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Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (29 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 220. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of persons from each municipal district in County Wicklow that are currently in receipt of a HAP payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34418/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (29 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 277. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when paper passport applications through the An Post postal service will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34526/21]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 417. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she or her officials can facilitate a face-to-face meeting with a person to discuss a visa application and to outline the procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34449/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (29 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 444. To ask the Minister for Health the costs for the fitting out of a vaccination centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26834/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (29 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 485. To ask the Minister for Health if full details will be provided of the contract terms that were previously agreed for a vaccination centre (details supplied); the reason the vaccination centre is not being used for the remaining contract term of three weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26833/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disabilities Assessments (29 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 522. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting over 3, 6 and 12 months, respectively, for an autism spectrum disorder assessment in County Wicklow in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27248/21]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fishing Industry (29 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 607. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accept the advice of the European Commission and proceed to seek compensation for persons (details supplied) under the European Fund for Maritime and Fisheries in relation to a former Irish fishing boat; if he will honour his previous commitment to meet with the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

John Brady: I thank the Taoiseach for his statement. Ongoing fears and concerns around the rampant progression of the Delta variant are impacting throughout the world and serve to highlight our global interdependence. Until we achieve universal vaccination, new variants will continue to emerge. The Taoiseach has stated that there is a race between variants and vaccines. This is a race we will lose...

Post-European Council Meeting: Statements (30 Jun 2021)

John Brady: I have two issues. First, I want to follow up on TRIPS and the need for a waiver in that regard. I want to challenge the Minister of State, and I think it is the correct thing to do, regarding his statement that the world would be in a much worse position without the EU. The reality is that the Delta variant is now wreaking havoc across the world because of the failure of the global...

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2020: Report and Final Stages (30 Jun 2021)

John Brady: I welcome these amendments, which Sinn Féin will support. We debated the issues extensively in committee and I commend the Minister on following through on what he said he would do by bringing forward the amendments. We know there are many challenges and difficulties within the Defence Forces. The Permanent Defence Force is well below the established figure of 9,500, with membership...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (30 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 210. To ask the Minister for Health the alternative arrangements that are being made by the HSE to source an alternative vaccination centre for south County Wicklow; the stage discussions are currently at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26835/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Jul 2021)

John Brady: 472. To ask the Minister for Health if he will consider amending the current legislation to allow outdoor drive-in movies and cinemas to operate at present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29179/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

John Brady: I thank our guests for the comprehensive overview they have provided this morning. I commend and thank them for all their ongoing work on the national action plan. I am delighted to meet them. It is not lost on me that our meeting coincides with the launch by Women's Aid of its annual impact report. Some of the statistics in the report are shocking. In the context of gender-based...

Long-Term Residential Care: Motion [Private Members] (13 Jul 2021)

John Brady: As early as last summer, it was revealed that there were 43 deaths at six different nursing homes across County Wicklow due to Covid-19. Those included the deaths of 24 people in Bray, with ten people passing away in just one nursing home in the town. Twelve people lost their lives in St. Brigid's nursing home in Crooksling, on the border between Dublin and west Wicklow. Another seven...

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

John Brady: I am speaking to amendments Nos. 2 and 3. Some in the House this evening would lead us to believe this is a mundane and simple piece of house-tidying legislation, but it goes much further than that because this is about national interest and our sovereignty. It is about doing something this State has failed to do, which is to lay claim to a critical piece of our heritage, an important piece...

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

John Brady: I am getting to the important part and am speaking to the amendments.

Maritime Jurisdiction Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages (14 Jul 2021)

John Brady: Things have changed fundamentally since that agreement in 2014 because it was made on the basis of membership of the EU and commitments under the Common Fisheries Policy. The agreement was completely undermined by the British Government on account of Brexit and it is now completely null and void. The Irish Government and the Department of Foreign Affairs must now seek to revisit it and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (14 Jul 2021)

John Brady: 335. To ask the Minister for Health the progress that has been made by the HSE in relation to making the drug zolgensma available to persons who have a diagnosis of spinal muscular atrophy; the outcome of the recent health technology assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30961/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: RACO (29 Jun 2021)

John Brady: I thank the witnesses for joining us this afternoon and giving a pretty damning opening statement regarding the current situation of the Defence Forces. If a report that talks about decline becoming irreversible, how there is a refusal to engage meaningfully, appalling treatment regarding pay talks, breaches of EU law regarding the working time directive and how our Naval Service is set up...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recruitment and Retention in the Defence Forces: RACO (29 Jun 2021)

John Brady: I have two final comments. One relates to the Naval Service. Commandant King said that there are nine ships but barely an establishment for six, so it is therefore set up to fail. Will he elaborate on those comments and on the recent recruitment attempts? I know the Minister joined one of the ships recently as part of a recruitment programme. How does Commandant King feel those...