Results 5,081-5,100 of 8,600 for speaker:Seán Crowe

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 948. To ask the Minister for Health the cost of each capital project funded by the HSE and or his Department at Tallaght Hospital for each of the years 2009 to date in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41348/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 954. To ask the Minister for Health if challenges have been taken into account in planning health care in an area (details supplied) particularly the impact on beds in the local hospital and geriatric care facilities locally; and if he will carry out a new review of the projected care needs including the proposed closure of a nursing home. [41375/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 955. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced in the Dublin south west area due to inadequate availability of respite care spaces for children; and the number of persons waiting to access these vital services. [41377/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 956. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced in the Dublin south west area due to inadequate availability of respite care spaces for adults; and the number of persons waiting to access these vital services. [41378/16]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Military Aircraft Landings (17 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: 1609. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he permitted an aeroplane (details supplied) operating on behalf of the US military to land at Shannon Airport on Friday 30 December 2016; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the plane arrived at Shannon at 1 p.m., took off less than two hours later and flew to Incirlik air base in southern Turkey, before returning to...

Road Traffic Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (14 Dec 2016)

Seán Crowe: On a similar note, I wrote to the Minister on this issue last summer and I got a reply. This issue has been highlighted by people who have had bad experiences travelling in rickshaws. We know from other jurisdictions of the outrageous charges being demanded of people by the drivers of rickshaws. Rickshaws are not only a Dublin phenomenon, their use is spreading to other areas. Other...

Pre-European Council: Statements (14 Dec 2016)

Seán Crowe: Brexit is not the only cause of uncertainty in EU. The Italian people rejected a referendum on constitutional change on 4 December last and the Government of Matteo Renzi subsequently resigned. On the same day, an independent candidate just about beat a far-right candidate in the Austrian presidential election. As Deputy Adams has mentioned, the Spanish authorities are threatening to...

Pre-European Council: Statements (14 Dec 2016)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Martin should have repeated the rest of my comments.

Questions on Proposed Legislation (14 Dec 2016)

Seán Crowe: Following on from the Stormont House Agreement, the Irish and British Governments came to an agreement to establish the Independent Commission on Information Retrieval, ICIR. The ICIR agreement was signed by the Irish Minister in 2015 and laid before the Oireachtas in January 2016. The objective of the ICIR was to enable victims and survivors to seek and privately receive information about...

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Seán Crowe: The Government's responses are not working.

Leaders' Questions (14 Dec 2016)

Seán Crowe: We proposed legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (13 Dec 2016)

Seán Crowe: 353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the increase in the assassination of human rights defenders, HRDs, in Colombia and regarding ongoing threats and intimidation against them (details supplied); and if he will call on the Colombian government to immediately implement the protection mechanisms for HRDs that are enshrined in the peace accords and in national law....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Member States' Position on UK Withdrawal from EU: Maltese Ministry for Foreign Affairs (7 Dec 2016)

Seán Crowe: I bid Ms Mizzi a céad míle fáilte, a hundred thousand welcomes. Like other speakers I wish her every success in Malta’s Presidency of the EU for the first six months of 2017. We have had a number of guest speakers coming before the committee and prior to the Brexit vote some of us met with several British politicians who were for and against the issue. Many of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Recent Actions of Government of Turkey: Motion (1 Dec 2016)

Seán Crowe: I move:That the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence:- is extremely concerned about the Turkish Government's intensified crackdown against the political opposition, Kurdish civilians, the media, educators and civil society; - believes that the Turkish Government is disregarding the rule of law and democratic processes; - condemns the arrest and detention...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (1 Dec 2016)

Seán Crowe: 194. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the killing of a person (details supplied); if his attention has been further drawn to increasing levels of intimidation and violence human rights defenders face in Guatemala and the impunity that surrounds these crimes; and if he will raise the person's case and Ireland’s concerns for the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (29 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 357. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied) who is being detained in York County Prison, Pennsylvania, USA, will be deported; and if his Department is providing them with consular assistance. [36875/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (29 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Article 155 of the Egyptian constitution which allows President Sisi, with his cabinet's approval, to issue pardons to prisoners; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that President Sisi has used Article 155 four times in 2016, resulting in 859 prisoners being released, with the most...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] - Thirty-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (24 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: I tabled a similar Bill in the previous Dáil that was supported by members of what is now the Independent Alliance. I hope that they will be consistent and vote in favour of this Bill next week rather than the Government's weak amendment, which is a continuation of the status quoand the undermining of Irish neutrality. In the 2003 version of this Bill, we got the support of the Labour...

Other Questions: Middle East Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: Did the Minister raise the Saudi Arabian support for a repressive and sectarian regime in Bahrain? Last month Saudi Arabia was re-elected to the UN Human Rights Council for the fourth time after another non-competitive election at the UN General Assembly. While serving its third term on the UN Human Rights Council Saudi Arabia blocked international inquiries into human rights abuses,...

Other Questions: Middle East Issues (23 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 30. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his recent trip to Saudi Arabia; if he will clarify the comments he made during the trip regarding Iran fuelling conflicts in the region, as reported by a media organisation (details supplied); that he said that Saudi Arabia might become the best strategic partner for Ireland in the region; and if he, at any stage,...