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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (29 Nov 2022)

John Brady: 352. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if additional places will be offered to families that were unsuccessful in getting a place on the school transport scheme for a route (details supplied) and fulfil the eligibility criteria; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58878/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (29 Nov 2022)

John Brady: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of a permanent school building for a secondary school (details supplied); the stage that the tender is at; the estimated timeframe for the new school building from construction to completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58879/22]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Horn of Africa: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (29 Nov 2022)

John Brady: I thank the Minister of State for coming before us with what is, unfortunately, a very bleak opening statement. That is no reflection on the Minister of State. It is good to hear him say it as it is. Unfortunately, it is a crisis in the Horn of Africa. I concur with what he says and what all the experts say that we are seeing the consequences of global warming where, for the fourth...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Horn of Africa: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (29 Nov 2022)

John Brady: Deputy Stanton and I raised the issue of the UN, peacekeeping and whether there is something more that we can do.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Horn of Africa: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (29 Nov 2022)

John Brady: I will return to the point around the target of 0.7% of GNI, which is important. It is a UN agreed target that the Government has committed to achieving by 2030. I heard what the Minister of State said in response to Deputy Stanton. He said this is the largest amount that has ever gone into the overseas development budget, and I welcome that. It is a marked improvement on last year, when...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

John Brady: I begin by acknowledging the commitments offered in this House less than a week ago by the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, that the European Union remains committed to the Good Friday Agreement, that there will be no agreements with the British Government that will undermine the Irish protocol and that there would never be the return of a hard border on the island of...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

John Brady: Why has Ireland failed to apply for a reimbursement from the fund?

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Dec 2022)

John Brady: Ireland's share of the fund amounts to a modest €1 billion, compared with the likes of Spain, which has received more than €30 billion. These are badly needed funds which could help in a green transition, boosting regions and boosting our digital transition. The Government needs to get its act together in respect of the recovery fund. It is not acceptable that we are entitled...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Outcomes of COP27: Dóchas (6 Dec 2022)

John Brady: I thank the witnesses for coming in this afternoon. In particular I welcome Ms Ramadhani in Tanzania. This is a really important issue coming on the back of COP27. There were a lot of positives, but it has to be said there were also some negatives out of COP. I do not want to focus solely on one or the other. I will try and get a balance on both. As has been said, after 30 years of...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

John Brady: I have 11,397 reasons I have no confidence in the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. This is the number of homeless people who were in emergency accommodation in October. Many more are sleeping rough tonight on the streets of this capital and of towns right across the State. This winter, the past week of which has brought even more untold hardship, suffering and death on...

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

John Brady: Members of the Government are funding judicial reviews of major developments-----

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

John Brady: -----in Delgany, Enniskerry and towns right across Wicklow.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

John Brady: They are funding judicial reviews that are holding up thousands of homes in Wicklow.

Confidence in Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage: Motion (13 Dec 2022)

John Brady: Yes, that is what members of the Deputy’s Government are - serial objectors.

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (13 Dec 2022)

John Brady: 315. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarification on the length of the tenancy for a cost-rental scheme (details supplied) under the Land Development Agency, LDA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62212/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (13 Dec 2022)

John Brady: 329. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide details of any instances of near misses, or where safety reviews were carried out into incidents which occurred during live fire training exercises conducted by the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61690/22]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (13 Dec 2022)

John Brady: 615. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm when the long-promised community neuro-rehabilitation team for CHO 6, to be based in Bray, County Wicklow will be established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62145/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (15 Dec 2022)

John Brady: 228. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied); if the application could be escalated given that the applicant’s travel date is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62861/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (19 Jan 2023)

John Brady: 245. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence when the decision was taken to withdraw permission for family members of serving Defence Forces personnel to use the Defence Forces training centre swimming pool at the physical education centre in the Curragh; the reason that this decision was made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2655/23]