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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Presidency: Engagement with Estonian Ambassador (5 Jul 2017)

Seán Crowe: I wish the ambassador and her country well and every success in holding the Presidency of the European Union for the first time. I have a few questions to ask and comments to make. The ambassador referred to "an open and innovative European economy." I understand this involves the protection and promotion of the European Union's four freedoms: the free movement of goods, persons,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Presidency: Engagement with Estonian Ambassador (5 Jul 2017)

Seán Crowe: The Estonian diaspora can avail of voting technology. An EU regulation adopted in 2015 says that Internet service providers cannot discriminate between content and it is called net neutrality. It means that the provider cannot give faster access to video streaming than Dailymotion on YouTube, for example. I presume YouTube would provide this service to its parent company Google. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (5 Jul 2017)

Seán Crowe: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the World Food Programme, WFP, has indicated more than 500,000 children will die in the next three to four months in northeastern Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan and Yemen if emergency food supplies are not urgently delivered and that funding shortfalls are hindering its ability to help these...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jul 2017)

Seán Crowe: It is a hardship.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (28 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: 146. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to recognise the state of Palestine further to the motion passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann on 10 December 2014 calling on the Government to recognise same; and the timeline for Ireland's recognition of the state of Palestine. [30508/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Negotiations (28 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: 147. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator on 20 June 2017; and if he is requesting special status for Northern Ireland within the EU in his meetings with his EU counterparts and EU Brexit negotiators. [30509/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (28 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: 148. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Israeli Government Ministers have called for an increase in the number of illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied Syrian Golan by 100,000 over a five year period; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that in 2016 the Israeli Government approved the construction of 1,600 new...

Committee on the Future of Healthcare Report: Motion (22 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: Like others, I commend the members of the committee. It is unprecedented what they have done here, with broad political support. Some speakers said we need to take politics out of it. I have a different view in that I think politics is what is going to drive it. I listened to my colleague talk about her father telling her that everything in life is about politics, and that is the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Ukraine: Mrs. Olena Shaloput (22 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses are very welcome. I have a number of questions. Mrs. Shaloput might not be able to answer some of them. They are possibly outside the remit of her paper this morning. Like others, I am concerned about the continued fighting in the region and the cessation or ceasefire that clearly does not seem to be happening. It is clear from her figures that demilitarisation does not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Ukraine: Mrs. Olena Shaloput (22 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: How does Mrs. Shaloput see the peace process moving forward? She mentioned the summit, but are there other channels, including back channels? Is there ongoing discussion? In her report she refers to hostages and prisoners. Are there ongoing discussions about this issue?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Ukraine: Mrs. Olena Shaloput (22 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: What about de-mining? Does Mrs. Shaloput have figures?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Ukraine: Mrs. Olena Shaloput (22 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: What about refugees?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Situation in Ukraine: Mrs. Olena Shaloput (22 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: That is over the top. The Senator says I am interrogating her, but I am asking questions and not getting answers.

Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: Brexit is clearly a priority issue for Ireland but there are other important things to be discussed at the European Council meeting. Two of the key issues at the Council meeting will be spending on defence, which we believe will lead to the creation of a standing EU army, and migration. I believe the EU's priorities are all wrong. The EU says it has no spare money for positive social and...

Topical Issue Debate: Military Neutrality (20 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: I quote from the reflection paper from 7 June which the Minister of State may not have seen. We have our priorities all wrong regarding Europe. When I and my colleague, Deputy Ó Snodaigh, brought forward a Bill to enshrine neutrality into Bunreacht na hÉireann, we were repeatedly and wrongly told that the Constitution already protects Irish neutrality. In that debate, the...

Topical Issue Debate: Military Neutrality (20 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: In what is seen as a massive step towards the creation of a standing EU army, the European Commission has stated it will now spend €1.5 billion a year on joint defence spending. This will be financed from the annual EU budget. It is the first time that money from the EU's budget will be directly used to buy military equipment and on joint defence capabilities. People are aware of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (20 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: 439. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the delay in giving permission to a club (details supplied) in Tallaght, Dublin 24, in conjunction with a school to carry out proposed building work on lands currently under the control of his Department; if it is a shortage of staff in a particular section of his Department that is causing the years of delay; and if his...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Properties (20 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: 440. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the date on which a club (details supplied) in Tallaght, Dublin 24, first contacted his Department seeking an agreement to build on lands currently under the control of his Department adjoining the club and a community school; and the length of time it is expected to wait until official permission is granted to begin the work. [26743/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Ministerial Correspondence (20 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: 508. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received correspondence from a group (details supplied) dated 20 December 2016 regarding the lumper schools project; if he has replied to the correspondence and the proposal; and if not, when a reply will issue. [27432/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (20 Jun 2017)

Seán Crowe: 517. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties and the physical conditions of the classrooms being experienced by students and staff in a school (details supplied); and if his attention has been further drawn to a verbal agreement made by his Department to the school prior to the original sharing of the school site. [27524/17]