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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 346. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current number of women in the Defence Forces, by rank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10846/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 347. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of women in the Defence Forces who are currently serving overseas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10847/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 348. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of women members of the Defence Forces who have left this year, by month; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10848/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 349. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current strength of the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10849/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (7 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 350. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of women in the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10850/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Quality (7 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 537. To ask the Minister for Health if he will detail the health threats posed to users by lead water pipes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10860/23]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (7 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 553. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the Government’s position in relation to the payment of the pandemic special recognition payment to section 39 workers in the healthcare industry who were employed during the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10970/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (2 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 178. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of any reviews undertaken on extending the short-hop zone in County Wicklow; if he has any plans to extend it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10726/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (2 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of any costings carried out for moving the rail line between Bray and Greystones inland to bypass Bray Head and lay twin tracks to increase the frequency of trains; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10727/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (2 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 180. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on the timeframe for the delivery of new train carriages; if these will be used on the Dublin to Rosslare rail line; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10728/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Park-and-Ride Facilities (2 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details on any plans to develop park-and-ride facilities along the N11-M11 between Bray and Arklow; if he can provide a timeframe for the design, planning and delivery of any such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10729/23]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (1 Mar 2023)

John Brady: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if funding was provided to UNFPA supplies, the thematic programme of UNFPA, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency, dedicated to expanding access to family planning, in 2022; if he intends to allocate funding to this programme in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10500/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Priorities for 2023: Minister for Foreign Affairs (28 Feb 2023)

John Brady: I welcome the Windsor Framework. Most parties at this stage have welcomed it. Business interests in the North and chambers of commerce have broadly welcomed it too. It has been a long time coming. It is seven years after Brexit and we are just getting this now so it has to be welcomed. Will the Minister join me in calling on the DUP to end its blockade of the Assembly in the North and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Priorities for 2023: Minister for Foreign Affairs (28 Feb 2023)

John Brady: Does the Minister join in the condemnation of the settler violence against Palestinians in Nablus?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Priorities for 2023: Minister for Foreign Affairs (28 Feb 2023)

John Brady: People hear conversations about potentially withdrawing from a UN peacekeeping mission in the Golan Heights and at the same time we are committing troops to a new battle group. That is where people are drawing the conclusion that there is a further erosion of neutrality. I tend to agree that there is an attempt to water down our neutrality to further entrench us in a militarised Europe.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Priorities for 2023: Minister for Foreign Affairs (28 Feb 2023)

John Brady: A good starting point would be putting ships to sea.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Priorities for 2023: Minister for Foreign Affairs (28 Feb 2023)

John Brady: Will the Tánaiste furnish details to the committee regarding the review into our involvement in peacekeeping missions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council and Priorities for 2023: Minister for Foreign Affairs (28 Feb 2023)

John Brady: Perhaps that says more about the Minister being out of touch with the conversation about Ireland's neutrality.

Anniversary of Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Motion (22 Feb 2023)

John Brady: Friday marks the first anniversary of the brutal, illegal invasion of Ukraine, the impact of which on the psyche of the body politic of Europe can be compared to that of the 9/11 attacks on the United States. Indeed, it may take a generation or more before the full implications can be measured of the decision by President Putin to put a torch to the norms of international behaviour which...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Ukraine War: Ambassadors of Ukraine and Moldova (21 Feb 2023)

John Brady: The ambassador is very welcome to our committee on what is a harrowing anniversary. It is hard to believe it is nearly one year since the full and illegal invasion by Russia into Ukraine. I reiterate my full support and that of my party for the people of Ukraine and its full territorial integrity and the immediate full withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. It is frightening to think...