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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Future of Mental Health Care: Restructuring of Mental Health Services: HSE (16 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the members of the deputation. I realise it comes across that we are trying to score points and so on but it is not about that. We are simply trying to get greater understanding. Many of us believe the system is broken and needs to be fixed. What we are trying to do is come up with avenues to get there. We need to work together in that regard. The last speaker referred to...

Palestine: Statements (15 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: Will Deputy McGrath tell us where the Israeli border is? Where does it begin and where does it end?

Palestine: Statements (15 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: I am sharing time with my two colleagues. The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said yesterday was a glorious day. US President Donald Trump said it was a great day for Israel. It was a horrific day for Palestinians as the toll of dead and injured rose. Today is the 70th anniversary of the Nakba or "catastrophe", an annual commemoration of the more than 700,000 Palestinians who...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (15 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: 32. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a report from the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan that found rockets and heavy machine guns fired from Afghan Government helicopters killed and wounded at least 107 boys and men attending a religious ceremony (details supplied); and his views on the concern of the UN with regard to the...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (15 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: In recent months the war in Afghanistan has escalated rapidly. Significant civilian casualties arose due to attacks by Jihadists and Afghan military operations. In April 2018 the UN stated that rockets and heavy machine guns fired from Afghan Government helicopters killed and wounded almost 107 boys and men attending a religious ceremony in the northern city of Kunduz. Has the...

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (15 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: It is another brutal reminder of the disaster that unwise foreign military intervention can bring. The USA and Britain, along with their NATO allies, have wreaked havoc in that country. The war has rapidly escalated in recent months. According to the UN more than 10,000 civilians lost their lives or suffered injury during 2017. Yet, the conflict has largely slipped out of the news agenda....

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (15 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: We are talking about 115,000 dead and 3 million refugees. Civilians are at the butt end of this conflict. More weapons will bring more war and conflict and that is not going to resolve anything. The problem is that there are constant violations on both sides. The suicide attacks by Jihadists have largely targeted civilians going about their daily lives. These attacks have had a...

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: This is a disgrace.

Leaders' Questions (15 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: The Taoiseach should let his spin doctors out.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid Provision (15 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: 46. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the nearly 1 million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh (details supplied); and the steps he is taking to assist these refugees in advance of the monsoons. [21086/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (15 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the withdrawal of the USA from the Iran nuclear deal; his further views on whether the deal has been a success to date; his views on whether Iran has lived up to its obligations and that there is no convincing or credible information that Iran has violated the deal; his further views on whether the President Trump's decision...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (15 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether the British Government and the DUP have blocked legacy inquests (details supplied); and the steps he is taking to ensure families obtain an inquest into the death of their loved ones. [21085/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (15 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: 72. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an Israeli soldier (details supplied) convicted of manslaughter for killing an injured Palestinian was freed from prison on 8 May 2018; and his views on whether the original 18-month sentence was not appropriate and their early release demonstrates that there is immunity for Israeli soldiers...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (10 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans for a new Garda station in Tallaght; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there is overcrowding in the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20682/18]

Famine Memorial Day Bill 2016: Second Stage (3 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: I do not think anyone is hung up on there being two Bills. What is important is that a date is fixed for the commemoration. I have raised this issue a number of times inside and outside of this House. In 2016, following the an Gorta Mór commemoration in Glasnevin Cemetery, I issued a statement in which I called for a commemoration to take place on a fixed Sunday each year, rather than...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (3 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: I have read the reply but it does not outline why the decision was made to go ahead and then cancel. The information I have suggests there is insufficient capacity to cope with clinical requirements. The service is not compliant with Department of Health infection guidelines. There is a shortage of capacity to deliver high-dependency dialysis in the region. I could go on. This represents...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (3 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: I am not sure how up to date the Minister of State, Deputy Catherine Byrne, is with the dialysis situation in Tallaght Hospital. It is the regional centre of excellence for the Dublin Midlands hospital group and provides regional services such as 24-hour acute kidney dialysis care and home dialysis therapies. The demand for haemodialysis continues to grow as predicted by the national renal...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (3 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the statement from a group (details supplied) in which the group apologised for the hurt caused to victims of its armed actions; his views on whether the statement from the group is an important contribution to peace and reconciliation; his plans to request the Spanish and French Governments to respond...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (3 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: 54. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact the deadline for appealing a 20 March 2018 decision from a chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, ECHR, regarding the torture of persons (details supplied); and if he will support the request of these persons to appeal the 20 March 2018 decision to the Grand Chamber of the ECHR. [19382/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (3 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that four men in Bahrain were recently sentenced to death by a Bahraini military court on charges of trying to kill the head of the country’s armed forces (details supplied); if he will raise the cases with his Bahraini counterpart; and if he will request their release and for Bahrain to...