Results 5,161-5,180 of 8,654 for speaker:Seán Crowe

Priority Questions: Human Rights Cases (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: Faysal Sarıyıldız was a witness to the mass killing of citizens and gross human rights violations. He was travelling around telling people what was happening. I ask the Minister to raise the issue of the warrant for his arrest and the revoking of his passport with the Turkish foreign Minister. He is not the only one who has been put in this position. I referred to the 11...

Priority Questions: Human Rights Cases (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister for his reply. The HDP is a victim of its own success in that having reached a certain threshold in the Turkish parliamentary system and its members have since been targeted. That is the reality. Turkey does not have a democracy; clearly it is a one-party state. Unfortunately the Kurds are at the front line of the attacks in that regard.

Priority Questions: Human Rights Cases (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 24. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who is a member of the Turkish Parliament for the Peoples’ Democratic Party, HDP, who was due to visit Ireland on 14 November 2016 for three days; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that while the person was in Brussels carrying out...

Priority Questions: Human Rights Cases (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: Last week, I met with a representative of the Peoples' Democratic Party, HDP, to discuss the political repression the party is facing in Turkey as well as the Turkish Government's severe violation of international human rights law. I had planned to meet with HDP MP Faysal Sarıyıldız but he is currently stranded in Brussels because his passport was revoked by the Turkish...

Priority Questions: Human Rights Cases (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: The HDP is the third largest party in the Turkish Parliament. I was to meet Mr. Faysal Sarıyıldız last week. He was travelling around different European capitals. I think he was to meet Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. He did not arrive because his passport was revoked. The worrying thing about this case is the fact that he was travelling around European capitals...

Priority Questions: North-South Ministerial Council (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: Does the Minister accept that Brexit undermines the institutional, constitutional and legal integrity and status of the Good Friday Agreement? Has the Government done an impact assessment on what Brexit could mean for the Good Friday Agreement? We all agree the Good Friday political institutions, human rights guarantees and all-Ireland bodies, the constitutional and legal rights of the...

Priority Questions: North-South Ministerial Council (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: Has the Government undertaken an assessment of the potential impact of the damaging effect and possible breaches of the Good Friday Agreement? Has the Minister briefed other EU governments on the issue? Ambassadors have appeared before committees and spoken about the great sympathy that exists for this country, but what exactly does that mean in terms of possible practical outcomes in terms...

Priority Questions: North-South Ministerial Council (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the matters discussed in his meetings with political parties in Stormont on 3 November 2016; and if he will provide a report on the North-South Ministerial Council meeting that took place on 18 November 2016. [36557/16]

Priority Questions: North-South Ministerial Council (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: I have tabled this question following last week's North-South Ministerial Council which all sides broadly agree was positive. A set of principles were agreed to on how to move forward. Will the Council be the vehicle used to discuss Brexit issues between the Executive and the Government and are there plans to have more regular meetings?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Defence Capabilities (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of the discussions at the EU foreign affairs Ministers meeting on 14 November 2016; if he spoke out against the plans to create an EU military headquarters and joint rapid reaction forces, which will ultimately lead to a standing EU army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36309/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the fact that a person's (details supplied) trial was postponed for the sixteenth time on 12 November 2016 and that the person is being charged in a mass trial and has no hope of receiving a fair trial; his further views on the fact that the next trial date will be on 13 December 2016, the same day as the person's 21st...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Undocumented Irish in the USA (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the supposed 50,000 undocumented Irish citizens living in the USA, particularly since the recent US election; if his Department is supporting organisations in the country that are assisting the undocumented Irish; and if he will raise the issue with his American counterpart. [36311/16]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: School Meals Programme (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 100. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if a centre (details supplied) has applied recently for funding for free school meals; if so, the date it has applied; the outcome of each application; if there were rejections, the reasons for same; and if it will be granted for 2017. [34882/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will remove the baptism barrier as part of the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill in time for September 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35874/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will publish standard guidelines on opting out of faith formation in order that all schools can use them as a template and in order that they can be in accordance with the requirement under the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35875/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to fact that the Turkish interior ministry has now declared 370 NGOs and associations which were operating legally inside Turkey to be closed down; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that 199 of these NGOs were Kurdish organisations that form an essential component of Kurdish civil society...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 331. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a new draft NGO law that was approved in principle by the Egyptian Parliament; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that NGOs in Egypt feel that this latest draft NGO law means putting an end to the work and existence of the civil society organisations that are now trying to survive the...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: Are we going to get the opportunity to discuss it?

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: When are we going to get the opportunity to discuss it?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (17 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the standards in place or the guidelines provided by his Department to local authorities to ensure that all new social housing new builds funded through the Exchequer meet the highest possible energy efficiency, water efficiency and environmental sustainability standards. [35433/16]