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Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

John Brady: Homelessness is not just a blight on those left behind by society due to substance abuse, mental illness or tragic personal loss. For years legislators have failed these people, leaving the responsibility of care in the hands of hard-pressed volunteer organisations whose resources were cut in the fire storm of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Labour austerity. Today homelessness affects...

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

John Brady: It is not by choice.

Housing and Homelessness: Statements (22 Mar 2016)

John Brady: They are being forced to do it. It is not by choice.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Protection (14 Apr 2016)

John Brady: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the nature of coastal works planned at Murrough, Wicklow town; and if he has carried out any study to ascertain if these works will be sufficient. [6406/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Apr 2016)

John Brady: 762. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress of the investigation into serious allegations of planning irregularities and other issues in County Wicklow into which he said he would establish an inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6405/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (14 Apr 2016)

John Brady: 763. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government whether he is aware of the independent fire safety audit that was carried out on Oldcourt estate in Bray in County Wicklow in 2005 and published in 2007; and given this report, if he will fund a phase 3 for these critical works. [6407/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Fire Safety (14 Apr 2016)

John Brady: 764. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the nature and purpose of works to be carried out at Oldcourt estate in Bray in County Wicklow; and if he will extend these works to private homes which were bought in good faith from the local authorities. [6408/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (14 Apr 2016)

John Brady: 765. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of the rezoning of the Old Bray Golf Club lands for high density development given that it is a flood plain; if these lands are under the National Asset Management Agency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6410/16]

Health Services: Statements (20 Apr 2016)

John Brady: Nelson Mandela once stated, “A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones.” The World Health Organization's constitution enshrines “the highest attainable standard of health as a fundamental right of every human being.” These are not aspirational achievements but the basic fundamentals for a fair society and the bedrock...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Disability Allowance Applications (20 Apr 2016)

John Brady: 16. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if an application under the disability allowance scheme by a person (details supplied) in County Wicklow will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7269/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes (20 Apr 2016)

John Brady: 454. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to identify the presence of lead water pipes in County Wicklow; and the programme of work in place to deal with any lead pipes found. [7290/16]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Services (20 Apr 2016)

John Brady: 455. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that Wicklow County Council is requiring all elected representatives to provide a signed waiver form from constituents in order to make representations on their behalf in relation to housing and planning issues; the rationale for this practice; if he is aware of the massive difficulty this poses for local...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

John Brady: Only one good thing has stemmed from the introduction of water charges, namely, the awakening and politicisation of a generation of people. Hundreds of thousands of people have mobilised since Fine Gael and the Labour Party first implemented Fianna Fáil's blueprint for water charges. We have seen a coming together of progressive forces and the formation of the Right2Change movement,...

Irish Water: Statements (27 Apr 2016)

John Brady: They are paying for it out of both pockets.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: NAMA Portfolio (27 Apr 2016)

John Brady: 103. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the details of all the National Assets Management Agency's properties and land portfolios in County Wicklow, by addresses, by occupancy status, and by usage type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8571/16]

EU Migration and Refugee Crisis: Statements (28 Apr 2016)

John Brady: That was to be the case. He might be here shortly.

EU Migration and Refugee Crisis: Statements (28 Apr 2016)

John Brady: I will start by addressing some of the language being used by some of my colleagues across the Chamber. There is nothing wrong with being a migrant. Certainly, we, in Ireland, should know this, but we should also know that refugees are not migrants; it is a refugee crisis about which we are talking. There is nothing wrong with seeking a better life where one can find it, but refugees are...

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

John Brady: But Fianna Fáil is with the Government.

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

John Brady: The grubby little deal cobbled together by what can only be described as parties that make up the new austerity alliance is an agreement which, ultimately, will see no real change and the crisis in housing continue. As we sit here this evening, we have a situation in Wicklow where two homeless men who were turned away from all services are now locked up in a county council building in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Summer Works Scheme Applications (17 May 2016)

John Brady: 272. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills why a school (details supplied) has received no communication in response to its application for an upgrade of its electrical system under the delivering equality of opportunity in schools scheme summer works. [9721/16]