israelis and Palestinians this leads to further victimisation of Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20936/21]
• 2021-04-22
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the contact he has had with Israeli authorities with regard to the Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine in order to urgently protect the integrity of Palestinian territory; the specific circumstances that will be required to progress these efforts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20939/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Enterprise

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to the announcement by the IDA that it plans to appoint a consultant in Israel to present Ireland as an investment location; if his views were sought in advance of this announcement; the systems that will be in place to ensure that businesses connected to illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory including but not limited to those listed in the UN database will not be engaged by the IDA or benefit in any way from the proposed new arrangement; if he is in agreement with this decision of the IDA in view of UN CERD January 2020 recommendations which demand Israel ceases its policies of racial discrimination and apartheid and the 2017 Report by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia accusing Israel of imposing an apartheid regime of racial discrimination on the Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18277/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he will take to ensure a series of criteria (details supplied) are met with regard to the recent announcement by the IDA Ireland to appoint a business development consultant to establish a presence in Israel and present Ireland as an investment location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18463/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the details of the essential requirements and qualifications which were specified in the request for tenders with regard to the recent announcement by the IDA to appoint a business development consultant to establish a presence in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19445/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures that will be taken in respect of the decision by the IDA to appoint a business development consultant in Israel to ensure proper procedures with regard to the processing and transferring of personal data in view of the fact that the proposed consultant will be based in Israel; the way in which a data breach will be managed in these circumstances; if a risk assessment has been carried out in view of the duty of care of the IDA under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19672/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA has, in respect of the decision by it to appoint a business development consultant in Israel, investigated the possibilities of a permanent establishment being created by virtue of the fact that a fixed place of business is being established in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20044/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether Israel’s continuous creation of illegal settlements in the Palestinian Territories and subsequent imposition of Israeli rule amounts to annexation of territory taken by force; the actions he plans to take to oppose such actions in view of the clear commitment in the Programme for Government to do so and in view of the urgency of the situation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20938/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if Ireland will support a full investigation by the ICC prosecutor of individuals suspected of war crimes committed in the occupied territories in the context of the decision of the ICC that it has jurisdiction in the Palestinian territories occupied by Israel since 1967 namely Gaza and the West Bank including East Jerusalem; if he will support the role of the ICC in the EU and on the UN Security Council in this regard; if he will oppose attempts to defer an investigation or prosecution under Article 16 of the Rome Statute in view of the continual and increasing illegal transfer of Israeli civilians into the West Bank with the approval of the Israeli Government contrary to international law; if he condemns any attempts to impose sanctions on ICC staff or other personnel involved in or assisting the investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18278/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the IDA plans to appoint a business development consultant to establish a presence in Israel; if his views or that of his Department were sought in advance of this announcement; his views on whether it is appropriate to promote and advance Ireland’s trade with Israel (details supplied); his views on the conclusions of a recent report by Israel’s largest human rights group that the Israeli Government perpetuates the supremacy of one group of persons over another and therefore that Ireland could end up supporting an apartheid regime of occupation; if he will consult his colleague the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18464/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions he has taken to oppose any annexation or plans to apply Israeli sovereignty over territory which is part of Occupied Palestine in view of the commitments in the Programme for Government that Ireland’s interests are best served by active and engaged membership of the European Union and to give leadership within the EU. [20435/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has raised the matter of illegal settlements in occupied Palestine officially with his EU partners in view of the present situation of continual efforts by Israel to create illegal settlements in Occupied Palestine which the Israeli Prime Minister has clearly indicated his intention that they will be permanent. [20436/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the immediate steps he plans to take at the UN Security Council to oppose the illegal Israeli settlements in Occupied Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20437/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps that he has taken to prevent the targeting of EU-funded aid structures by Israel and subsequently condemn those given UN reports (details supplied) that in the first two months of 2021 the targeting of EU-funded aid structures by Israel tripled compared with the monthly average in 2020; the penalties Ireland and the EU will implement in response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20545/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the imminent eviction of eight Palestinian families from the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood of Israeli-occupied Palestinian East Jerusalem and due to be replaced with illegal Israeli settlers; the actions that Ireland will be taking to ensure Israel does not carry out this war crime given that these evictions are in contravention of international law and would constitute a war crime of forcible transfer of parts of the population of an occupied territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20742/21]
• 2021-04-21
  PQ
  Jim O'Callaghan Fianna Fáil asked Health

  Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the grounds upon which Israel was included in the list of countries from which mandatory quarantine is required on arrival here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18957/21]
• 2021-04-01
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Enterprise

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the guidelines his Department has given to the IDA to ensure its new office in Israel, in the conduct of its business, adheres to EU law and the exclusion of illegal settlements which are not recognised as part of the territory of Israel by EU law and therefore not part of the free trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17817/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the due diligence mechanisms that will be put in place to ensure that an Israeli-headquartered entity seeking investment opportunities in Ireland does not operate in or profit from Israel’s illegal settlements in occupied Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16342/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Enterprise

  Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA will use the UN database of companies operating in Israeli settlements in order to screen for companies that may be guilty of human rights abuses in the context of the planned IDA campaign to situate a business development consultant in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16343/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Enterprise

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on the IDA seeking to establish links with businesses in Israel; if he will take steps to ensure that there is no cooperation between Ireland and the Israeli state, given its treatment and repression of the Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16445/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on the proposed plan by the Industrial Development Authority, IDA, to situate a business development consultant in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16340/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the way in which the proposed plan by the Industrial Development Authority, IDA, to situate a business development consultant in Israel to attract companies to Ireland does not contradict efforts by the international community to prevent Israel’s continuing illegal annexation of the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16341/21]
• 2021-03-31
  PQ
  Peadar Tóibín Aontú asked Health

  Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if Ireland has explored entering into a vaccine development and production deal with Israel, similar to Denmark and Austria. [16556/21]
• 2021-03-03
  PQ
  Patricia Ryan Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will use Ireland’s influence to stop Israel from destroying Palestinian villages such as Khirbet Humsah; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11902/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Cian O'Callaghan Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on and response to the decision by the International Criminal Court in the Hague which confirmed that it has jurisdiction over the occupied Palestine; the actions he has taken on foot of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9188/21]
• 2021-02-18
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the 1993 Oslo Accords did not result in devolved authority to the Palestinians for public health in view of the emphasis he placed on respect for international law and agreed international parameters in his recent statement to the UN Security Council on the Middle East, including the Palestinian question; his further views on whether Israel is the occupying power which exercises full control over the lives of Palestinians in the Occupied Territories; his further views on whether Israel therefore has a responsibility under international law, in particular, the fourth Geneva Convention, and a moral obligation to provide the Covid-19 vaccine to Palestinians; his further views on whether Ireland has a responsibility to put pressure on Israel to abide by these obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9358/21]
• 2021-02-17
  PQ
  Joe O'Brien Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the ongoing lack of Covid-19 vaccines in areas of Palestine under Israeli occupation; his views on whether this situation will affect the operation of the EU-Israel trade agreement, particularly with regard to article 2 of the treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8064/21]
• 2021-02-10
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 10 December 2020, the agreements with respect to visas that exist between the two countries; the matters covered by these agreements; the contents of the agreements; when they came into effect; the way in which the inapplicability to illegal settlements and territories occupied by Israel in 1967 is ensured in practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7050/21]
• 2021-02-03
  PQ
  Patricia Ryan Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Patricia Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when the commitment of Ireland to recognise the state of Palestine will be honoured; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5451/21]
• 2021-01-28
  PQ
  Éamon Ó Cuív Fianna Fáil asked Finance

  Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Finance the details of the procedures and inspections in place with regard to the double taxation treaty of 1995 between Ireland and Israel since 1967 to ensure that companies established in illegal settlements, persons residing in illegal settlements occupied by Israel since 1967, all economic activities being carried out there and persons living elsewhere but earning income from these settlements, cannot benefit in any way from the provisions of this treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4926/21]
• 2021-01-21
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
• 2021-01-20
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Human rights in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories
• 2021-01-20
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Foreign Affairs

  • ICTU to insist on the release of Palestinian Hunger Striker Maher Al Akhras and an end to Administrative Detention in Israel
• 2021-01-20
  LOBBY
  Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel Foreign Affairs

  • A call to action to our members asking them to lobby Oireachtas Members about the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
• 2021-01-13
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 285 of 10 December 2020, if all bilateral agreements between Ireland and Israel apply only to those areas within Israel’s pre-1967 borders; if these bilateral agreements specifically differentiated the settlements at inception or have been amended or modified following EU decisions; the procedures and inspections in place to ensure that individuals residing in Israeli settlements cannot profit in any way from the provisions of such bilateral agreements; the structures or practices in place to ensure that companies established in these illegal settlements, all economic activities being carried out there and individuals living elsewhere but earning income from these settlements cannot profit from the provisions of these agreements in particular the 1995 double taxation treaty between Ireland and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44808/20]
• 2021-01-04
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign EU Affairs

  • Letter re: EU funding entities on UN Blacklist of companies aiding illegal Israeli settlements
• 2020-12-10
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has existing bilateral agreements or memorandums of understanding with the State of Israel; if such agreements are in preparation; if his Department has been consulted or made aware of such agreements by other Departments; if the illegal settlements, which are illegal under international law, in the Israeli Occupied Territories have been or will be excluded from such agreements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42569/20]
• 2020-11-26
  PQ
  John Brady Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government will be seeking compensation from the state of Israel for the destruction of infrastructure paid for by the Irish taxpayer by Israeli forces. [38305/20]
• 2020-11-26
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the progress in relation to suspending Israel from the EU-Med and EU neighbourhood agreements, given its continuous flagrant breaches of the human rights of the Palestinian people and specifically its recent settlement programmes on Palestinian land. [38405/20]
• 2020-11-26
  PQ
  Brendan Howlin Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to the fact that EU diplomats present were called anti-Semites following the chasing away of the EU’s Head of Mission to the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Mr. Sven Kühn Von Burgsdorff, from a Jerusalem neighbourhood, Givat Hamatos, the day after Israel issued tenders for 1,257 new homes in the area; the action the EU has taken on the matter to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37959/20]
• 2020-11-26
  PQ
  Thomas Gould Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to reintroduce legislation similar to that of the Control of Economic Activities (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [38242/20]
• 2020-11-18
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2020-10-08
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Defence

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Defence the value of all contracts for goods or services, including drone technology, purchased by the Defence Forces from Israel and Israeli-based firms to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29108/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Pa Daly Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the diplomatic representations that were made to Israel regarding its annexation plan; and if his attention has been drawn to the town of Beit Sahour (details supplied) affected by the annexation in the occupied West Bank. [28298/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if, as the 20th anniversary of the second Palestinian Intifada is passed, his attention has been drawn to the escalating policy of silent transfer of Palestinians from occupied East Jerusalem; the measures the EU is discussing to address the behaviour by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28547/20]
• 2020-10-06
  PQ
  Bernard Durkan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the extent to which efforts continue in the Middle Eastern peace process, in particular with reference to the need for permanent structures to encourage progress in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28816/20]
• 2020-09-22
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Human Rights in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories
• 2020-09-21
  LOBBY
  Global Legal Action Network Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2020-09-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Request for action given upcoming court hearing related to the arbitrary travel ban imposed by Israel on Amnesty International’s Jerusalem office staff member, Laith Abu Zeyad
  • Conveying letter from Amnesty International and other international NGOs re EU role on proposed illegal annexation of parts of West Bank by Israel
• 2020-09-21
  LOBBY
  Comhlámh 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Israel's arrest of Palestinian BDS National Committee’s General Coordinator, Mahmoud Nawajaa
  • Israel's threatened annexation of West Bank land
• 2020-09-10
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 6 returns EU AffairsForeign Affairs Trade

