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

Seán Crowe: I have raised this matter directly with the Taoiseach and the Minister for Education and Skills. I have also written to the Minister for Health, the Minister of State with responsibility for disability and the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. I hope I will get an answer to my question today. I am sure the Minister of State will agree that it is appalling that a child with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages Provision (24 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 216. To ask the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) residing in hospital after a recent illness has been awarded 21 hours of care but remains unapproved on a financial basis; the reason for the delay; and when this care package will be finalised and approved. [3467/19]

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: That is not true.

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: The Bill seeks to prohibit the importation and sale of goods, services and natural resources originating from illegal settlements in occupied territories. It is not extreme. It seeks to establish a legal framework to ban these imports from settlements that are already illegal under international humanitarian law and, most importantly, domestic Irish law. Goods and services only available...

Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage [Private Members] (23 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: In its refusal to support the Bill the Government is hiding behind the legal advice the Attorney General has supposedly provided. Like many of us, I would love to see that advice. Senator Black has released her legal advice received on the Bill. The legal basis of the Bill and its compatibility with EU law are detailed in the legal opinions of Mr. Michael Lynn, senior counsel; Professor...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (22 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: Does that include the Bethany Home?

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: Earlier, the Tánaiste was asked a question about Irish drivers being advised about an insurance green card. The Motor Insurers Bureau has stated it will provide approximately 400,000 of the cards. The concern is that this is just the beginning and that it shows the possible damage that a no-deal Brexit will cause. The Tánaiste's answer did not make sense. I can currently drive...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: The green card is not currently needed. If one travels to Albania or somewhere else outside the EU, one does not need a green card on one's windscreen. It has been invented but it is not currently needed.

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: The Government's Brexit plan can be summed up in one sentence, that is, leave it to the EU and let the market decide. This Government is walking away from its duty and is failing to address the most fundamental issue facing the Irish people outside of climate change. Brexit is disruption, of that there is no doubt, with the only question being how much disruption it will cause. The EU has...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: It is not nonsense. Where is the credible detail?

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: Where is the detail in any of the speeches from the Tánaiste and Government representatives this evening?

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: When has the Government given us details on anything? Ministers have not come across with those details. They are not in the Tánaiste's speech or in the speech of the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation. I read through every line and have sat through this entire debate this evening and have not heard the details we need. We are still waiting on the details.

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: Any problems that arise because of the lack of planning will somehow be the fault of small businesses and citizens. It will be someone else's problem. We must ensure the rights enshrined in the Good Friday Agreement are fully protected after Brexit. All we have had so far is high-sounding words but very little in the way of actual legislation and that needs to change. We need...

Government's Brexit Preparedness: Statements (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: What happens if there are delays? Nobody in Government is even talking about that. We need to see an easing of state aid rules to allow the Government to directly intervene to support exporters through employment subsidy schemes along with grants for plant renewal, expansion and the introduction of enabling technology. We need targeted capital investment in transport and housing. We...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent protests in Sudan (details supplied); if the violence and repression carried out by the Sudanese forces against civilians will be condemned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2087/19]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Referendum Campaigns (17 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: 267. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when it is planned to hold a referendum on lowering the voting age; the reason for the delay of the original proposed date of May 2019; if the referendum will take place in 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2117/19]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Policy (16 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: Since the abandonment of the Kurdish-Turkish peace initiative in 2015, Turkey has intensified its military war and political repression of the Kurds. The suppression of political parties and the jailing of Kurdish political leaders has become the norm as Turkish democracy has descended into authoritarian rule. There are now an estimated 260,000 political prisoners in Turkey. Human...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Foreign Policy (16 Jan 2019)

Seán Crowe: Leyla Güven, an imprisoned MP for the pro-Kurdish HDP Party in Turkey, has been on hunger strike for the last 69 days. Leyla has been on hunger strike in a Turkish prison against her unjust detention since 8 November and is now in a critical condition. She faces over 31 years in prison for simply being critical of the Turkish regime, after she rightly condemned the Turkish invasion of...

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

Seán Crowe: On migrants, I referred to the compact agreed in Marrakesh, its impact and the disinformation in that regard. What are the views of the Minister of State on that issue? There was some commentary on expected population growth in Ireland which would be measured in the forthcoming census. That growth was linked to open door migration into Ireland. Is there any substance to such views?

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

Seán Crowe: Those spreading the disinformation have alleged that the population of Ireland will rise by 1 million by a certain date, based on growth patterns and birth rates and so on, and that that growth is linked to the Marrakesh agreement. My understanding is that the agreement is non-binding and does not have any implications in terms of the number of migrants coming to Ireland. That should be...