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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (26 Nov 2020)

John Brady: The Minister mentions the new US Government and US President, who will take office in January. Nevertheless we are seeing a ratcheting up of illegal settlements and just this week we have seen tenders approved for 1,200 illegal settlements in north Bethlehem. This week, ten families have been ejected from their homes to allow for military manoeuvres in the West Bank. It is a systematic...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (26 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of progress his Department has made towards the release of the women's human rights defender (details supplied) currently on hunger strike in Saudi Arabia. [38299/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (26 Nov 2020)

John Brady: This is not the first time we have looked at the case of this young woman or women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia in general. There is a growing body of opinion that the loss of international prestige is too high a price for Saudi Arabia to pay and many want this crackdown to end. There needs to be more focus. This particular case is horrific, as has been outlined. Ms al-Halthloul...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (26 Nov 2020)

John Brady: The oppressive system of male guardianship within Saudi Arabia is well-documented and restricts women from enjoying the most basic of civil rights, which are taken for granted in this State and in most European countries. Women must gain permission from a male guardian for many of the most mundane and everyday decisions and actions. While Ireland has worked alongside other EU member states...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will use the opportunity of the election of President-elect Joe Biden to make representations to the incoming Administration there around the plight of the undocumented Irish immigrants in the United States. [38301/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (26 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to reopen an Irish Embassy in Iran. [38303/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position towards plans by the Hungarian Government to introduce a series of constitutional amendments that include the outlawing of same-sex marriages. [38300/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (26 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to Turkish interference in the affairs of the island of Cyprus, and the calls by the Turkish President Erdogan for a two-state solution on the island. [38302/20]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (26 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 210. To ask the Minister for Finance if special provisions will be made by the Office of Revenue Commissioners for self-employed or sole traders who are not currently in a position to pay their full 2019 tax returns due to the impact of Covid-19 on their business; if a facility such as paying in instalments can be accommodated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39362/20]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artists' Remuneration (26 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 237. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide further information on the recent proposal for the universal basic income for the arts and live performance and events sector; when it is likely that this income support will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39352/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (26 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 252. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the timeframe for the publication of the heads of the emergency management and fire and public safety Bill 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39519/20]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Proposed Legislation (26 Nov 2020)

John Brady: 253. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the stakeholder engagement planned for the drafting of the emergency management and fire and public safety Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39521/20]

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: I am not going to engage in some of the Minister's shenanigans here this evening. Maybe if her party was to start to run candidates in the North and maybe if she talked to her friends in her sister party, the British Tory Party, that is where the Minister will find some of the answers to the questions she has posed here this evening.

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: There are now more than 4,000 people aged 65 in receipt of a jobseeker's payment. Many of those people were obliged by contract to retire at the age of 65. They are forced onto a jobseeker's payment for one year before their State pension is assessed at the age of 66. If the Minister's planned hike proceeds in January, retirees will be forced onto a jobseeker's payment for two years. This...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a regional breakdown of the inspections carried out to date under the national quality standards framework on homeless services in private and voluntary emergency accommodation in tabular form; and his plans for local authorities to publish these reports detailing compliance levels within the framework....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details on the level of training given to persons conducting inspections in private and voluntary emergency accommodation under the national quality standards framework on homeless services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39618/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by human rights and civil society groups throughout the island of Ireland that the UK Internal Market Bill will threaten the ability of the Northern Ireland Assembly to implement the obligation in Article 2 of the Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol that Northern Ireland continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has expressed his unease to the UK Government concerning the effect of Part 1 of the UK Internal Market Bill on the ability of the Northern Ireland Assembly to implement the obligation in Article 2 of the Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol that Northern Ireland continue to align with all new EU equality directives after the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has sought to have the effect of part 1 of the UK Internal Market Bill on the ability of the Northern Ireland Assembly to implement the obligation in Article 2 of the Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol that Northern Ireland continue to align with all new EU equality directives after the transition period discussed in the context of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that will be taken to ensure that the EU develops a legal analysis of the UN treaty and acquires a negotiation mandate given that the EU attended the sixth annual session to negotiate a UN treaty to regulate transnational corporations and other business enterprises without a negotiation mandate; and if he will make a statement...