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

Seán Crowe: 855. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline his views on Turkey's recent military incursion into Syria; his views on the fact that although the action is supposedly to target Daesh, Turkish forces have attacked and bombed Kurdish-held areas and citizens in Rojava; and his views on whether Turkey's real motives are to attempt to destroy the autonomous Rojava Government...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 858. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the demands of Kurdish political leaders, who have called on the Turkish Government to grant a family member, lawyer or political delegation immediate access to the prison on Imrali Island to visit and ascertain the health and well-being of a person (details supplied); and his views on whether the...

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

Seán Crowe: 860. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the extraordinary public demonstrations in Catalonia on 11 September 2016, when up to a million persons marched in support of Catalan independence and for a binding referendum on independence; and his views on whether the Spanish Government should allow for a democratic and binding referendum in...

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

Seán Crowe: 861. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he is aware that a person (details supplied) has been barred from seeking election to the Basque Parliament in upcoming elections in the Basque country; his views on the fact that the constitutional court of Spain has chosen to uphold a decision by the election commission to deny the person the right to seek office in elections;...

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

Seán Crowe: 862. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has formally discussed the Government's decision to back an appeal for a person's (details supplied) release by presidential decree under law 140 with his Egyptian counterpart; and if there have been any developments in this case. [26303/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Prisoner Welfare (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 863. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the growing international campaign for the release of a person (details supplied); and his views on the campaign calling on President Obama to grant the person, who is in poor health, clemency before he leaves office. [26304/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 864. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent unrest and violence in Ethiopia, a partner country of Irish Aid, and the Human Rights Watch claims that the unrest has seen more than 400 persons killed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26305/16]

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

Seán Crowe: 865. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to political developments in Brazil, including how the former President, Ms Dilma Rousseff, was controversially impeached in a process which many view as a coup; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that growing protests against the new government have been carried out throughout the country and that...

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

Seán Crowe: 866. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that over 3,000 persons have been killed in the Philippines since President Duterte came to power (details supplied); and his views on these developments. [26307/16]

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

Seán Crowe: 867. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports regarding the brutal conditions faced by asylum seekers held in Australia's care on Nauru and Manus Island and that publication of the Nauru files by a newspaper (details supplied) detailed extremely worrying allegations of abuse, assaults, self-harm and neglect at the centres, particularly the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Data (16 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: 1469. To ask the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments, inpatient appointments and elective surgery procedures cancelled at Tallaght Hospital, by appointment type, on a monthly basis for each of the years 2011 to 2015 and in 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26295/16]

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Seán Crowe: The majority of Irish taxpaying citizens are absolutely fuming as they look on with disbelief at the Government's antics and the ludicrous proposal to appeal a finding that could possibly mean billions of euro to the Irish taxpayer. Parts of my constituency have some of the most deprived areas in the State. If a fraction of this tax was invested into those disadvantaged communities, it...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Migration Summit: Discussion (28 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. Cuirim fáilte roimh na finnéithe to the meeting this morning. Deputy Darragh O'Brien raised the progress on the EU-Turkey agreement and that Turkey is a country of safe origin. Do the witnesses have a view on that, particularly in respect of the latest attempted coup and the idea of an EU partnership deal which rewards countries which will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: UN Migration Summit: Discussion (28 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: I would merely make the point that I am old enough to remember that refugees came to this country from the conflict in the North of Ireland. At that time, it was the largest movement of population since the Second World War. Thankfully, we have moved away from conflict in the context of the North. We have a responsibility to adopt positions that do not contribute to conflict but that are...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (19 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 878. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views that the European Union-Canada Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement, CETA, should be provisionally applied, before Dáil Éireann has the chance to debate and vote on its ratification; and if she will veto the provisional application of it until the parliaments of each member state have debated and voted on CETA....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Palestine’s call, the open letter from 45 Palestinian political and civil groups calling on the Government to act to bring justice to Palestine; the further actions he will take on this request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21765/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on Palestine’s call, an open letter from Palestinian civil and political society sent to all Oireachtas Members; and if he will exert pressure on the State of Israel, through the use of sanctions and other parliamentary actions to end its illegal occupation of Palestine and to grant the Palestinian people their rights in...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombian Peace Process (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures he is proposing to ensure that there is a formal and clear mechanism for Colombian civil society involvement in the decision-making process of the allocation of the €3 million his Department has contributed to the EU trust fund for the implementation of the peace agreement in Colombia. [21767/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombian Peace Process (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to ensure that the peasant reserve zones in Colombia are properly considered by the seven-EU-member-state committee that is allocating EU funds which are ring-fenced for equitable access to land in national protected areas. [21768/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombian Peace Process (14 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make representations to the EU-member-state committee that is deciding where and how to allocate the EU trust fund for the implementation of peace in Colombia to ensure that proper vigilance is followed to guarantee that the fund is well spent. [21769/16]