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Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe chuig an gcruinniú. I will start with the sustainable goals. Some of the conspiracy theories on social media give them a bad press. Why would anybody be against the likes of reducing poverty and inequality, improving education and health, and inspiring economic growth? It seems so illogical, yet there is a growing conspiracy theory...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: I started off talking earlier on about this area of biomass and who would be against it and the new energy that will come from it but the people I was talking to were saying that there is a lack of regulation. Even more worrying is there is a lack of planning in this regard. In relation to where these go, it is really up to the local planning authority. It is similar with, say, data...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: Okay, apologies.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: We have not even talked about the new policy on the use of gas, etc.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: A finite resource.

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Discussion (25 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: The shared island unit.

Presidential Voting Rights: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: The ability of Irish citizens, regardless of where they reside, to vote in presidential elections is an issue I have been working towards for quite some time. Gerry Adams and I cosponsored a Bill to that effect more than ten years ago. Tá bród orm go bhfuil mé fós ag leanúint leis an bhfeachtas. That Bill, the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution...

Committee on Defence and National Security: Recent Air Corps Developments: Discussion (24 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe chuig an gcruinniú seo. I have a couple of questions. I am not sure if they are security-sensitive. The big thing is the air traffic controllers. Everyone is talking about it. What is the current state of play with that? The witnesses might be more comfortable giving us a written reply on it but how are we fixed regarding the air traffic...

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: I am delighted to be one of the Bill's cosponsors with my colleagues, Deputies O'Rourke and Cullinane. I am disappointed that the Government is putting this on hold for 12 months. I thank Dr. James Larkin, who is a senior postdoctoral fellow at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, RSCI, for his research and assistance in the preparation of the Bill. When this issue first arose, most...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: I wish to ask about Duchenne muscular dystrophy. We recently had young people in the AV room who talked about the challenges they faced. It is a wasting disease. There is a drug but it is not available here yet. It is available in the North. Would the Government look at early access as a shared island? The problem in the North is that it does not have the money to administer the scheme....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: 284. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the lack of basic and appropriate facilities in a school (details supplied) to meet the needs of students with additional and profound needs; the steps she will take to address these ongoing concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33304/25]

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister of State, and apologies if I repeat some of the questions that were asked. I wish to go back to the Commission and President von der Leyen effectively appointing herself as spokesperson for Europe. I do not think that was ever what was envisaged for that role, and she is clearly partisan in her position. Other people have mentioned different things but has the...

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: The point I would make is that she is an outlier on a lot of these issues. There has not been a discussion with regard to leaders on a lot of these issues. Her latest one is putting the blame on Iran for being the unsettling force in that region. That is just one example. There is stuff regarding Israel, her phone call with Netanyahu and so on. Billy Kelleher said she is basically being...

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: I am asking what discussed at the Council meeting.

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: You could also say that Israel is a problem.

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: I want to ask about USAID. I asked the Minister of State about it before when he went on the trip. I know the EU cannot replace USAID but was that discussed? Who will fill that gap that is there? I was talking to someone recently who said the World Food Programme was talking about laying off 3,000 staff there. It is having a big impact on people, such as people in Gaza and people in...

Committee on European Union Affairs: EU General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (18 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: Lastly, could the Minister of State talk about the importance of the aid being untied?

Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] (17 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: House prices, rents, council waiting lists and homelessness are all rising. Any options for ordinary workers and their families are vanishing. Figures from the start of this month show there were almost 16,000 people in emergency accommodation. This Government cannot even be said to be making a dent in the figures. At the start of this year, there were fewer than 14,000 relying on...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Admissions (12 Jun 2025)

Seán Crowe: My question is to do with placements but also displacements. Challenges in the school system include cases of schools having lost a teacher because the Ukrainian children were moved out of the school. This happened in two schools in my constituency. It is outside the control of the school. We are told there will be extra resources and supports for these children, but here is a school in...