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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that official statistics in Mexico register 28,472 disappeared persons in the country; that this puts modern-day Mexico on a par with Argentina or Chile under their brutal dictatorships, and even with Colombia which has lived through violent conflict for more than half a century; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn the illegal demolition of a Syrian home by the Israeli authorities in the occupied Syrian Golan that took place two weeks ago; that Syrian owners of between 80 and 90 houses have received orders that their homes are due to be demolished; that it is highly likely that this home demolition marks the adoption...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a significant additional workload has been placed on the operations of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, since the introduction of the British-Irish visa scheme for Indian and Chinese visitors; the additional staff that have been allocated to INIS to deal with this increased workload; and her plans or proposals to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff currently allocated to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS; if she is aware that there is a significant backlog of short-stay tourist visa applications; if she will detail the cause of these delays and the way this backlog in processing visa applications is being created; the additional resources that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any discussion or correspondence between her office and the office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the long delays in processing short-stay tourist visas; and the way this is impacting on potential visitors to Ireland. [25578/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current average waiting time to receive a short-stay tourist visa for Ireland. [25580/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Data (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visas to enter Ireland that have been granted per year in the past five years under the headings, business, employment, join family, study, visit, re-entry, and other. [25579/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 829. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to political developments in Turkey; his views on the Turkish Government's crackdown on civil society since the failed coup attempt; his further views on the fact that the Turkish Government has reportedly suspended 15,200 state education employees and demanded the resignation of almost 1,600 deans from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 856. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the increased crackdown on civil, political and human rights in Turkey and that the Turkish Government is using the failed military coup to repress civil society and political opposition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26297/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 857. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Turkish Government has suspended 11,285 teachers for alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, and that the Government have also removed 24 democratically elected mayors in Kurdish run municipalities; and if he will raise his concerns over these developments with his Turkish...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 830. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and if he will condemn the Israeli military's continued fatal attacks on Palestinian children. [24492/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 834. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason he has created new commercial attaché posts in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and Romania; the cities in which these posts will be based; and the role in this regard [24578/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 835. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the amendment to legislation passed recently by the Israeli Parliament (details supplied); and his views in this agreed. [24579/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 859. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who holds Irish citizenship and who is currently imprisoned in Iran; and if he has raised the case with his Iranian counterpart. [26300/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 855. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his views on Turkey's recent military incursion into Syria; his views on the fact that although the action is supposedly to target Daesh, Turkish forces have attacked and bombed Kurdish-held areas and citizens in Rojava; and his views on whether Turkey's real motives are to attempt to destroy the autonomous Rojava Government...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 858. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the demands of Kurdish political leaders, who have called on the Turkish Government to grant a family member, lawyer or political delegation immediate access to the prison on Imrali Island to visit and ascertain the health and well-being of a person (details supplied); and his views on whether the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 860. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the extraordinary public demonstrations in Catalonia on 11 September 2016, when up to a million persons marched in support of Catalan independence and for a binding referendum on independence; and his views on whether the Spanish Government should allow for a democratic and binding referendum in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 861. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he is aware that a person (details supplied) has been barred from seeking election to the Basque Parliament in upcoming elections in the Basque country; his views on the fact that the constitutional court of Spain has chosen to uphold a decision by the election commission to deny the person the right to seek office in elections;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 862. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has formally discussed the Government's decision to back an appeal for a person's (details supplied) release by presidential decree under law 140 with his Egyptian counterpart; and if there have been any developments in this case. [26303/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Prisoner Welfare (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 863. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the growing international campaign for the release of a person (details supplied); and his views on the campaign calling on President Obama to grant the person, who is in poor health, clemency before he leaves office. [26304/16]