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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]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Sep 2021)

John Brady: 482. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of retaining the 700 members of the Defence Forces on post-1994 contracts scheduled to retire in 2022; if a scheme has been introduced by him in order to allow them to remain in service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41472/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

John Brady: On a point of order, last week, following the Minister's appearance before the committee, I and other members wrote to the Chair stating, and it was certainly my belief, that the Minister gave misleading information before the committee. I asked that he would arrange to bring the Minister back before the committee. Subsequent to that request the Minister sent a letter to the committee on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

John Brady: We should also brief the Ceann Comhairle because it is totally unsatisfactory. It shows sheer contempt by the Minister and his officials towards the committee and committee members. I propose that we write to the Business Committee and the Ceann Comhairle to find out exactly how this happened and the exact timeline.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

John Brady: Sorry Chair, I do not accept that. We as a committee have a duty and an obligation to find out why the media had an important piece of correspondence before this committee did. I accept the Chair or the secretariat did not have this letter before the media did. I accept that point. Somebody in Fine Gael leaked this important letter to the media before it made its way to this committee....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

John Brady: The Minister came before the committee last week and, in my view, made a deliberate attempt to mislead it. He claimed that at no time did he feel Katherine Zappone was lobbying for a job. Yet it is abundantly clear that Ms Zappone not only sought a plum position that would grant her access to the UN but also undertook a campaign to lobby for that position. She lobbied the Minister, Deputy...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

John Brady: That is fine. The Minister did not challenge Ms Zappone at that point as she was breaching the legislation and offering her services in either a private or a professional-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

John Brady: I will move on. Last week the Minister stated that he had a conversation in and round 21 February when he spoke to Katherine Zappone. The released data now show that it was actually a text message from Katherine Zappone on 22 February. It is stated in that text message that the Minister had spoken to the Minister, Deputy Donohoe. Ms Zappone says, "I know Paschal has spoken with you about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

John Brady: Was that a phone conversation or was that via text or WhatsApp?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

John Brady: There are no records of that conversation having taken place anywhere, are there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)

John Brady: On 24 February the Minister had a meeting with his Secretary General, Niall Burgess. The Minister says that at the tail end of that meeting he posed the prospect of the creation of a role with the Secretary General. Are there any records of that conversation?