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Written Answers — Department of Defence: School Transport (13 Jan 2021)

John Brady: 446. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive payment under the July provision scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44906/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (13 Jan 2021)

John Brady: 572. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if class S PRSI is considered to be compulsory insurance under Articles 8 and 12 of the Convention on Social Security between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed on 1 February 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1027/21]

Brexit Readiness for the End of the Transition Period: Statements (17 Dec 2020)

John Brady: We are rapidly approaching the midnight hour that will mark the introduction of Brexit. The closer we get to that moment, the more I am reminded of the work of the historian Professor Christopher Clark, who described the great powers of Europe in the fateful summer of 1914 as sleepwalking towards the edge of a cliff as the Continent obliviously inched towards the ensuing catastrophe. In the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Fire Service (17 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 113. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Working Time Directive applies to the retained fire service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38396/20]

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2020)

John Brady: The Minister for Foreign Affairs is on the record as saying that Ireland will do well from the Brexit adjustment fund. I believe the Minister of State has also said that he expects us to get the lion's share of this €5 billion. I know that the French, under President Macron, have their eyes on this fund. They expect to use it to look after their fishermen. What actions is the...

Post-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2020)

John Brady: As a matter of record, my concerns and those of my party over the disparate allocations of resources from the EU Covid recovery fund are well established. With the dual challenges faced by our country through the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit, Ireland merits consideration of a fairer allocation of funding than that envisaged at present. As things stand and as we are all aware, Ireland will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (16 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to secure the release of a person (details supplied) currently being prevented from leaving China by the authorities there; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44346/20]

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: Statements (15 Dec 2020)

John Brady: While this year marks the 50th anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, it also marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima in August of this year marked the day Ireland ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Those two events, 75 years apart, stand in stark contrast...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (15 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 291. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts he can undertake to raise awareness through the EU of the plight of a journalist (details supplied) who has been tortured and is being detained illegally in Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43054/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (15 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 340. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a person (details supplied) will receive their payment under the school transport grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43366/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (15 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to use the old Wicklow district hospital building for respite and long-term care support in the form of a day care centre for the elderly of County Wicklow. [43413/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 592. To ask the Minister for Health the status of plans to reopen 20 beds in the former Wicklow district hospital in Wicklow town; and his plans for same. [43414/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Courts Service (10 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 30. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the plans in place for the old disused Bray Courthouse on the Boghall Road, Bray, County Wicklow; and if she will engage with Wicklow County Council with a view to handing it over for community use. [39662/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

John Brady: I welcome Mr. Zurabashvili. Like Deputy Clarke, I had the honour of meeting him earlier in the year at the Georgian embassy at a time when restrictions were not as severe as they are now. It was my first meeting in my new position with any ambassador to Ireland, so it was an honour for me. I thank him for his courtesy and welcome him to our meeting. I note the ambassador's concerns...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

John Brady: I welcome the ambassador to the committee. It is the first time I have met him and have had the opportunity to put important questions to him. The issue in Palestine and the conflict with Israel is one of ongoing concern for everyone. Most people would like to see a peaceful outcome to the conflict based on a two-state solution. As I see it, one of the biggest impediments to that is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

John Brady: I am going to ask questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

John Brady: It is widely reported that Israel is the only country in the Middle East to have nuclear warheads, estimated at between 80 and 100. I ask the ambassador to comment on that. Will Israel puts its nuclear facilities under IAEA safeguards and join the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons? My final point relates to the human rights abuses of minors or children in Palestine....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

John Brady: Some important questions might be lost in translation by way of written correspondence. Many Deputies and Senators here rightfully want to put questions to the ambassador. I know we are constrained due to Covid-19 restrictions. It would, however, be a useful engagement if the ambassador was open to coming in a second time and giving more time to this issue of huge concern. I put forward...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

John Brady: In fairness, that is an unbelievable question, Chairman. Any criticism of Israel now is anti-Semitic. Is that what the Senator is suggesting?