  • Call for Irish government to reject re-convening of the EU-Israel Association Council
  • Call on Government to take action to end Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza in light of COVID-19 crisis
  • Call for Ireland to continue to support the International Criminal Court
  • Call for the Irish government to reject the UAE-Israel normalisation agreement
  • Campaign to free Palestinian Human Rights Defender Mahmoud Nawajaa
  • Campaign for the Occupied Territories Bill to be included in the Programme for Government
• 2020-09-09
  PQ
  Joe O'Brien Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Joe O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to ensure that Ireland uses its international influence, especially among the EU Foreign Affairs Council, to end a blockade of necessary medical supplies from reaching Gaza in view of the news that there are over 400 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22803/20]
• 2020-09-09
  PQ
  Éamon Ó Cuív Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans and those of the Government to recognise the state of Palestine as part of a lasting settlement of the Middle East conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22952/20]
• 2020-09-09
  PQ
  Éamon Ó Cuív Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the steps being taken by Ireland within the EU to oppose plans by Israel to annex territory in the West Bank and apply Israeli sovereignty to it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22953/20]
• 2020-09-09
  PQ
  Éamon Ó Cuív Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide details of the commitment by Ireland to fund the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22954/20]
• 2020-09-07
  LOBBY
  Communications Workers' Union (CWU) Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill 2018
• 2020-09-01
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
  • Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
  • Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories Bill) 2018
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to prevent the annexation of occupied Palestine by Israel. [18121/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions he has had with his counterparts across Europe with regard to the plans of the Israeli state to annex parts of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18568/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify his comments that Ireland could face fines from the EU in relation to banning goods from illegal settlements in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18467/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Patrick Costello Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take to expedite the recognition of the state of Palestine before it is too late in view of the threat of annexation by Israel. [18120/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Bernard Durkan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts continue to be made to bring about peaceful and equitable resolution in Gaza at EU and UN level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19095/20]
• 2020-07-28
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to give official recognition to the State of Palestine. [19173/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Mary Lou McDonald Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Cabinet committee which addresses matters relating to Israel and Palestine. [16815/20]
• 2020-07-21
  PQ
  Jim O'Callaghan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps being taken to recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16854/20]
• 2020-06-23
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to recognise formally the state of Palestine in view of a cross-party Dáil Éireann motion in support and a commitment in the programme for Government; and his views on whether the impending annexation of the West Bank by Israel highlights the need for that to occur as a matter of some urgency. [11658/20]
• 2020-05-27
  PQ
  Bernard Durkan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts continue in the Middle Eastern peace process in particular with reference to the need for permanent structures to encourage progress in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8118/20]
• 2020-05-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2020-05-21
  LOBBY
  Comhlámh Foreign Affairs

  • Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Cian O'Callaghan Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the proposed annexation of the West Bank by Israel; the steps he has taken to help prevent this from happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6973/20]
• 2020-05-20
  PQ
  Cian O'Callaghan Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the issue of an EU wide ban on the importation of goods from occupied territories has been raised with his European counterparts in view of the support for the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 in Dáil Éireann; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6981/20]
• 2020-05-15
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Contact in relation to Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
  • Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories Bill) 2018
  • Contact in relation to Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill
• 2020-05-08
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Foreign Affairs

  • International Solidarity in Times of Crisis/Gaza
• 2020-05-01
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Call for government acton to halt Israel's illegal annexation of Palestinian areas in the occupied West Bank
  • Call on Government to take action to end Israel's illegal blockade of Gaza in light of COVID-19 crisis
  • Briefing TDs on issues around the occupation of Palestineand the BDS Movement
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the increase in illegal Israeli colonial settlements in Palestine; and the actions he will take in the face of continued Israeli violations of international law. [3885/20]
• 2020-03-05
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to footage of the Israeli military killing a Palestinian civilian near the military fence in Gaza (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3886/20]
• 2020-01-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Highlighting human rights issues in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories and encouraging support for passage of the Occupied Territories Bill
• 2020-01-21
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Contact in relation to Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill
• 2020-01-18
  LOBBY
  Global Legal Action Network Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2020-01-06
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 6 returns EU AffairsForeign Affairs Trade

  • Information sent regarding the EU's legal obligation to ban trade with illegal Israeli settlements
  • Submitted infomration for potetioanl questions for new EU Trade Commissoner
  • Briefing meeting with the Cross Party Oireachtas Friends of Palestine Group
  • Sent background information for PQ on Israel's treatment of Omar Barghouti, founder of the BDS Movement
  • Email sent to all Oireachtas Members calling for an Irish trade ban with illegal Israeli settlements as a repsonse to the Trump administration's annoucement that it not longer considers colonial settlements to be illegal
  • Request to Oireachtas Friends of Palestine to invite Khaled Quzmar, the General Director of Defence for Children International Palestine to address a briefing in Oireachtas
• 2019-12-18
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 10 December 2019 marks five years since Dáil Éireann unanimously passed a motion to formally recognise the State of Palestine; if the issue is being examined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53316/19]
• 2019-12-18
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a report will be provided on his recent trip to Israel and Palestine; the persons he met; the issues discussed; the new proposals he will undertake in order to provide support to a two-state solution and an end to the illegal occupation of Palestine by Israel. [53318/19]
• 2019-12-18
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2019-12-12
  VOTE
  Draft Committee Report on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 · the motion · motion passed 5–3

  Draft Committee Report on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
• 2019-12-12
  VOTE
  Draft Committee Report on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 · the motion · motion passed 5–3

  Draft Committee Report on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee at which Israel and Palestine is discussed. [48835/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Mary Lou McDonald Sinn Féin asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that addresses matters relating to Israel and Palestine. [49995/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee at which Israel and Palestine is discussed. [50144/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Brendan Howlin Labour Party asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Taoiseach the Cabinet committee that addresses matters relating to Palestine and Israel. [51613/19]
• 2019-12-10
  PQ
  Seán Haughey Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Israel and Palestine; if he raised the expansion of illegal settlements with the Israeli Prime Minister; if he and the Prime Minister discussed the impact of the policies of the Administration of the United States of America on the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51611/19]
• 2019-12-05
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a recent ruling by the European Court of Justice that food products from the illegal colonial settlements of Israel in Palestine must be clearly labelled as products originating in occupied territories to allow consumers to make informed choices when they shop; his plans to ensure that products from illegal Israeli colonial settlements will now be labelled accordingly in order to enter the market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50716/19]
• 2019-12-03
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland is actively working towards bringing about a two-state future for Israel and Palestine further to his statement on Israeli settlements policy of 20 November 2019; if there are further developments on foot of earlier meetings he has held on the peace process for Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50043/19]
• 2019-11-20
  PQ
  Seán Haughey Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent violence in Gaza; the status of recent efforts at EU and international level to restart the Middle East peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47994/19]
• 2019-11-12
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the attempts by Israel to brand support for Palestine as anti-Semitic with his European counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46487/19]
• 2019-11-12
  PQ
  Michael Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Israel and Palestine were discussed at his meetings at the UN. [39950/19]
• 2019-11-12
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Israeli authorities approved plans for 2,342 housing units in illegal Israeli colonial settlements and a new tunnel road in Palestine in October 2019 (details supplied); if he has raised the issue with his Israeli counterpart; and his plans to respond to the alleged continued violations of international law and increased illegal colonial settlement building by Israel. [46432/19]
• 2019-11-12
  PQ
  Bernard Durkan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which efforts continue in the Middle East peace process, in particular with reference to the need for permanent structures to encourage progress in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46609/19]
• 2019-11-07
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Defence

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the deployment of the Defence Forces to Lebanon as part of UNIFIL in view of growing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah; the extent of co-operation between Defence Forces personnel and forces from other European countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45771/19]
• 2019-11-05
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Taoiseach if Israel and Palestine were discussed at the most recent EU Council meeting. [45244/19]
• 2019-10-22
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Israeli Minister of the Interior has stated that they are taking action to force a person (details supplied) out of Israel; if he has raised the case with his Israeli counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43031/19]
• 2019-10-15
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the nation state law that is being implemented in Israel has been discussed at the EU Foreign Affairs Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41750/19]
• 2019-09-21
  LOBBY
  American Chamber of Commerce Ireland Trade

  • Position of the American Chamber on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill
• 2019-09-20
  LOBBY
  Trócaire 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories
  • Human Rights in Syria, Yemen and Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories
• 2019-09-19
  LOBBY
  Global Legal Action Network Foreign Affairs

  • Control of Economic Activity(Occupied Territories) Bill
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Brendan Howlin Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has written to or engaged with the Israeli Government to strongly condemn the recent statement by incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he would permanently annex parts of the West Bank territory of Palestine if he is re-elected as Prime Minister in the Israeli legislative election on 17 September 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37563/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he will take in the event that Israel annexes sections of the West Bank as announced recently by the Israeli Prime Minister; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37467/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent attacks by Israel in Lebanon, Syria and Iraq; his views on the attacks and the increased tension on the border with Israel and Lebanon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37237/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when Ireland will officially recognise the state of Palestine in view of the recent statements of the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu, that he will permanently seize additional territory in the West Bank; the reason for the delay in doing so in view of the unanimous passing of a motion by Dáil Éireann on 10 December 2014 requesting the Government to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37459/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a proposal for Israel to annexe parts of the occupied West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37568/19]
• 2019-09-17
  PQ
  Seán Haughey Fianna Fáil asked Justice

  Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the circumstances in which he would invoke section 15A(2) of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956; if he will consider waiving some of the conditions in the case of a Palestinian from Gaza married to an Irish citizen who is recognised as a refugee with the United Nations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37540/19]
• 2019-08-30
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 3 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Submitted Briefing Paper to Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Defence re: the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill
  • Meeting with Cross Party Oireachtas Friends of Palestine Group
  • 'Make Palestine an Election Issue' campaign duirng the EU and Local Elections
• 2019-07-03
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent conference held in Bahrain to discuss Palestine and economic initiatives aimed at revitalising the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28389/19]
• 2019-07-02
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the matters discussed under the specific foreign policy issues agenda item at the June 2019 Foreign Affairs Council meeting; and if Iran, Israel and Palestine were included in the discussions. [28006/19]
• 2019-06-25
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the matters that were discussed under specific foreign policy issues at the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting; if Iran and Israel and Palestine were included in the discussions. [26560/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the latest efforts to achieve a full two-state resolution and permanent peace for Palestine and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24942/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if progress has been made since he held a meeting in Dublin in January 2019 to discuss the Israel-Palestine conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25177/19]
• 2019-06-18
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); his views on whether the unilateral policies of Israel would exacerbate the conflict in and over Jerusalem and harm hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in East Jerusalem; the steps he will take to object to the precedent for Israeli annexationist ambitions in the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25214/19]
• 2019-06-12
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Israel and Palestine were discussed at the recent EU meeting of foreign ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24450/19]
• 2019-05-29
  PQ
  Michael Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Israel and Palestine issue was discussed at the recent EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting. [22673/19]
• 2019-05-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Highlighting Trócaire priority issues during the Fianna Fail Ard Fheis
  • Occupied Territories Bill and human rights in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories
• 2019-05-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland 5 returns Trade

