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Written Answers — Department of Defence: United Nations (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 68. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if there are plans to review the security and safety of Irish troops serving in Lebanon following the death of a soldier (details supplied), particularly with growing geo-political tensions in the region, and the potential impact of events outside their area of operations on the Irish Defence Force Forces in southern Lebanon; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 33. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the plans that are in place or under discussion for the role of the Defence Forces in Mali, particularly given the volatile and mutable nature of the security situation in the wider Sahel region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5159/23]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Reviews (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 43. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the progress that has been made to date on the strategic defence review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5161/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been taken on an application by a school (details supplied) to cover transportation costs to get students to and from a community centre for physical education due to no availability in their current temporary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5276/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process to develop a school (details supplied) given that agreement has been reached in principle with the landowner of a 9.3 acre site; if a parallel process can commence for the design of the new school and the final purchase of the site by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5272/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the development of the new school (details supplied) will be bundled with any other schools; the process that will be used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5274/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 9.3 acre site that has been identified for a school (details supplied) is to meet the needs of that school only; if it is intended for the site to be shared with a primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5273/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any sites have been identified for a new primary school in Bray, County Wicklow; if there have been discussions with Wicklow County Council on the issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5275/23]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (2 Feb 2023)

John Brady: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a decision has been taken on an application for funding by a school (details supplied) to increase security measures at it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5277/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: On 24 November last year, Israel demolished Masafer Yatta school in south Hebron. That was one of more than 9,257 Palestinian structures that have been demolished illegally by Israel since 2009, displacing more than 13,345 Palestinians from their lands. This is a policy of destruction, demolition, displacement and dispersal of Palestinians to the smallest parcels of land, similar to the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions he proposes to take or is willing to support against Israel following the destruction of aid supplied by the EU and Ireland to Palestine by Israeli forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4406/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: What actions is the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs prepared to take in order to hold Israel to account for its continuous demolition and destruction of EU-funded structures in Palestine?

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Passport Services (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: What analysis has taken place? I asked the previous Minister a number of times about increasing capacity, that is, opening new passport offices. I appreciate that a lot of the demand is online and that is where we are trying to drive people, but there will always be the need for people to walk into a passport office. What analysis has been done regarding opening a new passport office...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Passport Services (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures being put in place to ensure that there will be no unnecessary backlog in the issuing of passports in 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4614/23]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Passport Services (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: The year 2022 was an unmitigated disaster when it came to the handling and issuing of passports. It saw many families, unfortunately, missing out on their holidays due to chronic delays in the issuing of passports. What lessons have been learned from last year's mess? More importantly, what actions will be put in place to ensure people get their passport in a timely manner and that we do...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Passport Services (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: First and foremost, I pay tribute to all the staff in the passport office who did exceptionally good work in very difficult circumstances. When I say "difficult circumstances" I mean the failure to prepare and foresee what was coming post Brexit. There was always going to be a surge in the number of people looking to travel post Covid and we did not have the proper people or resources in...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: This is the most right-wing government in the history of Israel. It came to power on the back of an agenda that can only contribute to the worsening violence and to the way in which Palestinians are treated. We have seen since the start of the year that more than 35 Palestinians, including eight children, have been killed. Unfortunately, that has led, as the Tánaiste mentioned, to the...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: The Minister is right to be concerned about what is happening on the ground, but this has not just come about since the start of the year. It has been a systematic approach by successive Israeli Governments to displace Palestinians from their land, demolish and destroy their homes and disperse them into fragments of their land. We need to beyond the rhetoric of concern. We need definitive...

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: 63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether efforts to further the search for peace in Palestine have been further hampered as a consequence of the inflammatory rhetoric and actions emanating from the newly elected Government in Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4613/23]

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Motion [Private Members]: Middle East (31 Jan 2023)

John Brady: I was beginning the think the Tánaiste had forgotten he had taken on the new role of Minister for Foreign Affairs.