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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-----

European Council Meeting: Statements (19 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: -----we should have this opportunity and we do not have it. When we deal with other trade agreements, we have the opportunity to discuss them when we get the final document. It is not enough to speak for two minutes about a comprehensive deal that will have a huge impact on people.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 49. To ask the Minister for Health the funding required as part of the digital package solution to the waiting list crisis that has been presented to him; his views on whether the funding that is earmarked is sufficient; the proposals made and the costs involved as part of the digital package solution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30506/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Data (18 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 352. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the increase there will be in Ireland's overseas development assistance, ODA, in 2017; and the percentage of gross national income, GNI, which will be spent on ODA in 2017. [30582/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (18 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 353. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to LAW-TRAIN, which is a project to build a technological platform to unify the interrogation methodology between EU and Israeli police forces, and the fact that it is part of the Horizon 2020 EU funding cycle; his views on this grave case of the EU's cooperation with Israel's colonial military, police and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (18 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 381. To ask the Minister for Health the licensed importers here for the anti-malarial drug mefloquine; and the licensed distributors here for mefloquine. [30387/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Costs (13 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 56. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the action he will take to address the huge disparity in school costs which exists from school to school throughout the country and the inequality faced by parents by providing funding for a free primary education system as costed by a charity (details supplied) at €103 million. [30110/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Operations (11 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 75. To ask the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank (details supplied) recently closed the account of the Irish Palestine solidarity campaign, IPSC; and if he will urgently raise the issue with the bank. [29360/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Consular Services Provision (11 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 280. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if any person from his Department has been in touch with a person (details supplied). [29336/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Advocacy Groups (11 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 284. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a bank recently closed the account of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign, IPSC, and that the official reason stated was that the IPSC is associated with a high risk country; his views on whether this is insulting to the Palestinian people; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (11 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 285. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person's (details supplied) trial was postponed for the fifteenth time on 2 October 2016 and that their trial is adjourned until 12 November 2016; if he has contacted his Egyptian counterpart over yet another trial postponement; and if he will ensure maximum diplomatic pressure is now...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Syrian Conflict (11 Oct 2016)

Seán Crowe: 286. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been brought to the huge devastation and violence in Aleppo and the fact that the fighting has created a huge humanitarian crisis; the actions being taken by his Department to assist efforts to end the violence and to assist the civilians affected. [29363/16]