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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 736. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority, formerly the Irish Medicines Board, and the Health Service Executive had the known evidence of toxicity of mefloquine, the full Phase 111 clinical mass trial results and the longitudinal study results for toxicity in targeted market anti-immune population studies on side effects of mefloquine toxicity prior to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (18 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the running cost of each Irish embassy in 2015. [10824/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (18 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish embassies that are based in properties that his Department owns; and the current value of each of these properties. [10825/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (18 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish embassies that are based in properties that his Department rents; and how much each of these properties cost to rent in 2013, 2014 and 2015. [10826/16]

Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (Resumed) (19 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the findings of the sub-committee on Dáil reform and agree with others that Dáil reform is overdue. The uncertainty of the Thirty-second Dáil has probably led to the reforms about which we are talking. I congratulate those who were on the committee and there are certainly a lot of positive things in the report. There are a lot of questions on the document and how...

Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (Resumed) (19 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: I have been on different committees. The frustrating thing for a person from a different background is that every committee had a Government majority. That did not help the committee and is not good for democracy. It did not work. I have been a member of delegations on behalf of the Dáil too and I can bring such experience to the debate today. I welcome the electronic visitors'...

Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (Resumed) (19 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: I am not looking for an offer. If we are talking about an inclusive organisation we need to think about these things. The sub-committee should review international best practices. I do not know whether it will be dissolved after the recommendations we are considering today have been dealt with - I am not a member of it - but we should look at how other parliaments around the world operate....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (24 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that persons who have residency rights, but who have family members who would qualify for refugee status, are precluded from applying for a family reunification; the reason for this; and if she will reform this legislation. [11262/16]

Dublin and Monaghan Bombings: Motion (25 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: I extend a céad míle fáilte to the members of Justice for the Forgotten, the bereaved families and survivors of the Dublin-Monaghan bombings who are present in the Gallery. I am one of the Oireachtas Members of the cross-party group on victims of the conflict and we meet them regularly. Their struggle and search for justice has been a long and difficult one for the families...

Domestic Water Charges: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: The Right2Water and Right2Change movements brought hundreds of thousands of people onto the streets right across the State. Ordinary citizens said "Enough is enough". Tonight's motion is part of the Right2Water campaign. It has cross-party support and is signed by 39 Deputies. At the heart of the Right2Water movement is not only opposition to an unfair and unjust tax, but a belief that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (25 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 218. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) one of the co-founders of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, BDS, movement; that they have lived in Israel for over 22 years but have now been denied the right to travel outside the country; that this denial of movement severely hinders their right to free speech, free...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Summits (25 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 222. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the outcomes of the World Humanitarian Summit which took place on the 23 and 24 May 2016; his views on the outcomes; the additional action Ireland will take as a result of this summit, and if this action focus on meeting the needs of men, women and children facing decades of displacement. [12235/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (25 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 352. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a report on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, discussions that took place at Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 13 May 2016; if the leak of TTIP documents by Greenpeace was discussed; and if the rejection of CETA by the Walloon...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (26 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that a person (details supplied) has been unjustly imprisoned in Egypt for more than 1,000 days and faces an unfair mass trial; and if he has raised this case with his Egyptian counterpart since his re-appointment. [12272/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (26 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: Ibrahim Halawa has been in jail for 1,013 days. He is living in appalling conditions, with inedible food and is sleeping on a mat. He has no chance of a fair trial and is facing the death penalty. After that length of time, people are asking what can be done differently. He went missing within the prison system in Egypt. Our embassy was misled about his whereabouts. Has a formal...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Irish Prisoners Abroad (26 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: I again refer to the fact that he disappeared within the system. Has a formal complaint been made? The European External Action Service monitors trials in Egypt, yet it is not monitoring the trial of a European citizen. Has it been formally asked to attend a trial? That is something that could be done. We know that there have been communications from the UN calling for bail or...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Colombian Peace Process (26 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the continued attacks and assassinations of civil society and community activists in Colombia during the discussion on Colombia at the meeting of the European Union Foreign Ministers on 18 and 19 April 2016; and if he will directly raise this issue with his Colombian counterpart. [12273/16]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Colombian Peace Process (26 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: Prior to Question Time today I wrote to the Minister and asked him to raise urgently and directly the cases of 30 political and community activists who have been assassinated in Colombia with the Colombian Government. The dead include 16 political activists, including trade unionists and 14 others who were active in the community. They were assassinated over the course of 30 days, which is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Colombian Peace Process (26 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: There is no doubt there have been considerable positive change in regard to Colombia, including the historic talks in Havana. There are positive elements but at the same time people are being executed. An attempt was made on the life of Imelda Daza, one of the leaders of the left wing Patriotic Union on Friday, 6 May. Such things are happening. We ask people to stand up for peace,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Meetings (26 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a report of the meetings that he held when he visited Belfast on 18 May 2016; if he has any future engagements with political representatives planned; and his plans to support efforts to implement the unfulfilled commitments from previous Agreements. [11953/16]