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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (24 Jun 2021)

John Brady: I welcome the Minister's response. We need to do more, however. We have now declared that Israel has breached international law and continues to do so at an accelerated pace. This week, sanctions were reimposed on Russia for its illegal actions - as the international community has declared - on annexing Crimea. We now need to push for similar sanctions on Israel for its grave violations...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (24 Jun 2021)

John Brady: What is counterproductive is continuing with the same failed policy that allows Israel to continue its legal settlement expansion policies. What we now have is a new Israeli Prime Minister, who is committed to the illegal colonial settlements and their expansions. In recent weeks, we have seen continued abuses, human rights violations and attempts to remove Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (24 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is prepared to utilise Ireland’s position on the United Nations Security Council and within the EU to influence these bodies to take the necessary steps to ensure that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations steps up its efforts to seek a diplomatic resolution to the conflict in Myanmar following the military coup in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Sanctions (24 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 111. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts the Government is prepared to take to alleviate the suffering caused to the Cuban people as a consequence of the 60 year blockade of the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33777/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (24 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is prepared to utilise the position of Ireland on the United Nations Security Council and within the EU to assist the Kurdistan regional government in developing a commission of inquiry into genocide committed by ISIS against the Yazidi community and others in northern Iraq and in overcoming barriers such as the death penalty which...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (24 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on and response to a report by a human rights organisation (details supplied) in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33779/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Covid-19 Pandemic (23 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 43. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if recent statements of support for the WTO waiver for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments by the leaders of Spain and France and resolutions by the European Parliament show that there is a growing global consensus in favour of this policy; his views on whether support for the WTO waiver is fully in line with Ireland’s policy...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (23 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the claims for justice of the families of the peaceful protesters killed in the Khartoum massacre on 3 June, 2019, in Sudan; if Ireland will support their claims for justice at the United Nations, if necessary by advocating for a mandate by the Security Council for the International Criminal Court to investigate the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (23 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when Ireland and the EU will have a detailed position on the UN treaty to regulate transnational corporations and other business enterprises and plans for engagement in the seventh session of the UN open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights; and if...

European Council Meeting: Statements (22 Jun 2021)

John Brady: Undoubtedly, the primary issue facing the EU at this moment continues to be the Covid-19 pandemic followed by how we, both as an independent nation state and as a contributing member of the institution, are to chart the course of economic recovery from the unprecedented events that have occurred since March 2020. The impact the pandemic has wrought on our economy has been compounded by the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: First Annual Report of the Oversight Group on Women, Peace and Security: Discussion (22 Jun 2021)

John Brady: I thank our guests for the comprehensive overview they have provided this morning. I commend and thank them for all their ongoing work on the national action plan. I am delighted to meet them. It is not lost on me that our meeting coincides with the launch by Women's Aid of its annual impact report. Some of the statistics in the report are shocking. In the context of gender-based...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Civil Service (15 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 416. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that many employees in the Civil Service are having with their employers regarding flexitime while remote working; the measures he plans implementing to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30494/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Priorities (15 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 682. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the policy and funding commitments to sexual and reproductive health and rights that will be made at the forthcoming generation equality forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32059/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Covid-19 Pandemic (15 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 657. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the criteria for travelling to and from the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30924/21]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (15 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 669. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government plans to begin proceedings at the European Union for the suspension of the free trade agreement signed by the EU and Colombia in view of the serious and ongoing human rights violations in the context the national strike in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31580/21]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (15 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 907. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she will provide the full details of the plans of her Department which propose to introduce a new service in January 2022 to replace the existing EmployAbility service model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31591/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (15 Jun 2021)

John Brady: 1044. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is anticipated that students in third-level education will be able to return to on-campus learning from September 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30895/21]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Yazidi Community in Iraq: Yazda UK and Ireland (15 Jun 2021)

John Brady: I welcome our guests to the committee, in respect of what I imagine is a harrowing and traumatic experience for all of them. I was particularly struck by the testimony of Ms Hassan. It was truly brave and remarkable of her to make that statement given the lived experiences she has had to endure. Like her, so many other Yazidi people have suffered at the hands of the barbaric terrorist...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Yazidi Community in Iraq: Yazda UK and Ireland (15 Jun 2021)

John Brady: I will comment briefly so as not to prolong the meeting. Could our witnesses when summing up touch on the issue of genocide, on which I asked a specific question? I have read through some of the notes and I stand corrected. I believe France has also recognised that genocide has happened. In their concluding statements, the witness might address how important it would be for parliaments...