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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 1. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made towards implementing the working time directive for members of the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5155/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: I am conscious that this is our first question time with the new Minister. I congratulate him on his new appointment. It is also our first question time since the tragic murder of Private Seán Rooney on 14 December so I will take this opportunity to offer my condolences to his friends, family and comrades and to wish Trooper Shane Kearney a speedy recovery from his serious injuries....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: The Tánaiste will be very aware that the Defence Forces are now reaching breaking point with members leaving in great numbers. Over the last 12 months, since the publication of the report of the Commission on the Defence Forces, a further 500 members of the Defence Forces have left. There are very significant pressures on members of the Defence Forces. The critical need to fully...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: That is simply not good enough. In the Government's own high-level action plan for the implementation of the commission's recommendations, the low-hanging fruit was considered to be the bringing forward of heads of a Bill with regard to the working time directive. The Tánaiste now tells me that work has not even started. The Government's legislative programme for the spring does not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: Why include it in the action plan when there was clearly no intent to bring it forward?

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 18. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of fully-qualified doctors in the Defence Forces; the establishment figure for doctors in the Defence Forces; the number that are currently active in Ireland at this time; the roles they are employed in; the number of locums that are being used by the Defence Forces; the number that are serving abroad; the specific missions; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: United Nations (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to review the security and safety of Irish troops serving in Lebanon following the death of a soldier (details supplied), particularly with growing geo-political tensions in the region, and the potential impact of events outside their area of operations on the Irish Defence Force Forces in southern Lebanon; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans that are in place or under discussion for the role of the Defence Forces in Mali, particularly given the volatile and mutable nature of the security situation in the wider Sahel region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5159/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Reviews (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made to date on the strategic defence review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5161/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been taken on an application by a school (details supplied) to cover transportation costs to get students to and from a community centre for physical education due to no availability in their current temporary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5276/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process to develop a school (details supplied) given that agreement has been reached in principle with the landowner of a 9.3 acre site; if a parallel process can commence for the design of the new school and the final purchase of the site by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5272/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the development of the new school (details supplied) will be bundled with any other schools; the process that will be used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5274/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 9.3 acre site that has been identified for a school (details supplied) is to meet the needs of that school only; if it is intended for the site to be shared with a primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5273/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any sites have been identified for a new primary school in Bray, County Wicklow; if there have been discussions with Wicklow County Council on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5275/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been taken on an application for funding by a school (details supplied) to increase security measures at it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5277/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: On 24 November last year, Israel demolished Masafer Yatta school in south Hebron. That was one of more than 9,257 Palestinian structures that have been demolished illegally by Israel since 2009, displacing more than 13,345 Palestinians from their lands. This is a policy of destruction, demolition, displacement and dispersal of Palestinians to the smallest parcels of land, similar to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he proposes to take or is willing to support against Israel following the destruction of aid supplied by the EU and Ireland to Palestine by Israeli forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4406/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: What actions is the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs prepared to take in order to hold Israel to account for its continuous demolition and destruction of EU-funded structures in Palestine?

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Passport Services (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: What analysis has taken place? I asked the previous Minister a number of times about increasing capacity, that is, opening new passport offices. I appreciate that a lot of the demand is online and that is where we are trying to drive people, but there will always be the need for people to walk into a passport office. What analysis has been done regarding opening a new passport office...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Passport Services (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures being put in place to ensure that there will be no unnecessary backlog in the issuing of passports in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4614/23]