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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Organ Harvesting in China: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: I welcome the witnesses. We have heard testimony on this matter previously. When I first heard of it, I was shocked and did not believe that any human being would do this to another. Maybe I was a bit naive about whether a country would do this to its citizens. Even the associated language appals me - "organ tourism". I know of people who travel abroad to get dental treatment or have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Organ Harvesting in China: Discussion (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: Ten of them were mine.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Crisis in the Mediterranean: Médecins Sans Frontières (6 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: I welcome the witnesses and thank them for the brave and selfless lifesaving work they carry out each day. Yesterday morning, I listened to the Italian ambassador on the radio. He spoke about the difficulty facing the Italian people due to the number of refugees coming from Libya directly to Sicily and Italy. The Italians are threatening to refuse entry to NGO charity boats to ports in...
- Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: There are two items. In respect of No. 3, the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, it is proposed to do all Stages in one day. That is bad practice. We are talking about a planning Bill.
- Order of Business (11 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: I am highlighting the proposal in respect of the Planning and Development (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, to do all Stages in one day. No. 10 is the EU-Philippines framework agreement. Again we want to oppose this motion for the Dáil to consider the framework without debate on Thursday afternoon. I heard the Taoiseach say that it is going to foreign affairs-----
- Srebrenica: Statements (11 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: This July marks the 22nd anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. As 11 July is designated as the memorial day, I welcome that we are marking this day with statements in this House. I hope it will happen every year. I also call on the Government to create a national Srebrenica memorial day. That is something that happens in other countries and it would be beneficial if it happened here....
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (11 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: 230. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to schools here in which pupils were requested to buy tablet devices (details supplied) for their studies. [32700/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (11 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: 264. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) was arrested by the Bahraini security forces without a warrant after they raided their home; and if he will raise this case with his Bahraini counterpart and call for their immediate and unconditional release. [32837/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (11 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: 458. To ask the Minister for Health if the ambulance service in County Kildare has a full complement of staff and no shifts are lost due to staffing issues. [32698/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Fur Farming (11 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: 586. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of animals that have escaped from fur farms here in the past five years. [32699/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: 367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the detail of the unallocated spend within his Department for 2017; the detail of expenditure allocated to programmes in 2017 which are due to cease in 2017; the spend which will become available within his Department's expenditure profile in 2018 due to changes in demand for services and goods and or changes to costs within his...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Framework Agreement between European Union and Republic of the Philippines: Motion (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State and congratulate him on his appointment. I will pursue the same theme as my colleagues. The EU regularly negotiates these framework or partnership agreements with third countries. They generally contain proposals to improve diplomatic and economic ties and they usually contain paragraphs on respect for human rights, but there is no framework for these to be...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Framework Agreement between European Union and Republic of the Philippines: Motion (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: Perhaps the Minister of State could refer to this approach when he replies. I acknowledge there may be difficulties scheduling this in the time remaining this session, but we should at least have the opportunity in the House to discuss this.
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Framework Agreement between European Union and Republic of the Philippines: Motion (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: I asked whether there was an example of an EU framework or association agreement with a third country that led to substantial improvement in human rights. Does the Minister have an example? I do not have one. It is not a trick question. I am concerned by the idea that this is put in the agreements as sop to show we are trying to move towards better conditions in the country. I have...
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Framework Agreement between European Union and Republic of the Philippines: Motion (13 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: I could get into an argument with the Minister of State who gave as examples two countries looking to join the European Union. However, the countries that are relevant to this discussion are not seeking to join the European Union and not subject to European human rights law. There is a difficulty in that regard. I gave as an example what was happening in Gaza. There are war crimes and the...
- Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: I apologise on behalf of Deputy Mitchell who was supposed to speak on this Bill on behalf of Sinn Féin. I was asked to come in at the last minute. I have a background in this area, having served as my party's social welfare spokesperson at one point. As a hardworking Deputy, I deal with many social welfare cases every day. I am pleased that we have been given an opportunity speak on...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (26 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the Institute of Technology, Tallaght to reject all recent child care tenders and advertise again and that this will inevitably mean no child care on the campus for the immediate future; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this will impact on parents who are...
- Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (26 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the Institute of Technology Tallaght will now support young parents to access third level programmes in view of the closure of its on-site purpose built crèche (details supplied). [35348/17]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: 403. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being faced by migrant workers trapped in both Qatar and Saudi Arabia, in view of the fact the group of countries led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE enforces sanctions against Qatar (details supplied); and if he will request the Governments of both countries to eliminate the requirement for...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (26 Jul 2017)
Seán Crowe: 404. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent trip to Israel and Palestine; the persons he met with; the issues raised; if he discussed the Sinn Féin motion that was passed by Dáil Éireann without opposition on 10 December 2014 calling on the Government to recognise the state of Palestine; and the reason he did not visit Gaza on his...