  • Amnesty's support for Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill
  • Amnesty International's support for Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill
  • Amnesty International's support for Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill
  • Amnesty International's support for Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill
  • Amnesty's support for Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill, and need for regulation of digital tourism in illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land, including Airbnb Ireland
• 2019-05-21
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2019-05-20
  LOBBY
  Global Legal Action Network Foreign Affairs

  • Control of Economic Activity(Occupied Territories) Bill
• 2019-05-14
  PQ
  Michael Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the latest attacks in Israel and Palestine were discussed at the recent Foreign Affairs Council. [20556/19]
• 2019-05-08
  LOBBY
  Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel Foreign Affairs

  • Letter to all TDs and Senators regarding the expulsion of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron (TIPH) human rights team in occupied Palestine.
• 2019-05-08
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the pre-election promises annexing the settlements in the West Bank made by outgoing and incoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel; if this will be discussed at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18693/19]
• 2019-04-30
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Foreign Affairs

  • Meetings with TDs and Senators on the issue of Child Prisoners in Apartheid Israel's prisons
• 2019-04-16
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the comments of the Israeli Prime Minister that if he wins re-election he will annex illegal Israeli colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank; if he will condemn these comments; and the response he will take if Israel moves towards annexing illegal Israeli colonial settlements in Palestine. [17558/19]
• 2019-04-16
  PQ
  Maureen O'Sullivan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the United States of America recognition of the occupied Golan Heights in conjunction with the previous recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and his views on whether this will have a negative consequence on lasting peace and a two-state solution. [17591/19]
• 2019-04-16
  PQ
  Bernard Durkan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he, through the EU and UN, can positively influence matters in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17807/19]
• 2019-04-16
  PQ
  Bernard Durkan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and the international community can continue to exert pressure to bring about an amicable peace process in the Israel-Palestine conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17810/19]
• 2019-04-02
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has formally conveyed his objection to the administration of the United States of America regarding its decision to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15079/19]
• 2019-04-02
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to action that will be taken at EU level regarding the decision of the administration of the United States of America to recognise Israel’s sovereignty over the occupied Golan Heights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15080/19]
• 2019-03-26
  PQ
  Noel Rock Fine Gael asked Agriculture

  Deputy Noel Rock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is monitoring the situation of Brazilian authorities relocating their embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and the threat by the Arab countries to cut their meat trade with Brazil; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12796/19]
• 2019-03-12
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recently published UN report that indicated the actions by Israeli authorities in respect of protests in Gaza may amount to war crimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11593/19]
• 2019-03-05
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the detention of Palestinian children in Israeli prisons; if he has raised this issue with the authorities in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10812/19]
• 2019-02-27
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent expulsion of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron from the region and the withdrawal of observers from the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel; his plans to ensure that TIPH is reinstated; if he will report on his efforts to organise a meeting of representatives of Israel and Palestine here to advance a peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8813/19]
• 2019-02-27
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views with regard to some supporters of Israel attempting to equate anti-Semitism with criticism of Israeli treatment of Palestinians; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9737/19]
• 2019-02-27
  PQ
  Bernard Durkan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which international aid continues to be made available to persons in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10001/19]
• 2019-02-21
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that observers from the ecumenical accompaniment programme in Palestine and Israel, EAPPI, have been withdrawn recently following a rise in harassment by settlers following the withdrawal of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, TIPH; and the steps he will take to request the Israeli Government for the reinstatement of both the TIPH and the EAPPI. [8782/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Mattie McGrath Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to address concerns that the funding being provided to an organisation (details supplied) is opposed to Ireland’s position regarding NGOs that support the global BDS boycotts, divestment and sanctions movement; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that companies have shut down online credit card donations to the organisation in May 2018 due to its ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5066/19]
• 2019-02-05
  PQ
  Mattie McGrath Independent asked Business

  Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if representations have been made to her concerning the commercial, business or industrial impact of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5065/19]
• 2019-01-31
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Business

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the extra scrutiny undertaken when assessing applications for the export of category 5 dual use items to states with a record of oppression and human rights abuses such as Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Israel. [4670/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he plans to take with regard to the ongoing and worsening humanitarian crisis in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4138/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Maureen O'Sullivan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the work he has undertaken on the Palestine-Israel situation; the expected outcome of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3897/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed with his European counterparts the worsening humanitarian situation in Palestine since the United States of America implemented cuts to infrastructure projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3968/19]
• 2019-01-29
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will reiterate the call to all regional participants to show restraint and avoid an escalation in the Syrian conflict in view of recent Israeli airstrikes on Syria; and if the intervention of Israel in the Syrian conflict will be condemned. [3969/19]
• 2019-01-24
  VOTE
  Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad] · the motion · motion passed 78–45

  Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
• 2019-01-22
  PQ
  Michael Healy-Rae Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether a stronger stand should be taken on supporting persons who have been displaced and robbed of their property and possessions in Palestine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2349/19]
• 2019-01-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Control of Economic Activities (Occupied Territories) Bill
• 2019-01-20
  LOBBY
  Global Legal Action Network Foreign Affairs

  • Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill, 2018; submission by GLAN of complaint to National Contact Point in respect of Irish company allegedly operating in Western Sahara
• 2019-01-18
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Foreign Affairs

  • Palestine Matters
• 2019-01-17
  LOBBY
  Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel Foreign Affairs

  • EAPPI presentation to the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Trade, and Defence on the issue of Palestinian refugees in the Near East and the demolition of Khan Al Ahmar in occupied Palestine by the Israeli government in violation of international law.
• 2019-01-15
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Communicating with Senators on the Occupied Territories Bill
• 2019-01-03
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 4 returns TradeForeign Affairs EU Affairs

  • Campaign supporting Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 in the Seanad
  • Request to Oireachtas Friends of Palestine to invite Palestinian member of the Israeli Parliament Aida Touma-Sliman to address the group
  • Letter re: Taoiseach's Double standards and Ireland’s human rights obligations re: Palestine and Israel
  • IHRA, antisemitism and the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council
• 2018-12-14
  LOBBY
  Avaaz Foundation Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2018-12-04
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an aircraft (details supplied) was given a permit to land at Shannon Airport; if so, the reason therefor; the investigation that took place to determine whether its flights through Shannon Airport were linked to the Israeli airstrikes on Gaza in November 2018 in view of the role of the Israeli military and government against Palestinians, with the support of the United States of America; and the attempts made to inspect the aircraft on either date that it landed at the airport. [50763/18]
• 2018-11-21
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking with Ireland’s EU partners to achieve a long-term settlement between Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48477/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on recent events in Gaza; his plans to hold a Middle East peace meeting here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48353/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Louise O'Reilly Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the A Programme for A Partnership Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine has not been honoured to date. [48051/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn Israel’s unilateral violation of the ceasefire in Gaza by its military forces which has resulted in deaths on both sides; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Gaza remains under an illegal Israeli blockade and that Israel continues to carry out human rights abuses against its inhabitants; and the steps he is taking to ensure a ceasefire in Gaza and that the illegal blockade is lifted. [48132/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent raid by Israeli covert special forces which resulted in the killing of seven Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and the destruction of a six storey residential building which housed a kindergarten; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48012/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Bernard Durkan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the international community continues to positively influence the situation in the Middle East with particular reference to the need to encourage peace initiatives between Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48360/18]
• 2018-11-20
  PQ
  Bernard Durkan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which the international community has attempted to intervene in the situation in Gaza with a view to ensuring the observance of basic human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48365/18]
• 2018-10-04
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken by the Government since it first demanded compensation from Israel for the destruction of EU-funded structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40301/18]
• 2018-10-04
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the immediate threat to the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure that the destruction will not take place; and his plans to hold Israel to account if it carries the destruction out. [40111/18]
• 2018-10-04
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the US Government’s decision to stop providing funding to the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees (details supplied); and his plans to further increase support to the UNRWA. [40110/18]
• 2018-10-04
  PQ
  Peter Burke Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Peter Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial support given to the state of Palestine in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40522/18]
• 2018-10-04
  PQ
  Bernard Durkan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the extent to which he and the international community can continue to exert pressure to bring about an amicable peace process in the Israel-Palestine conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40555/18]
• 2018-10-03
  PQ
  Maureen O'Sullivan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if compensation will be sought for the demolition of EU-funded aid structures in Palestine by Israel; if compensation will be systematically demanded each time a structure is demolished; and if he will raise this matter at EU level at the earliest opportunity. [40150/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will impress on the European Commission the importance of the immediate suspension of diamond exports from Israel and Zimbabwe until such time as those responsible for the killing of over 160 civilians in Gaza and seven civilians in Harare are brought to justice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39381/18]
• 2018-10-02
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will call on the jewellery industry here to reject diamonds from Israel and Zimbabwe and the use of the bogus system of warranties promoted by an organisation (details supplied) which claims diamonds that are Kimberly process certified are conflict free in view of the fact they fund violence by government forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39382/18]
• 2018-09-27
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas; his views on the recognition of the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39231/18]
• 2018-09-22
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Work on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
• 2018-09-21
  LOBBY
  Amnesty International Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Share new Amnesty briefing on Israel’s deportations of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers to Uganda or other third countries
• 2018-09-21
  LOBBY
  The Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2018-09-20
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill and civil society space in occupied Palestinian territories and Israel
• 2018-09-10
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Foreign Affairs

  • legislation on sanctions occupied territories in Palestine
• 2018-09-10
  LOBBY
  Communications Workers' Union (CWU) Foreign Affairs

  • Massacre of Palestinian Protestors in Gaza on 14th May
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the change in the law in Israel defining the state as a Jewish one and changing the official status of the Arabic language. [35449/18]
• 2018-09-07
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision by the United States of America to cease funding to the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East; the actions he will take in view of this decision; if he has made his views regarding this decision known to the US administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36852/18]
• 2018-09-03
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 3 returns TradeForeign Affairs

