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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)
John Brady: The Minister misled the committee. He said he had no-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)
John Brady: The records show that on 19 July he made a critical intervention-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)
John Brady: -----when he phoned Katherine Zappone and he phoned the Secretary General to finalise the details of the contract.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)
John Brady: I will make a couple of brief points. On 19 July, in a text communication between the Minister and the Tánaiste, when the latter inquired about the LGBT envoy position, the Minister stated: "Yeah, I spoke to Katherine tonight. She's meeting Niall Burgess on Wednesday to finalise a 12 month contract to be an Irish Govt Special Envoy ...". We now know that changed to a two-year...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)
John Brady: I will make a final point. Last week, the Minister misled the committee on why he deleted text messages. He stated it was for data storage reasons but that quickly changed to his phone being hacked. I have specific questions on that alleged phone hacking, which I deem to be a potential national security breach. Why was that not communicated to the Taoiseach? There is national Cabinet...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Appointment of Special Envoys: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence (7 Sep 2021)
John Brady: Before we finish, I sent an email to the Chairman last night. There has obviously been an awful lot of conversation around former Minister Katherine Zappone. I believe it would be appropriate that Katherine Zappone would be invited before the committee. There are still some very serious outstanding issues that I believe need clarity and further explanation and information. It is incumbent...
- Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (9 Sep 2021)
John Brady: 236. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to reopen or develop a Garda station in County Wicklow (details supplied); if not, if he will consider allowing the use of the premises to a community group in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41857/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Sep 2021)
John Brady: 448. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current turnaround times for new passport applications and passport renewals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42501/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services (9 Sep 2021)
John Brady: 446. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that persons have had in making contact with the Embassy of the Republic of Uzbekistan; if he will provide appropriate contact details for the embassy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42499/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (9 Sep 2021)
John Brady: 447. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of standard passport applications and renewals that are currently awaiting processing to date in 2021, broken down by each county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42500/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (9 Sep 2021)
John Brady: 467. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he is prepared to take in order to protest at the imprisonment for human rights activism of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42842/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Asylum Seekers (9 Sep 2021)
John Brady: 468. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is prepared to offer asylum to Afghan academics who are at threat from the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42843/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Asylum Seekers (9 Sep 2021)
John Brady: 469. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government is prepared to intervene to offer asylum to persons (details supplied) under direct threat from the Taliban; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42849/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (9 Sep 2021)
John Brady: 482. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of retaining the 700 members of the Defence Forces on post-1994 contracts scheduled to retire in 2022; if a scheme has been introduced by him in order to allow them to remain in service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41472/21]
- Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)
John Brady: That is a serious charge.
- Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion (15 Sep 2021)
John Brady: Your time is up too. The Minister, Deputy Coveney, may well be the person in the dock today, but what is on trial is a culture of privilege underwritten by the widespread practice of political cronyism within Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. The roll of shame that has preceded this scandal is too long to recite. I could go back for many decades. The history of this State is steeped in...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Birth Registration (15 Sep 2021)
John Brady: 346. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the processing of applications received for foreign birth registrations will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43224/21]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Sep 2021)
John Brady: 363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the process in cases in which an Irish passport could be granted to a person through descent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43872/21]
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla — Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Costs (22 Sep 2021)
John Brady: I also want to raise with the Minister of State the serious issue of the escalating cost of providing insurance cover and the negative impact it is having on communities right across the State. I am speaking specifically here about County Wicklow and the impact it is having on a small successful business, Squirrel's Scramble, which had to take the difficult decision to close down temporarily...
- Saincheisteanna Tráthúla — Topical Issue Debate: Insurance Costs (22 Sep 2021)
John Brady: How many insurance companies are providing this form of insurance?