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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 488. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) given that the application has exceeded the target issue date and date of travel is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32706/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (21 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 501. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) given that the application has exceeded the target issue date and date of travel is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32719/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 93. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the Government's response to the decision by the British Government to introduce unilateral legislation that will undermine the Northern Irish protocol; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32921/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2022)

John Brady: I ask the Minister to provide an update regarding the Government's response to the decision by the British Government to move unilaterally to introduce legislation that effectively tries to tear up the Irish protocol and jeopardises the Good Friday Agreement.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2022)

John Brady: It has to be said that the British Government has deliberately set out to break international law. It is one of only two European countries prepared to deliberately flout international law, the other, of course, being Russia. Its decision to act unilaterally to engage in reckless and shameful acts on the Irish protocol is an assault on the Good Friday Agreement, and these are attacks which...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (23 Jun 2022)

John Brady: I thank the Minister and I totally agree with what he has said. Indeed, it has to be said that Unionist leaders are out of sync, they are out of touch, with ordinary people in the North and what they view needs to happen and must happen. Yesterday, as the Minister will be aware, a coalition of 170 groups from across civil society in the North described Boris Johnson's plans to replace the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the efforts that have been made to address the delays in the issuing of passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32922/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

John Brady: There is a crisis in the issuing of passports. Like many Deputies, I am contacted on a daily basis by dozens of people, on most days between 40 and 50 people, trying to get clarity and basic information about their passports, most of which have exceeded their estimated issue date. There is a serious crisis for many people who are missing out on holidays, losing out on many thousands of euro...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

John Brady: There is a crisis. There has been a huge increase in demand but that was not unexpected. To hear that we are still trying to recruit staff to deal with this crisis is concerning. It shows a lack of proper planning. The fact that we are still training and recruiting staff is unacceptable. It must be said that the staff working in the Passport Office are excellent. There is no...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

John Brady: I acknowledge that the turnaround time for most passport renewal applications is extraordinary. I welcome that and praise the staff of the Passport Office for it. However, there are serious challenges. I would seriously question the assertion that people are only waiting six minutes to talk to someone in the Passport Office.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (23 Jun 2022)

John Brady: I spoke to a number of people this week who found it impossible to get through, despite many attempts. There is a serious problem with people submitting applications but after eight to ten weeks, and only a couple of days before the estimated issue date, they are contacted by a checker in the Passport Office and told there is an issue. The issue may relate to photographs or to documentation...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (23 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 102. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will address the concerns that exist in relation to the recent signing of a trilateral memorandum of understanding relating to the export of natural gas from Israel and Egypt to the European Union given Israel’s repeated breaches of international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32923/22]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (23 Jun 2022)

John Brady: I ask the Minister for his response and that of the Government to the announcement in the past week from Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen that a trilateral agreement has been reached between the EU, Israel and Egypt to pipe gas from the occupied territories and from Israel to Europe, which contravenes both UN policy and EU policy. I seek the Minister's response to this announcement.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (23 Jun 2022)

John Brady: I thank the Minister for his reply. On 24 February, we saw Russia illegally breach international law with its brutal invasion of Ukraine. In 2014 we saw Russia annex the Crimea, which again was a grave breach of international law. There is a grave hypocrisy here, however, because the international reaction to the illegal invasion by Russia has seen sanctions being immediately imposed on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (23 Jun 2022)

John Brady: The Minister said recently that one of the greatest injustices in the world today is the occupation of Palestinian lands and the continued expansion of settlements. I completely agree with the Minister. Unfortunately, those words mean nothing when we are prepared to support an agreement such as this. We are rewarding the brutal oppressor of Palestinian people, the continued illegal...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (22 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 62. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current status of the review into the retained Fire Service that commenced in 2021; if the final report will be made public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33142/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (22 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 63. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures that he intends taking to address the recruitment and retention crisis in the retained Fire Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33143/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Stations (22 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 64. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the retained fire stations that were unable to deploy appliances or crews on foot of an emergency call due to manning levels in each of the years 2017 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33144/22]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Planning Issues (22 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 65. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the actions taken by his Department on foot of formal complaints regarding alleged planning irregularities in County Wicklow; if any engagement has taken place between his Department and Wicklow County Council, the gardaí or the Office of the Planning Regulator on the allegations; if he will commit to carrying out an...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (22 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) given that the application has exceeded the target issue date and the date of travel is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32996/22]