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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency Objectives, Foreign Affairs Council and Membership of Human Rights Council: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome the Tánaiste. He referred to the settlements in Palestine. I welcomed his comments following the meeting with the so-called elders during the Presidency. He stated that the Israeli settlements in Palestine are illegal and the products from them should be treated as illegal in the European Union. There was an agreement on an EU ban on those goods. Our...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Open Government Partnership (17 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will explain the way the Government's commitment to the Open Government process on the work of his Department; if his Department has entered into any commitments under this process; what this process entails for his Department; and what, if any, time frames are involved. [35642/13]

Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 58. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that he will raise the option of the installation of block meters with a more cost effective option to domestic water meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33801/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 92. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the way the new funds announced for disability housing will be used; and the criteria that will have to be met in order to access this funding. [33773/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Websites (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list all the Twitter accounts for which officials in his Department have had and currently have responsibility for monitoring and updating. [35408/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the huge peaceful protests organised by agrarian unions in north-eastern Colombia; that they are protesting against the appalling security situation and the socio-economic conditions that prevail there; that the Colombian Government's response has been brutal, scores of peasant farmers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities for Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (11 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: The ambassador spoke in terms of the targets for the Presidency. Does he agree that across Europe, there is a sense of crisis in many states, for example, with youth unemployment, more and more people in debt and people losing their homes? If there have been criticisms of the Council of Europe and what is happening within Europe, one of them has been that there does not seem to be that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Unethical Organ Harvesting in China: Discussion (10 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: The idea of harvesting people's organs is like a story from science fiction. The idea that any human being would contemplate this type of policy is the ultimate horror. I agreed initially to the motion proposed by Senator Norris and I have no problem supporting this. When we discussed another human rights violation, the Magnitsky case, we talked about inviting the Russian ambassador to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Unethical Organ Harvesting in China: Discussion (10 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: I will ask about practical action or what Ireland can do to stop this practice. There is a proposal to call on the UN to stop forced organ harvesting in China. Later in the presentation it was mentioned that other countries had passed legislation. A handful of countries are represented here. How successful has legislation been in stopping organ harvesting? Can we learn lessons,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the recent concerns regarding crèches and child care, if he will consider developing regulations on the recruitment, placement and employment of au pairs. [33495/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Registered Employment Agreements (10 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timescale by which he will legislate for registered employment agreements. [33494/13]

Other Questions: Paternity Leave (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she examined the possibility of introducing paid paternity leave; if she has discussed with the Department of Justice and Equality the possibility of introducing paid paternity leave. [33248/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will guarantee that there will be no cuts to rent supplement or increases to rental contribution required of tenants in the next budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33249/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Trade with Israel (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is in favour of introducing formal governmental advice to discourage Irish businesses from purchasing goods from Israeli settlements and from having any other commercial or investment links with those settlements. [33019/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a news report from the Bahrain News Agency published on 1 July 2013, which stated that a delegation from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade met members of the Bahraini Government on the sidelines of the 23rd Gulf Cooperation Council-EU joint meeting and that the Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Missing Persons Hotline (4 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 29. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a detailed update on the roll out of the 116000 missing children hotline; the publicity strategy in place to publicise this facility; if she will give a commitment to future funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32591/13]

Equal Status (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: A phrase to the effect that any free society or state should be judged on the basis of how it treats its most vulnerable members or lowest class has been used by many people down through the years. However, its meaning is as important today as it ever was. I think every Member of this House could agree that the Government needs to ensure that it protects the most vulnerable members of...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: One of the key points which came up during the AWEPA conference was land grabbing and our attitude to that. The Minister of State referred to a reduction in global hunger and the startling figures on bio-fuels. I raised this issue with him in regard to the white paper on this area. It is one area we need to strengthen and respond in terms of supports and what we can do.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: One of the key output targets is the advancement of human rights through membership of the UN Human Rights Council. I should probably know the answer to this but what are the Government's key priorities on the council? Can the Tánaiste give us some examples of where he sees reform is needed? Deputy Smith talked about the Syrian situation. He has highlighted in the Chamber the problem...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Vote 28 - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (3 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the fact that there has been an increase in some areas of funding. We are concerned about the work of reconciliation and co-operation leading up to the marching season. The first Tour of the North march was not a great start and that is usually an indicator of how things will go. Will the Tánaiste furnish details on the 77 groups and who will get the funds? Is the...