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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: I would like to use this introduction to pass on my gratitude to Martin McGuinness after his retirement from electoral politics last week and wish him every success in tackling his serious health problems. I do not think anyone has worked harder than Martin over the past ten years to maintain and realise the potential of the institutions in the North, which are sadly being undermined by the...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: It is generally accepted the DUP has failed to live up to its obligations on equality, respect and reconciliation. The RHI scheme and the arrogance of the DUP has further undermined and led to the collapse of the political institutions. Arlene Foster was the architect of the scheme. It has the potential to be a cost on the public purse in the North of almost £500 million. There are...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: The issues have moved beyond the RHI scandal. Worryingly, the DUP MLA, Edwin Poots, recently stated that his party never committed to the Governments’ bringing forward an Irish language Act, despite such commitments being explicitly stated and agreed to in the internationally-binding St. Andrews Agreement of 2006. We have parties trying to unwind previous agreements. Will the...

European Council: Statements (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: Ibrahim Halawa's case was referred to by several speakers. Last week, his trial was postponed for the 18th time. Did the Taoiseach raise the situation of this EU citizen at the last meeting of the European Council and will he raise it again at the next one? Did he seek the support of other European Heads of State to address Mr. Halawa's situation? The President of Cyprus recently made...

European Council: Statements (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: Sinn Féin completely opposes the EU-Turkey migration agreement, as I have said on several occasions in the House. I have raised this on any platform I could, for example, at last week's meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Union Affairs, at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and in this Chamber. I cannot understand how under any criteria the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the execution of three prisoners in Bahrain on 15 January 2017 and claims concerning same (details supplied); and if he will raise the execution of these prisoners with his Bahraini counterparts. [3047/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 64. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the arrest of five persons by the French police, with the co-operation of the Spanish police, in the Basque town of Luhuso (details supplied); his views on whether the arrests are a blow to efforts to promote the Basque peace process; and his further views on whether the French and Spanish Governments...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to increase humanitarian funding for Syria in 2017; his views on the ongoing war and humanitarian crisis in Syria; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3050/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 150. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if he will confirm that the appeal for a carer's allowance has been successful for a person (details supplied); if so, when the appeal was resolved; the length of time it took from the original application to be resolved, including the appeal period; and when the person involved in the action will be reimbursed and begin to finally access the...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Delays (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 151. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the average waiting time for a successful applicant for carer's allowance to receive their allowance; and the average waiting time for an applicant to receive their allowance and be reimbursed following a successful appeal. [3372/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to case of a person (details supplied); his views on whether nurses must be allowed to deliver certain services to those in need, without differentiation as to their status, and allowed express the views of their colleagues in relation to the delivery of health services; and if he has raised the case with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Safety of Irish Citizens Abroad (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of a case of a person (details supplied); if he has seen a video clip which lasts for over two minutes and was released to the Irish media ahead of Christmas; and if he has discussed the case with his Filipino counterpart recently. [3364/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 160. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the health and safety of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise the case with his Turkish counterpart. [3365/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 161. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the supports that were put in place to deal with increased demand for Irish passports in view of the fact that 733,060 Irish passports were issued in 2016 an increase of 9% on 2015; and if he expects a similar demand in 2017. [3366/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on 6 January 2017, the Adalet ve Kalkýnma Partisi government in Turkey issued three new decrees expelling 8,398 more public employees and 649 academics, and banning 83 more civil society organisations (details supplied); and if he has raised his concern over these decrees and purges...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Cyprus Reunification (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent Cypriot reunification talks in Geneva, Switzerland (details supplied); and his views on the talks. [3368/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a report on the conference on the Middle East peace process hosted by France on 15 January 2017; if there are plans for any future conference; and if his Department, in line with a motion passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann on 10 December 2014, will recommend that Ireland should officially recognise the state...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the bombing of a refugee camp by the Nigerian military (details supplied); and if he has raised the case with his Nigerian counterpart. [3370/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ecuador’s Ministry of the Interior announced plans to shut down one of the country’s leading environmental groups (details supplied); and his views on the group's call for the creation of an environmental truth commission to investigate environmental destruction and violations...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the assassination of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise the case with his Mexican counterpart. [3374/17]