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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (16 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: 132. 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 will raise the case of the suspected murder of this person by agents of the Saudi regime with his Saudi counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42344/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (16 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: 133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the €110 million increase in overseas development assistance will be spent; the programmes that will receive part of the €45 million increase in Irish Aid; and the type of spending that makes up the rest of the €65 million increase in ODA spend. [42345/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: Apologies have been received from Deputy Brendan Smith who is on Oireachtas business. Today, as part of our work programme for 2018, we are commencing a series of meetings with the North-South implementation bodies established under the Good Friday Agreement. It has been some time since the committee has heard from some of the bodies and we are keen to get an update on their work, the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: Okay. My apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: It could take off even more after today.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: Before we finish I will ask about the area of productivity. There is supposed to be a lower level of productivity in the North than in the South and if we look at regions of Britain, Northern Ireland is way down again. Has that come across in the research and is that one of the concerns the witnesses would have in light of the Brexit scenario coming down the road? On the voucher, I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: On behalf of the committee I thank the witnesses for appearing before it today and for answering the questions so comprehensively. Míle buíochas. I suspend the meeting while we bring in our next witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: I welcome Mr. Niall Gibbons, chief executive of Tourism Ireland. I will shortly invite him to give his opening statement to be followed by questions from members of the committee. I ask people to turn off their mobile phones. I remind members of a long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that Members should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person or a body...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: Somebody's phone is going off.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: Lambay or Ireland's Eye-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: North South Implementation Bodies: InterTradeIreland and Tourism Ireland (11 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: Do any other members wish to contribute? I thank Mr. Gibbons for his attendance and the amount of time he put aside for questions. We look forward to meeting him again.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: Tell us about the cosy deal with Micheál.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (9 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report by an organisation (details supplied) in relation to medical care in Bahraini prisons; his views on the lack of adequate medical care in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40727/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (9 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Bahraini Government has announced that parliamentary elections will take place on 24 November 2018 and that members of the main opposition groups are barred from running in the elections (details supplied); and his views on whether the upcoming elections cannot be considered as...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Conferences (9 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: 43. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the regulation of transnational corporations and other business enterprises in international law will be elaborated in advance of the fourth session of the UN Intergovernmental Working Group; his views on the development of a UN treaty on business and human rights in view of the fact this regulation will complement a national action...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Botanic Gardens (9 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: 69. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the grounds of St. Enda's Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16 is in the care of the National Botanic Gardens; if changes have been made to the management of the care of the grounds; and if changes are planned. [40888/18]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: Both Governments are co-guarantors of the Good Friday Agreement and all citizens expect equality of treatment. Part of the difficulty, however, is that the British Government is in default on account of its one-sided relationship with the DUP, which is propping it up. Theresa May's Administration has consistently refused to deal with issues such as rights and equality, which prevent a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Northern Ireland (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Karen Bradley, in Dublin on 18 September 2018; and the specific measures he is taking to ensure the British Government fully implements the Good Friday Agreement and subsequent agreements. [40109/18]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Cullinane is out of the country. Will the Tánaiste outline the measures the Government is taking to ensure the rights and entitlements of citizens in Ireland are protected post Brexit? In an answer to an earlier question the Tánaiste said that the Government was planning for all scenarios. Perhaps he could outline some of those measures.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: Brexit will also impact on students, as the Tánaiste has said. There has been much talk about securing the Good Friday Agreement. It is rarely mentioned that the Good Friday Agreement is a rights-based document and, as such the rights enshrined in it must be protected. The recent comments by the DUP leader, Arlene Foster, and people within the Tory Party on the Good Friday Agreement...