Parliamentary questions

Housing Provision

John Brady

221. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons who joined the social housing list in County Wicklow in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34419/21]

Passport Services

John Brady

277. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when paper passport applications through the An Post postal service will resume; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34526/21]

Visa Applications

John Brady

417. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice if she or her officials can facilitate a face-to-face meeting with a person to discuss a visa application and to outline the procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34449/21]

Vaccination Programme

John Brady

444. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the costs for the fitting out of a vaccination centre (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26834/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

John Brady

485. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health if full details will be provided of the contract terms that were previously agreed for a vaccination centre (details supplied); the reason the vaccination centre is not being used for the remaining contract term of three weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26833/21]

Disabilities Assessments

John Brady

522. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the number of children awaiting over 3, 6 and 12 months, respectively, for an autism spectrum disorder assessment in County Wicklow in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27248/21]

Fishing Industry

John Brady

607. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accept the advice of the European Commission and proceed to seek compensation for persons (details supplied) under the European Fund for Maritime and Fisheries in relation to a former Irish fishing boat; if he will honour his previous commitment to meet with the family; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34892/21]

Middle East

John Brady

91. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on the measures that constitute an appropriate response at both a national and an EU level to assist in bringing an end to Israel’s illegal settlement activity in the West Bank and East Jerusalem; the actions Ireland will take as a member of the UN Security Council to facilitate the fulfilment of the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34135/21]

International Relations

John Brady

93. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the urgent measures he will take on the UN Security Council and at EU level to bring pressure to bear on the Ethiopian and Eritrean Governments to allow a ceasefire in Tigray and co-operate with humanitarian organisations on the ground (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34136/21]

International Relations

John Brady

107. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is prepared to utilise Ireland’s position on the United Nations Security Council and within the EU to influence these bodies to take the necessary steps to ensure that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations steps up its efforts to seek a diplomatic resolution to the conflict in Myanmar following the military coup in February 2021, particularly given there is now growing evidence that Myanmar is facing into a period of sustained internal violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33780/21]

Trade Sanctions

John Brady

111. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the efforts the Government is prepared to take to alleviate the suffering caused to the Cuban people as a consequence of the 60 year blockade of the island; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33777/21]

Foreign Conflicts

John Brady

115. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is prepared to utilise the position of Ireland on the United Nations Security Council and within the EU to assist the Kurdistan regional government in developing a commission of inquiry into genocide committed by ISIS against the Yazidi community and others in northern Iraq and in overcoming barriers such as the death penalty which stand as an impediment to the introduction of any attempt to establish a commission of inquiry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33778/21]

Human Rights

John Brady

141. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on and response to the recent passing of laws repressing LGBTQ rights in Hungary; the efforts he will take through the European Union as a consequence of this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33776/21]

Human Rights

John Brady

146. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on and response to a report by a human rights organisation (details supplied) in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33779/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

John Brady

43. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if recent statements of support for the WTO waiver for Covid-19 vaccines and treatments by the leaders of Spain and France and resolutions by the European Parliament show that there is a growing global consensus in favour of this policy; his views on whether support for the WTO waiver is fully in line with Ireland’s policy values, specifically in the spirit of SDG target 3.b; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33647/21]

Foreign Conflicts

John Brady

141. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will support the claims for justice of the families of the peaceful protesters killed in the Khartoum massacre on 3 June, 2019, in Sudan; if Ireland will support their claims for justice at the United Nations, if necessary by advocating for a mandate by the Security Council for the International Criminal Court to investigate the event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33693/21]

International Agreements

John Brady

142. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs when Ireland and the EU will have a detailed position on the UN treaty to regulate transnational corporations and other business enterprises and plans for engagement in the seventh session of the UN open-ended intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33738/21]

Civil Service

John Brady

416. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties that many employees in the Civil Service are having with their employers regarding flexitime while remote working; the measures he plans implementing to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30494/21]

Covid-19 Pandemic

John Brady

657. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the criteria for travelling to and from the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30924/21]

Trade Agreements

John Brady

669. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Government plans to begin proceedings at the European Union for the suspension of the free trade agreement signed by the EU and Colombia in view of the serious and ongoing human rights violations in the context the national strike in Colombia; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31580/21]