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Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: EU Agreements (30 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: The Minister might remember that when the agreement was going through the House I raised concerns in respect of this matter at the time. People said it was not a concern at all and so on. Clearly, the European Court of Justice has difficulties with the agreement. It involves the issue of consent. My concern is that unless we talk to those who represent the people of Western Sahara we will...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed) - Other Questions: EU Agreements (30 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: It will come down to a referendum. Would the Minister not accept that it is completely unacceptable that the Moroccans continue to export products from Western Sahara into the EU, as they did before the ruling of the European Court of Justice? There are two cases pending before the European Court of Justice regarding the EU-Morocco fisheries partnership agreement. The agreement secures...

Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (30 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: There has been a clear abuse of parliamentary privilege. Those who remain without a voice, namely, the families of the victims, have an expectation that those elected to any parliament will respect the rule of law. In response to concerns raised by the Pat Finucane Centre on behalf of the families, the Speaker's office confirmed that the House of Commons had a long-standing resolution that...

Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (30 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: I share the Minister's concerns about the Northern Ireland Executive which I also hope to see up and running and doing its work soon. My concern about this case is that it is a backdoor to providing immunity for British soldiers. We know that throughout the history of the conflict only four British soldiers were convicted of shooting civilians while on duty and that all four were freed...

Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (30 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 47. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to comments made by various members of the British House of Commons regarding ongoing legal cases involving the prosecution of British soldiers over alleged criminal actions in Northern Ireland; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the Speaker has agreed that MPs should not make reference...

Priority Questions: Northern Ireland (30 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: I tabled this question over my deep concern regarding comments of some members of the British House of Commons regarding two active cases in the British courts involving the unlawful killings of Irish citizens by British soldiers in the North of Ireland in the 1970s. I do not want to comment on the details of the killings and I am sure the Minister does not as well. The Minister will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (30 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 70. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that more than 1,500 Palestinians are on hunger strike in Israeli jails; his views on whether Israel’s mass detention of Palestinians and its treatment of Palestinian prisoners and their families is inhumane and vindictive and that Israel should abide by international and human rights law;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 79. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the state of democracy and human rights in Turkey and the state of emergency that allows President Erdogan to rule by decree, which is to be continued indefinitely; his further views on the fact that these powers have to date allowed the Turkish Government to jail more than 40,000 persons, fire or suspend more than 140,000...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the escalating campaign of reprisals against human rights defenders and their families in Bahrain; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that civil and political society leaders have been subject to a pattern of intimidation, including the vandalising and destruction of their property with...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (30 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 88. 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) 51 social leaders, activists and human rights defenders have been assassinated to date in 2017 in Colombia and this list has been verified against statistics from a human rights think tank (details supplied); if his attention has been further...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (30 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 332. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if persons applying for a passport from autumn 2017 will need to have a public services card; the reason for this change; if he has considered the negative consequences it will have for persons living in Northern Ireland; and his views on whether it impinges and places unnecessary burdens on the right of Irish citizens resident there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: The Minister referred to the 1,500 Palestinians on hunger strike and said he is not in favour of the use of hunger strikes. Does he not accept that, for those who go on hunger strike, it is not a step that is taken lightly but is, rather, an act of desperation? Does he not accept that many of their demands, such as access to longer and more regular family visits and to medical care, are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: EU Foreign Affairs Council (25 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: What is the position on the referendum? I also asked about Western Sahara.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: International Trade Agreements: Motion (25 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: I wish to be associated with the remarks on the deaths of young people and parents in Manchester. Our thoughts are with all the loved ones of those who died and were injured. As the Minister said, no Irish people were killed or injured, but there is a long connection between Manchester and Dublin with people and families travelling back and forth. I am sure there are connections to some of...

Other Questions: Compensation Schemes (23 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a group (details supplied) has tried to secure funding for a small number of victims of the Dublin and Monaghan bombings that were referred by a general practitioner for a small number of counselling sessions; and the reason the Victims of Crime Office has refused this request...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Data (23 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 361. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of trade with Western Sahara per annum in each of the years 2010 to 2016; if all products coming from Western Sahara since the European Court of Justice ruling of 21 December 2016 have entered Ireland under the international organisation for standardisation code for Western Sahara and not the Moroccan code; and if these...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Data (23 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 362. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has opposed the European Commission's efforts to renegotiate a protocol with Morocco which includes Western Sahara, a territory that is outside its internationally recognised borders, in view of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling of 21 December 2016 in a case (details supplied); and if Ireland inquired into the way in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Data (23 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 363. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the European Commission's efforts to renegotiate a protocol with Morocco; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the EU Morocco Association agreement states that the certificates required to establish the place of origin shall be issued by the customs authorities of the exporting...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Data (23 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 364. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the European Commission's efforts to renegotiate a protocol with Morocco; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that Western Sahara is closed to independent international observers and to journalists; if he has inquired into the way in which the Commission will monitor the implementation of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (23 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 370. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 302 of 16 May 2017, if he will direct the ambassador to Brazil to visit Guarani Kaiowá communities in Mato Grosso do Sul and provide him with a report of the challenges they face; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Aty Guasu Great Council of the Guarani Kaiowá will be held...