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

Seán Crowe: The EU and the Government must remain true to their word and ensure that without the agreed, legally enforceable backstop, there will be no withdrawal agreement. As such, the Good Friday Agreement must be protected in all its parts. We need to maintain the free movement of people on the island of Ireland between Britain and Ireland. There must be a complete absence of a land border on the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made in implementing the national plan on business and human rights (details supplied); and his views on the fact that almost one year on from the launch no steps have been taken to date to encourage and support awareness of effective human rights due diligence by State-owned or controlled companies, a key priority and promise...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: I have tabled this question because I am deeply concerned that the Government is dragging its feet on the national plan on business and human rights, key elements of which remain unimplemented. Deadlines have already been missed.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: I understand the group was to be established in February and that then there was a delay. The Minister is now saying it will be established by the end of October now, which is not acceptable. I does not reflect well on the Government's commitment to its own national plan. It was rightly criticised for delays in creating the plan. There is serious concern about the lack of human rights due...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Human Rights (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: The Minister could take a look at the mine on Google to get a sense of it. It is like something one would see on the moon. There are also the additional matters to be considered. They involve the indigenous people and how they have been forced off the land and the water sources that have been destroyed. It is a case of where we are saying one thing and not carrying it out. If the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Implementation of Sustainable Development Goals and Future of EU Development Funding: Discussion (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: I welcome Ms Keatinge before the committee. It is nothing personal that members of the committee will have to leave for priority questions in the Dáil. I agree with the key recommendations and the need for a whole-of-government approach to deliver the SDGs and for the Committee on Budgetary Oversight to proof the budget each year. Is Ms Keatinge proposing a model for the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the immediate threat to the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure that the destruction not take place; and his plans to hold Israel to account if it carries the destruction out. [40111/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the oppression faced by the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan (details supplied); and if he will he raise these attacks and the continued persecution of the Ahmadiyya community with his Pakistani counterpart. [40112/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Environmental Programme (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the new report, Single-Use Plastics: A Roadmap for Sustainability, released by the United Nations Environment Programme (details supplied); and the steps being taken to ensure international action to reduce global plastic use and pollution. [40113/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (4 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the US Government’s decision to stop providing funding to the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees (details supplied); and his plans to further increase support to the UNRWA. [40110/18]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)

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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Oct 2018)

Seán Crowe: That is not true.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (27 Sep 2018)

Seán Crowe: 59. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the arrest and imprisonment of a political activist (details supplied) in India; and if he will he urge the Indian authorities to release the person and review the case against them. [39152/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Health Sector Pay Report: Public Service Pay Commission (26 Sep 2018)

Seán Crowe: No one asked the commission to usurp that role. Mr. Duffy referred to recruitment and in particular to pay and that low pay does have an impact of people staying in the service. The commission can, therefore, make recommendations in respect of it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Health Sector Pay Report: Public Service Pay Commission (26 Sep 2018)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses are all welcome. I am frustrated as they are, having listened to the members today talking about the lack of data and the fact the commission had to go out and create its own evidence, which seems bizarre and reflects on the service. It did not make it any easier for the commission to try to carry out the work it was being asked to do by the Government. There were a lack of...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (26 Sep 2018)

Seán Crowe: 125. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the issue of pay inequality in the public service will be addressed in budget 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39125/18]

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Crowe: Housing is not being delivered on the ground.

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Crowe: I do not know what people are telling the Minister of State. I do not think the people sitting behind him are gobshites or fools. They know what is going on. If they do not know what is going on, there is something wrong. There is something wrong if they do not realise what is going on in their communities and in this country. We are all affected. The Minister is affected, I am affected...

Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion [Private Members] (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Crowe: There has been a lot of talk about this being personal. For me, the housing crisis is personal. I know people who are sleeping in cars, who are living in sheds. I have come across people I know who are sleeping in doorways. I know people who committed suicide when they lost their home. Three days ago, I received a letter from a woman who said she was going to commit suicide. The...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Resolutions (25 Sep 2018)

Seán Crowe: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will support the upcoming United Nations General Assembly motion from Cuba which condemns the US blockade of Cuba and calls for it to be immediately lifted. [38274/18]