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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Legislative Measures (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 203. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department will publish standard guidelines on opting out of faith formation in order that all schools can use them as a template and in order that they can be in accordance with the requirement under the Education (Admission to Schools) Bill 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35875/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 330. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to fact that the Turkish interior ministry has now declared 370 NGOs and associations which were operating legally inside Turkey to be closed down; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that 199 of these NGOs were Kurdish organisations that form an essential component of Kurdish civil society...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (22 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 331. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a new draft NGO law that was approved in principle by the Egyptian Parliament; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that NGOs in Egypt feel that this latest draft NGO law means putting an end to the work and existence of the civil society organisations that are now trying to survive the...

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: Are we going to get the opportunity to discuss it?

Leaders' Questions (17 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: When are we going to get the opportunity to discuss it?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Building Regulations (17 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 20. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the standards in place or the guidelines provided by his Department to local authorities to ensure that all new social housing new builds funded through the Exchequer meet the highest possible energy efficiency, water efficiency and environmental sustainability standards. [35433/16]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Pyrite Remediation Programme (17 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 90. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total number of properties included in the pyrite remediation scheme; the total number of estates in which these properties are located; the total number of houses in these housing estates; and if he will run a pilot project to test properties in these estates that currently do not have physical damage to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Defibrillators in Schools Provision (16 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 51. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has applied for a defibrillator to ensure the safety of a child at the school; the outcome of that request; if alternative funding is available; his Department’s approach to making funding available to children with life threatening conditions in mainstream schools; and if he will make a statement on the...

Leaders' Questions (15 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: When?

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (15 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 202. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that a school (details supplied) has applied for funding to secure a permanent site for the school; the reasons for the significant delay in the construction of the permanent building for the planned 1,000 pupils; and when the work will be completed. [34444/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (15 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 412. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that 11 MPs from the People's Democratic Party, HDP, and the party’s two co-chairs, were recently arrested in Turkey; his views on the dramatic escalation in the crackdown on democratic politics and civic society in Turkey; and if he will urgently raise his concern over these arrests with his Turkish counterpart....

Topical Issue Debate: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: We all accept that the problem is getting worse. It is to be seen throughout the country. The first issue is that there is no real strategy outside of task force areas. I mentioned that key players are not sitting around the table. That needs to be addressed at Government level. Those stakeholders should be encouraged or forced to attend the meeting. There is positive work happening...

Topical Issue Debate: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: I will take just two more seconds. Four minutes is not enough to discuss this issue. We need a proper debate. This affects every Deputy and every person in the country.

Topical Issue Debate: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: I have tabled this Topical Issue matter because I want to discuss with the Minister of State the challenges faced by drugs task forces across the State as they prepare their multiannual strategic action plans. The official model we are using is outdated. It is based on a an opiate and heroin addiction policies and procedures model of 20 years ago and does not take into account or have...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: There are differing views on the budget, but its biggest failure was that there was no attempt to address areas in society such as health, education and housing that clearly were broken. Spreading a few euro here and there does not address them. The same applies to the Social Welfare Bill which we are discussing. Budget 2017 failed to tackle poverty and the inequalities throughout society....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Position of Member States on Withdrawal of the UK from the EU: Discussion (8 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: Go raibh maith agat agus fáilte. The idea of today's meeting was to tease out ideas among ourselves and I do not know if this format is the best route. I listened to both submissions. The witnesses said the position is that there are huge challenges and we are into a difficult period, and that no negotiations are going to happen until Article 50 is triggered. I would like to focus on...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal (8 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 7 July 2016, if she has made the necessary appointments to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal; and if not, when it will be fully staffed and working at full capacity to review claims and appeals. [33448/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a school (details supplied) has applied for funding to secure a permanent site on which the school was supposed to be constructed in June 2016; the reason for the delay; and when the work will be completed. [33446/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (8 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 245. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the extremely tense and difficult environment for human rights defenders in Honduras currently; if his attention has been further drawn to the concern that an organisation (details supplied) has regarding the events that took place during a peaceful demonstration on 20 October 2016 in Tegucigalpa; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (8 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: 246. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports that the Israeli finance ministry has approved plans for the construction of 1,600 homes in the illegal Israeli settlement of Katzrin in the occupied Syrian Golan; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the construction and expansion of Israeli settlements in the occupied Syrian...