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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Passport Services (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: Given the ongoing refusal by the Government to acknowledge that there is a need for a Passport Office to be opened in the North, will the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs consider putting in place a mechanism to allow elected public representatives, including MLAs and MPs, from the North to make representations to the Department on behalf of their constituents with regard to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Visits (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline details of the planned visit by US President Joe Biden to Ireland in April; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13673/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Visits (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: I wish to raise the issue of the welcome announcement last week that the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, will visit Ireland in the next month or so. Will the Minister give some details, if any details are available yet, on the nature of the visit, what the itinerary looks like, where exactly he will visit, and who he will engage with?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Visits (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: I agree that the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement is an ideal opportunity for the President to visit Ireland. We are aware of the influence that Irish America had 25 years ago in the entire peace process and the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. The President is very proud of his Irish heritage, as the Minister has outlined. He wears it on his sleeve and it is great to see...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: State Visits (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: The opportunity should also be taken to brief President Biden around the British amnesty legislation, if that has not happened by then. I hope it has been raised with the President. There is an opportunity to brief him on the issue. It is not every day that this happens, I believe 2011 was the last time we had a US President here in Ireland. There is also the whole issue of the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: There may have been an agreement in principle but the reality on the ground is there are extreme right-wing ministers in the Israeli Government. On Sunday, the Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, claimed there are no Palestinians because there is not a Palestinian people. That comes from the same minister who called for the town of Huwara to be wiped out after the attack by illegal...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 71. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to the ongoing illegal settler violence in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13672/23]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: What is the Government's response to the ongoing and significantly escalated settler violence against Palestinians in the occupied territories? What action is the Government prepared to take to hold Israel to account?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: As I outlined in my question, the attacks on Palestinians have escalated, as the Tánaiste will agree. Attacks on Palestinian homes, cars and livestock, along with shootings and knife attacks, the theft of livestock and land and the burning of crops are ongoing daily. Much of this is happening under the guidance of the occupying Israeli army. The attack on Huwara was described as the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: I welcome the Chief of Staff before the committee this afternoon and his colleagues also. I want to express my condolences to him and all members of the Defence Forces on the death of Seán Rooney. It was a tragic incident. I express our gratitude to him and our condolences to all members of the Defence Forces and to his friends and family. Before I ask some more general questions, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: There are questions I touched on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: I outlined the nature of the questions on morale, United Nations Disengagement Observer Force, UNDOF, and the boarded-up houses in the Curragh already to get the Chief of Staff's view on them.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: I think it is safe to say the political decision to join the EU battle group, coupled with the political failure to address the retention and recruitment issue, was the tipping point in the decision to withdraw from that peacekeeping mission.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: Before the Chief of Staff comes back in, I want to go back to the working time directive. He said the majority of activities fall within the scope of the directive. To follow up on Senator Craughwell's point, have the Chief of Staff or his subordinates asked for any areas to be exempted from the directive? For example, do they see operations involving bomb disposal, naval patrols or aid to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: Yes, on any exemptions and on what operations personnel can be rostered for.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: My second point related to the continuous haemorrhaging of staff from the Defence Forces.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: Since the publication of the report, 481 people have left the Defence Forces. Is the Chief of Staff concerned that this report has not acted as a catalyst to instil confidence? Is he concerned that members are still voting with their feet and leaving in large numbers? Realistically, when does he think there is going to be a reversal in this regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Work and Priorities of the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chief of Staff (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: These are questions I had previously asked. I asked a question about morale.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Union (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 94. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any effort has been made by the Government to follow-up on requests for Ireland to assist Moldova in preparing for EU membership, particularly in view of attempts to destabilise the democratic government of Moldova through hybrid warfare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13678/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (21 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 109. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on popular protests in Israel at attempts by the Netanyahu government to make changes to the country’s judicial system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13676/23]