  • Sought Endorsements for Campaign to end the Irish arms trade with Apartheid Israel
  • Email asking Minister to ensure Palestine-Israel region be discussed at EU Gymnich meeting in Aug
  • Campaign supporting Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 in the Seanad
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to visit Israel and Palestine in the near future. [35087/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Mattie McGrath Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if concerns that Ireland via its programme for overseas development Irish Aid provides millions of euro through direct and indirect funding processes to politicised non-governmental organisations operating here and in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza have been raised; his views on the fact that organisations receiving Irish funding lead campaigns and political activities that are inconsistent with Ireland’s policies to promote peace and a two-state framework in the Arab-Israeli conflict; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some of these groups also promote anti-Semitic rhetoric and have alleged ties to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32880/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he and his departmental officials are concerned about the recent announcement regarding the official language of Israel excluding Arabic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35091/18]
• 2018-07-24
  PQ
  Brendan Howlin Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Howlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Government will officially recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35222/18]
• 2018-07-10
  PQ
  Róisín Shortall Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request Jordan and Israel to urgently provide safe haven to civilians fleeing military attack; his views on the creation of UN managed humanitarian corridors to facilitate the evacuation of civilians; if unilateral funding will be provided immediately for the creation of camps for potentially 750,000 persons fleeing the attacks; and if he will request that adequate EU funding is provided for same in the longer term. [30887/18]
• 2018-07-05
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if independent legal advice has been sought regarding the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29802/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Fiona O'Loughlin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which reconstruction or improvement works in Gaza are being hampered by the Israeli authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28930/18]
• 2018-07-03
  PQ
  Fiona O'Loughlin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the situation in Gaza and the West Bank continues to be monitored by international interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28931/18]
• 2018-06-27
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to support a boycott (details supplied) which specifically targets illegal Israeli settlement goods under international law in view of the recent killings in Gaza by Israeli state forces. [28009/18]
• 2018-06-27
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report (details supplied); his views on the calls for the International Criminal Court to open a formal investigation into Israel’s actions in Palestine; and his further views on the demand for third countries to impose targeted sanctions against officials responsible for Israel’s ongoing serious human rights violations. [27899/18]
• 2018-06-19
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his visit to Israel, Ramallah and Jordan; the meetings he attended; the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26342/18]
• 2018-06-19
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Israel; if he outlined the steps being taken at the UN and the International Criminal Court, by himself and the other 27 EU foreign ministers, on possible serious sanctions on Israel relating to the appalling deaths at the borders of the Gaza enclave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26649/18]
• 2018-06-19
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the programme for Government commitment to recognise the state of Palestine has not been honoured to date. [26652/18]
• 2018-06-14
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report by the Israeli Ministry for Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy in which a charity (details supplied) is misrepresented in a misleading manner regarding the nature of that organisation's work in the occupied territories of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26027/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if recent developments and loss of life on the Israel and Palestine border will be discussed at the June 2018 European Council meeting. [24564/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be requesting for the Israel-Palestine issue to be placed on the agenda of the June 2018 European Council meeting. [25652/18]
• 2018-06-12
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Israel's rejection of the UN and EU calls for an independent inquiry into the recent atrocities in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24674/18]
• 2018-05-29
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his officials have spoken with the Israeli ambassador since Israel announced it does not agree with a UN inquiry into the killings following the disproportionate defence of the Israel-Gaza border on 14 May 2018; his views on whether the UN inquiry should go ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23317/18]
• 2018-05-29
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to visit Israel and Gaza in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23318/18]
• 2018-05-28
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 8 returns Energy and Natural ResourcesTradeTourism Banking and Financial InstitutionsForeign Affairs

  • Exclusion of Israeli energy companies from the EU Project of Common Interest
  • Campaign supporting Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 in the Seanad
  • Email reagrding visa requirments for illegal Israeli settlements
  • Email regarding Israeli Government lobbying of AIB to close the bank account of the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign
  • Request to Oireachtas Friends of Palestine to meet with Palestinian photojournalist and refugee activist Mohammad Alazza
  • Requested meetings with Israeli Human Rights Lawyer Nery Ramati
  • Request to Oireachtas Friends of Palestine to invite Palestinian human rights defender Omar Barghouti to address the Foreign Affairs Committee
  • Israel's 'blacklist' of BDS organisations
• 2018-05-23
  PQ
  Pat Casey Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Pat Casey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the human rights violations that have taken place in Gaza, Palestine, in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22740/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the killing of Palestinians at the Gaza border on 14 May 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22037/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take to demonstrate opposition to the killing of Palestinians at the Gaza border on 14 May 2018; and if he will report on his contact with the Israeli authorities on this matter. [22038/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request an independent and effective investigation into reports that Israeli soldiers in recent days have been unlawfully killing Palestinian civilians using live fire, other firearms and a variety of excessive force means against unarmed protesters; and if the unequivocally excessive, disproportionate and lethal use of force by Israel against Palestinians peacefully protesting in Gaza will be condemned. [22185/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Irish ambassador to Israel was invited to the opening of the American embassy in Jerusalem; if so, if she attended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22225/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the Israeli ambassador to Ireland in the aftermath of the killing of dozens of Palestinians at the Gaza border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22226/18]
• 2018-05-22
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific steps he will take following the deaths of dozens of Palestinians at the Gaza border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22228/18]
• 2018-05-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Occupied Territories Bill
• 2018-05-21
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland 3 returns Foreign Affairs Trade

  • Israel and occupied Palestinian territory
  • Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
  • Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018
• 2018-05-18
  LOBBY
  Comhlámh Foreign Affairs

  • Senator Frances Black 'Occupied Territories' Bill 2018
• 2018-05-18
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Foreign Affairs

  • Palestinian Protestors in Gaza
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is pressing his EU counterparts for further actions in support of Palestinian rights in the context of the upcoming 70th anniversary of the Palestinian Nakba, the ongoing Palestinian protest on the right to return as allowed for by UN resolution and the ongoing aggression by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21103/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the unilateral decision by the USA to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and its further humiliation of the people of Palestine by moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on the 70th anniversary of the Nakba; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21121/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn the unlawful bombing of Syria by the Israeli authorities and Israel's stated intention to escalate its aggression against Iran within Syrian borders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21127/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he plans to take in response to the ongoing killings by the Israeli defence forces of unarmed protesters in the Gaza Strip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21104/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has received reports on the use of dual-use drones against unarmed civilians on the Gaza-Israeli border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20433/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Bernard Durkan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which he and his EU colleagues continue to monitor the situation in Gaza and the West Bank; if meetings have taken place or are likely to take place between the Israeli and Palestinian representatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21458/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Bernard Durkan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which reconstruction or improvement works in Gaza are being hampered by the Israeli authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21460/18]
• 2018-05-15
  PQ
  Bernard Durkan Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the degree to which the situation in Gaza and the West Bank continues to be monitored by international interests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21462/18]
• 2018-05-10
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Defence

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of contracts with Israel for the purchase of arms to be used by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20432/18]
• 2018-05-01
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken or written to the Israeli ambassador about Israel's 70th anniversary commemoration celebrations. [19090/18]
• 2018-04-26
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the representations he has made to the Israeli Government regarding its use of live ammunition on civilians involved in the six week great march of return which began on 30 March 2018 in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18395/18]
• 2018-04-25
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if increased assistance will be provided to humanitarian agencies in Gaza following the high number of Palestinians shot and injured during the six-week great march of return which began on 30 March 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18250/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the diplomatic steps he has taken against Israel in order to express the Irish population's outrage at the slaughter of civilians in Gaza and its ongoing consistent and flagrant breaches of international law. [15587/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he will take following the recent violence in Gaza which resulted in a significant number of casualties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15631/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Jan O'Sullivan Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has raised in international fora or as a member of the European Union, the killing of civilians by Israeli troops recently during clashes at the Gaza and Israeli border; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15709/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised recent events in the Gaza Strip with the Government and Ambassador of Israel; his plans to pursue an international investigation into the deaths and violence which have occurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15748/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Róisín Shortall Social Democrats asked Foreign

  Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position with regard to the recent violence at the Gaza-Israeli border which has left a large number of persons dead and injured; if he has raised the issue of disproportionate use of force by the IDF against protesters with the Israeli Embassy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15888/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Seán Haughey Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Haughey asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action he plans to take regarding the suppression by Israel of the recent peaceful protest by Palestinians in Gaza; if he will condemn these actions by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15909/18]
• 2018-04-17
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Israel's recent targeting of Palestinians in Gaza (details supplied); and the actions he will take in this regard.. [16221/18]
• 2018-03-28
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to new legislation passed by the Israeli Knesset which may lead to the forcible displacement of thousands of Palestinians from East Jerusalem (details supplied); his views on whether this is a draconian measure that represents an opportunistic and cruel land grab which will forcibly distort the demography of East Jerusalem as an attempt to perpetuate and reinforce the Israeli occupation of Palestine; and if he will contact his Israeli counterpart to protest the passage of this new legislation. [14198/18]
• 2018-03-28
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent report that Israel is responsible for a 2007 air strike on a Syrian nuclear reactor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14032/18]
• 2018-03-28
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will review all trade between Ireland and Israel in view of continued illegal Israeli settlements, breaches of international law and ongoing violations of the rights of Palestinian children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14219/18]
• 2018-03-28
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the UNHCR reports presented at the recent Human Rights Council that outline the way in which living conditions across the West Bank and Gaza have worsened in particular for children over the past year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14030/18]
• 2018-03-22
  PQ
  Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the Government's efforts to seek compensation from Israel for the illegal destruction of EU-funded structures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13276/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contact the Israeli Prime Minister and bring to his attention that while he condemned Iran at the Munich Security Conference on 18 February 2018 in relation to an incursion (details supplied), in the period from 1 July to 30 October 2017, Israel violated Lebanon's airspace 758 times for a total of 3,188 hours and that since 2012, Israeli aircraft have violated Syrian sovereignty on roughly 100 occasions in the course of bombing targets in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11916/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact Israel's Strategic Affairs Minister, Gilad Erdan, has informed an Israeli newspaper (details supplied) that he is actively lobbying a 75% taxpayer-owned bank (details supplied) here to close the accounts of a group; if he has been personally lobbied by an Israeli Minister on this issue; his views on this campaign by the Israeli Government and attempts to meddle in the affairs of Irish civil society groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12429/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports that Israeli forces disguised as Palestinian students entered Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank of Palestine and abducted the head of the university's student council on 7 March 2018 (details supplied); if he will speak out against this operation and aggression; and if he will contact his Israeli counterpart to protest same. [12600/18]
• 2018-03-20
  PQ
  Pearse Doherty Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance if a bank (details supplied) or other State-backed banks have been lobbied or communicated with by Israel or other foreign states regarding their management of certain accounts, as, for example, in a newspaper article; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12557/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to make a case within the EU against entering new contracts with Israel until the Palestinian occupation is ended; and his further plans to push for support for BDS until Israel withdraws from Palestine in accordance with EU resolutions. [11689/18]
• 2018-03-08
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use his influence diplomatically at all international levels to persuade Greece and Cyprus to withdraw from their planned agreement with Israel for the supply of gas. [11690/18]
• 2018-02-07
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will be speaking at the next EU Council meeting in March 2018 regarding the Israel Palestine conflict. [5699/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Eamon Ryan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the steps he will take to support a peaceful settlement in Palestine. [3849/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request the release of a person (details supplied); his views on the position of UNICEF that the ill-treatment of Palestinian children in military detention is widespread, systematic and institutionalised; his further views on the fact that Israel is the only nation that systematically detains and prosecutes children in a military court system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3504/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Michael Moynihan Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Michael Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the most recent developments in Palestine regarding the possible withdrawal of recognising the state of Israel that was made at an international conference in Madrid in 1991 will be discussed with his other EU colleagues at the next EU Council meeting. [3057/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to invite a delegation from the Parliament in Gaza to meet with an all-party delegation in Dáil Éireann. [3495/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  David Cullinane Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Israel and Palestine; if he drew the attention of the Israeli Prime Minister to Ireland’s opposition to Israel’s occupation of Palestine and the apartheid regime that Israel enforces in Palestine; if he will request that the State officially recognises the state of Palestine; and if he will request the release of a person (details supplied). [3643/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when Ireland will officially recognise the state of Palestine; the reason for the delay in doing so in view of the unanimous passing of a motion by Dáil Éireann on 10 December 2014 requesting the Government to do so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3651/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to arrange an all-party delegation to visit the Parliament in Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3494/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Maureen O'Sullivan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent visit to Palestine and Israel; if the continuing building of settlements was discussed; and if he engaged with those working on reconciliation. [3668/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his visit to Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3493/18]
• 2018-01-25
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to progress the recognition of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3870/18]
• 2018-01-24
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Israel's decision to blacklist an organisation (details supplied) and to block the group's membership from entering the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3652/18]
• 2018-01-24
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the most recent developments in Palestine regarding the possible withdrawal of recognising the state of Israel that was made at an international conference in Madrid in 1991 will be discussed with his EU counterparts at the next EU Council meeting. [3063/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Pat Deering Fine Gael asked Defence

