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Housing: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2023)

John Brady: No single issue excites a greater sense of anger with the Government than housing. Nothing illustrates the failure of the Government to deliver for ordinary workers and families as the housing crisis or the housing disaster. The arithmetic of this failure is absolutely astounding. House prices have increased by 28% and by an average of €70,000 since the Government took office....

Situation in the Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Statements (18 Oct 2023)

John Brady: Once again, words fail to convey the sense of anguish and frustration that is felt not just here in Ireland but globally at the tragedy that is befalling the Palestinian people. The butcher's bill for Israel's ongoing campaign against Gaza continues to rise. To date, we can add the names of UN workers, journalists, nurses and doctors, and children to those thousands of Palestinians who...

Situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Statements (13 Jul 2023)

John Brady: On 3 July the Israeli military began its largest and most violent raid on the heavily-populated Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank in over 20 years. Its forces came with tanks, planes, missiles and killer drones. They killed at least a dozen people, displaced thousands and, according to the deputy governor of Jenin, they destroyed, burned or damaged at least 80% of homes in the refugee...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fire Service (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: The Minister has been found wanting. The Government, and successive Governments, have been found wanting for more than 20 years, because this crisis has not just evolved over the last weeks or months. This has been a crisis for 20 years or more. The Minister talks about politicising an issue but it has been politicised because of the successive failures of the political establishment,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fire Service (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: 3. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government to provide an update on his efforts to resolve the issues of pay, recruitment, retention and rosters in the retained firefighters service. [33420/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fire Service (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: This question is to ask the Minister to provide an update on any efforts he is taking to address the recruitment and retention crisis in the retained fire service that has resulted in industrial action and strike action, which is currently suspended and now before the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC. What actions is the Minister taking now to address these key issues that affect the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Fire Service (6 Jul 2023)

John Brady: It was the Minister's failure to address the recruitment and retention crisis that destabilised the retained fire service right across the State and forced these retained firefighters into having no alternative but to initiate industrial and strike action. This is down to the Minister and his consistent failure. We know the key issues here. We know the constraints that have been placed on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (4 Jul 2023)

John Brady: 55. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide an update on the commitment by the Minister of State to develop a national strategy to improve communicating a coherent message around integration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32481/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (4 Jul 2023)

John Brady: I ask the Minister for State for an update on the commitment that was made to develop a communications strategy so that a coherent message can be delivered to communities in relation to new communities moving into the area. A commitment was made that a coherent communications strategy would be developed.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (4 Jul 2023)

John Brady: As the Minister of State is aware, there has been significant turmoil in communities in recent times, particularly here in the capital. Much of that has been exploited by extreme right-wing groups. Unfortunately, some communities have been caught up in the middle of that. Far right groups have exploited a vacuum in terms of a lack of coherent coming from Government. These groups have...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: International Protection (4 Jul 2023)

John Brady: I acknowledge that there is some communication in relation to new centres being opened. That is to be welcomed. I agree that fantastic work is going on in communities where there are welcoming groups that are visiting people and bringing goods and whatever is needed for refugees and internationally displaced persons. That has to be welcomed, but there needs to be a collective approach to...

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

John Brady: I will conclude now. This is not acceptable. The chief financial officer at RTÉ, Mr. Richard Collins stated in his evidence that it was his view that the taxpayer was defrauded. This leads to the potential for a full Garda investigation into allegations of fraud at RTÉ, which could end up running parallel to the two reviews the Minister has announced. Dee Forbes and Ryan Tubridy...

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

John Brady: -----to answer questions about the whole affair. I will conclude. I welcome the work that has been done but the people in RTÉ know what they have done and-----

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

John Brady: -----they need to come forward to both committees and fully participate in the reviews to ensure we get to the bottom of what is going on.

Matters Arising in RTÉ: Statements (4 Jul 2023)

John Brady: Having participated in almost nine hours of committee meetings last week when Oireachtas Members questioned various RTÉ executives, I am disappointed at how little regarding what has happened or who is responsible has been unearthed, although what has been exposed at both the media committee and the Committee of Public Accounts has been absolutely shocking, to say the least. If I had a...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

John Brady: We are seeing one of the biggest Israeli military build-ups in decades. Ten Palestinians have been killed in the past two days. The Government continues to provide legality to the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories by allowing the continuing investment by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, in businesses listed on the UN database of businesses operating illegally in...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Jul 2023)

John Brady: The register is accurate.

LGBTQI+ Equality: Statements (20 Jun 2023)

John Brady: This year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Sexual Liberation Movement in Dublin in October 1973. This followed a meeting of a group of academics and activists in Trinity College to establish what was a short-lived but highly influential sexual liberation movement, which mobilised for systemic change on a range of issues. These included reproductive rights, access to...

Flood Insurance Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2023)

John Brady: The Minister of State is acutely aware that this legislation has been brought forward out of pure frustration.

Flood Insurance Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (15 Jun 2023)

John Brady: There is absolute frustration from homeowners and businesses that unfortunately continue to be either discriminated against in terms of extortionate premiums being offered, or else are simply not given the opportunity to get a premium in the first instance. This legislation follows on from a previous attempt in 2016 by the Minister, Deputy Michael McGrath, who brought forward more or less...