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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Syrian Conflict: Engagement with Non-governmental Organisations (9 Mar 2021)

John Brady: I thank our guests for this important piece of work relating to a conflict that, unfortunately, has fallen off the political agenda. It is not getting the international focus that it deserves. Unfortunately, it is probably up there with other conflicts, such as Yemen, where the humanitarian crisis is reaching astronomical levels. I want to make some comments first and then ask some specific...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (4 Mar 2021)

John Brady: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to facilitate the processing of passports for Irish citizens living abroad in cases in which a valid passport of at least six months issue is required for visa and identification purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12390/21]

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Mar 2021)

John Brady: The announcement yesterday by Bank of Ireland to close 103 branches throughout the country is a devastating blow to communities that are reeling after many years of cuts by this Government and previous governments to post offices and Garda stations, and this is another damning blow. It is going to suck the life out of the centre of these rural villages. We as taxpayers pump in €4.7...

Housing Shared Equity Loan Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (3 Mar 2021)

John Brady: This is plainly a scheme designed by property developers for property developers. It is nothing more than a regurgitation of failure. A similar scheme was attempted in Britain by the Tories. All that succeeded in accomplishing was pushing up property prices. The ESRI and the Central Bank have made it known that they have concerns, as have county councillors and Deputies from the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (3 Mar 2021)

John Brady: 365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to resume the processing of standard passport applications taking into consideration that the level 5 restrictions have been further extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11683/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (3 Mar 2021)

John Brady: 366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of standard passport applications on hold awaiting processing at present; the average wait time by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11684/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Catchment Areas (3 Mar 2021)

John Brady: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the most up-to-date demographic information used including figures for projection, population growth of second-level school-age children to analyse the projected need for future secondary schools in the Greystones, Kilcoole and Newtownmountkennedy areas of County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11994/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

John Brady: 756. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to establishing a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Bray, County Wicklow; if he has taken into consideration the population of the town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11129/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Mar 2021)

John Brady: 757. To ask the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to establishing a Covid-19 vaccination centre in west County Wicklow taking into consideration that there is a complete lack of public transport in this part of the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11130/21]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Coastal Erosion (25 Feb 2021)

John Brady: 81. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the serious coastal erosion at North Beach, Arklow, County Wicklow; the studies or reports that have been carried out by the Office of Public Works on the issue; and if funding will be made available to address same. [10626/21]

New Decade, New Approach Agreement: Statements (24 Feb 2021)

John Brady: In this moment, we have the vantage point of being able to look back at a century of partition and all it has entailed. We look back at a linear progression of misery, despair and hopelessness, pitted with milestones of suffering. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Ballymurphy massacre and the introduction of internment. The Good Friday Agreement provided us with a new point of...

Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes: Motion [Private Members] (24 Feb 2021)

John Brady: The mother and baby homes issue stands as a great stain on the history of this State. It has twice made victims of the people who suffered in those institutions, each time at the hands of the State, as victims of abuse and as victims of a cover-up. The Government, which has direct responsibility for the commission, must add its name to the long list of perpetrators who have inflicted...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Assistance Payment (24 Feb 2021)

John Brady: 331. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that persons have trying to secure rental properties in County Wicklow through the HAP scheme; if he plans to review the existing HAP thresholds for County Wicklow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10231/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (24 Feb 2021)

John Brady: 362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the mechanisms that will be put in place to ensure that United States military personnel who may be passing through Shannon Airport will be briefed on the Government health guidelines in relation to overseas travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10200/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (24 Feb 2021)

John Brady: 363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and manner of recent breaches of the guidelines and regulations on Covid-19 and overseas travel that have been committed by US military personnel visiting Shannon Airport in recent months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10201/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (24 Feb 2021)

John Brady: 364. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assurances that were received by the authorities here from the US military that there would be no recurrence of the breaches of Covid-19 overseas travel regulations committed by US military personnel at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10202/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (24 Feb 2021)

John Brady: 365. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he plans to take in the event of a repeat of the breaches of Covid-19 overseas travel regulations by US military personnel at Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10203/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (24 Feb 2021)

John Brady: 366. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if checks will be put in place to ensure that US military personnel using Shannon Airport will present PRC checks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10204/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (24 Feb 2021)

John Brady: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the contingency plans that will be made for the 170 to 190 students who are currently without a secondary school place in the Greystones and Kilcoole areas in County Wicklow; when it is anticipated that these students will be offered a secondary school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10359/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (24 Feb 2021)

John Brady: 499. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process and average timeframe from the appointment of a design team to the completion once a project has been referred to the National Development Finance Agency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10360/21]