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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: Professor Walsh mentioned in his presentation this morning the destruction of Ireland's reputation. He said investing more heavily in and moving towards humanitarian aid is destroying Ireland's international reputation. Perhaps I misunderstood Professor Walsh. Could he expand on that? He said he sees a weakness in Irish Aid's involvement in various projects in various countries. What...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: Two of the projects from Deputy O'Sullivan's area were originally in my constituency. I am aware of the Harambee project. The ambassador from Kenya visited the Institute of Technology in Tallaght to talk about that. I think it means in Swahili 'all pull together'. We are talking about our two countries pulling together and the idea that it is not just one-way traffic but that we work...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ministerial Travel (16 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: 14. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a report on his trip to Ethiopia and Kenya; the stakeholders and government officials he met; and his views on whether his trip will lead to an increased political and humanitarian engagement between his Department and the Horn of Africa region. [48396/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Catalan Referendum (16 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: 20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the fact that two Catalan civil society activists remain in jail in Spain awaiting trial on charges of sedition for organising peaceful and democratic public demonstrations (details supplied); his views on whether the Spanish Government’s decision to dismiss the Catalan Government, dissolve the parliament and bring...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (16 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: 22. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Saudi Arabia has again placed an illegal and inhumane blockade on Yemen (details supplied); if he will condemn the imposition of this blockade; and if he will contact his Saudi Arabian counterpart and demand that it is lifted. [48399/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (15 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures his Department is taking to assist Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and stop the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya in Myanmar; and if he has contacted his counterpart in Myanmar to condemn the actions of the Myanmar government which amount to ethnic cleansing. [48410/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombian Peace Process (15 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that according to an organisation (details supplied) more than 80 social leaders have been killed in Colombia in 2017; and if he has raised the level of assassinations with his Colombian counterpart. [48411/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Testing (14 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: 424. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a van for personal use needs a yearly commercial vehicle test whereas a car van for commercial use needs a bi-annual national car test; and if so, the reason therefor. [47758/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Transport Infrastructure Ireland Projects (14 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: 425. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the reason a service station on the M9 between Kilcullen and the next exit at Ballytore going south has not been delivered (details supplied); and the amount that has been spent to date on this project. [47759/17]

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: Like other speakers I support the thrust of the Bill. The Minister of State has raised a number of issues such as pre-legislative scrutiny. I am conscious that we have identified areas of high socio-economic deprivation in the past and we introduced programmes such as RAPID to tackle them. As a society we have identified that particular areas needed to be addressed and supported. I am...

Private Rental Sector Standards: Motion [Private Members] (7 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: I commend my colleague Eoin Ó Broin on his contribution to the debate tonight. The debate appeared to focus all of our minds on finding solutions. It was not the usual blame game. We all accept that there is a housing crisis. No one in this Chamber denies it. We come across those difficulties every day of the week. The "Prime Time" programme showed another symptom of that...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (7 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: 375. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a school (details supplied) has had its application for an additional teacher refused (details supplied); and if the decision not to provide the school with an additional teacher will be reconsidered. [46412/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (7 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: 457. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the crackdown on NGOs in Israel; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Israeli MPs have considered initiatives to shut down NGOs that they claim are trying to have Israeli soldiers tried under international law; his further views on whether this will particularly affect one of the most high profile anti-occupation...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (7 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: 458. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are schemes within his Department to financially support Irish families who are fighting legal cases in foreign countries due to the death of their immediate Irish family member in a foreign country; and if not, if there is Government help available to families that find themselves in this difficult and expensive scenario. [46321/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (7 Nov 2017)

Seán Crowe: 460. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the murder of a person (details supplied) in a rural area of Tumaco, Colombia; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the community council in the area has repeatedly denounced human rights violations against the Afro-Colombian, Mestizo and indigenous persons in the region; his views on...

Leaders' Questions (25 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: Who authorised the briefings?

Catalonia: Statements (24 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: As other speakers, I welcome the guests to the Public Gallery. It is good that people are sitting down together. The argument we are putting forward is that people do not only need to sit together, they also need to talk. I have previously raised with the Minister my deep concerns that in the build up to the independence referendum in Catalonia on 1 October there were unprecedented attacks...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: As the Chairman indicated, I submitted an amendment that was ruled out of order. The Bill is technical in nature and I welcome the explanation in the memorandum of the amendments the Minister is putting forward. On Second Stage I referred to my concerns about the provisions of this section. Those concerns were reflected in the disallowed amendment. Having read through the debate on Second...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: I will do so. The section seeks to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 to provide that any period of time spent in the State where persons are exempt from immigration controls, as workers in embassies are, is not reckonable for residency in the context of a naturalisation application. The rights of embassy workers are important and should not be undermined or interfered...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill 2016: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: There are no amendments to the Bill and we welcome it. A total of 126 states are party to the Hague Convention and we want to ensure Ireland makes the necessary provisions in law to ensure it complies with obligations. I acknowledge the work of my colleague in the North, Ms Carál Ní Chuilín, who served as Minister with responsibility for culture, arts and leisure in the Six...