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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (28 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: 53. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has drawn to the plight of civilians in Afrin, in northern Syria, and the fact that the city has now been captured by the Turkish Army and its allied militia, the Free Syrian Army; his views on the safety for Kurdish civilians in Afrin in view of Turkey's human rights record; and if he will call for Turkey and its allied...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: UN Security Council Membership (28 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: 69. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on Ireland’s plans for securing a seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2021-2022 term; if the election campaign has begun; the pitch Ireland is using to attract votes; and the issues Ireland will use its seat to promote if successful in the election. [14197/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (28 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: 76. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to new legislation passed by the Israeli Knesset which may lead to the forcible displacement of thousands of Palestinians from East Jerusalem (details supplied); his views on whether this is a draconian measure that represents an opportunistic and cruel land grab which will forcibly distort the demography of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Catalan Referendum (28 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the fact that the Spanish Government is continuing to suspend home rule in Catalonia and issues (details supplied) in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14194/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: 81. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the worsening human rights situation in Bahrain and the fact that the Bahraini Government is going to even more severe lengths to crack down on free speech and increase sectarian discrimination; and if he will explore options with like-minded states to challenge these worrying developments and to bring pressure on the Bahraini...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the increase in death sentences and the execution of prisoners in Egypt; his views on this development and continued capital punishment in Egypt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14466/18]

Government Response to Salisbury Attack: Statements (27 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: I wish to begin by making it crystal clear that the use of chemical weapons in any circumstance is completely unacceptable and those who engage in their use need to be charged and brought before the appropriate international courts. Ireland must also protect its people from any outside threat. The expulsion of Russian diplomats from Ireland operating as hostile intelligence officers is a...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Lobbying Data (27 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: 101. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to a matter (details supplied); if he has been personally lobbied by Israeli Ministers on this issue; his plans to address this anti-democratic campaign by the Israeli Government and attempts to meddle in the affairs of Irish banks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13628/18]

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

Seán Crowe: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the assassination of a person (details supplied) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; if this murder will be raised with his Brazilian counterparts; and if he will request the institution of an independent, transparent and internationally verified process of investigation into this crime. [13751/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Extradition Arrangements (27 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: 159. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the arrest of a person (details supplied) in the Czech Republic on foot of an extradition warrant from the Turkish Government; his views on Turkey's use of extradition warrants to silence critics of the Turkish Government abroad; his further views on whether the person may be extradited to Turkey in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: 335. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to a situation facing the family of a person (details supplied). [13526/18]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pesticide Use (27 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: 461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Commission’s Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food, and Feed will meet in March 2018 to discuss a report from the European Food Safety Authority regarding the dangers that neonicotinoid pesticides pose to native bee populations; and his views regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Service Provision (27 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: 502. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the length of time residents living in rural amber areas of Tallaght and Rathfarnham will be waiting for the roll-out of broadband services. [13754/18]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Business of Joint Committee (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: There are several matters I want to raise in private session, for which I ask members to wait after the public session.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: I welcome Professor Duncan Morrow, lecturer in politics and director of community engagement at Ulster University; Professor Kieran McEvoy, professor of law and transitional justice in the School of Law and senior research fellow at the Institute of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice at Queen's University, Belfast; and Dr. Anna Bryson, senior lecturer in the School of Law, Queen's...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: Normally, three members ask questions to which delegates then respond. The first speaker is Senator Frank Feighan who will be followed by Deputy Declan Breathnach and Mr. Chris Hazzard, MP.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: A victims group recently made the point to us about the difficulty it has in relation to some of its members who are in a bad way physically and mentally. They worry about welfare changes that might be coming in the future and that there is no definition of who is a victim. The witnesses were speaking earlier about who decides what is important. I would like to think collectively as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (22 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: I thank the witnesses. It is clearly a complex area of work. We appreciate their help today in answering questions so comprehensively. I wish them well in the future with the work, which is valuable in assisting us to understand the complex issues that face this joint committee and others in dealing with the past. We appreciate their time and effort here today. If there is something they...

Questions on Promised Legislation (21 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: On page 144 of the programme for Government, the European Court of Human rights yesterday rejected a request by Ireland to find that the so-called hooded men who were arrested by the British authorities suffered torture in a British army camp. I am sure the Taoiseach shares my disappointment that the court did not revise its judgment and correct the record. Fourteen men were subjected to...

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

Seán Crowe: 31. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) has been sentenced to prison for criticising the Bahraini Government; his views on the prosecution and sentence; his further views on whether it demonstrates that the Bahraini Government will go to severe lengths to crackdown on free speech; and if he will raise...