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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Crowe: Normally we get three people ask questions and the witnesses can then reply. They have given us a broad and comprehensive view of the workload in which they are involved in regard to victims. They said some victims want to know information while others do not, some people feel let down and that some structures are lacking. I am conscious that many political leaders are sitting down today...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Crowe: A number of people have indicated they wish to speak. I will take a group of them and then come back to the witnesses. I am conscious the witnesses need to leave at a certain time and I ask them to indicate when they have had enough questions.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Legacy Issues Affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Crowe: In her opening statement Ms Thompson quoted from the Good Friday Agreement: "The achievement of a peaceful and just society would be a true memorial to the victims of violence." I thank the witnesses for their invitation to meet the Victims and Survivors Forum, which the committee will certainly consider. The witnesses and their commission's independent voice and effort to address the very...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Crowe: 184. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by a person (details supplied) who has been awaiting a rheumatologist appointment for fibromyalgia for 18 months in Tallaght Hospital; and the length of time this person will have to wait to see a consultant. [6478/18]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (8 Feb 2018)

Seán Crowe: 198. To ask the Minister for Health the approximate waiting time for the diabetic retinol screening clinic in the eye and ear hospital, Adelaide Road, Dublin 2. [6537/18]

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Crowe: The programme for Government at pages 65 to 69 deals with greater access to mental health care and outlines proposals on services that are missing or thin on the ground in my constituency. There were four suicide deaths in my constituency over a 12-day period. Behind all these deaths, there is a grieving family, friends, neighbours and loved ones. Sadly, I do not know the number of deaths...

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Crowe: -----but it seems it is happening every second day. A task force was established in the Cork area, although I do not know how successful it was. I ask that we do something for these families.

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Crowe: I am also concerned about the idea of suicidal ideation following these deaths. I do not want any more families in this situation.

Questions on Promised Legislation (7 Feb 2018)

Seán Crowe: Would the Taoiseach consider doing something in this regard?

Leaders' Questions (1 Feb 2018)

Seán Crowe: Does the Tánaiste not know?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Brexit Issues: British Irish Chamber of Commerce (1 Feb 2018)

Seán Crowe: Part of the difficulty with the conversation about the divergent views of the British political establishment is that it is going in different directions and no one seems to know what is happening or how to deal with the situation. The simplest way forward would be if the UK stayed in the Single Market and the customs union. The British Irish Chamber of Commerce has called for a new customs...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licence Renewals (30 Jan 2018)

Seán Crowe: 530. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to establish an online system for persons temporarily outside the State to renew their driving licences. [4013/18]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (23 Jan 2018)

Seán Crowe: 158. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if is attention has been drawn to the threats to the life of a person (details supplied) in Argentina and the ongoing repression, intimidation and delegitimisation of the Mapuche; and if he will raise the issue with his Argentine counterpart. [3439/18]

Report of the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution: Statements (Resumed) (18 Jan 2018)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Joint Committee on the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution for all its hard work on this hugely important issue and for producing what I believe to be a detailed, informative and worthwhile report. The majority of the members conducted themselves with dignity, compassion, and thoughtfulness throughout the hearings. Unfortunately, a small minority acted disgracefully in an...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Commissions of Inquiry (17 Jan 2018)

Seán Crowe: 90. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to open a commission of investigation into matters surrounding a person (details supplied) in view of the fact that a number of their victims have made claims alleging that several State agencies failed in their duty of care to them; and if he will meet with these persons in this regard. [2205/18]

Hospital Trolley Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2018)

Seán Crowe: Having spent time on a hospital trolley, I can relate to the experiences of many of my constituents and other people around the country. In the 90 seconds available to me, I will focus on one issue. Last Thursday, security staff entered an area of Tallaght Hospital known as "the pod". Management then arrived and informed those present that the area was being redesignated as an adult...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (16 Jan 2018)

Seán Crowe: 135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the situation in Urabá, Colombia, in which persons (details supplied) have been killed in the past two weeks; his plans to send officials to visit the region and assess the human rights situation; if the killings and the ongoing harassment and threats to human rights defenders in Urabá and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Jan 2018)

Seán Crowe: 164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 20 human rights advocacy groups are now on an official Israeli state blacklist and that an organisation (details supplied) has been included on this list; his views on the creation of this list and Israel’s decision to block human rights activists from travelling to Israel and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (16 Jan 2018)

Seán Crowe: 165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the killing of a person (details supplied) in northern Peru on 30 December 2017; his plans to ensure Ireland supports efforts to protect human rights defenders and political activists in the country in view of the fact that Ireland recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Peru; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Jan 2018)

Seán Crowe: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the former president of Peru, Alberto Fujimori, who was serving a 25 year sentence for human rights violations, has been pardoned by the current Peruvian President and released from jail after only serving eight years (details supplied); his views on the statement of 28 December 2017 of a...