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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: I ask the Minister to provide details on the current status of the report from the Commission on the Defence Forces. When does he believe there will be a full Government response to the report? We have read over the last number of weeks and indeed months that there will be a proposal brought to the Cabinet. It is important there is a full debate in this House on the report and scrutiny of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: I thank the Minister. It is unfortunate there are delays. I appreciate the Minister wants to get it right but there also needs to be full debate and scrutiny of what is being proposed by Government to ensure there is proper oversight from the joint committee, which has also been committed to. That needs to happen this side of the summer recess. I am pressing the Minister to ensure that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Reports (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: I thank the Minister. He will have all-party support, I hope, once the bases are covered. Those bases are the retention, remuneration and conditions of members of our Defence Forces. That needs to be at the core of anything that comes before us. I refer to the possibility of there being contention. Unfortunately, we have seen the debate segue from discussion on what the Defence Forces...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 70. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made to date on the full implementation of the EU working time directive as it applies to the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34178/22]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: It is widely acknowledged that there is a recruitment and retention crisis in our Defence Forces. One of the main ways to address that is the full implementation of the EU working time directive. Key to that is the recording of hours worked by members of the Defence Forces and then paying them accordingly. What progress has been made in regard to the full implementation of the EU working...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Directives (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: I thank the Minister. We have engaged with each other on this issue a number of times over the past year or two. While it is welcome that some progress has been made, the last time we spoke about this issue the Minister spoke about the derogation and exemptions for peacekeeping operations, overseas work and offshore patrols. While there are comprehensive deliberations and consultations...

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: Households across the State cannot wait until the year end for the Government to act when they are struggling in the here and now. The Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, IFAC, the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, and the Central Bank of Ireland have all stated that the Government has the scope to introduce additional measures to support households. The Government is now expected to...

Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: -----in four or six months' time. Those people need action and they need it now.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Church-State Relations (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: In November last year, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman, wrote to six religious congregations to inform them of the Government's intention to establish the mother and baby institutions payment scheme. Individual meetings with orders to discuss their contribution to this scheme took place over the past few months. Will the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: France's Presidency of the Council of the European Union ends this month. President Macron's big idea during his term was the establishment of what he terms the European political community, a decision-making structure for political dialogue and co-operation on matters of common interest for European countries inside and outside the EU. He has emphasised in his public statements the...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Departmental Projects (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: Earlier this month the Taoiseach published the second report on Ireland's well-being framework and analysis of the well-being dashboard. That analysis identified a number of groups in Irish society that experience inequality across a high proportion of indicators. These groups include women, single-parent households, households on lower incomes, people with long-term sickness or disability,...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 82. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current status regarding Irish troops stationed in Mali; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34175/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 93. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the discussions that have taken place regarding the purchasing or leasing of a specialist troop carrying cargo aircraft for the Air Corps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34176/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 95. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the details of the recent exercises engaged in by the 1st Brigade Artillery Regiment with NATO Forces in Cork; the breakdown of similar exercise which have taken place over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34177/22]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 123. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the convention that is in place in the event of the Naval Service purchasing new vessels for the naming of these vessels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34174/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 306. 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. [33571/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 307. 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. [33572/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 311. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a person (details supplied) given that the applicants date of travel is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33576/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 314. 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. [33579/22]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (28 Jun 2022)

John Brady: 316. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a passport application for a child (details supplied) given that the applicants date of travel is imminent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33581/22]