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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 33. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if officials in his Department have met with the new general manager of a charity (details supplied); if he will confirm that Irish Aid funding to the charity is still suspended; and if this is due is due to the ongoing investigations into the allegations of bribery and bid rigging against the charity. [31793/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Controls (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 39. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the comments made by the Israeli ambassador to Ireland in an interview with a newspaper (details supplied); if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the ambassador stated he could not guarantee that Irish passports would not be forged again by the Israeli secret service, Mossad; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 48. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the announcement by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo that it will push back the presidential election which was due to happen in November 2016 to April 2018; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this will keep the incumbent President, Mr. Joseph Kabila, in power until...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Expenditure (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 52. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is still committed to ensuring Ireland reaches the goal of spending 0.7% of gross national income on overseas development assistance; and, if so, if he will detail when and the way in which his Department plans on reaching this goal. [31792/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 56. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the worsening situation in Yemen and that the UN estimates the war there has killed almost 6,900 persons, wounded more than 35,000 and displaced at least 3 million since March 2015; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that fighter jets belonging to the Saudi Arabia-led coalition have in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 341. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Israel’s continued demolition of structures in Palestine that were built with EU funding which includes schools, houses and other important infrastructure; his plans to protect infrastructure in Palestine, particularly infrastructure that has been paid for with the help of Irish taxpayers, from...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (25 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 597. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 92 of 12 October 2016 (details supplied), if she will provide clarification of the nature of the charge upon public funds envisaged in the Comprehensive and Economic Trade Agreement, CETA; the basis for her determination that this constitutional provision is appropriate for ratifying CETA, in...

Syrian Conflict: Statements (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: Like other speakers, I welcome the fact that two hours was set aside to allow us discuss the deteriorating situation in Syria. I want to make it clear at the outset that I am not a pacifist. Consistent with the principles of international law, I believe the use of force can be necessary sometimes as a last resort to prevent the deaths of others or the oppression of a people. I am aware the...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2016: An Chéad Chéim - Third-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2016: First Stage (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: Déarfaidh mé cúpla focal. Táim an-sásta, i dteannta le mo chomrádaí, an Teachta Aengus Ó Snodaigh, an Bille seo a chur os comhair na Dála. As Deputy Ó Snodaigh said, this Bill is similar to the one I introduced in the Thirty-first Dáil in that it seeks to amend the Constitution to ensure Ireland will not and could not aid foreign...

An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2016: An Chéad Chéim - Third-Fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2016: First Stage (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: Tairgim: "Go dtógfar an Bille in am Comhaltaí Príobháideacha." I move: "That the Bill be taken in Private Members' time."

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the Minister. We all welcome the eight-hour humanitarian corridor that has been established in Aleppo but there are already reports in the media that it has broken down. Will the Minister join me in demanding that all these allegations of war crimes are investigated? What is the view of the Irish Government on the allegations of war crimes? Are we doing, saying or proposing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: Does the Minister believe there are war crimes going on there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: I asked the Minister about CETA but got no reply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: I would like a response from the Department on the activities in Mosul, Iraq and the humanitarian crisis that is coming down the track. The Minister mentioned war crimes in Syria and said he supported the referral to the international court. What role can the Irish Government play in this matter? He did not mention the war crimes in Yemen. Would he similarly support a referral to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (20 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: Can we get a note on the refugee issue?

European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: On the 27th.

European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: I was going to talk about Syria but we will possibly have an opportunity to address that matter tomorrow. The Taoiseach spoke about the EU Canada comprehensive economic trade agreement, CETA. My frustration in respect of this is that we have had no debate on it in this Chamber.

European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: It has been raised with various Ministers at committee meetings but there has been no real debate in the House. Across the EU, this matter was treated secretively at first, as was the case with the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP. It is almost as if a climate of secrecy is being encouraged and informed citizenship about these trade agreements is discouraged. It has...

European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: That is when it comes to the end but surely in the run up to it-----