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Sea-Fisheries (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (22 Sep 2021)

John Brady: I am glad to hear that the Minister isen route. Hopefully, he will be here for my contribution. This Bill is being rammed through despite the opposition from all of the main fishing representative groups. Fishermen are yet again being told what to do rather than being consulted and listened to in order that the necessary compromises can be found. In my contribution I want to outline my...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla — Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Costs (22 Sep 2021)

John Brady: I also want to raise with the Minister of State the serious issue of the escalating cost of providing insurance cover and the negative impact it is having on communities right across the State. I am speaking specifically here about County Wicklow and the impact it is having on a small successful business, Squirrel's Scramble, which had to take the difficult decision to close down temporarily...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla — Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Costs (22 Sep 2021)

John Brady: How many insurance companies are providing this form of insurance?

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla — Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Costs (22 Sep 2021)

John Brady: To use the Minister of State's own words, he is not offering any panacea. Indeed, he is not offering any hope either. That is what is needed here. Unfortunately, it is the dragging of heels by this Government and its predecessors that has resulted in the crisis we see on the ground. The Minister of State is out of touch. Brokers are trying to shop around. Indeed, the insurance provider...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla — Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Costs (22 Sep 2021)

John Brady: -----businesses are closing right across the State, including Squirrel's Scramble. I look forward to attending that meeting with representatives of Squirrel's Scramble and the Minister of State-----

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla — Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Costs (22 Sep 2021)

John Brady: Hopefully, the Minister of State will have solutions at that stage.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Sep 2021)

John Brady: 80. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the content of the planned passport reform programme of his Department; the timeline of the planned roll-out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45406/21]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (22 Sep 2021)

John Brady: 88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the role that members of the Reserve Defence Forces played at vaccination centres during the pandemic; the number of members that were stationed at vaccination centres; the number of hours they worked; the payment they received; and if no payment was received, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45611/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (21 Sep 2021)

John Brady: 442. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a participant who is currently on a Tús scheme can transfer to a VTOS funding programme; if so, the procedure for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45067/21]

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

John Brady: Your time is up too. The Minister, Deputy Coveney, may well be the person in the dock today, but what is on trial is a culture of privilege underwritten by the widespread practice of political cronyism within Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The roll of shame that has preceded this scandal is too long to recite. I could go back for many decades. The history of this State is steeped in...

Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)

John Brady: That is a serious charge.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (15 Sep 2021)

John Brady: 346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the processing of applications received for foreign birth registrations will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43224/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Sep 2021)

John Brady: 363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process in cases in which an Irish passport could be granted to a person through descent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43872/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (9 Sep 2021)

John Brady: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reopen or develop a Garda station in County Wicklow (details supplied); if not, if he will consider allowing the use of the premises to a community group in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41857/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Sep 2021)

John Brady: 448. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current turnaround times for new passport applications and passport renewals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42501/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (9 Sep 2021)

John Brady: 446. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that persons have had in making contact with the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan; if he will provide appropriate contact details for the embassy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42499/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Sep 2021)

John Brady: 447. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of standard passport applications and renewals that are currently awaiting processing to date in 2021, broken down by each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (9 Sep 2021)

John Brady: 467. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he is prepared to take in order to protest at the imprisonment for human rights activism of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42842/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Asylum Seekers (9 Sep 2021)

John Brady: 468. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is prepared to offer asylum to Afghan academics who are at threat from the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42843/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Asylum Seekers (9 Sep 2021)

John Brady: 469. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government is prepared to intervene to offer asylum to persons (details supplied) under direct threat from the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42849/21]