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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: Go on. Do not tell me what to do.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: 83. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the President-elect of Brazil, Mr. Jair Bolsonaro, has stated he will merge the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply and the Ministry of the Environment in Brazil; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that this would be a huge attack on environmental protections in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: I referred to the fact that a far-right fascist was the President-elect of Brazil in a parliamentary question tabled for written reply on 6 November. Mr. Bolsonaro's campaign was based on fear, division, racism, sexism and homophobia. He poses a major threat to human rights protections, indigenous communities and, as outlined in this parliamentary question, the environment. The Minister...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Policy (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: I come from a position of concern. I see his election as a clear threat to democracy in Brazil. He was a captain in the military during the brutal dictatorship and said its only crime was that it did not kill enough people. He has called indigenous communities "parasites", called for tens of thousands of his opponents to be arrested and the police to extrajudicially kill more people and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps he is taking to assist the humanitarian response to the crisis in Yemen; if he has raised with his Saudia Arabian counterpart the illegal blockade by Saudia Arabia of Yemen which, in the opinion of aid agencies, is the main cause of the food shortages in the country; and if calls by other EU member states to enforce an arms...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: Like many others, I have been shocked by the images of the humanitarian crisis and suffering in Yemen where thousands of people have died in the conflict and 14 million need food assistance and are at risk of famine. The UN World Food Programme has warned that the country will face a full blown famine in approximately six months' time unless the position changes. What is Ireland doing to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: Has the Tánaiste raised this issue directly with his Saudi counterpart? Aid organisations state the blockade of Hodeidah port by the Saudi-led coalition for the past three years is the main factor contributing to the famine. Essentially, the coalition is targeting the port and food as part of the ongoing war. The port which handles 90% of Yemen's imports has been closed by the Saudi...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Humanitarian Access (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: Has the Tánaiste spoken to his Saudi counterpart about the humanitarian crisis in Yemen? I am aware that Mr. Martin Griffiths, the UN special envoy to Yemen has said that he plans to travel to Yemen in the coming weeks to finalise arrangements for peace talks. The last round of peace talks collapsed in September but by all accounts, the Saudi-backed Government and the Houthi rebels have...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: As the Taoiseach heard earlier on, a large crowd gathered outside the Attorney General's office where 48,000 postcards were handed in. They are looking for a new inquest into the Stardust fire. They believe the families have new evidence. If that evidence appears, will the Government move swiftly on that? It was a night that changed those families forever but it was also a night that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an official from his Department attended the inquest into the Ballymurphy massacre; and the supports he is providing to those persons in the pursuit of truth and justice for their loved ones killed by the British army in the massacre. [48135/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: 88. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is continuing to raise the persecution of LGBT citizens in Tanzania with his Tanzanian counterpart; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is deep concern for the safety and security of LGBT citizens in the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48133/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: 103. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 425 social and community leaders have been murdered in Colombia since the signing of the peace agreement; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that these murders are targeted and pose a very real threat to the peace process; if has he raised these continued attacks on and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (20 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: 117. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will condemn Israel’s unilateral violation of the ceasefire in Gaza by its military forces which has resulted in deaths on both sides; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Gaza remains under an illegal Israeli blockade and that Israel continues to carry out human rights abuses against its inhabitants; and the...

An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht), 2018: An Chéad Chéim - Thirty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2018: First Stage (13 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: Tairgim:Go gceadófar go dtabharfar isteach Bille dá ngairtear Acht chun an Bunreacht a leasú. I move:That leave be granted to introduce a Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution. I am very happy to introduce this Bill with my colleague, Teachta Ó Snodaigh. The Bill is similar to one I introduced in the Thirty-first Dáil and another one we introduced in this...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (13 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: 154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Pakistan accused of blasphemy and convicted of the offence under Pakistan's blasphemy law and sentenced to death; and if will he raise the person's case with his Pakistani counterpart and request that the person is freed and removed from the exit control list....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: I welcome from Waterways Ireland, Ms Dawn Livingstone, chief executive; and from the Loughs Agency, Ms Sharon McMahon, designated officer. I will shortly invite them to give their opening statements and this will be followed by questions from the committee. I remind members and visitors in the Gallery to ensure their mobile phones, tablets and so on are switched off completely for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Livingstone. I invite Mrs McMahon to make her opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: I thank Ms Livingstone and Ms McMahon. The witnesses may notice people leaving and coming back. That is just the nature of the Houses. The Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 is before the Seanad so some Senators have to attend those sittings and others are doing other work in the Houses. Witnesses may see them on the screen.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: Did the two brothers not cut it in half?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North-South Implementation Bodies: Waterways Ireland and Loughs Agency (8 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: That is a broad range of questions.