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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

John Brady: Earlier in the year, we saw our capabilities to defend our neutrality questioned in respect of the planned naval exercise by Russia off the southern coast. This highlighted many of the deficiencies that have been widely articulated over a considerable period, including in respect of our primary radar capability and our ability to monitor subsea activities. Given the proximity of highly...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

John Brady: I do not have it to hand but will try to locate it for the Minister.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

John Brady: As regards subhead A24 and the Civil Defence, it is an area to which the committee has not given much focus. I am conscious of that because it is a fantastic organisation that does exceptional work across the State. It looks to me like the funding proposed for this year involves a cut of in the region of half a million euro. I might be wrong in that regard. The 2021 Estimate was...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

John Brady: Where will the funds come from for the process one of the Minister's Cabinet colleagues announced as a review or feasibility study or whatever term he put on it? Is it included in this? I ask for the Minister's views on that. It is a crazy decision, if it is given any consideration.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 36 - Defence (Revised) (9 Mar 2022)

John Brady: I know the Minister has been strong on the issues.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Maritime Safety (8 Mar 2022)

John Brady: 196. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the German equivalent of the Marine Survey Office was in breach of European Union maritime safety regulations when it issued ongoing valid sailing permits for a former German beam trawler (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13085/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Fishing Industry (3 Mar 2022)

John Brady: 41. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made towards the awarding of compensation to a person (details supplied) as directed by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11733/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (3 Mar 2022)

John Brady: 80. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when funding will be made available to allow the N11/M11 improvement scheme to proceed to phase 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11732/22]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Emergency Services (3 Mar 2022)

John Brady: 222. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the level of analysis that was conducted by the Government on the capacity of the Defence Forces to provide a search and rescue service to the State prior to the Government decision to put the service out to tender for a cost of €800 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3895/22]

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including the recent Amnesty International Report: Statements (2 Mar 2022)

John Brady: I am sharing time with Deputies McDonald and Mac Lochlainn. When Amnesty International or any of the organisations that labelled the actions of Israel as apartheid they are talking about a crime against humanity. The UN Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid states that practices and policies of racial discrimination and segregation such as those employed by...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Election Monitoring Missions (2 Mar 2022)

John Brady: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is prepared to send election observers to Hungary to observe its upcoming elections in April 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11803/22]

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

John Brady: We absolutely can.

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

John Brady: It is called leadership, Minister.

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

John Brady: Absolutely not.

Support for the Sovereignty and Territorial Integrity of Ukraine: Motion (1 Mar 2022)

John Brady: Today, as they have been for the last week, our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Ukraine as an aggressive, brutal invasion of their territory takes place and the missiles continue to fall. From the outset, I completely and utterly condemn the actions by the Russian Federation. I want to send a message of solidarity to the many Ukrainian people who have come to Ireland to find a...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (1 Mar 2022)

John Brady: 449. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of the transfer of lands at Rockbrae House in Bray to Wicklow County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11689/22]

Security Situation in Europe: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

John Brady: Maybe the Deputy should have listened to what I said.

Security Situation in Europe: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

John Brady: Maybe the Deputy should listen to what I said instead of trying to mislead the House.

Security Situation in Europe: Statements (23 Feb 2022)

John Brady: He tried to mislead.