Results 4,481-4,500 of 8,649 for speaker:Seán Crowe
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (7 Sep 2018)
Seán Crowe: 61. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn drawn to the air strike on a school bus in Yemen by the Saudi Arabia led military coalition on 9 August 2018 that killed 40 children; if his attention has been further drawn to another air strike by the Saudi Arabian led coalition on 24 August 2018 that killed 22 children; if these attacks and the Saudi...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (7 Sep 2018)
Seán Crowe: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the practical toolkit on business and human rights for public and private entities that was promised in the national plan on business and human rights has been developed; if not, when it will be completed; and if so, if it has already been circulated to relevant public and private entities. [36351/18]
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (7 Sep 2018)
Seán Crowe: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he, or his officials, have contacted the ESB to encourage and support awareness of effective human rights due diligence; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a commitment to encourage and support awareness of effective human rights due diligence by State owned or controlled companies formed part of The State Duty to Protect...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (7 Sep 2018)
Seán Crowe: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the report of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar of 27 August 2018; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the report found that Myanmar's armed forces had taken actions that amounted to the gravest crimes under international law including genocide; and his...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (7 Sep 2018)
Seán Crowe: 58. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that to date in 2018, 18 environmental activists have been killed in Guatemala and it is now one of the most dangerous countries in the world for environmental activists (details supplied); if the killing of these activists will be condemned; and if the issue will be raised with his Guatemalan...
- Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (7 Sep 2018)
Seán Crowe: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Saudi Arabia; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that they have been charged for organising peaceful protests and are being tried in a military tribunal and face the death penalty; if the Saudi Arabian regime's arrest and detention of this person...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Sep 2018)
Seán Crowe: 568. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by a person (details supplied) who has two adult children with disabilities and has never been able to access respite care for them at the same time; and his plans to address this anomaly. [35421/18]
- Topical Issue Debate: Human Rights (12 Jul 2018)
Seán Crowe: I understand the commitment Ireland has to human rights in Colombia and that we have assisted the peace process efforts there, but since the ceasefire violence against land defenders has increased in Colombia, and according to the figures, it is increasing every month. By buying coal from the mine, the ESB is undermining the work of Irish Aid and our commitment to sustainable development...
- Topical Issue Debate: Human Rights (12 Jul 2018)
Seán Crowe: I am disappointed that the Minister responsible is not able to attend. I have made numerous attempts to table questions, and they have been refused. I thank the Leas-Cheann Comhairle again for accepting this Topical Issue matter. I have submitted this matter because I was disturbed when I found out that large volumes of coal supplying the largest power plant in the State, Moneypoint power...
- Children and Family Relationships Bill 2018: Second Stage (11 Jul 2018)
Seán Crowe: There is an appeal to the Minister from a broad range of speakers tonight. We accept this is a positive step forward but the piecemeal approach undermines the positive elements of this legislation. I remember being in the House 15 years ago for the apology to people who had been in institutions and so forth. At the time there was a list of certain institutions and over the years, other...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)
Seán Crowe: It was indeed, but we will meet on the corridor, no doubt.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)
Seán Crowe: Does the Minister have time?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Engagement with Minister for Health and Minister of State at the Department of Health (11 Jul 2018)
Seán Crowe: The Minister referred to the changes and a simple guide to direct people. One of the areas the Minister could look at is that of the CHO and the acute services. If one looks at the map they do not dovetail. It is clearly one of the problems. Another area is the amount of funding that is divided out is based on an old system when it should be going to the areas of greatest need. We...
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)
Seán Crowe: It is not its backstop.
- Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2018)
Seán Crowe: The legal text gives the outcome.
- Pre-European Council: Statements (27 Jun 2018)
Seán Crowe: The European Council will have an important discussion on Brexit, and I echo the statements made by Teachtaí McDonald and Cullinane. However, Brexit will not be the only issue discussed. Migration and defence matters are also on the agenda and I will focus on the issue of migration. We have witnessed a worrying increase in racist and fascist sentiments in Europe regarding migrants and...
- Other Questions: International Election Monitoring (27 Jun 2018)
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- Other Questions: International Election Monitoring (27 Jun 2018)
Seán Crowe: 35. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention was drawn to the position of a person (details supplied) in the context of Turkey’s presidential and general election on 24 June 2018; his views on whether such dire and unbalanced elections go against the democratic principle of free and fair elections; and if he will call for the immediate release of the person....
- Other Questions: International Election Monitoring (27 Jun 2018)
Seán Crowe: On Sunday, Turkey held presidential and parliamentary elections. They were held under a state of emergency and unparalleled repression. The presidential candidate for the Peoples’ Democratic Party, HDP, the third largest party in the country, had to campaign from his prison cell because he remains in pretrial detention on trumped up and politically motivated charges. Does the...
- Other Questions: International Election Monitoring (27 Jun 2018)
Seán Crowe: The result means that Mr. Erdoğan, who has ruled Turkey for the past 15 years, will now become the country's first executive President. He will preside over a political system that grants the presidency major new powers, while omitting the necessary checks and balances. The president now has the power to appoint vice presidents, ministers, high level officials and, more worryingly,...