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Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Home Care Packages (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: I raise this Topical Issue because I am greatly concerned about the lack of provision of respite care and home packages by the Department of Health. I realise it is not the Department of the Minister of State present. I will give an example of how this issue came to a head. A 93 year old constituent of mine was in hospital after a recent illness and the social worker said that 21 hours of...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: It is not secure.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: It is not secure.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (31 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an Irish citizen legally registered in Britain as the mother of a child conceived through assisted human reproduction with her British spouse who is the birth mother is eligible to apply for an Irish passport for the child. [4735/19]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (30 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: There is a crisis across the country relating to home care packages. In many cases, families are allocated hours but there is no funding to follow up on those hours. I am told, although I may be misinformed, that a money package will be agreed with regard to the extension of this. Will the Minister or Taoiseach reply? There is a crisis. I am dealing with a family of a woman in her...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: This is a political issue not a legal one. The Spanish Government must enter into meaningful dialogue with the Catalan Government to find a political solution. After what I heard today, people are saying that the dialogue is not happening and that is what is missing. Those people should not be before the courts on charges of rebellion. The Spanish state needs to stop using the Spanish...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the two Catalan civil society activists and seven Catalan politicians that remain imprisoned in Spain (details supplied); and if he has raised the continued detention of the persons with his Spanish counterpart. [3966/19]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: Six former Catalan Ministers, the former speaker of the Catalan Parliament and two civil society activists remain in prison on politically motivated charges relating to the Catalan independence referendum that took place in October 2017. I have just come from the audiovisual room where the former Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont, addressed Deputies and Senators. He is living in enforced...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: This goes back to an earlier discussion in terms of raising the question of where is the EU's collective voice and the condemnation of the violence, the state repression, the attack on polling stations, the attack on voters and the jailing of politicians and civil society activists. Does this not concern Ireland and the EU? Where is the talk of sanctions? I listened to what the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Agreements (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 44. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the UN recognised representative of the Saharawis has stated that it will again take a case against an EU-Morocco trade deal to the European Court of Justice (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the EU and member states continue to ignore this ruling;...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Agreements (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: On 16 January the European Parliament voted to agree that a new trade deal between the EU and Morocco will be applied to Western Sahara. This was despite the fact the Court of Justice of the European Union, CJEU, in December 2016, ruled that Western Sahara is a separate and distinct territory that cannot be included in EU-Moroccan agreements unless the people of Western Sahara give consent...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Agreements (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: The people of Western Sahara have not given their consent to this deal. In fact, the UN-recognised representative of the Saharawis is the Polisario Front. Not only has it not given its consent but it has indicated that it will take a fresh case to the CJEU to try to block this deal. The CJEU ruling was clear. It said the EU would violate EU law if it included the territory of Western...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Trade Agreements (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: The issue here is one of consent. Considering Ireland's historical position in regard to Western Sahara and the illegal occupation by Morocco, it is a sad day that we are supporting this. I find it astonishing that we seem to completely ignore how this disagreement violates the EU's own rules and the judgments of the Court of Justice of the European Union. On the one hand, we say we...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: I am asking this question on behalf of Deputy Cullinane who is in Westminster today where, once again, we see a day of uncertainty and political chaos. I hope that has nothing to do with Deputy Cullinane. Considering recent developments and the comments of the Taoiseach and the European Commissioner regarding a hard border in Ireland, this question was tabled to ascertain what mechanisms...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: Last week the Taoiseach talked to journalists about the possibility of troops being sent to the Border. He then went on to clarify the statement, saying that he was talking about British troops. That is of little comfort and we are going backwards instead of forwards. Part of the challenge we have as an opposition party, and what does not help us and our understanding of this is that...

Ceisteanna (Atógáil) - Questions (Resumed) - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: My question related to a no-deal scenario where the backstop will not apply. The Irish Government either defies the EU or the Good Friday Agreement. There are already structures there which apply to relationships with Britain. The difficulty has been that, in many cases, the British Government, and particularly the Prime Minister, has not tied into those structures. There was a poll on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the mass hunger strike of over 200 Kurdish political prisoners in Turkey; if he is concerned for the health and well-being of a person (details supplied); and if he has raised the hunger strike and the continued jailing of political activists by Turkey with his Turkish counterpart. [3965/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports of violent state backed attacks on LGBT persons in Chechnya (details supplied); and if he has raised this matter with his Russian counterpart. [3962/19]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Committees (29 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on the inaugural meeting of the business and human rights implementation group which took place on 16 January 2019; the plan of work for the group in 2019; and if the group will be working with semi-State companies here to ensure effective human rights due diligence is taking place. [3964/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Speech and Language Therapy Waiting Lists (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: We raise these issues to try to get some action on them. This year's budget provided an allocation for 100 new therapy posts, but the CHO 7 area has yet to be advised how many of these will be allocated to it. Clearly, this sector needs to be prioritised. It is unacceptable that any child should have to wait 42 months to access key services that would transform his or her life. Not...