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Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: I will let someone else go first.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: I welcome the interim agreement that has been put in place for the post-1994 sergeants. What impact will that have on pensions provision? That is an interim solution for two years but we need to find a permanent solution. We know the impact the shortage of about 400 sergeants and those of equivalent rank throughout the Defence Forces is having. I ask the Minister to provide an overview on...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: I do not mind.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: Could I have an update on the working time directive? The Minister and I have spoken extensively about this in the Chamber and elsewhere and also about the impact of not recording the hours that members of our Defence Forces work. More important, we have spoken about paying them accordingly. Could I have an update on the engagement the Minister is having on the issue, including with the...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: The Minister said previously that he hopes to have a resolution-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: -----and that it will have an impact on pension provision over the next year. I hope that if we have-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: I have a final question. I ask the Chair for a little latitude on this one. It concerns the €1,000 Covid payment to members of the Defence Forces and also those in other sectors that were promised the payment back in March. Could I have an update on that? I realise the responsibility does not lie with the Minister or his Department but elsewhere. It was suggested at the previous...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: It is important, though.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: I welcome that. I share the Minister’s frustration. Many members of the Defence Forces were very frustrated, so I welcome the payment.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: I have quite a few questions. I do not know whether to ask them individually or to go through them all together.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: Whatever works for-----

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: I will try to be brief. I will take two or three and then perhaps come back in.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: I welcome the funding of €30 million in respect of the crisis in the Horn of Africa. What is happening is frightening. The Minister mentioned the number of consecutive years in which there have not been successful crops, water, rain or anything like that. The next two seasons are also predicted to fail. I welcome this funding. I hope it is not a one-off because, unfortunately, it...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: Moving on to Vote 28, I have two further questions that are linked. I will have a couple more after that. I commend Ms Byrne and the team in the Passport Office. There was some criticism earlier in the year, given the pressures the Passport Office was under and the backlogs that were there. I commend everyone in the Passport Office. A phenomenal amount of work was done, with 1 million...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: I have two other short questions but to conclude on the passport stuff, while I will follow up on this at the next meeting it would be useful to have Ms Byrne back in after Christmas to give a broad outline and update on some of what we heard from the Minister. I have been backwards and forwards with the Minister on the representational rights for representatives in the North to follow up on...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 35 - Army Pensions (Revised)
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs (Revised) (10 Nov 2022)

John Brady: I have two other brief questions. First, I ask the Minister about expanding our diplomatic footprint. As there had been plans to open the Irish Embassy in Tehran, is that still going ahead? Provision was made or it was indicated that would open next year. Given the serious issues going on in Iran, is it still the intention of the Minister to proceed with that? On Ukraine, major...

Long Covid Health Services: Motion [Private Members] (9 Nov 2022)

John Brady: Long Covid is a very serious and debilitating illness that is impacting on tens of thousands of people throughout the State. It is being widely ignored by the Government and across the board. I welcome the report published on Monday by APC Microbiome Ireland - a research centre based at University College Cork - in conjunction with UCC and the long Covid advocacy group. The report shows...