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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Business and Human Rights: Discussion (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: I welcome all the witnesses. On behalf of members, I thank the witnesses for the important work they are doing in this area. Increasingly, the whole area of business and human rights is a global issue. These are people whose lives are threatened and whose homes are being destroyed. Ms Curran mentioned some of the countries where people are being displaced. Increasingly, it is becoming...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Business and Human Rights: Discussion (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: Is the reluctance to domestic legislation in this area due to the financial cost?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Enlargement Strategy: Discussion with Candidate and Potential Candidate Countries (13 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses are very welcome. Both talked about roads. One was a bumpy one and the other a long, narrow one. We should probably try to concentrate on roadmaps. I will start with the chargé d'affaires at the Embassy of the Republic of North Macedonia. I congratulate him on his country's successful ending of the name dispute it had with Greece. I know that negotiations were...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: This ruling represents a clear and deeply worrying development. The identity and citizenship provisions are critical to the integrity of the Agreement and must be protected and defended to the hilt. The Good Friday Agreement is crystal clear on the terms of citizenship. Emma DeSouza is an Irish citizen and it is disgraceful that she should have to go to court to prove it. Emma herself has...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: I am conscious that an election is taking place, but does the Tánaiste not agree that this seems to be part of a pattern? The British Government is a co-guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement yet it constantly undermines elements of it. Just this week the British Prime Minister announced new plans to give British soldiers immunity from prosecution. The proposals would create a de...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met his UK counterpart since the ruling in the case of a person (details supplied); his views on whether the ruling shows that the UK Government is failing to honour the Good Friday Agreement; and the steps he will take to ensure the UK Government abides by and implements each of the provisions of the Good Friday Agreement and...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: We have all been following the Emma DeSouza case very closely. It goes to the heart of the citizenship and identity provisions of the Good Friday Agreement. On Monday, 14 October judges in the Upper Tribunal in London ruled that people born in the North of Ireland were UK citizens according to UK law. Has the Minister met his British counterpart to discuss this latest ruling?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: Is the Taoiseach aware of the possible closure of Cuisle, an Irish Wheelchair Association holiday centre in County Roscommon? It has been described as devastating news for anyone who has an impairment. The centre does not just cater for people in wheelchairs. The Minister of State with responsibility for disability issues, Deputy Finian McGrath, stated in reply to a parliamentary question...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to attacks by Turkey on civilians in northern Syria (details supplied); and if his Department is providing humanitarian assistance in the area. [46429/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to increased attacks on indigenous communities in Colombia, particularly in the province of Cauca; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that on 29 October 2019 five members of the Nasa Tacueyó indigenous community were killed, including a person (details supplied); if his attention has...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: 63. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to increased attacks on indigenous communities and environmental defenders in Brazil; if his attention has been further drawn to the murder of a person (details supplied) which is part of a campaign of escalating violence against Amazon forest protectors; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised the jailing of Catalan political prisoners and the policing response to protests in Catalonia with his Spanish counterpart; his views on whether the way forward is through dialogue and not legal repression; and his further views on whether Ireland can play a mediation role in this regard. [46430/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (12 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Israeli authorities approved plans for 2,342 housing units in illegal Israeli colonial settlements and a new tunnel road in Palestine in October 2019 (details supplied); if he has raised the issue with his Israeli counterpart; and his plans to respond to the alleged continued violations...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Voting and Citizenship Rights of Citizens in Northern Ireland: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: As we have a quorum, the meeting will now commence. Apologies have been received from Senators Ó Donnghaile, Craughwell and Feighan. Deputy O'Dowd might be able to join us later, hopefully. The theme we are addressing now is voting rights in Northern Ireland and we are delighted to hear from Professor Colin Harvey. Members will be aware that the Government has proposed a referendum...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Voting and Citizenship Rights of Citizens in Northern Ireland: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: Before Professor Harvey comes in, a letter will issue to him and Mark Bassett on the idea of coming before the committee to address the issue of a bill of rights, about which Professor Harvey wrote to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Voting and Citizenship Rights of Citizens in Northern Ireland: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: Barry Andrews and Deirdre Clune would probably be upset because their two seats have already been allocated.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Voting and Citizenship Rights of Citizens in Northern Ireland: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: Professor Harvey spoke about parity of esteem, equality and so on. As part of the narrative, people have concerns that somehow they will lose something as a result of other people getting rights. There is this idea of equivalence, that if the other community gets something, we need to get something in these negotiations. When we consider educational underachievement, there is a sense that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Voting and Citizenship Rights of Citizens in Northern Ireland: Discussion (7 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: On that positive note, I bring the meeting to a close.

Illegal Drugs: Motion [Private Members] (5 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: It is a lucky family that has not been affected by the drugs crisis. We all need to accept that the crisis is out of control. Somebody has already mentioned the number of drug deaths, which stands at its highest ever. This relates to the amount of drugs being seized and the open drug dealing in our communities. I went on the first anti-drugs march in Dublin 37 years ago. At that time I...

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

Seán Crowe: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent large public protests in Chile and that there is opposition to the current Government and its alleged dire handling of the economy, which has led to rampant inequality; his views on the fact the Chilean Government declared a state of emergency and deployed the army; if his attention has been...