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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (4 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 328. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met his Egyptian counterpart to formally discuss the Government's support of a person's (details supplied) appeal for release by presidential decree under law 140, or if he has called by telephone; and if officials of his Department have spoken to the Taoiseach's office to request that he calls the Egyptian President to outline...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Properties (4 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that his Department is paying €46,000 a month to rent an apartment in Tokyo for the Irish ambassador to Japan; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the ambassador's residence is reportedly more than twice as expensive as any other property rented by his Department in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Refugee Data (4 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the French Government has vowed to destroy the so-called jungle camp in Calais; if his attention has further been drawn to the fact that the camp is home to thousands of person, including hundreds of unaccompanied minors; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that thousands of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Refugee Data (4 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 326. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any official from his Department has been in touch with volunteers or aid workers who work in the jungle camp in Calais, many of whom are Irish. [28564/16]

Water Charges: Motion [Private Members] (28 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: I will take the Deputy's word for it.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 166. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 26 September 2016 will mark two years since 43 teaching students were forcibly disappeared and six killed as they made their way to a protest in Guerrero, Mexico; since then, investigations have indicated state involvement at almost every level but no-one has ever been brought to justice...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that official statistics in Mexico register 28,472 disappeared persons in the country; that this puts modern-day Mexico on a par with Argentina or Chile under their brutal dictatorships, and even with Colombia which has lived through violent conflict for more than half a century; if his...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 168. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn the illegal demolition of a Syrian home by the Israeli authorities in the occupied Syrian Golan that took place two weeks ago; that Syrian owners of between 80 and 90 houses have received orders that their homes are due to be demolished; that it is highly likely that this home demolition marks the adoption...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 138. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a significant additional workload has been placed on the operations of the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS, since the introduction of the British-Irish visa scheme for Indian and Chinese visitors; the additional staff that have been allocated to INIS to deal with this increased workload; and her plans or proposals to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 139. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff currently allocated to the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service, INIS; if she is aware that there is a significant backlog of short-stay tourist visa applications; if she will detail the cause of these delays and the way this backlog in processing visa applications is being created; the additional resources that...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 140. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if there has been any discussion or correspondence between her office and the office of the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the long delays in processing short-stay tourist visas; and the way this is impacting on potential visitors to Ireland. [25578/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service Staff (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 142. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the current average waiting time to receive a short-stay tourist visa for Ireland. [25580/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Data (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 141. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of visas to enter Ireland that have been granted per year in the past five years under the headings, business, employment, join family, study, visit, re-entry, and other. [25579/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 829. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to political developments in Turkey; his views on the Turkish Government's crackdown on civil society since the failed coup attempt; his further views on the fact that the Turkish Government has reportedly suspended 15,200 state education employees and demanded the resignation of almost 1,600 deans from...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 856. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the increased crackdown on civil, political and human rights in Turkey and that the Turkish Government is using the failed military coup to repress civil society and political opposition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26297/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 857. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Turkish Government has suspended 11,285 teachers for alleged links to the Kurdistan Workers Party, PKK, and that the Government have also removed 24 democratically elected mayors in Kurdish run municipalities; and if he will raise his concerns over these developments with his Turkish...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 830. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a case (details supplied); and if he will condemn the Israeli military's continued fatal attacks on Palestinian children. [24492/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 834. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason he has created new commercial attaché posts in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia and Romania; the cities in which these posts will be based; and the role in this regard [24578/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 835. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the amendment to legislation passed recently by the Israeli Parliament (details supplied); and his views in this agreed. [24579/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 859. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who holds Irish citizenship and who is currently imprisoned in Iran; and if he has raised the case with his Iranian counterpart. [26300/16]