80. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the name of the external company contracted to her Department that arranges for work permits/visas and so on to be issued for departmental staff that are being posted overseas at Irish Embassies and Consulate General; the amount that her Department paid this company for such works in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [63731/26]

My Department does not contract any external company to arrange work permits or visas to be issued for departmental staff being posted abroad to work in Embassies or Consulates General.