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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

John Brady: Because Israel bombed it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Developments in Georgia: Engagement with Ambassador of Georgia (10 Dec 2020)

John Brady: The infrastructure Israel destroyed.

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Citizenship Applications (3 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if it would be possible to waiver or reduce the fee applicable for those seeking to achieve Irish citizenship if applicants, specifically from the UK met certain requirements, such as length of residence or marriage to an Irish citizen. [41034/20]

Pre-European Council: Statements (2 Dec 2020)

John Brady: It is quite obvious that the glaring issue from an Irish perspective in the coming meeting of the European Council is that of Brexit. The illegal, irresponsible and intemperate approach taken by the Johnson Government from the very outset has placed obstacle after obstacle in the way of an agreement. It has set out to dupe its own workers to support its machinations under a chorus of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Migration and Asylum Pact: Discussion (2 Dec 2020)

John Brady: I thank Mr. Shotter for his informative briefing this morning. I will begin with a few comments. Mr. Shotter stated that we are not in the middle of a crisis such as we saw in 2018 and 2016. That may be true but the figures published on deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean still show that it is very much a crisis. This year alone, it is estimated that 979 migrants have died while...

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: I am not going to engage in some of the Minister's shenanigans here this evening. Maybe if her party was to start to run candidates in the North and maybe if she talked to her friends in her sister party, the British Tory Party, that is where the Minister will find some of the answers to the questions she has posed here this evening.

State Pension Age: Motion [Private Members] (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: There are now more than 4,000 people aged 65 in receipt of a jobseeker's payment. Many of those people were obliged by contract to retire at the age of 65. They are forced onto a jobseeker's payment for one year before their State pension is assessed at the age of 66. If the Minister's planned hike proceeds in January, retirees will be forced onto a jobseeker's payment for two years. This...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide a regional breakdown of the inspections carried out to date under the national quality standards framework on homeless services in private and voluntary emergency accommodation in tabular form; and his plans for local authorities to publish these reports detailing compliance levels within the framework....

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Homeless Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the details on the level of training given to persons conducting inspections in private and voluntary emergency accommodation under the national quality standards framework on homeless services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39618/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the concerns expressed by human rights and civil society groups throughout the island of Ireland that the UK Internal Market Bill will threaten the ability of the Northern Ireland Assembly to implement the obligation in Article 2 of the Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol that Northern Ireland continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 327. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has expressed his unease to the UK Government concerning the effect of Part 1 of the UK Internal Market Bill on the ability of the Northern Ireland Assembly to implement the obligation in Article 2 of the Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol that Northern Ireland continue to align with all new EU equality directives after the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has sought to have the effect of part 1 of the UK Internal Market Bill on the ability of the Northern Ireland Assembly to implement the obligation in Article 2 of the Ireland-Northern Ireland Protocol that Northern Ireland continue to align with all new EU equality directives after the transition period discussed in the context of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that will be taken to ensure that the EU develops a legal analysis of the UN treaty and acquires a negotiation mandate given that the EU attended the sixth annual session to negotiate a UN treaty to regulate transnational corporations and other business enterprises without a negotiation mandate; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 331. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a national consultation on the UN treaty as recommended by the chair of the UN intergovernmental working group in the draft report of the sixth session will be held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40379/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Proposed Legislation (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the plans Ireland has put in place to input and shape the proposed legislative initiative, given the commitment to a legislative initiative on human rights due diligence throughout the supply chain by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40380/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Proposed Legislation (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 333. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is supportive of the legislative initiative in view of the commitment to a legislative initiative on human rights due diligence throughout the supply chain by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40381/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Proposed Legislation (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 334. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the responsible Minister for the EU legislative initiative, given the commitment to a legislative initiative on human rights due diligence throughout the supply chain by the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40382/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Proposed Legislation (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which he will ensure that the action plan is developed with regard to mandatory due diligence as per the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40384/20]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Accommodation (1 Dec 2020)

John Brady: 610. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the process of transferring the old Bray Courthouse, Boghall Road, Bray to Wicklow County Council; the expected time-frame; and the engagement that has taken place with the local authority on the issue. [40326/20]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Human Rights (26 Nov 2020)

John Brady: This is not the first time we have looked at the case of this young woman or women human rights defenders in Saudi Arabia in general. There is a growing body of opinion that the loss of international prestige is too high a price for Saudi Arabia to pay and many want this crackdown to end. There needs to be more focus. This particular case is horrific, as has been outlined. Ms al-Halthloul...