Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 June 2025
188. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches received by the Government from other states over each of the past five years, including the period from January 2025 to date, in tabular form (details supplied). [33362/25]
View answer189. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches issued by the Government to other states over each of the past five years, including the period from January 2025 to date, in tabular form (details supplied). [33363/25]
View answer204. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches received by the Government from other states over each of the past five years, including the period from January 2025 to date, in tabular form, to include the state issuing the démarche; the date on which the démarche was received; a brief summary of the content of the démarche; whether or not the Government issued a formal response; and a brief summary of the content of that response. [33460/25]
View answer205. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all diplomatic démarches issued by the Government to other states over each of the past five years, in tabular form, including the period from January 2025 to date, to include the state to which the démarche was issued; the date on which it was issued; a brief summary of the content of the démarche; whether or not a formal response was received; and a brief summary of the content of that response. [33461/25]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 188, 189, 204 and 205 together.
My Department is responsible for managing our diplomatic relations with over 190 States and international organisations. Communications with our counterparts are managed both through the Department at headquarters and across our diplomatic mission network.
Communications conveyed or received by my Department and other Foreign Ministries, or between Embassies, may relate to topics of significant interest and importance and such communications are often described as démarches. That is to say, many of the communications that my Department has with Embassies, Foreign Ministries and multilateral organisations across the wide range of issues that we deal with can often be referred to as démarches. On occasion démarches can also be coordinated through the EU delegation in non-EU countries or at multilateral institutions.
I am sure the Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to list all such communications that have occurred given that the topics can include sensitive issues such as those involving bilateral relations, human rights matters or individual consular cases.