  Deputy Pat Deering asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland purchases weapons from Israel; and if so, the amount of money spent in the past five years. [2760/18]
• 2018-01-23
  PQ
  Pat Deering Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Pat Deering asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position in relation to Israel and Palestine. [2759/18]
• 2018-01-20
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Illegal settlements and the Occupied Territories Bill
• 2018-01-19
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 4 returns Foreign Affairs EU Affairs

  • Informed Oireachtas Members of Israel's anti-democratic blacklist of our organisation and 19 others, and to urge them to condmen it
  • Asked Minister for Foreign Affairs to ensure certain issues were raised in his meeting with the Prime Minister of Apartheid Israel
  • Request to Oireachtas Friends of Palestine to host meeting with journalist and author David Cronin
  • Handed in 23,000 signatures on a petition calling for an end to the Irish Arms Trade With Apartheid Israel
• 2018-01-18
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Foreign Affairs

  • deportation from Israel of 4 Irish citizens
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the move by the Israeli state to blacklist and ban members of human rights groups, including a group (details supplied) in an undemocratic and aggressive manoeuvre to prevent them from entering Israeli-occupied Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1638/18]
• 2018-01-16
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 20 human rights advocacy groups are now on an official Israeli state blacklist and that an organisation (details supplied) has been included on this list; his views on the creation of this list and Israel’s decision to block human rights activists from travelling to Israel and Israeli-occupied Palestine; and if he will raise his concerns directly with his Israeli counterpart. [1663/18]
• 2018-01-12
  LOBBY
  Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel Foreign Affairs

  • Discussion about Irish government response to breaches of international law by the government of Israel, and discussion on the recognition of Palestine.
• 2017-12-13
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2017-12-13
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had discussions with his counterparts in Europe after the announcement by President Trump to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53230/17]
• 2017-12-13
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the declaration by the President of the United States of America that Jerusalem is the capital of the state of Israel; his views on whether Israel’s occupation of east Jerusalem violates numerous international laws; his further views on whether this declaration is reckless and dangerous; and the timeframe for the Government to recognise the state of Palestine, with east Jerusalem as its capital, in view of the motion unanimously passed in Dáil Éireann on 10 December 2014 calling for same. [53148/17]
• 2017-12-13
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the petition signed by more than 22,000 persons highlighting the arms trade with the state of Israel presented to An Taoiseach by members of an organisation (details supplied) on 4 October 2017. [51490/17]
• 2017-12-13
  PQ
  Maureen O'Sullivan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland supports the current efforts to reconcile the political parties in Palestine and be a voice in ensuring respect for the results of democratic elections when they occur. [53160/17]
• 2017-12-13
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the conversations he has had with President Trump or the US Administration since the President's decision to officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53229/17]
• 2017-12-13
  PQ
  Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the specific actions the Government will take in view of President Trump's decision to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and in view of the escalation of illegal settlement activity, forced displacement and demolition of Palestinian villages in Area C; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53142/17]
• 2017-12-13
  PQ
  Maureen O'Sullivan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, further to Prime Minister Netanyahu's appearance at the Foreign Ministers' meeting on 11 December 2017 and his intention to justify illegal settlements in Palestine, he will condemn this illegal activity, in view of President Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. [53162/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the recent declaration by President Trump of the United States on Jerusalem being the capital of Israel will be discussed at the December 2017 European Council meeting; and his plans to ensure that Ireland's objections to this declaration will be made known. [53227/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the reports that the American Government may move its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem (details supplied); his views on the plans to move the embassy to Jerusalem; and if he has raised concerns regarding this development with the United States Government. [52824/17]
• 2017-12-12
  PQ
  Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the impact of President Trump's decision to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel; the impact he views this will have on the peace process; the actions the Government and the European Union will take in view of this decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53209/17]
• 2017-11-16
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the continued expansion of illegal Israeli colonial settlements in Palestine (details supplied); and the measures being taken at a bilateral and international level to tackle Israel’s continued violations of international law and the impunity it currently has to expand illegal colonial settlements. [48395/17]
• 2017-11-14
  PQ
  Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the position regarding efforts at EU and international level to bring about a two-state solution in Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48063/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will repot on Ireland's efforts as one of eight EU countries to receive compensation from Israel for the destruction and loss of EU funded humanitarian infrastructure in Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45737/17]
• 2017-11-07
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the crackdown on NGOs in Israel; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Israeli MPs have considered initiatives to shut down NGOs that they claim are trying to have Israeli soldiers tried under international law; his further views on whether this will particularly affect one of the most high profile anti-occupation civil society organisations (details supplied); his views on these moves; his further views on the safety and security of activists in Israeli civil society organisations that oppose Israel's occupation of Palestine in view of the current crackdown on NGOs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46320/17]
• 2017-10-24
  PQ
  Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent efforts at Government, EU and international level to bring about a two-state solution between Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44890/17]
• 2017-09-27
  PQ
  John Lahart Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the deportation from Israel on 9 September 2017 of four persons (details supplied). [40877/17]
• 2017-09-26
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will contact the Israeli authorities to inform them of Ireland's opposition to the deportation of four persons (details supplied) who were in Israel and Palestine on a peaceful solidarity visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40191/17]
• 2017-09-22
  LOBBY
  Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Discussion about Irish government response to breaches of international law by the government of Israel, and discussion on the recognition of Palestine.
  • Discussion about Irish government response to breaches of international law by the government of Israel, and discussion on the recognition of Palestine.
• 2017-09-22
  LOBBY
  Christian Aid Ireland Foreign Affairs

  • Visit of Ronit Sela, from our Israeli Partner ACRI, to Dublin on 27 June 2017.
• 2017-09-21
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Irish Policy in relation to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories
• 2017-09-21
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he has taken and contact he has had with the Israeli ambassador regarding the organised and pre-prepared deportation of four persons (details supplied) from Israel on 9 September 2017. [39694/17]
• 2017-09-21
  PQ
  Maureen O'Sullivan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise at EU level the fact that Israel is denying the Palestinian Authority jurisdiction over Area C which under the UN and various treaties fall within the Palestinian state; and if he will report on his recent visit to the region in view of the fact that the World Bank has estimated that Area C, West Bank is the key to future Palestinian economic development. [39825/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the revocation by Israel of Bedouins' Israeli citizenship in large numbers over recent months (details supplied) with no warning or explanation; and the steps he will take to raise this matter with the Israeli authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37752/17]
• 2017-09-11
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2017-08-30
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Foreign Affairs

  • Grassroots campaign urging the Minsitry of Foreign Affairs to take action to end teh illegal Israeli siege of Gaza
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision to reduce electricity supply to the Gaza strip, which the United Nations Office for the Co-rdination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, has warned will have disastrous consequences for the welfare of Gaza's residents; if he has raised this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34893/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Jan O'Sullivan Labour Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Jan O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of Ireland's foreign policy position on Palestine (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35392/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent trip to Israel and Palestine; the persons he met with; the issues raised; if he discussed the Sinn Féin motion that was passed by Dáil Éireann without opposition on 10 December 2014 calling on the Government to recognise the state of Palestine; and the reason he did not visit Gaza on his three-day visit. [35610/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a recent UN report (details supplied) which shows that living conditions for two million persons in the Palestinian enclave are deteriorating further and faster than the prediction made in 2012 that Gaza would become unliveable by 2020; and the steps he will take to raise this both with the Israeli authorities and at EU level. [35637/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made by the European Union to restart the Middle East peace talks; his views on the reduced electricity supply to the Gaza strip; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35856/17]
• 2017-07-26
  PQ
  Eamon Ryan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to join UN special rapporteurs regarding human rights defenders and call on Israel to drop charges against a person (details supplied) [36576/17]
• 2017-07-13
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision to reduce electricity supply to the Gaza Strip which OCHA has warned will have disastrous consequences for the welfare of Gaza’s residents; if he has raised this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34075/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Mick Wallace Independents 4 Change asked Defence

  Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there has been or will be a change in the mandate of the peacekeeping force posted in the Golan Heights, particularly in view of the recent ongoing fighting between Syria and Israel in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32520/17]
• 2017-07-11
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Defence

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will begin the process of withdrawing Defence Forces personnel from the UNDOF mission in the Golan Heights in view of recent comments by a person (details supplied) and given that their presence is being used by Israel to legitimise its annexation. [32347/17]
• 2017-07-10
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Foreign Affairs

  • Request to Oireachtas Friends of Palestine to host meeting with representative from Aida Refugee Camp
• 2017-07-04
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the question of the curtailment of the electricity supply to Gaza with the Israeli authorities that as the primary actor are adding to the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza as a result of years of restrictions imposed by the Israeli Government. [31344/17]
• 2017-06-28
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to recognise the state of Palestine further to the motion passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann on 10 December 2014 calling on the Government to recognise same; and the timeline for Ireland's recognition of the state of Palestine. [30508/17]
• 2017-06-28
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Israeli Government Ministers have called for an increase in the number of illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied Syrian Golan by 100,000 over a five year period; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that in 2016 the Israeli Government approved the construction of 1,600 new illegal colonial settlement units in the Golan; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that due to discriminatory housing policies, Syrians are forced to build without permits risking fines and the full or partial demolition of the building in order to meet their housing needs (details supplied); if he will raise this issue with the Israeli Government; and the steps he is taking to ensure that the EU is raising these and related issues with the Israeli Government through its current political dialogue and will do so during the EU Israel Association Council meeting if it takes place later in 2017. [30510/17]
• 2017-06-20
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Israel's decision to reduce the supply of electricity to Gaza and that the reduction of electricity supplied by Israel to Gaza will cause a certain worsening of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza; and if he will urgently raise his objection to the reduction of this fundamental supply with his Israeli counterpart. [28541/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the way in which the occupation can be ended and the steps he is taking in this regard, in view of the 50-year anniversary of the occupation of the West Bank, Golan Heights and Gaza. [25660/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 1,500 Palestinians are on hunger strike in Israeli jails; his views on whether Israel’s mass detention of Palestinians and its treatment of Palestinian prisoners and their families is inhumane and vindictive and that Israel should abide by international and human rights law; and his further views on whether the Israeli authorities should agree to the reasonable and humane reforms that the hunger strikers are demanding. [25632/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date on which the Government will formally recognise the state of Palestine; the reason for delays in doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25639/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Ireland's trading relationship with Israel in view of the ongoing abuses of human rights with regard to the Palestinian population; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25612/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether it is appropriate that the State should trade with Israel, particularly in the area of armaments, in view of the ongoing denial of basic human rights to the Palestinian population, the continued expansion of illegal settlements into Palestinian terriroty and the current freedom and dignity hunger strike of 1,500 Palestinian prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25649/17]
• 2017-05-30
  PQ
  John Paul Phelan Fine Gael asked Agriculture

  Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to increase food exports to Israel; if he is providing support and information to businesses seeking to gain kosher certificates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25346/17]
• 2017-05-19
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Irish policy with respect to the occupied Palestinian territories
• 2017-05-17
  PQ
  Maureen O'Sullivan Independent asked Defence

  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on Ireland increasing its purchasing of military hardware from Israel; his further views on whether these purchases are ethical in view of recent conflict in the region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23083/17]
• 2017-05-17
  PQ
  Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin asked Defence

  Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount spent on drones and other equipment procured from Israel since 2013; his future plans on procuring equipment from Israel; and his views on whether in view of Israel’s appalling human rights record it is unethical and against the wishes of the vast majority of persons that Ireland continues trading with Israel. [23197/17]
• 2017-05-17
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Defence

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the position regarding the recent purchase of drones to the value of €1.9 million from Israel by the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23969/17]
• 2017-05-16
  PQ
  Willie Penrose Labour Party asked Jobs

  Deputy Willie Penrose asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of any arms trade that Irish companies have with Israel; the projected value for same in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23303/17]
• 2017-05-11
  PQ
  Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made to ensure that Palestinians that are incarcerated in prisons in Israel are afforded their human rights and are treated in a fair and humane manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22421/17]
• 2017-05-02
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the 2016 report of a group (details supplied) which states that 97 Palestinians were killed in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19905/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Israeli Government’s decision to build a new illegal colonial settlement in the occupied West Bank (details supplied); if he will raise his objections to this new illegal colonial settlement and the other 143 with his Israeli counterpart; and his views on whether sanctions should be placed on Israel for its continued and blatant violations of international and human rights law. [18296/17]
• 2017-04-12
  PQ
  Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18290/17]
• 2017-04-11
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials in his Department are reviewing the two-state solution in Israel and Palestine as they support international policy, as outlined in his Department's strategy. [12055/17]
• 2017-04-10
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Trade

  • A notice regarding the EU and EU member states' Legal Obligation to Stop Trade with Illegal Israeli Settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights.
• 2017-04-04
  PQ
  Pearse Doherty Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the extent of the NTMA or other State bodies' investments in areas or projects in illegally-occupied Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16044/17]
• 2017-03-29
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Defence

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the detail of the imminent deployment of a further contingent of Irish troops to the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF, mission in the Golan Heights in view of the recent statement by the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that he has asked the US President to recognise Israel's sovereignty over the Golan Heights and the concern that the UNDOF mission is effectively facilitating the illegal occupation of the Golan Heights by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15264/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the resignation of a person (details supplied) from the UN due to its failure to accept two ESCWA reports describing an apartheid regime being applied in Israel; if his attention has further been drawn to these reports; his views on these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14999/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to new legislation that allows the Israeli Government to ban persons who advocate for boycotts of Israel or Israeli settlements from entering the country, which stops them transiting to Palestine (details supplied); his views on the fact that Irish citizens will be banned and deported. [15019/17]
• 2017-03-28
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the recent resignation of a person (details supplied) following the withdrawal of a report on current developments in the occupied territories of Palestine; his position and the measures he is taking on the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15120/17]
• 2017-03-22
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign EU Affairs

  • Email to Irish LIBE Memeber re: Adoption of IHRA flawed and politicised Definiton of Antisemitism that seeks to equate criticism of the State of Israel with antisemitism
• 2017-03-21
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration will be given to banning goods produced in Israeli settlements in Palestine, in view of the fact these settlements are illegal under international law and the continued human rights violations that these illegal settlements create. [14115/17]
• 2017-02-28
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will instruct Irish diplomats to visit Khan al-Ahmar in Palestine with other heads of missions as a public sign of support to the community urgently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10285/17]
• 2017-02-24
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign EU Affairs

  • Email to Ministers re: EU-Israel relations upgrade
• 2017-02-23
  PQ
  Tony McLoughlin Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps the Government is taking together with the international community in order to support a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine, especially after the decision of the US President, Donald Trump, and the United States not to pursue a two-state solution; his views on whether Ireland should recognise the state of Palestine in an attempt to bring about the two-state solution rather than waiting for the enactment of the solution to recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9149/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Maureen O'Sullivan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will progress Ireland's recognition of Palestine as a state, in view of the recent approval by the Israeli Government of further construction of settlements, the illegality of which has been reaffirmed by the United Nations Security Council and the violation of international law. [8689/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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
  Eamon Ryan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request the banning of trade from the EU with Israel in view of ongoing breaches of the Geneva Convention in the form of settlements which are illegal under international law. [8758/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when Ireland will officially recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8699/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the issue at EU Foreign Affairs Council meetings of the demolition in Palestine of structures provided for by humanitarian aid and EU member states; if any course of action has been decided upon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8548/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Catherine Connolly Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position of the Government on the formal recognition of the state of Palestine in view of the recent statement by the President of the USA in support of a one-state solution and in view of 138 UN member states affirming Palestinian statehood; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8817/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Robert Troy Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action the Government is taking at European level to assist with bringing about a resolution regarding the Israeli and Palestine conflict, in view of recent comments by the US President, Mr. Trump. [8708/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had or is planning any discussions with the Taoiseach on issues that he should raise when he visits the White House in March 2017; if these issues include changes to US foreign policy with regards to Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8769/17]
• 2017-02-22
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent statement by the US President, Mr. Trump, on a one-state solution in Israel and Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8923/17]
• 2017-02-21
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign EU Affairs

  • Email to all elected reps: Press release concerning a statement issued by over 250 European orgas demanding justice and accountability from the EU and European states in relation to injustices perpetrated upon the Palestine people
• 2017-02-21
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the most recent settlements in Israel will be discussed at the next European Council meeting; and if he plans to speak on the issue. [5774/17]
• 2017-02-14
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions, above and beyond the public statement issued by his Department on 25 January 2017, he will take in response to Israel's approval of the construction of 566 new illegal settlement units in occupied east Jerusalem and its plan to build another 5,500 units throughout the occupied West Bank. [6895/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to media reports that the EU Ambassadors to Palestine 2016 annual report said that the number of illegal Israeli settlers moving to occupied East Jerusalem is growing by 3% a year and that it blamed Israel for violence in occupied East Jerusalem; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the report stated that EU countries should impose immigration regulations or visa bans on known violent settlers and those calling for violence; and his views on imposing these sanctions against illegal Israeli settlers. [5607/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Agriculture

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the tonnage of ware potatoes imported here which, by country of origin, were the produce of the state of Israel and-or the Palestinian territories, in each of the years 2014 to 2016. [5362/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Agriculture

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated financial value of ware potatoes imported here which, by country of origin, were the produce of the state of Israel and-or the Palestinian territories, in each of the years 2014 to 2016. [5363/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Agriculture

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location, by district council area, of those companies based here that required importation permissions or phytosanitary certificates authorising them to import ware potatoes which, by country of origin, were the produce of the state of Israel and-or the Palestinian territories, in each of the years 2014 to 2016. [5364/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Agriculture

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of companies based here with importation permissions or phytosanitary certificates or which have indicated to his Department or any of its agencies that they will be applying for same authorising them to import ware potatoes in 2017 which, by country of origin, are the produce of the state of Israel and-or the Palestinian territories. [5365/17]
• 2017-02-07
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Agriculture

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the location, by district council area, of those companies based here with importation permissions or phytosanitary certificates or which have indicated to his Department or any of its agencies that they will be applying for same authorising them to import ware potatoes in 2017 which, by country of origin, are the produce of the state of Israel and-or the Palestinian territories. [5366/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Mick Barry People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Israel Defense Forces raid and demolition of the Palestinian Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran on 18 January 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3829/17]
• 2017-01-31
  PQ
  Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Israel's plans to build 2,500 more homes in the occupied West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4290/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has discussed the stated proposal by the President of the United States of America, Mr. Donald Trump, to move the US Embassy to Jerusalem with any of the interested parties on the basis that this move may contribute to divisions in Palestine and Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3093/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Maureen O'Sullivan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which he will progress the UN resolution 2334 (2016) (details supplied); if he will support the persons of occupied Palestine; and his views on the effect on the viability of the two state solution. [3032/17]
• 2017-01-25
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a report on the conference on the Middle East peace process hosted by France on 15 January 2017; if there are plans for any future conference; and if his Department, in line with a motion passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann on 10 December 2014, will recommend that Ireland should officially recognise the state of Palestine. [3369/17]
• 2017-01-24
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the issue of an EU-wide boycott of goods from Israeli settlements with his EU counterparts in view of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334 which describes Israel’s settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem as illegal and a flagrant violation under international law. [3236/17]
• 2017-01-20
  LOBBY
  Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel EU Affairs

  • Urging Irish Politcians to take action in response to Israeli destruction of EU funded aid structures in Occupied Palestine.
• 2017-01-20
  LOBBY
  Patrick Costello Foreign Affairs

  • Irirsh Government and Oireachtas action in relation to the illegal occupation of Palestine.
• 2017-01-18
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Foreign Affairs

  • Request for meeting with Director of Lajee Cultural Centre, Aida Refugee Camp, Bethlehem
• 2017-01-17
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Foreign Affairs

  • counter measures by Israel against disinvestment campaigns
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the recent efforts made to ensure that Israel meets obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, with particular reference to Palestinian children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41246/16]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the investigations carried out by his Department into the activity of Israeli diplomats here, following the revelations of attempts to undermine MPs in Westminster, with particular reference to outlining the activities of the Friends of Israel Oireachtas group; if he is satisfied that no such interference has taken place here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1359/17]
• 2017-01-17
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Communications

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the National Digital Research Centre, NDRC, whose budget is paid entirely from State funds, refused to support an initiative to assist the fledgling start-up ecosystem in Palestine citing NDRC’s purported politically neutral status in view of the fact that it has provided support and sponsorship to a programme of engagement with the start-up ecosystem of Israel (details supplied); his plans to influence the NDRC to co-operate in extending support to the Palestine start-up ecosystem or to cease support for the Israeli start-up ecosystem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41592/16]
• 2017-01-11
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 6 returns Foreign Affairs Banking and Financial Institutions

  • Solicited endorsers for 'European Call: Justice for Palestine Now - End European Complicity'
  • Request to Oireachtas Friends of Palestine to host meeting with representative from Defence for Children International - Palestine
  • Request of Foreign Affairs Committee to host speaker from Defence for Children International - Palestine
  • Submitted paper: 'EU Foreign Affairs chief affirms the right to Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions' to MEPs
  • Sent Press Release: 'Mike Murphy and Brian Kerr join public figures in criticising Bank of Ireland over closure of Palestine accounts' to Oireachtas members and MEPs
  • Submitted paper: 'EU Foreign Affairs chief affirms the right to Boycott, Divestment & Sanctions' to Oireachtas Members
• 2017-01-10
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 2 returns Education and TrainingForeign Affairs

  • Minister of State John Halligan's visit to Israel
  • Request to Oireacthas Friends of Palestine organise a meeting with award-winning Palestinian human rights actvist Iyad Burnat
• 2016-12-13
  PQ
  Mick Wallace Independents 4 Change asked Defence

  Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on whether the continued presence of the Defence Forces in the Golan Heights as part of the UNDOF mission could make Ireland complicit in a breach of international law by effectively facilitating the illegal occupation by Israel of Syrian land; his further views on whether the expertise and skills of the Defence Forces could be better used in DRC, Darfur or South Sudan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40064/16]
• 2016-11-23
  PQ
  Maureen O'Sullivan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the calls on Israel for an immediate moratorium on demolitions and confiscations; if he will request compensation for confiscated or demolished EU assets in area C of the West Bank; and his views on whether the European External Action Service should publish and disseminate the biannual report of the EU representative in Jerusalem, EUREP, on demolitions and confiscations of EU member state funded structures. [36124/16]
• 2016-11-17
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Education

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Skills his views on whether it is appropriate that the Minister of State with responsibility for training, skills and innovation, who has said that Israel's treatment of Palestinians is appalling and unacceptable and would not be tolerated by any other state in the world, would visit Israel and meet a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35613/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Finance

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Finance his views on the closure by a bank (details supplied) of the accounts of the Ireland Palestine Support Campaign, IPSC, and in particular the potential risk claimed by the bank despite the ISPC's exemplary banking record; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31556/16]
• 2016-11-10
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

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

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on reports that Israel is further tightening restrictions on the Gaza Strip and thereby hampering the ability to provide aid to the densely populated territory; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31705/16]
• 2016-10-25
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Israel’s continued demolition of structures in Palestine that were built with EU funding which includes schools, houses and other important infrastructure; his plans to protect infrastructure in Palestine, particularly infrastructure that has been paid for with the help of Irish taxpayers, from being illegally demolished by Israel; and if he will request compensation for demolished structures from Israel. [31874/16]
• 2016-10-18
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to LAW-TRAIN, which is a project to build a technological platform to unify the interrogation methodology between EU and Israeli police forces, and the fact that it is part of the Horizon 2020 EU funding cycle; his views on this grave case of the EU's co-operation with Israel's colonial military, police and security sectors; if his attention has been drawn to any plans for State institutions here to participate in the LAW-TRAIN advisory board; and if he will seek the cessation of EU funding to the Israeli military and homeland security companies, as well as Israeli military and security institutions, within the Horizon 2020 framework, as a necessary step towards an EU policy that effectively promotes human rights and international law in the Palestine-Israel region. [30742/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Finance

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank (details supplied) recently closed the account of the Irish Palestine solidarity campaign, IPSC; and if he will urgently raise the issue with the bank. [29360/16]
• 2016-10-11
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank recently closed the account of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, IPSC, and that the official reason stated was that the IPSC is associated with a high risk country; his views on whether this is insulting to the Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29361/16]
• 2016-09-21
  LOBBY
  Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel Foreign Affairs

  • Government Action on recognition of Palestine and general issues relating to the ongoing occupation of Palestine.
• 2016-09-21
  LOBBY
  Patrick Costello Foreign Affairs

  • Lobbying Day held to meet wit TD's and Senators in relation to Irish Government policy in reagrds to Palestine.
• 2016-09-16
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Ongoing humanitarian situation in Gaza and PCHR Report
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Jackie Cahill Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Jackie Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will heed the call for action in Palestine's Call, the open letter recently sent to all Oireachtas Members from Palestine civil and political society; the action he will take; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24572/16]
• 2016-09-16
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been administratively detained by the Israeli authorities; if he or his officials have had any contact with the Israeli authorities on this case or the case of other Palestinian prisoners in Israel and the occupied territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25116/16]
• 2016-08-31
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 2 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Sent ideas for PQs to TDs
  • Brought Lubnah Shomali from BADIL Palestiniain refugee rights organisation to meet with members of the Oireacthas Friends of Palestine group
• 2016-08-31
  LOBBY
  Irish Congress of Trade Unions Foreign Affairs

  • harrassment of disinvestment campaigners by Israeli authorities
• 2016-07-21
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken to date to rebuild Gaza following pledges made at a conference in Cairo in 2014; the aid committed by the Government to this project; the actual expenditure by the Government on this project to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24065/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Jobs

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the value of licences issued in 2015 for the export of military list products to Israel; and if she will suspend military export licences to Israel. [22548/16]
• 2016-07-20
  PQ
  Fiona O'Loughlin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress being made for him to formally recognise the state of Palestine, as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23002/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the way he will respond to the open letter titled Palestine's Call from a group of Palestinian civil and political society organisations which was sent to all Oireachtas Members; his plans to exert pressure on the state of Israel, through the use of sanctions and other parliamentary actions, to end its illegal occupation of Palestine and to grant Palestinian persons their rights in accordance with United Nations resolutions and international law, as requested in the letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21949/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his views on Palestine's Call, the open letter from 45 Palestinians political and civil groups calling on the Government to act to bring justice to Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21955/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the actions he will take in view of Palestine's Call, the open letter sent to all Oireachtas Members from Palestinian civil and political groups. [21956/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address the issues raised in Palestine's Call, the open letter recently sent to all Oireachtas Members from Palestinian civil and political society; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21957/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the way in which he will respond to the open letter from Palestinian civil and political society sent to all Oireachtas Members, Palestine's Call; and the action he will take to exert pressure on the state of Israel, through the use of sanctions and other parliamentary actions, to end its illegal occupation of Palestine and to grant Palestinian people their rights in accordance with United Nations resolutions and international law, as requested in the letter. [21958/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the actions he will take in response to Palestine's Call, the open letter sent to all Houses of the Oireachtas Members from Palestinian civil and political groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21988/16]
• 2016-07-19
  PQ
  Niall Collins Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the action he will take in view of Palestine's Call, the open letter sent to all Houses of the Oireachtas Members from Palestinian civil and political groups. [22005/16]
• 2016-07-14
  PQ
  Mick Barry People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Mick Barry asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Palestine’s call, the open letter from 45 Palestinian political and civil groups calling on the Government to act to bring justice to Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21705/16]
• 2016-07-14
  PQ
  Eamon Scanlon Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the open letter from Palestinian civil and political society sent to all Oireachtas Members; the action he will take to exert pressure on the State of Israel to end its illegal occupation of Palestine and to grant the Palestinian people rights in accordance with UN resolutions and international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21734/16]
• 2016-07-14
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Palestine’s call, the open letter from 45 Palestinian political and civil groups calling on the Government to act to bring justice to Palestine; the further actions he will take on this request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21765/16]
• 2016-07-14
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Palestine’s call, an open letter from Palestinian civil and political society sent to all Oireachtas Members; and if he will exert pressure on the State of Israel, through the use of sanctions and other parliamentary actions to end its illegal occupation of Palestine and to grant the Palestinian people their rights in accordance with UN resolutions and international law, as requested in the letter. [21766/16]
• 2016-07-14
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights has published a new report which addresses the latest developments of the state of the Gaza Strip border crossings in May 2016; that it details the devastating impact that the blockade is having on economic and social conditions in Gaza; that it refutes Israel’s claims that it has eased the closure of the Gaza Strip; that the report highlights that Israel is attempting to institutionalise the closures and blockade by making the illegal restrictions imposed on the movement of persons and goods acceptable on the international level although they violate the international law, including the international humanitarian and human rights laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21770/16]
• 2016-07-14
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East’s condemnation of Israel’s punitive demolitions in the Klanadia refugee camp in the occupied West Bank; that Israeli forces demolished two houses there in the middle of the night; that one of the homes belonged to a UNRWA for Palestine refugees in the Near East sanitation labourer; that punitive home demolitions are a form of collective punishment which are illegal under international law; and if he will raise the issue with his Israeli counterpart. [21771/16]
• 2016-07-14
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Palestine’s Call, an open letter from Palestinian civil and political society sent to all Oireachtas members; the way he will address its demand for the Government to exert pressure on the state of Israel, through the use of sanctions and other Parliamentary actions, to end its illegal occupation of Palestine and to grant the Palestinian people their rights in accordance with United Nations resolutions and international law as requested in the letter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21786/16]
• 2016-07-13
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how he will respond to the open letter from Palestinian civil and political society sent to all Oireachtas Members entitled Palestine’s Call; and the action he will take to exert pressure on the State of Israel through the use of sanctions and other parliamentary actions, to end its illegal occupation of Palestine and to grant the Palestinian people rights in accordance with United Nation resolutions and international law as requested in the letter. [21546/16]
• 2016-07-13
  PQ
  Maureen O'Sullivan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade how he will respond to an open letter from Palestinian civil and political society sent to all Oireachtas Members entitled Palestine’s Call; and the action he will take to exert pressure on the State of Israel through the use of sanctions and other parliamentary actions to end its illegal occupation of Palestine and to grant the Palestinian people rights in accordance with United Nations resolutions and international law, as requested in the letter. [21602/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of his attendance at a meeting hosted by the French Government on 30 June 2016 where 29 representatives from different countries and organisations were trying to relaunch the Israeli-Palestine peace talks through international support and engagement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21123/16]
• 2016-07-12
  PQ
  Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the response of the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, after a meeting on 30 June 2016 called for direct talks with the Palestinians without preconditions; if he considers this a reasonable request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21125/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that over the past few weeks Palestinians have faced severe water shortages because a company (details supplied) has denied or restricted their access to water; that Israel stands accused of using water as a weapon in the West Bank; and if he will raise the issue with his Israeli counterpart. [19466/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Bríd Smith People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is concerned at the treatment of Palestinian academics in the West Bank and Gaza at the hands of the Israeli Defence Force; and his plans to raise this issue with the Israeli ambassador. [19411/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of his plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine as outlined in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19463/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the purpose of his recent visit to Israel and if he made representations to Israeli Government officials regarding the ongoing issues surrounding the occupation of Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19134/16]
• 2016-07-05
  PQ
  Maureen O'Sullivan Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the report, Taking Sides: The United Nations loss of impartiality, independence and neutrality in Syria, and its findings of how the United Nations' response to the crisis is completely inadequate; and if Syria and other crisis regions such as Palestine indicate that the United Nations has limited influence in war zones. [19238/16]
• 2016-06-28
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a report on his recent trip to Israel and Palestine; whom he met and the subjects discussed; his views on the current state of play in the Middle East peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18220/16]
• 2016-06-28
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the Western European and Others Group’s decision to nominate Israel for the chairmanship of the United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee; if Ireland will back this nomination; and if he is concerned that Israel, a state that continues to breach international law and conventions, international humanitarian law and countless United Nations resolutions, is being nominated to head a legal committee that aims to promote international law and protect basic human rights and freedoms. [18222/16]
• 2016-06-23
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following his statement at the Paris Middle East peace summit regarding the urgent need for action and the danger caused by settlement building (details supplied), if he will act on recommendations by several leading NGO's such as Sadaka, Trócaire and the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel, the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and Christian Aid, to consider seeking an European Union wide ban on all settlement goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17836/16]
• 2016-06-22
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the discussions that have taken place at the European Union Foreign Affairs Council regarding the possibility of suspending trade agreements with Israel until such a time as peace talks resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17382/16]
• 2016-06-22
  PQ
  Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of the money that was pledged at donor conference in Cairo in 2014 to rebuild Gaza which has been delivered; the contribution, if any, that Ireland made to this fund; the total of the pledged money has been used to date; the number of homes that have been reconstructed in Gaza with the pledged money to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17388/16]
• 2016-06-21
  LOBBY
  Patrick Costello Foreign Affairs

