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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: Jesus.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: He is like a broken record.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (11 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: What rights would the Taoiseach have had us drop?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (10 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the new initiative on sexual and reproductive health and rights promised in A Better World; when the initiative will be launched; the level of funding to be allocated for its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51237/19]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards Staff (10 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: 189. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the staff shortage in the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire Education and Training Board; if his further attention has been drawn to the fact that the shortage is severely impacting on the service it provides and persons seeking to avail of its services are being directed to other DDLETB centres due to the...

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Drugs Dealing (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: The primary purpose of this Topical Issue matter is to draw attention to the issue and get a more proactive response to it. Every day I see drug-dealing in my community. It is an attack on the community in which it happens, and no one should have to live beside it. That is the other big problem. I asked in my initial contribution what one says to those people living beside this open drug...

Scouting Ireland: Statements: Drugs Dealing (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: I want to ask about the Government's approach to open drug dealing in my constituency of Dublin South-West. This is a scourge on our communities and there is an inadequate and weak response from the Government and the Garda, which is more than aware of the extent of the problem but seems reluctant, perhaps for resource or operational reasons, to act and close it down. In many cases, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: 51. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a recent ruling by the European Court of Justice that food products from the illegal colonial settlements of Israel in Palestine must be clearly labelled as products originating in occupied territories to allow consumers to make informed choices when they shop; his plans to ensure that products from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (5 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to new documents released in the media regarding the mass detention of Uighur and other ethnic minorities in Xinjiang; if he has raised this issue with his Chinese counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50717/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (4 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: I raise an issue of concern under promised legislation. I visited a number of parks last weekend and saw clear evidence of turf having been gouged out by the tyres of scrambler and quad bikes. Will the Taoiseach discourage parents who might be thinking of buying these bikes for their loved ones at Christmas from doing so? These vehicles bring mayhem into communities and are destroying our...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: The Taoiseach mentioned the importance of marking the International Day of People with Disabilities. What about people who have a disability and are looking for respite care? I raised this with the Taoiseach last week and hoped to get the Minister for Health today. We were told that Cuisle was closing on Friday. Families are being pushed towards a hotel model. Unfortunately, for many of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Missions Participation (28 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: 67. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Minister of State with responsibility for trade, employment, business, EU digital Single Market and data protection took part in a recent Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Bahrain; and if he or his officials briefed the Minister of State on the human rights abuses of the regime in...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Missions (28 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: 131. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if a report will be provided on the recent Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain; her plans to deepen trade relations with these countries; and if the Minister of State with responsibility for trade, employment, business, EU digital Single Market and data protection raised human rights...

Litter Pollution (Amendment) (Dog Litter Control) Bill 2019: First Stage (27 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: I move: "That Second Stage be taken in Private Members' time."

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (27 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: The programme for Government gives a commitment to improve services for disabled citizens and to improve the lives of people with a physical or mental impairment. Last Thursday, representatives of the Irish Wheelchair Association, IWA, appeared before a special sitting of the Joint Committee on Health. They made it crystal clear that if funding for necessary works had been made available,...

Litter Pollution (Amendment) (Dog Litter Control) Bill 2019: First Stage (27 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: I move: That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Litter Pollution Act 1997 to make it an offence for a person in charge of a dog in a public area to fail to produce a suitable bag or instrument to properly dispose of dog faeces when requested to do so by a dog warden, litter warden, or member of An Garda Síochána. I have co-signed this Bill with...

Progressing Children's Disability Services: Statements (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: The programme for Government suggests a strong commitment to early intervention for children. This not happening in my constituency or in the CHO 7 area. According to the latest figures from the HSE, 6,480 children in CHO 7 area are waiting for speech and language assessments and supports. Dublin South-West has the highest number of children waiting longer for assessments than any other...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: Budget 2020 states the HSE will review arrangements for the provision of discretionary medical cards for those with a terminal illness and look at extending medical cards to them. Many of the people concerned and their families do not have time to wait for a review and are being stretched to their physical and mental limits. Worrying about paying medical bills should be the last thing on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the ambassador to Colombia has concluded their visit to La Guajira and a region (details supplied) to carry out fact finding work; if he has received a report from the ambassador on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46949/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: 40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his officials have recently contacted the ESB regarding its continued purchasing of coal from a mine (details supplied); his plans in relation to a national plan for business and human rights; and his views on reported human rights abuses and environmental degradation in the region due to the mine and the importation of coal from same...