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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 45. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if concerns about the future viability of the Air Corps if it is completely excluded from search and rescue services will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36690/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: I wish to follow up on a question my colleague raised earlier in Priority Questions relating to search and rescue. The technical specifications for the new contract have yet to be finalised, but, according to some sources familiar with the internal discussions, serious consideration is being given to allowing the winning bidder to base its fixed-wing aircraft in the UK as a cost-saving...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: It has been reported that some six private contract companies are expected to bid for the contract, and two of them are UK-based entities. It has also been reported that one of them is also contracted to do clandestine work for the UK's Ministry of Defence. Earlier, the Minister referred to a specific concern about intelligence and the retention of same. These are my concerns but, more...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Search and Rescue Service Provision (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: In the context of the contract, concerns have been expressed about the viability of the Air Corps not just by politicians but by Air Corps officers. We have established that the technical detail of the contract is still being worked out. In a previous response to a question the Minister said that when he was on these benches he asked questions about a lack of investment in the Air Corps and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Representative Organisations (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 60. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if an undertaking will be given to meet with representative bodies to discuss the matter of members of the Defence Forces forming an association with a body (details supplied) in view of his previous assertion that he is open-minded to same. [36691/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 59. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on claims that his Department has put pressure on Naval Service vessels to deploy despite safety concerns over staffing shortages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36692/20]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety Authority (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 224. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the process used by the Road Safety Authority for checking tachographs; and the way in which they are checked. [36513/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Disabled Drivers and Passengers Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 265. To ask the Minister for Finance when his Department will be in a position to reopen the application process for the disabled drivers tax concessions scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36476/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: DEIS Scheme (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the planned investment of €5 million for DEIS schools will be allocated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36137/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason she has not committed to extending the planned class size reductions in DEIS band one junior and vertical schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36138/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 458. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional resources such as staffing will be allocated to all DEIS band one schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36139/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school places available in the Greystones municipal district area, County Wicklow, by school in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36477/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school places available in the Greystones municipal district area, County Wicklow, by school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36478/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that there is a lack of secondary school places in the Greystones municipal district area, County Wicklow, for September 2021; her plans to address the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36479/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of a new school building for a school (details supplied); the stage the plans are at; when it is anticipated that construction will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36535/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 540. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of an extension for a school (details supplied); the stage the plans are at; when the works will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36928/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 541. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the construction of an extension for a school (details supplied); the timeframe for same; the site on which the extension will be located; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36929/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (17 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 542. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a site has been identified for a permanent location for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36930/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (19 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 175. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions that he has taken and plans to take in the future in response to the ongoing persecution of gay persons in Russia and Chechnya; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37448/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (19 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 279. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if Ireland will grant asylum to gay persons forced to flee persecution and possible death given the rise in the persecution of gay persons in Russia and other former Soviet states. [37449/20]