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Topical Issue Debate: Catalan Referendum (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: It is not the first time that an Irish republican said that what happens in Spain affects us all. Clearly, the idea of standing idly by and watching what is unfolding in Catalonia is unacceptable. The Minister of State's response is deeply disappointing. I do not think it reflects the views of people in Ireland. Yesterday, we saw heavily armed police try to frustrate attempts to have a...

Topical Issue Debate: Catalan Referendum (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: We all have our different angles in regard to this. In recent years, millions of people have marched on the streets of Barcelona to demand, in a very colourful and dignified way, the right to vote in a legally binding and democratic referendum on independence from Spain. Just last week, on 11 September, Catalonia's national day, 1.5 million people joined the annual pro-referendum march. ...

Other Questions: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 25. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the violence that is being inflicted on the Rohingya minority in Myanmar; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the UN and NGOs have documented massive human rights abuses and that the violence is likely to constitute ethnic cleansing; if he will speak out against this ethnic cleansing; and if Ireland is providing...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 20. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a number of recent judicial rulings in Belfast High Court that have highlighted the disclosure and non-disclosure processes on legacy issues operated by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI); if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that these include cases involving Irish citizens and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (21 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent publications by an organisation (details supplied) documenting significant human rights violations in detention centres in Libya; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that these reports detail that European governments are complicit in torture and that the EU's policy of ring-fencing...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (20 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 282. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if it is possible for an Irish passport holder to have their gender changed on the foreign births register once they have a gender recognition certificate; if this then entitles them to get a passport in their correct gender; if Irish embassies and consulates abroad have processes in place to help passport holders do this if necessary;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (20 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 290. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the state of the union speech by the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, in the European Parliament on 14 September 2017 (details supplied); and his views on these suggestions. [39798/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (20 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 291. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who went missing after the Argentine security forces evicted a group of the indigenous Mapuche community from their lands in Patagonia due to a dispute with an Italian clothing company (detail supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Insurance Coverage (11 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 280. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to facilitate the growing number of households that cannot get house insurance on their homes and properties in flood risk areas in view of difficulties being experienced by home owners throughout the State following flooding in recent years. [38121/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Inspections (11 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 420. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools included in the most recent fire safety audits commissioned by his Department; if it included both primary and secondary schools; if he will provide a list of the schools in breach of existing fire regulations and the breaches involved; if the parents, teachers and school board of management have been informed of the fire...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Contractors (11 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 421. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the building companies involved in building new schools that have been found to have breaches of fire regulations in the most recent fire safety audits commissioned by his Department; and if he will list the schools involved. [38400/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Agreements (11 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 465. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to modify the upper age limit to 35 years of age for Australian citizens applying for a working holiday visa here, in line with the new Australian working holiday visa regulations (details supplied) which increase eligibility for Irish citizens to 35 years of age; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37088/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Data (11 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 851. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting approval for home care supports; the approximate delay in processing an application; the maximum hours that can be allocated to a person; the percentage deducted from a persons home under the fair deal system; and his plans to allow care packages be transferred from a nursing home setting to the family home. [37097/17]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (11 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: 945. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department or the Health Service Executive has plans to establish a drug addiction clinic and treatment centre on a site (details supplied). [37389/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (26 Jul 2017)

Seán Crowe: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the recent decision by the Institute of Technology, Tallaght to reject all recent child care tenders and advertise again and that this will inevitably mean no child care on the campus for the immediate future; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this will impact on parents who are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes (26 Jul 2017)

Seán Crowe: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way the Institute of Technology Tallaght will now support young parents to access third level programmes in view of the closure of its on-site purpose built crèche (details supplied). [35348/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (26 Jul 2017)

Seán Crowe: 403. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being faced by migrant workers trapped in both Qatar and Saudi Arabia, in view of the fact the group of countries led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE enforces sanctions against Qatar (details supplied); and if he will request the Governments of both countries to eliminate the requirement for...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (26 Jul 2017)

Seán Crowe: 404. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent trip to Israel and Palestine; the persons he met with; the issues raised; if he discussed the Sinn Féin motion that was passed by Dáil Éireann without opposition on 10 December 2014 calling on the Government to recognise the state of Palestine; and the reason he did not visit Gaza on his...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (26 Jul 2017)

Seán Crowe: 488. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 28 June 2005 (details supplied), his plans to amend same for record of Dáil Éireann. [35402/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: National Monuments (26 Jul 2017)

Seán Crowe: 608. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if her attention has been drawn to the sale of White’s Castle, Athy, County Kildare; and her plans to provide funding to the local authority to purchase this building in view of the fact that it is the second time in ten years the castle has come up for sale and is an important building and location in this heritage town....