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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (4 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: I have to leave at 3.30 p.m. as well as I am speaking in the Dáil.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Bilateral Relations and the Activities of Boko Haram: Ambassador of Nigeria (4 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: We are all very concerned about the conflict in northern Nigeria and the Boko Haram atrocities. We were all shocked to hear that a female suicide bomber had blown herself up in the northern Nigerian city of Gombe minutes after President Goodluck Jonathan left a campaign rally there. According to police and hospital reports, at least one person was killed and 18 were injured in the blast....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Bilateral Relations and the Activities of Boko Haram: Ambassador of Nigeria (4 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: There are many questions there, but it is a broad list of questions.

Topical Issue Debate: Drugs-related Deaths (5 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: According to the Health Research Board’s national drug-related deaths index due to poisoning by alcohol and other drugs between 2004 and 2012, a total of 5,289 people died. That is the size of the population of a small town. Is the Minister shocked by these figures? Why is this issue not being discussed? It certainly is not being reported on in our newspapers. I do not know if it...

Topical Issue Debate: Drugs-related Deaths (5 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: I raise this issue today not to score points but to highlight the scale and nature of the problem and possible ways to address it. The number of drug-related deaths is unacceptable. I have a personal interest in this issue in that I know of many people whose deaths were drug-related. In one week alone I attended church services for three people who died directly from drugs. I know that...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uimh. 2) 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (No. 2) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: I thank my colleague, Deputy Brian Stanley, for bringing forward the Bill. In January 2013 the first ballot of the members of the Constitutional Convention saw delegates vote in favour of lowering the voting age from 18 years to 16. At the end of March 2013 the first report of the convention called on the Government to hold a referendum on a reduction of two years in the voting age. In...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Travel (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: 493. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide further details on his proposed trip to Palestine and Israel; if he will be visiting Gaza; and if the dates for the visit have been confirmed. [6064/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Colm McCarthy (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: I welcome Mr. McCarthy. We are usually accused of navel gazing but today we are gazing into a crystal ball. The debate is interesting. If Britain were to leave the European Union, it would be a disaster for Ireland. Senator Terry Leyden says the British would be mad to do so, but there is also the expression about mad dogs and Englishmen out in the midday sun. Britain might well take...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Colm McCarthy (10 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: That was my point. Would it be possible to line up people for the idea of Ireland’s unique situation, not just historical but also the impact on trade as part of the divorce settlement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Priorities of Latvian Presidency of European Council: Latvian Ambassador to Ireland (11 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the ambassador and wish Latvia well in its EU presidency. The ambassador said in his speech earlier that the Latvian Presidency will be focused on jobs and growth. Ireland's EU Presidency was also focused on jobs and growth, but unfortunately unemployment, specifically youth unemployment, is a significant problem not only in Ireland but right across Europe. A €300 billion...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Possible Exit of UK from European Union: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: Some of my questions will complement those of the Chairman. I had intended to ask how much concern there is in Europe. Professor McCarthy appeared before the joint committee earlier in the week and mentioned how the bookies are suggesting it is unlikely they will leave. While we certainly are waking up to the possibility of such an exit, is the position similar across the European...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Flag (17 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: 170. To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 173 of 3 February 2015, the reason the national flag was not flown at half-mast over Government Buildings on the occasions of the deaths of the President of Malawi, Mr. Bingu wa Mutharika, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Mr. Meles Zenawi, and the President of Zambia, Mr. Michael Sata, all of whom died in office, as Ireland has...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigration Data (17 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: 409. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number Irish citizens who are living in the United States of America on long-term visas. [6698/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (17 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: 420. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a project (details supplied) which suggested that his Department create an Irish emigrant register; his views on the proposal; and if his Department will create this proposed register. [7080/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (18 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: 2. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update on the case of a person (details supplied), a Lebanese national who is the alleged perpetrator of the murder of persons (details supplied) and the attempted murder of a person (details supplied), Irish peacekeepers deployed with the UN in Lebanon; if the Lebanese authorities have been in contact with his Department over this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (18 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: I have tabled this question to get an update from the Minister on the case of Mr. Mahmoud Bazzi, a Lebanese national who is the main suspect in the murder of Privates Thomas Barrett and Derek Smallhorne and the attempted murder of Private John O'Mahony, Irish peacekeepers deployed with the UN. Mr. Bazzi has been deported from the US to Lebanon. Has the Lebanese Government contacted the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (18 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister for the update. I accept that he is limited in what he can say and do concerning a domestic Lebanese case but it is important that we highlight the issue, as it also draws attention to the significant risks involved in peacekeeping operations. The families started a campaign for which there is considerable sympathy across the Oireachtas. I welcome the fact that this...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Fatalities (18 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: This case highlights the facts that people are doing peacekeeping work for the UN and the laws in that regard might need to be changed at some stage. The individual in question remains in custody. Does the Minister have information on for how long the process will last? The families' campaign was a factor, but there was also media involvement in the US. We should put on record our...

Other Questions: UN Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: 9. To ask the Minister for Defence if any members of the Defence Forces will take part in the investigation by the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon into the recent death of a Spanish peacekeeper serving on the mission; and if the Defence Forces taking part in United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon,UNIFIL, will now review their security and their procedures mandate,...

Other Questions: UN Missions (18 Feb 2015)

Seán Crowe: A Spanish peacekeeper with the UNIFIL mission in the Lebanon, Francisco Javier Soria Toledo, was killed recently. It is believed that he was killed by Israeli artillery fire and UNIFIL is currently carrying out an investigation. Are Irish personnel taking part in the investigation?