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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombian Peace Process (22 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent attacks in Colombia (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43032/19]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Access of Girls to Quality Education in Developing Countries: Discussion (17 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses are all very welcome. I will follow on the conversation. The witnesses spoke of the importance of encouraging girls into education. Considering the Irish experience, it is not too different. It is only two generations away when it was the boys in the family who went on to education and the girls who were kept at home. It is not a huge distance. I remember going to school...

Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: We are not sure whether another Brexit deal will be debated at tomorrow's European Council meeting. It has been another long week of speculation and uncertainty as we rapidly approach the 31 October deadline. According to the latest news reports, the DUP is holding up the process again. Throughout this process, the DUP has acted against the social and economic interests of people of the...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: The programme for Government contains a number of commitments regarding the concept of early intervention. A constituent of mine recently received a letter from the HSE school age team in Dublin South-West. This parent was told that it will be 52 weeks before their child is seen. Will the Minister accept that this makes a nonsense of the idea of early intervention? Will he agree to speak...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: The waiting period is 52 months, not 52 weeks as I said.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Inland Fisheries Ireland (16 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: 203. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of vehicles Inland Fisheries Ireland purchased in 2018 and to date in 2019; the type of vehicles purchased; the cost of each vehicle; and the cost of installing IFI logos on the new vehicles. [42421/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on a planned Turkish invasion of northern Syria; his views on whether such an invasion by the Turkish military poses a threat to the Kurdish community and minority ethnic and religious groups in the region; his further views on whether such an invasion will also hamper the fight against Daesh-ISIS; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the ongoing protests in Hong Kong and the escalating tensions and violence; if he has discussed the situation with his Chinese counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41743/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: 115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the questioning of the designate EU high representative and vice-president for foreign affairs and security policy Mr. Josep Borrell by the foreign affairs committee of the European Parliament; his views on his comments on the need to reinforce the military capacity of the EU and his desire to conduct...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: 116. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Saudi-led coalition has illegally stopped all commercial ships, including those carrying food and fuel, from entering the Yemeni port of Alhodeidah (details supplied); and if he will raise this urgent issue with his Saudi counterpart. [41745/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (15 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether lack of compliance by Ireland with the European Convention on Human Rights and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities due to the fact that a number of sections of the Mental Health Act 2001 do not meet the standards of either convention is damaging the international reputation of...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: A total of 6,480 children are waiting for various treatments or assessments in the CHO 7 area, of which my constituency of Dublin South-West has the highest proportion. It would be appropriate to send a message to the families waiting for those assessments on World Mental Health day, particularly to the many parents who are going through the courts to try to get an assessment. They believe...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: Will the Minister of State have a look at the area and see what the problem is? I ask him to talk to the staff and see for himself-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: -----the key staff that are missing. He should try to do something about it rather than giving us the same bland answer, that the Government is looking into it, all the time. We need early intervention which is not happening here.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: The Minister of State gave a commitment that those therapists would go this area.

Financial Resolutions 2019 - Financial Resolution No. 9: General (Resumed) (9 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: My colleague noted that some of her constituents have waited 33 months for early intervention but in my constituency, some people have waited 40 months. That is a long time for somebody to secure speech and language supports for a child, in view of the fact that during that period, the child will regress. Budgets are supposed to be transformative, to make circumstances better and to make...

Defence Forces (Evidence) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: I will begin by thanking the Oireachtas Library and Research Service for the work it has done on the Bill. Its digest is very useful for Opposition Deputies. It is a resource and facility we tend not to talk up but it is very useful. There is a danger that many of the concerns I intend to express will lead to repetition because they are similar to those raised by Deputy Jack Chambers....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Enterprise Development Fund (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: 116. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation when the Athy enterprise hub will be completed; and the funding provided towards the construction of this hub. [40284/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Motor Insurance (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: 289. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has had discussions with the EU Commission regarding agreeing, under article 8(2) of the motor insurance directive, a mechanism to avoid the need for green cards for cross-Border drivers in view of Brexit; the progress made to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40285/19]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Light Rail Projects (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: 303. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a feasibility study on extending the proposed MetroLink to Firhouse, Dublin 24, will be authorised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40280/19]