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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: As we know, the Good Friday Agreement is an internationally binding agreement between two sovereign states. As the Tánaiste said, it recognises the "birthright" of the people of Northern Ireland to choose to hold Irish citizenship, British citizenship or both. Emma DeSouza, who is a citizen's rights campaigner from Derry, published material earlier this month which shows that the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: After centuries of conflict, the Good Friday Agreement indicated to the world on a legal basis that we had created a path out of conflict which involved upholding and respecting people's identity, allegiances and rights. The worry is that this aspect of the agreement is dissipating in front of our eyes. There are significant concerns about the rights of citizens' partners. What is the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties being faced by Irish citizens in Northern Ireland in asserting their Irish citizenship and that in certain cases Irish citizens are being forced to renounce British citizenship even though they are not and have not claimed to be British citizens; the steps he is taking to ensure...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: I tabled this question because I am deeply concerned about the rights of Irish citizens, particularly those living in the North. Time and again, we have seen attempts by the British Government to row back on provisions of the Good Friday Agreement and subsequent agreements. Citizens in the North are angry and frustrated that we have celebrated the 21st anniversary of the Good Friday...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance his Department is providing to Mozambique to recover from the devastation brought by Cyclone Idai (details supplied); and if he will report the response of Ireland to the disaster and humanitarian crisis. [17561/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: 86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to new legislation introduced in Brunei which includes punishments such as death by stoning or whipping for homosexuality; if he will condemn these new laws; and if he has raised the issue directly with the Government of Brunei. [17559/19]

A Better World: Ireland's Policy for International Development: Statements (11 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: I commend the work Irish Aid does. Irish Aid's work is transformative and makes a life-changing difference to many of the poorest and most vulnerable people in the world. We should have more debates on Irish Aid in this House than we do. It has been a year since we last had a stand-alone debate on Irish Aid, which happened in April last year after the publication of a report on Irish Aid...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (11 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: I have received apologies from Deputies O'Dowd, Sherlock, Brendan Smith and Senator Craughwell. Today, we will be hearing from Ms Judith Thompson, Commissioner for Victims and Survivors, but before that we will go into private session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues: Commission for Victims and Survivors (11 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: Good afternoon. Apologies for the delays with the votes and so on. Before I open the floor to members, we agreed that we would take Ms Thompson’s opening statement and maybe a round of questions and then go into private session. This will allow us to have probably a franker discussion.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues: Commission for Victims and Survivors (11 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues: Commission for Victims and Survivors (11 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: We can ask questions-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues: Commission for Victims and Survivors (11 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: No, we can get the answers in public session as well. I am just conscious that if there are questions that are sensitive or-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues: Commission for Victims and Survivors (11 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: No. I will leave it up to Ms Thompson and Mr. Brecknell which questions to answer in public session and which to answer in private session, depending on the extent to which they feel a question is straying into a sensitive area. It makes sense to do it this way. If there is anything they would prefer to answer in private, we will go into private session. I apologise but I will have to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues: Commission for Victims and Survivors (11 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: Do members wish to go into private session? Are there any more questions? No. Do the witnesses wish to make any concluding comments?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues: Commission for Victims and Survivors (11 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: Thank you for coming in. As a committee we have met with various victims groups. They are not all the same. Many of the people we have met are different. They are all still hurting. There is a commonality regarding a lot of the people. They certainly want answers. Some do not want to tie in with victims’ groups. Some want to just deal with their own loss. They have all...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (10 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: In the programme for Government there is a commitment on page 144 to protect and promote human rights. As the Tánaiste is aware, the Sultan of Brunei who has absolute control in that country announced that new barbaric capital punishment laws would be introduced, which would include death by stoning or flogging for LGBT citizens. The sultan is one of the world's richest men and owns...

An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2018 : An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2018: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: This Bill is similar to the one I introduced during the Thirty-first Dáil in that it seeks to amend the Constitution to ensure that Ireland will not and could not aid foreign powers in any way in preparation for a war, save with the assent of the Dáil. The Bill also affirms that Ireland is a neutral State, and that the State would have a policy of non-membership of military...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: My question was not about specifics.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: As the Taoiseach knows, the House debated autism last night. I am raising this matter in the context of the Education (Admission to Schools) Act 2018, which was agreed in December. It is estimated that one in 65 people is on the autism spectrum. There are 11 primary schools in my constituency that make provision for children with autism. No primary schools in my constituency make such...

Autism Support Services: Motion [Private Members] (2 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: The point of tonight's motion is that we want to get cross-party agreement to set up an all-party committee to be tasked with finally delivering an autism empowerment strategy. The current situation, where we have no strategy, is crazy despite such a strategy being in place in most European countries. That we must go to this length and table a Private Members' motion to get something so...