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Written Answers — Department of Defence: European Defence Action Plan (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 47. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the matters discussed during the December 2016 meeting of the European Council in Bratislava; and if he stated that Ireland would oppose any drive to allow EU grant aid to fund military armaments research and production, as suggested by the European Commission, or to significantly increase spending on armaments and military technology by...

Clarification of Statements made by the Taoiseach and Ministers: Statements (Resumed) (14 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: It is all coming back now.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Customs and Excise Protocols (14 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 131. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is receiving legal advice from officials within his Department regarding possible customs and excise laws after Brexit; if this information can be released to inform concerned persons and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6861/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Participation (14 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the action being taken to support schools in which less than 65% of students continue education to third level, to ensure more of these students can continue to third level. [6850/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Derelict Sites (14 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 233. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will request that empty houses in County Kildare owned by Waterways Ireland will be either taken out of dereliction or given to the local authority. [6853/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications Data (14 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 300. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applicants for Irish passports from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2014, 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [6848/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Missing Persons (14 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 305. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 7 February 2017 would have marked the twenty-fifth birthday of a person (details supplied) who went missing in the south of Spain in the summer of 2008 and that a vigil was held outside Dáil Éireann on that date; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that members of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (14 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 306. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who has been incarcerated in Evin prison in Iran and who has been reportedly sentenced to death; and if he will raise this case with his Iranian counterpart. [6921/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Litter Pollution (14 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 594. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if Kildare County Council can publish the names of those charged and convicted of committing littering offences. [6849/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Fisheries Protection (14 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 595. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if steps are in place to cease the proliferation of dace fish here. [6852/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Bord na Móna (14 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 603. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if his attention has been drawn to the possible reduction in the number of jobs in Bord na Móna. [6851/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Passport Service: Senator Robbie Gallagher (9 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: I have listened to Senator Gallagher expressing his frustration about the failure of the recovery to have an impact on parts of rural Ireland, including County Monaghan. I am conscious that two days after the Brexit vote, a passport office in Belfast ran out of passport forms and had to place an emergency order for more forms. According to figures we have been given, 46,257 passport...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Passport Service: Senator Robbie Gallagher (9 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: When we are sending our letter to the Minister, perhaps we can ask him to tease out the idea of locating a passport office in Belfast. It is clear from the number of applications coming from Northern Ireland that there is a substantial level of demand there. It should not be a case of either Monaghan or Belfast. We should be able to make the case for both.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Consular Service: Motion (9 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: Senator Daly raises an important issue. I do not know the criteria for the selection of an honorary consul. One has an idea that in other countries that the selection of a consul is based on whether the person was a fundraiser for the party in government. I am not saying that is the way it operates in Ireland. I do not know the criteria of how we select a consul or the criteria for where...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Consular Service: Motion (9 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: Just before we end the discussion, it is important that at some stage we put on the record our appreciation for all those people in those positions. We do not do that often enough. There can be a huge workload involved in just one case, not to mention a group of cases. Again, I would like to know the criteria but I can understand the reluctance to appoint people because if one wrong person...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Visa Agreements (9 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 150. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to possible changes to the J1 visa scheme for Irish citizens; if he discussed the issue on his recent visit to the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6525/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Immigration Controls (9 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 151. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if during his visit to the USA he raised the recent immigration regulation changes regarding the banning of citizens from seven Muslim majority countries from entering the USA; if he criticised the proposal; the details of the meetings he had; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6526/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (9 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Europe’s five largest pension funds (details supplied) have €7.5 billion invested in companies with business activities in and around illegal settlements in the Palestinian territories; and his views on whether all pension funds should disinvest from companies with business...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Investigations (9 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in January 2017 at least 13 human rights defenders were killed in Colombia (details supplied); and if he will raise this issue with his Colombian counterpart. [6528/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Issues (8 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a decree that was passed by the Romanian Parliament that could free dozens of officials jailed for corruption (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6239/17]