Results 5,041-5,060 of 8,600 for speaker:Seán Crowe

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that on 6 January 2017, the Adalet ve Kalkýnma Partisi government in Turkey issued three new decrees expelling 8,398 more public employees and 649 academics, and banning 83 more civil society organisations (details supplied); and if he has raised his concern over these decrees and purges...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Cyprus Reunification (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 163. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent Cypriot reunification talks in Geneva, Switzerland (details supplied); and his views on the talks. [3368/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 164. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a report on the conference on the Middle East peace process hosted by France on 15 January 2017; if there are plans for any future conference; and if his Department, in line with a motion passed unanimously by Dáil Éireann on 10 December 2014, will recommend that Ireland should officially recognise the state...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 165. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the bombing of a refugee camp by the Nigerian military (details supplied); and if he has raised the case with his Nigerian counterpart. [3370/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Ecuador’s Ministry of the Interior announced plans to shut down one of the country’s leading environmental groups (details supplied); and his views on the group's call for the creation of an environmental truth commission to investigate environmental destruction and violations...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the assassination of a person (details supplied); and if he will raise the case with his Mexican counterpart. [3374/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Annual Work Programme: European Commission Representation in Ireland (18 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome Mr. Kiely. I presume Mr. Kiely is aware that Sinn Féin MEPs and other Irish MEPs met with the European Commission's chief negotiator on Brexit, Michel Barnier, on Tuesday. Our MEPs impressed upon Mr. Barnier the potentially grave implications that Brexit holds for Ireland and in particular, the challenges faced by the North of Ireland. It is being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-Funded Projects: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (18 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the group. I am aware of some of the work the witnesses are involved in and I am impressed by the group's pro-human rights and international law philosophy. The group does not take sides and also has a philosophy of non-violence. It is putting itself and its volunteers out there in the work it is doing. I have no doubt they comes across some difficult stories and they bring...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-Funded Projects: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (18 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: There is another recommendation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU-Funded Projects: Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (18 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: Will the committee vote on the issue?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Vetting Legislation (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the vetting arrangements that are in place in accordance with section 15 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997; if she will confirm that requests for information from a housing authority are processed by the superintendent in charge of the district wherein the subject of the request resides and that they are dealt with on a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Resources (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 123. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to difficulties being experienced by the Garda authorities in 2016 in responding to local residents in the Tallaght and Rathfarnham areas due to the non-availability of a car or no garda being available to respond to phone call requests in both Tallaght and Rathfarnham garda stations; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the lengthy delay and difficulties being experienced by a sports club and a school (details supplied) and on a wall and pitch development project on part of his Department's lands; the cause of the delay; and if he will attempt to resolve the delay in the project receiving permission that would benefit the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Religious Persecution (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 707. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the armed raid conducted by Pakistani police on the administrative offices at the headquarters of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community in Rabwah, Pakistan on 5 December 2016 and that according to media reports the police caused needless damage to property and arrested four persons; if his attention has been...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Catalan Referendum (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 685. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the prosecution of a person (details supplied). [41238/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Agreements (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 686. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the expected changes the recently signed EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Co-operation Agreement will have on Ireland's bilateral relations with Cuba ; and his plans to explore improving trade and relations with Cuba or sending a high level delegation from his Department to Cuba. [41239/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 687. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has read the report by a person (details supplied) into the British Government’s handling of legacy issues from the conflict in Northern Ireland; his views on whether the report is a damning indictment of the British Government’s approach to dealing with the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41240/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 688. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will a report on the 7 December 2016 Council of Europe meeting in Strasbourg, when a number of legacy cases, including the case of a person (details supplied) were discussed; if his Department made a statement to the discussion; and if it included continued support to the Independent Commission on Information Retrieval and the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 689. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the fact that the current President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, is refusing to accept defeat in recent elections and step down; his further views on the fact that there is reportedly an increased military presence in Banjul; and if he will join the calls for Mr. Jammeh to accept the result of the democratic elections and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 691. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the plight of the Rohingya people in Myanmar, Burma; if his attention has been further drawn to the reports of rape, violence and massacres being carried about by the Myanmar Government forces and that tens of thousands of Rohingya have become refugees; and his plans to assist the Rohingya people. [41379/16]