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Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Birth Registration (18 Nov 2021)

John Brady: I welcome again that FBR has reopened. Along with others, I have repeatedly asked for the process to reopen given the frustration experienced by many people who want to become Irish citizens. It is their right to do that given they meet the correct criteria. There is massive frustration. Prior to the lockdown the waiting time was approximately 18 months. The Minister has not outlined how...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (18 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the decision by the European Union to grant €100 million in funding to Cyprus for the construction of the Euro-Asia interconnector given that this project will make Europe complicit in the Israeli annexation of occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56492/21]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (18 Nov 2021)

John Brady: What is the Minister's view on the decision by the EU to grant €100 million in funding for a project, the Euro-Asia interconnector project, which will essentially make Europe complicit in the Israeli annexation of occupied Palestinian territories? What is the rationale for it and why we are being complicit in the annexation of Palestinian territories?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (18 Nov 2021)

John Brady: The EU commitment to this project serves the purpose of essentially entrenching the EU in the complicity of Israel's campaign of annexation of Palestinian territories. The Minister will be aware that the Palestinian Authority recently deposited its exclusive economic zone, EEZ, with the UN, overlapping with major gas fields Israel is currently exploiting. He will also be well aware that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (18 Nov 2021)

John Brady: It is all well and good to ensure that a member state has energy supply and is not isolated but this project has sufficiently been compromised to force the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund, UNICEF, to distance itself from it. The Minister did not touch on the fact that the Palestinian Authority has recently deposited its EEZ with the UN and he might touch on that in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (18 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts Ireland is making at both European Union level and at the United Nations Security Council to bring an end to the conflict in Yemen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56495/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (18 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions Ireland will be advocating for at European Union level in response to ongoing efforts by the right-wing Polish government to undermine the judiciary in Poland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56493/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (18 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the clashes between junta forces and forces of the militant group in Rakhine state in Myanmar; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56496/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (18 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the response to the recent coup in Sudan; the efforts Ireland is making at European Union level and at the United Nations Security Council to push for a negotiated return to democracy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56494/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Defence Forces (18 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 104. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress to provide a new cadet school at the Defence Forces Training Centre in the Curragh; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56497/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Naval Service (18 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 108. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his plans to review patrol allowances for the Naval Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56499/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Communities Abroad (16 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 320. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts being made by his Department to offer advice and caution to Irish citizens working and traveling to Iraq in regard to the risks in operating there, particularly in view of the arbitrary detention of a person (details supplied) who was sentenced to fifteen years following a contracting dispute; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures the Government has taken or is prepared to take in order to raise the issue of the plight of refugees who are stranded on the border between Poland and Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56044/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Agreements (16 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 322. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland does not have a reciprocal agreement with the United States of America in respect of F1 student visas which results in significant costs to Irish students travelling under this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56058/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Defence Forces Veterans: Discussion (16 Nov 2021)

John Brady: I thank Mr. Campbell and Mr. Brennan for their opening statements and for coming before the committee this afternoon. The two statements were excellent and very informative but also very disappointing. I concur with some of the sentiments the Chairperson has expressed with regard to the excellent work the witnesses have done for the State over many years both as serving members of our...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: An Garda Síochána (10 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 82. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the plans for the redevelopment of the Garda station in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54899/21]

Regional Transport Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2021)

John Brady: Last week, the Government announced the climate action plan. Unfortunately, what we have seen today in the NTA's draft transport strategy from 2022 until 2042 is a failure to bring forward ambition. There is certainly no ambition when it comes to Wicklow. Unfortunately, we have a Government that makes little mention of Wicklow, especially west Wicklow, which has little or no public...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (9 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 337. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide the terms of reference for the review of the model of local authority retained fire services delivery, with particular emphasis on the recruitment and retention of staff that has been approved by the management board of the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management. [54499/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (9 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 338. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the person or body that will carry out the review of the model of local authority retained fire services delivery; when the review commenced; when the report is due to be completed; and if it will be made publicly available. [54500/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Fire Service (9 Nov 2021)

John Brady: 339. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if serving firefighters and those who have left the service will be consulted as part of the review of the model of local authority retained fire services delivery that has been approved by the management board of the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54501/21]