  • POlicies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
• 2016-05-26
  PQ
  Gino Kenny People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for detailed information on the trade in goods and services between Ireland and Israel, including restrictions on such trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11901/16]
• 2016-05-25
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) one of the co-founders of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, BDS, movement; that they have lived in Israel for over 22 years but have now been denied the right to travel outside the country; that this denial of movement severely hinders their right to free speech, free association, and political activism; and if he is concerned of the escalation of Israel’s attacks on Palestinian human rights defenders who non-violently advocate for Palestinian rights. [12110/16]
• 2016-05-20
  LOBBY
  Patrick Costello 18 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Policies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • POlicies relating to the occupation of Palestine and thier inclusion in the programe for government.
  • Lobbying for adoption of policy positions relating to Irelands response to the ongoing occupation of Palestine.
  • Lobbying for adoption of policy positions relating to Irelands response to the ongoing occupation of Palestine.
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  Eamon Ryan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 369 of 26 April 2016, what the international community can do; the actions he is taking to support such actions happening; and the unilateral steps Ireland will take itself to do more with regard to Israel and Palestine. [9925/16]
• 2016-05-17
  PQ
  James Browne Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will recognise Palestine as a free, independent and sovereign state; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10572/16]
• 2016-04-26
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps taken to rebuild Gaza following pledges made at a conference in Cairo in 2014; the aid committed by the Government to this project; the actual expenditure by the Government on this project to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8023/16]
• 2016-04-26
  PQ
  Eamon Ryan Green Party asked Foreign

  Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade following a recent statement (details supplied) by the Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process the actions he will take at a national level to bring pressure on Israel to cease settlement building and land confiscation; the further actions he will pursue at European Union level to bring pressure on Israel to cease settlement building and land confiscation; and if he will now move to formally recognise the state of Palestine, given the existential threats that it faces. [8475/16]
• 2016-04-14
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Defence

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 611 of 6 April 2016, wherein he stated there is no arms trade from Ireland to Israel, to clarify his position regarding the Irish purchase of Israeli goods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6898/16]
• 2016-04-06
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans for Ireland to formally recognise the state of Palestine; the reasons this has not been done to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5729/16]
• 2016-04-06
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his proposals to ban trade with Israeli settlements on the internationally recognised territory of Palestine and to raise this issue at European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5730/16]
• 2016-04-06
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to end Irish arms trade with the state of Israel and to raise this issue at European Union level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5738/16]
• 2016-04-06
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a peace process for a full resolution of the ongoing crisis involving the state of Israel and the adjoining state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5739/16]
• 2016-04-06
  PQ
  James Browne Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on and the steps he has taken to address the rapidly deteriorating political situation in Israel and Palestine and the continuing human rights violations imposed on the Palestinian people. [6022/16]
• 2016-04-06
  PQ
  Robert Troy Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of discussions the Council of Foreign Ministers has held regarding the state of relations between the state of Palestine and Israel; and the plans the European Union has to intervene. [6024/16]
• 2016-04-06
  PQ
  James Browne Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy James Browne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on and the steps he has taken to address the rapidly deteriorating political situation in Israel and Palestine and the continuing human rights violations imposed on the Palestinian people. [6102/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will ask the Israeli authorities why approximately 350 acres of crops, all less than the regulation 40 cm in height and newly planted by Palestinian farmers in Gaza, have been destroyed by Israeli crop sprayers operating in the access-restricted areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3746/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has requested Israel to unequivocally clarify that it will not forcibly transfer Palestinian Bedouin from the El area of the West Bank or seize any land in this area for settlement expansion; if he discussed this during his December 2015 visit to Tel Aviv, Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3748/16]
• 2016-01-28
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has an assessment of Israel’s treatment of minority groups, given the Israeli Supreme Court’s decision to allow the demolition of the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran inside Israel and the removal of its inhabitants against their will; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3749/16]
• 2016-01-26
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign Foreign Affairs

  • Sent email re: 'EU Member State Labelleling of Illegal Israeli Settlement Products'. Copy here: http://www.ipsc.ie/press-releases/eu-guidelines-on-labelling-of-illegal-settlement-goods-must-be-rigorously-enforces-but-they-are-not-enough-for-eu-to-meet-its-obligations-under-international-law
• 2016-01-26
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Defence

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if he will review the deployment of Irish troops to the Golan Heights, given that Israel has indicated that it intends to claim oil found in the Golan Heights as its own, in contravention of international law, and the ongoing failure of the United National Disengagement Observer Force mission to achieve the goals laid out in United Nations Security Council Resolution 242. [2951/16]
• 2016-01-26
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Defence

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence if it is appropriate that Irish soldiers are being used as human shields on the Golan Heights to protect the annexation of Syrian territory and oil supplies by Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2953/16]
• 2016-01-21
  LOBBY
  Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel Foreign Affairs

  • Government Action on recognition of Palestine and general issues relating to the ongoing occupation of Palestine.
• 2016-01-20
  LOBBY
  Trócaire Foreign Affairs

  • Government policies regarding Occupied Palestinian Territories
• 2016-01-20
  PQ
  Mick Wallace Independents 4 Change asked Jobs

  Deputy Mick Wallace asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to his response to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 26 November 2016, if our ongoing practice of exporting military and dual-use items to Israel and to Saudi Arabia violates the common criteria against which the export of such goods should be assessed, and in particular the provision that requires that the destination country respect human rights and international humanitarian law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2072/16]
• 2016-01-19
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the Jerusalem offices of the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem were damaged in a fire on 10 January 2016; his views on the general and increased incitement against human rights organisations in Israel, particularly since the new Israeli Government came to office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2013/16]
• 2016-01-19
  PQ
  Thomas P. Broughan Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his efforts to secure the release of a person (details supplied) from detention in Israel, who has been on hunger strike for in excess of 50 days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2259/16]
• 2016-01-05
  LOBBY
  Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign 4 returns Foreign Affairs

  • Re-Submitted Briefing Paper entitled 'Israel’s system of permanent violence: The new Palestinian uprising in context,' Online copy: http://www.ipsc.ie/press-releases/a-system-of-permanent-violence-the-new-palestinian-uprising-in-context
  • Sent email: 'European Legal Experts call on the EU & Member States to ban Israeli settlement products': Copy here: http://www.ipsc.ie/press-releases/european-legal-experts-call-on-the-eu-to-ban-israeli-settlement-products
  • Sent email re: 'EU Member State Labelleling of Illegal Israeli Settlement Products'. Copy here: http://www.ipsc.ie/press-releases/eu-guidelines-on-labelling-of-illegal-settlement-goods-must-be-rigorously-enforces-but-they-are-not-enough-for-eu-to-meet-its-obligations-under-international-law
  • Submitted Briefing Paper entitled 'Israel’s system of permanent violence: The new Palestinian uprising in context,' Online copy: http://www.ipsc.ie/press-releases/a-system-of-permanent-violence-the-new-palestinian-uprising-in-context
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that a Palestinian Member of Parliament (details supplied) who is a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council was sentenced to 15 months in jail by an Israeli military court; that the charges are viewed as political in nature; that the individual was placed under administrative detention for six months without trial or charges; and if he will raise concerns regarding her incarceration with the Israeli Government. [45390/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the fact that it has been over a year since both Dáil and Seanad Éireann adopted motions calling on the Government to recognise the state of Palestine, when formal recognition of the state of Palestine by Ireland will take place; his views on the delay to date of such formal recognition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45467/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Government's plans to formally recognise the state of Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45309/15]
• 2015-12-17
  PQ
  Brendan Griffin Fine Gael asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the recognition of Palestine by Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45991/15]
• 2015-12-08
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Taoiseach

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach if he had discussions regarding human rights abuses in Palestine while attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York in the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40156/15]
• 2015-11-24
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Defence

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 6 of 25 June 2015, if he has been involved in any recent discussions at European Union level regarding the import and export of arms from Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41206/15]
• 2015-11-19
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the raid on a hospital in Hebron in Palestine by Israeli security forces that resulted in the death of a Palestinian man. [41043/15]
• 2015-11-19
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise the raid by Israeli security forces on a hospital in Hebron in Palestine that resulted in the death of a Palestinian man with the Israeli authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41044/15]
• 2015-11-10
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Communications

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will advocate an ethical labelling policy given that, despite the spin from vested interests, the diamond market continues to be a major source of revenue for rogue regimes in Israel, Zimbabwe and Angola, which stand accused of grievous human rights violations, including war crimes and crimes against humanity, by the United Nations Human Rights Council, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38992/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the deteriorating situation in occupied Palestine; if he is aware of the blatant violations of international and human rights law, many of which have been caught on camera; his views that Palestinians living under such a brutal and violent occupation require international protection; and if he has raised concerns over these international and human rights violations with his Israeli counterpart. [37194/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Thomas Pringle Independent asked Foreign

  Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the concrete and effective pressure that his Department will place on Israel to curb the recent influx of violence in the region and to prevent the possible development of another violent conflict in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36846/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  (unknown) asked Foreign

  Deputy Joe Higgins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the recent events in Palestine and Israel which have seen a number of civilians die in violent circumstances. [37732/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the action the Irish Government or the European Union intends to take to force Israel to cease the increase in civilian deaths in Palestine, particularly those of children, in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37692/15]
• 2015-11-03
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the continuing and escalating aggression by Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian territories, resulting in a number of deaths including those of teenagers, if it is now time to call for sanctions to be imposed on Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37691/15]
• 2015-10-22
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on any discussions held with European Union counterparts regarding the situation in occupied Palestine. [37064/15]
• 2015-10-22
  PQ
  Ruth Coppinger People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Foreign

  Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he or his Department have had any contact with the Israeli Embassy or with the Israeli authorities regarding the current situation in occupied Palestine. [37065/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Clare Daly Independents 4 Change asked Foreign

  Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the recent killing of civilians by the Israeli Defence Forces, if he will re-examine Ireland's role in pursuing an arms embargo against Israel. [36451/15]
• 2015-10-20
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the comments of Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister, Ms Tzipi Hotovely, who recently said in recent media interviews that the Israeli Government has no intention of ever ending the occupation of the West Bank, which she claims is part of Israel; and if continued statements of this nature by the Israeli Government are causing him to review his Department's policies towards Israel. [36122/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit-Solidarity asked Jobs

  Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to release the full and detailed breakdown of Irish armament and dual-use export licenses granted to companies exporting to Israel since 2011; the identities of export companies; the full details of the items exported; the end-receivers of said exports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35340/15]
• 2015-10-13
  PQ
  Paul Murphy People Before Profit-Solidarity 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]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the proposals he will raise at the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council; the urgent need to provide for the supply of construction materials to Gaza to enable the rebuilding of homes, infrastructure and other necessary facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34509/15]
• 2015-10-06
  PQ
  Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil asked Foreign

  Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will raise, at the next European Union Foreign Affairs Council, the urgent need to ensure the aid promised by the international community at the pledging conference following the major loss of life, destruction of homes and other necessary facilities in Gaza in August 2014 is provided without further delay, given the humanitarian needs of the citizens of that area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34510/15]
• 2015-09-24
  PQ
  Seán Crowe Sinn Féin asked Foreign

  Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that non-governmental organisations, NGOs, in Israel are possibly going to face severe new restrictions on how they operate if two restrictive bills are passed by the Israeli Knesset; if he is further aware that these draft laws seek to cut the funding of NGOs which the Israeli Government views as being foreign agents; the effects on some of the most well-known and respected NGOs, such as B'Tselem and Breaking the Silence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32583/15]