Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade Eamon Gilmore T.D.
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade
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Minister of State Lucinda Creighton T.D.
Minister of State With Special Responsibility For European Affairs
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Minister of State Joe Costello T.D.
Joe Costello T.D. Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with responsibility for Trade and Development
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Track your Passport Application
If you have applied for an Irish passport you can check the current status of your application here
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Ireland s OSCE Chairmanship 2012
Ireland took over the Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in January 2012. The OSCE Chairmanship is held for one calendar year. For more information, please visit our Chairmanship page.
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Travel Advice
The Department of Foreign Affairs provides travel advice to Irish people planning a trip overseas.
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Launch of the African Agri-Food Development Fund
On 21 March, 2012 The Agri-food Development Fund was launched by the Tánaiste, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Minister of State for Trade and Development
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Certificate of Irish Heritage
On 19 September 2011, the Tánaiste launched the Government’s new Certificate of Irish Heritage.
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Travel Advice - United States
Changes to Visa Waiver Program (VWP) for Bearers of Emergency/Temporary Passports
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Do you want to work for the EU? *NEWS*
Sign up to be notified of job vacancies with the EU institutions as they are announced.
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Statement of Strategy 2011-2014
The DFAT Strategy Statement sets out the foreign policy objectives, as defined by the Government, to be pursued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in the next three years. It will be subject to ongoing monitoring in the context of the commitments in the Programme for Government and other reform action plans.
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- Africa Strategy (PDF 3488kb)
- Notification on changes to Passport Fees (PDF 196kb)
- Irish Embassies and Consulates Abroad
- Foreign Embassies accredited to Ireland
- The Annual Report of the Audit Committee 2010 (PDF 533kb)
- Public Service (Croke Park) Agreement 2010-2014: Department of Foreign Affairs Action Plan (Second Iteration) (PDF 342kb)
- Consultation on Ireland’s third periodic report to the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Submitting photocopy of passports with application


















