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Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: The green card is not currently needed. If one travels to Albania or somewhere else outside the EU, one does not need a green card on one's windscreen. It has been invented but it is not currently needed.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent protests in Sudan (details supplied); if the violence and repression carried out by the Sudanese forces against civilians will be condemned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2087/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Referendum Campaigns (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is planned to hold a referendum on lowering the voting age; the reason for the delay of the original proposed date of May 2019; if the referendum will take place in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2117/19]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: Does that include the Bethany Home?

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: The Bill seeks to prohibit the importation and sale of goods, services and natural resources originating from illegal settlements in occupied territories. It is not extreme. It seeks to establish a legal framework to ban these imports from settlements that are already illegal under international humanitarian law and, most importantly, domestic Irish law. Goods and services only available...

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: In its refusal to support the Bill the Government is hiding behind the legal advice the Attorney General has supposedly provided. Like many of us, I would love to see that advice. Senator Black has released her legal advice received on the Bill. The legal basis of the Bill and its compatibility with EU law are detailed in the legal opinions of Mr. Michael Lynn, senior counsel; Professor...

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: That is not true.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: I have raised this matter directly with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Education and Skills. I have also written to the Minister for Health, the Minister of State with responsibility for disability and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. I hope I will get an answer to my question today. I am sure the Minister of State will agree that it is appalling that a child with...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: We raise these issues to try to get some action on them. This year's budget provided an allocation for 100 new therapy posts, but the CHO 7 area has yet to be advised how many of these will be allocated to it. Clearly, this sector needs to be prioritised. It is unacceptable that any child should have to wait 42 months to access key services that would transform his or her life. Not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 216. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) residing in hospital after a recent illness has been awarded 21 hours of care but remains unapproved on a financial basis; the reason for the delay; and when this care package will be finalised and approved. [3467/19]

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: I am asking this question on behalf of Deputy Cullinane who is in Westminster today where, once again, we see a day of uncertainty and political chaos. I hope that has nothing to do with Deputy Cullinane. Considering recent developments and the comments of the Taoiseach and the European Commissioner regarding a hard border in Ireland, this question was tabled to ascertain what mechanisms...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: Last week the Taoiseach talked to journalists about the possibility of troops being sent to the Border. He then went on to clarify the statement, saying that he was talking about British troops. That is of little comfort and we are going backwards instead of forwards. Part of the challenge we have as an opposition party, and what does not help us and our understanding of this is that...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: My question related to a no-deal scenario where the backstop will not apply. The Irish Government either defies the EU or the Good Friday Agreement. There are already structures there which apply to relationships with Britain. The difficulty has been that, in many cases, the British Government, and particularly the Prime Minister, has not tied into those structures. There was a poll on...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Agreements (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the UN recognised representative of the Saharawis has stated that it will again take a case against an EU-Morocco trade deal to the European Court of Justice (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the EU and member states continue to ignore this ruling;...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Agreements (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: On 16 January the European Parliament voted to agree that a new trade deal between the EU and Morocco will be applied to Western Sahara. This was despite the fact the Court of Justice of the European Union, CJEU, in December 2016, ruled that Western Sahara is a separate and distinct territory that cannot be included in EU-Moroccan agreements unless the people of Western Sahara give consent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Agreements (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: The people of Western Sahara have not given their consent to this deal. In fact, the UN-recognised representative of the Saharawis is the Polisario Front. Not only has it not given its consent but it has indicated that it will take a fresh case to the CJEU to try to block this deal. The CJEU ruling was clear. It said the EU would violate EU law if it included the territory of Western...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Agreements (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: The issue here is one of consent. Considering Ireland's historical position in regard to Western Sahara and the illegal occupation by Morocco, it is a sad day that we are supporting this. I find it astonishing that we seem to completely ignore how this disagreement violates the EU's own rules and the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union. On the one hand, we say we...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the two Catalan civil society activists and seven Catalan politicians that remain imprisoned in Spain (details supplied); and if he has raised the continued detention of the persons with his Spanish counterpart. [3966/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: Six former Catalan Ministers, the former speaker of the Catalan Parliament and two civil society activists remain in prison on politically motivated charges relating to the Catalan independence referendum that took place in October 2017. I have just come from the audiovisual room where the former Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, addressed Deputies and Senators. He is living in enforced...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: This goes back to an earlier discussion in terms of raising the question of where is the EU's collective voice and the condemnation of the violence, the state repression, the attack on polling stations, the attack on voters and the jailing of politicians and civil society activists. Does this not concern Ireland and the EU? Where is the talk of sanctions? I listened to what the...