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Topical Issue Debate: Referendum in Catalonia (3 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: I raised the situation in Catalonia last week with the Minister of State with responsibility for EU affairs. I told her that in the build-up to this referendum, the unprecedented attacks on fundamental rights and civil and political rights are putting democracy in Catalonia at risk. Many of our worst fears were confirmed on Sunday. I agree with the Taoiseach's comments this afternoon that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (3 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: 209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Bedouin villagers from Khan Al Amar and Susiya in the occupied West Bank are urgently fighting the demolition of the villages by Israeli forces; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that their case will come before the Israeli High Court soon; his views on the fact that these...

Report of Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on Immigration, Asylum and the Refugee Crisis: Motion (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: I commend all the members of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality for completing this comprehensive report. I refer particularly to the Chairman of the committee, my party colleague, an Teachta Ó Caoláin, who has overseen the creation of this report. I join others in welcoming the representatives of Migrant Rights Centre Ireland and Nasc Ireland who are in the Gallery. I...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: I have just a couple of minutes so I will focus on just one or two things. This is the big issue for all of us. Not a week goes by that a new homeless family does not come to my constituency office. The majority of the reasons that prompt people to come in are housing-related. Sometimes they are people trying to get transfers. I was dealing with a case in recent days involving a couple...

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: The Taoiseach will have to read the script.

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: They have to get on with misleading the Dáil.

UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (26 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: I wish to share time with my colleague, Deputy Ó Caoláin.

UK Withdrawal from the EU: Statements (26 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: We have probably misread the British view on Brexit. Certainly, there was a view across the board that David Cameron would deliver on his proposals. He failed to deliver and is a man of the past. Last week, there was a significant build-up to Theresa May's speech in Florence. While the speech was loaded with rhetoric, it seemed very short on specific detail. That is frustrating and...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: There is nothing more frustrating than getting an answer that refers to technical issues or all sorts of problems. I take what the Minister is saying at face value. I think prioritising schools like this is the right direction for us to take as a society. As I said in my opening statement, these children face challenges because they are impaired by their disabilities, so society should not...

Topical Issue Debate: Schools Building Projects (26 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: My colleagues have outlined the situation for the 74 children. The school covers four constituencies, including my own with 12 children coming from the Tallaght area. As other speakers have said, it is not about lobbying for a constituency school; the Minister gets those letters every day of the week and I understand the pressure he is under. This school is unique in the difficulties that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to an organisation's recent report (details supplied) documenting the long-term impact of sexual violence on women during the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina; and if he will provide aid to organisations that are offering essential medical, psycho-social and legal support to these persons and, on a European...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Missing Persons (26 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Ireland will continue to contribute funding the International Commission on Missing Persons, ICMP, in Bosnia and Herzegovina (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40171/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the political and human rights issues in Nigeria regarding pro Biafra activists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40281/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Waste Disposal Charges (26 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 456. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his plans for exemptions for those with medical conditions that require the use of incontinence pads in view of the difficulties those people are now experiencing following the changes being introduced by refuse companies and the pay by weight policy. [40755/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Catalan Referendum (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: It is not the first time that an Irish republican said that what happens in Spain affects us all. Clearly, the idea of standing idly by and watching what is unfolding in Catalonia is unacceptable. The Minister of State's response is deeply disappointing. I do not think it reflects the views of people in Ireland. Yesterday, we saw heavily armed police try to frustrate attempts to have a...

Topical Issue Debate: Catalan Referendum (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: We all have our different angles in regard to this. In recent years, millions of people have marched on the streets of Barcelona to demand, in a very colourful and dignified way, the right to vote in a legally binding and democratic referendum on independence from Spain. Just last week, on 11 September, Catalonia's national day, 1.5 million people joined the annual pro-referendum march. ...

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the violence that is being inflicted on the Rohingya minority in Myanmar; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the UN and NGOs have documented massive human rights abuses and that the violence is likely to constitute ethnic cleansing; if he will speak out against this ethnic cleansing; and if Ireland is providing...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a number of recent judicial rulings in Belfast High Court that have highlighted the disclosure and non-disclosure processes on legacy issues operated by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI); if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these include cases involving Irish citizens and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent publications by an organisation (details supplied) documenting significant human rights violations in detention centres in Libya; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that these reports detail that European governments are complicit in torture and that the EU's policy of ring-fencing...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 282. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is possible for an Irish passport holder to have their gender changed on the foreign births register once they have a gender recognition certificate; if this then entitles them to get a passport in their correct gender; if Irish embassies and consulates abroad have processes in place to help passport holders do this if necessary;...