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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Data (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 76. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have been resettled here from refugee camps in Lebanon since September 2015; the number of refugees the Government plans to resettle here from Lebanon in total; and when she plans to reach this target. [7837/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children (16 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: 77. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the unaccompanied child refugees who had been previously living in the French Calais camp who have arrived here to date in view of the motion passed by Dáil Éireann on 10 November 2016 to relocate 200 unaccompanied child refugees; and when the target of relocating 200 unaccompanied child refugees from the Calais camp...

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: Fine Gael is thinking of itself there.

Confidence in Government: Motion (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: Is the Government calling the election?

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: Vótáil.

Brexit and Special Designation for the North: Motion [Private Members] (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: Sinn Féin's support of a vote for Britain to remain in the EU was not an endorsement of how the EU is currently structured or of how it operates. We are quite clearly critical of the EU and spend a lot of time inside and outside of this House, as people know, criticising it and the way in which it operates. However, placing an external border is not a solution. Popular protests at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State to the committee. I still have this image in my head of the fluffy green jersey, so I wonder if the Minister of State is using the right softener. This is an important issue and we are all trying to be on the same page. We all accept there are substantial challenges facing the EU, both internally and externally. The Minister of State has mentioned some of...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: It may be obvious but the selection and subsequent election of Donald Trump has created much concern within the USA and throughout the world. The presidential election saw him come out with some extraordinary copy that was in many cases racist, sexist and sectarian. These nasty and mean comments concerned and outraged many decent and fair-minded individuals throughout the world. Most...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: It is correct to call it his early wall-building. For many watching the earlier events and the election it was a case of bluster and bad hair. Some passed him off as a harmless charlatan. As the election campaign developed and people saw what was behind the individual and what he was saying, many became frightened. Like many other groups, Sinn Féin is completely opposed to these...

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]