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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: I remind members, delegates and those in the Visitors Gallery to turn off their mobile phones or switch them to airplane or safe mode as it is not sufficient to leave them in silent mode because they may still interfere with the broadcasting and recording systems. Today we are meeting the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Coveney, to discuss the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Tánaiste for his comprehensive opening statement and in particular for his remarks about the constructive role this committee plays. We see ourselves very much as offering advice to people, particularly the victims or survivors. We have reached out to areas in the North. Most of the communities we visited have appreciated that someone is listening. That plays an important...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: I remind speakers to be mindful of the time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious that a number of other people would like to come in now. Many of the attendees have travelled long journeys to attend the committee today and I want to allow each person in. I ask that each person co-operates with the Chair because we do not have much time. The meeting must finish at 5 p.m. The next speaker will be Mr. Paul Maskey, followed by Mr. Francie Molloy, Ms Elisha...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Smith will have the final word before the Tánaiste replies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: I call the Tánaiste.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: Yes, if the Tánaiste does not mind.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: As a committee, we are trying to do that outreach work privately and confidentially and, hopefully, it will be successful in the future.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Impact of Brexit on the Good Friday Agreement: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: On behalf of the joint committee, I thank the Tánaiste for his briefing. We have dealt with a huge range of issues and it was a good discussion. I hope the Tánaiste also found it useful.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sectarian Violence (27 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland has found that significant and sensitive information about the activities of loyalist paramilitaries between 1988 and 1994 was withheld by the Police Service of Northern Ireland from the investigators of the ombudsman; his views on this development;...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sectarian Violence (27 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: I tabled this question when it emerged that the PSNI withheld significant and sensitive information about the activities of loyalist death squads between 1988 and 1994 from the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland who was compiling a report on more than 20 loyalist murders. Does the Tánaiste share my concerns at this development? Has he raised his concerns with the British Government?...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sectarian Violence (27 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: -----in the British Supreme Court. Will he urgently meet the families?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sectarian Violence (27 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: Eddie Fullerton was a friend of mine and I know his family. I know they have been informed that the ombudsman's report will be delayed. It is important to use clear and precise language. There was some suggestion that the PSNI had discovered new information. That is incorrect; it had this information and it is not new. Crucially it was withheld form the ombudsman's office. The...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sectarian Violence (27 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: Part of the peace process-----

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sectarian Violence (27 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: -----was to have a new beginning in policing, but also to have justice system that people could look to.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sectarian Violence (27 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: Unfortunately that is not the case.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sectarian Violence (27 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: Cases like this undermine the entire basis of the justice system. Again it is about what we can do.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Sectarian Violence (27 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: There is clearly a systemic problem with disclosure concerning state killings, particularly where collusion is a feature and that is a difficulty. Successive British Prime Ministers have talked about a different narrative about the conflict in the North, but clearly this is a difficulty. The weapons used in this were brought in from South Africa as we know. Many of the killers were British...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: 27. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the amassing of troops from the United States of America on the border between Colombia and Venezuela (details supplied); if the calls on the Venezuelan military to enter the political arena and engage in a coup will be condemned; and if he will support the Montevideo dialogue initiative. [9636/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (27 Feb 2019)

Seán Crowe: The Tánaiste's announcement that the Government recognised Juan Guaidó as President of Venezuela is an attempt to legitimise a coup. He says he came to this position on an incremental basis but, unfortunately, coups happen in South America with an incremental approach. That has been the history in the region. One could point to other countries where one could say a coup is...