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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (24 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: 164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Azerbaijan is refusing to release a person (details supplied) from an Azerbaijani prison; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the person's imprisonment is in violation of a clear verdict of the European Court of Human Rights which ordered the person's immediate release...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: The message from the witnesses is very positive. Politicians and people at home are watching this and the witnesses are speaking in terms of being one of the best in the world. This is the type of language and message people want to hear. There was mention of a high-quality approach, being poverty focused and identifying with the world's poorest of the poor. The witnesses have a really...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (Resumed) (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: I welcome Mr. Donoghue and congratulate him on the work he and the Kenyan representative have done to deliver these goals. There were mixed feelings about the millennium development goals, MDGs, that preceded the SDGs. Does Mr. Donoghue think we have learned any lessons from the MDGs and how do the SDGs differ from them? I wish to follow up on Senator Bacik's point about monitoring. Mr....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Support Services (19 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: 101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason for the cut to expenditure on a programme (details supplied); and the elements of this programme that will be affected by these cuts. [44408/17]

Pre-European Council: Statements (18 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: I pay my respects to the more than 300 people who were killed in the bomb attack in Mogadishu on Saturday. The attack was largely ignored in the news outlets here, but it is only right and fitting that we extend our sincere condolences to the families of all those who were killed and injured. I had intended to refer to the matter of Catalonia, but my colleague, Deputy Gerry Adams, has...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Protected Disclosures (18 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: 65. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the reason the report into allegations contained within protective disclosures relating to Casement Aerodrome fails to address that staff are at greater risk of serious illness as a result of their service at Baldonnel; and his views on whether these serious matters can only be properly assessed through a thorough health study and survey of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Training (18 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: 66. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence his views on reports that training for Defence Forces recruits has been reduced in a bid to reverse an exodus of personnel from the organisation; if the period of basic training for new recruits has been cut from 18 weeks to 16; and his views on whether this is preventing the Defence Forces from reaching minimal operational strength. [44040/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (18 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: 114. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the reports that at least 4,000 refugees, including pregnant women, newborn babies and unaccompanied children, were caught up in violence between rival factions battling for control of Sabratha in Libya and had to be rescued; if his attention has been further drawn to an organisation's (details supplied)...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Repatriation Costs (17 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: 206. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to introduce a scheme that would financially support, with regard to the repatriation costs, the families of Irish citizens who have died abroad. [43459/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: I am very supportive of the transformative and life-saving work in which Irish Aid is involved. If any message goes out from this committee today it should be that aid does work. The biggest danger is apathy, ignorance and people believing that no matter how much money is pumped into these areas, in terms of outcomes, it still comes back to the problems of famine and so on. It is vital...

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: We know what we have discussed in here.

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: Is it another rubber stamp job like CETA?

Leaders' Questions (4 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: We do not discuss them in here.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (4 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the security situation of persons (details supplied); his views on these cases and the use of criminal charges to obstruct the work of human rights defenders; and if he will raise the issue with his Honduran counterpart. [42019/17]

Topical Issue Debate: Referendum in Catalonia (3 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: A referendum on independence is also a political issue, not solely a judicial one. The Spanish Government should respond to it through dialogue and negotiations, not by attacking voters and polling stations, a point on which there is agreement. The Catalan Government has requested mediation by the European Union on the issue. Does the Minister of State agree with that proposal and, more...

Topical Issue Debate: Referendum in Catalonia (3 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: I raised the situation in Catalonia last week with the Minister of State with responsibility for EU affairs. I told her that in the build-up to this referendum, the unprecedented attacks on fundamental rights and civil and political rights are putting democracy in Catalonia at risk. Many of our worst fears were confirmed on Sunday. I agree with the Taoiseach's comments this afternoon that...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (3 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: 209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Bedouin villagers from Khan Al Amar and Susiya in the occupied West Bank are urgently fighting the demolition of the villages by Israeli forces; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that their case will come before the Israeli High Court soon; his views on the fact that these...

Report of Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on Immigration, Asylum and the Refugee Crisis: Motion (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: I commend all the members of the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality for completing this comprehensive report. I refer particularly to the Chairman of the committee, my party colleague, an Teachta Ó Caoláin, who has overseen the creation of this report. I join others in welcoming the representatives of Migrant Rights Centre Ireland and Nasc Ireland who are in the Gallery. I...

Housing: Motion [Private Members] (27 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: I have just a couple of minutes so I will focus on just one or two things. This is the big issue for all of us. Not a week goes by that a new homeless family does not come to my constituency office. The majority of the reasons that prompt people to come in are housing-related. Sometimes they are people trying to get transfers. I was dealing with a case in recent days involving a couple...

Leaders' Questions (27 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: The Taoiseach will have to read the script.