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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Towards a New Common Chapter Project: Discussion (9 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: I am sorry. Did someone else want to come in on the same matter?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Towards a New Common Chapter Project: Discussion (9 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: Does anyone else want to get in?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Towards a New Common Chapter Project: Discussion (9 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: Do the witnesses wish to sum up?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Towards a New Common Chapter Project: Discussion (9 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: On behalf of the committee, I thank the witnesses for attending and for their presentation. Having listened to the committee members, there is clear support for the charter. The next question is how we can move it forward. The witnesses have asked members to talk to other Oireachtas Members and those beyond that to try to encourage this process. We all agree dialogue is the way forward....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (8 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will work with other countries to table a resolution in the United Nations Human Rights Council to condemn continued and worsening human rights violations in the Kingdom of Bahrain especially against political prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18527/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Data (8 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued to persons over 65 years of age in each of the years 2012 to 2018; and the estimated cost per year if free passports were reintroduced for persons over 65 years of age. [18491/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (8 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: 85. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); if he has raised the issue with his Emirati counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18753/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (8 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: 90. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); and if he has raised the case with his Israeli counterpart. [19112/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Administration (8 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: 96. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to challenges Irish citizens face in securing passports in insecure environments (details supplied); and if the policy regarding same will be reviewed. [19686/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (8 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: 99. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the attempts of the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Mr. Juan Guaidó, to carry out an alleged military coup in Venezuela (details supplied); if he will condemn this alleged coup attempt; and if he will revise his decision to declare Mr. Juan Guaidó as the interim President of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Sanctions (8 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: 100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Government of the United States of America is intensifying its alleged illegal blockade of Cuba and that a person (details supplied) confirmed that the American Government would fully implement Title III of the Helms-Burton Act allowing Cuban Americans to sue foreign companies; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Projects (8 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: 209. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the clearing of a large amount of trees and hedgerows along Whitechurch stream in St. Enda’s Park and the Pearse Museum, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, in late March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18490/19]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Archaeological Sites (8 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: 1625. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Monuments Service has analysed the full report into recent bronze age discoveries in an archaeological dig on land on Scholarstown Road, Templeogue, Dublin 16; and if she will request a full independent archaeological survey of the site and publish a plan for the preservation of the significant finds. [20124/19]

Ireland's Position on the Future of Europe: Statements (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: I was sad to see the fire which has partially destroyed the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. It is one of the most iconic and beautiful buildings in Europe. I send my solidarity to the people of Paris and France as they rebuild this important monument. It is important that we say this on the day that is in it. What Sinn Féin wants to see is a fairer and more democratic European...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Situation in Yemen: Oxfam (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: I welcome our guests. I appreciate their appearing before the committee and providing it with information. Food and clean water are necessary to live. Mr. Clarken stated many of the facilities in which Oxfam has been involved have been bombed. Clean water is essential to life and I imagine Yemen is a very warm country at times. How are people managing in that regard? Are the countries...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Situation in Yemen: Oxfam (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: Mr. Clarken has witnessed people dying and has experienced the conflict at first hand. Is he frustrated by the lack of media coverage of the conflict? It is rarely reported on the front pages of the newspapers, on CNN or Sky News. Even when it is mentioned, it is only a short report.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Humanitarian Situation in Yemen: Oxfam (18 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: It is important to bear in mind that there are other actors involved, not just the Saudis. We have an embassy in Saudi Arabia but it is important that we would also formally contact all the countries that are involved in the region to give them the same message.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (17 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: The Taoiseach should read the reports.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: The World Health Organization, WHO, has stated that at least 174 people have been killed and 758 injured in the battle for control of the Libyan capital. Many of us would see Libya as a failed state. Armed militias seem to control the country. The Tánaiste stated that Ireland supports the idea of an inclusive process but that seems less and less likely as events move on. We have seen...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: 66. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to renewed fighting in Libya and the fact that the UN is reporting significant civilian casualties and that thousands are fleeing fighting around Tripoli; and the steps Ireland is taking to ensure a new ceasefire is negotiated. [17560/19]