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Written Answers — Department of Finance: Official Development Assistance (6 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: 218. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount the Revenue Commissioners will spend on official development assistance in 2018; the recipients of this ODA; and the amount each recipient will receive. [45772/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (6 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: 797. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount which will be spent on official development assistance in 2018; the recipients of this ODA; and the amount each recipient will receive. [45773/18]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Official Development Assistance (6 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: 862. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the amount which will be spent on official development assistance in 2018; the recipients of this ODA; and the amount each recipient will receive. [45774/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: It is ours as well.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: What is next ?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: I welcome from Waterways Ireland, Ms Dawn Livingstone, chief executive; and from the Loughs Agency, Ms Sharon McMahon, designated officer. I will shortly invite them to give their opening statements and this will be followed by questions from the committee. I remind members and visitors in the Gallery to ensure their mobile phones, tablets and so on are switched off completely for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Livingstone. I invite Mrs McMahon to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Livingstone and Ms McMahon. The witnesses may notice people leaving and coming back. That is just the nature of the Houses. The Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 is before the Seanad so some Senators have to attend those sittings and others are doing other work in the Houses. Witnesses may see them on the screen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: Did the two brothers not cut it in half?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: That is a broad range of questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: I will open things up to a few more members.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses may consider when summing up what the committee could do to help both agencies. I will let Senator Frances Black in now as she is under pressure with Seanad business.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: Ms Livingstone mentioned the quality of the water. Perhaps she will expand on that. How clean is it? She also referred to pollution. What are the main problems in that regard? On houseboats, what would be the best model for that? Everyone is always interested in invasive species. Are there new ones every year? One of the issues for anglers is the removal of pike from many of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: I appreciate very much all of the witnesses coming in to answer our questions so comprehensively. It was interesting. I suggest that if the witnesses have issues that they want the committee to try to progress on their behalf, they should write to us. We will certainly look at this again.

An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2018: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2018: First Stage (13 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú. I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution. I am very happy to introduce this Bill with my colleague, Teachta Ó Snodaigh. The Bill is similar to one I introduced in the Thirty-first Dáil and another one we introduced in this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (13 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: 154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Pakistan accused of blasphemy and convicted of the offence under Pakistan's blasphemy law and sentenced to death; and if will he raise the person's case with his Pakistani counterpart and request that the person is freed and removed from the exit control list....

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: As the Taoiseach heard earlier on, a large crowd gathered outside the Attorney General's office where 48,000 postcards were handed in. They are looking for a new inquest into the Stardust fire. They believe the families have new evidence. If that evidence appears, will the Government move swiftly on that? It was a night that changed those families forever but it was also a night that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to assist the humanitarian response to the crisis in Yemen; if he has raised with his Saudia Arabian counterpart the illegal blockade by Saudia Arabia of Yemen which, in the opinion of aid agencies, is the main cause of the food shortages in the country; and if calls by other EU member states to enforce an arms...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: Like many others, I have been shocked by the images of the humanitarian crisis and suffering in Yemen where thousands of people have died in the conflict and 14 million need food assistance and are at risk of famine. The UN World Food Programme has warned that the country will face a full blown famine in approximately six months' time unless the position changes. What is Ireland doing to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: Has the Tánaiste raised this issue directly with his Saudi counterpart? Aid organisations state the blockade of Hodeidah port by the Saudi-led coalition for the past three years is the main factor contributing to the famine. Essentially, the coalition is targeting the port and food as part of the ongoing war. The port which handles 90% of Yemen's imports has been closed by the Saudi...