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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: We are doing what Fianna Fáil wants done and that was boycotting Westminster.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: What the Minister is saying is wrong and is questionable.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: United Nations (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 82. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will respond to a UN report that argues that socio-economic conditions are driving young Africans into extremist militant groups, given Ireland’s role in UN and EU missions in Africa; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13679/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: United Nations (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: Deputy Lawless is now present, so I do not know whether-----

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: United Nations (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: I will plough ahead then.My question was to ask the Tánaiste, given Ireland's role in UN and EU missions in Africa, to respond to a UN report that argues that socio-economic conditions are driving young Africans into extremist militant groups. Will he make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: United Nations (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: Since 2020, there has been a 130% increase in violence in the Sahel region. In excess of 8,000 people were killed there last year as a result of militant Islamic violence. As the Minister of State outlined, temperatures are increasing as a consequence of climate change and are rising one and a half times faster than the global average. According to the UN development programme, with no way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: I welcome the Chief of Staff before the committee this afternoon and his colleagues also. I want to express my condolences to him and all members of the Defence Forces on the death of Seán Rooney. It was a tragic incident. I express our gratitude to him and our condolences to all members of the Defence Forces and to his friends and family. Before I ask some more general questions, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: There are questions I touched on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: I outlined the nature of the questions on morale, United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF, and the boarded-up houses in the Curragh already to get the Chief of Staff's view on them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: I think it is safe to say the political decision to join the EU battle group, coupled with the political failure to address the retention and recruitment issue, was the tipping point in the decision to withdraw from that peacekeeping mission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: Before the Chief of Staff comes back in, I want to go back to the working time directive. He said the majority of activities fall within the scope of the directive. To follow up on Senator Craughwell's point, have the Chief of Staff or his subordinates asked for any areas to be exempted from the directive? For example, do they see operations involving bomb disposal, naval patrols or aid to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: Yes, on any exemptions and on what operations personnel can be rostered for.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: My second point related to the continuous haemorrhaging of staff from the Defence Forces.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: Since the publication of the report, 481 people have left the Defence Forces. Is the Chief of Staff concerned that this report has not acted as a catalyst to instil confidence? Is he concerned that members are still voting with their feet and leaving in large numbers? Realistically, when does he think there is going to be a reversal in this regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: These are questions I had previously asked. I asked a question about morale.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Mar 2023)

John Brady: Within the next few weeks, we will mark the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement, the antecedents of which lie in the early efforts of Gerry Adams and John Hume. At the time, their efforts were much maligned and vilified by members of the establishment who failed to grasp the significance and potential of the early peace process. The Good Friday Agreement represents one of the most...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (22 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 263. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive their pandemic special recognition payment. [14260/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service (23 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on efforts to address difficulties within the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14311/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service (23 Mar 2023)

John Brady: What attempts or efforts are being made to deal with the major crisis that has been developing before our eyes in recent years within the Defence Forces, particularly the Naval Service in which numbers are at an all-time low? Two Naval Service ships have been mothballed because of the inaction of successive Governments.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Naval Service (23 Mar 2023)

John Brady: Morale within the Defence Forces, particularly the Naval Service, is at an all-time low. The strength of the Naval Service is approximately 770, although the active and effective strength is probably less than 750. Thirteen months ago, when the commission's report was published, that number stood at 867. That it is now 100 less than it was 13 months ago shows that the haemorrhaging...