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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (28 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 319. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a report on his recent trip to Israel and Palestine; whom he met and the subjects discussed; his views on the current state of play in the Middle East peace process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18220/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (28 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 320. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of reports that Turkish soldiers shot dead eight refugees on the Turkish-Syrian border on 19 June 2016; that it has been reported that 60 civilians have been shot while trying to flee across the border from Syria into Turkey since the beginning of 2016; and if he will urgently raise these cases with his Turkish counterpart....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (28 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 321. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the Western European and Others Group’s decision to nominate Israel for the chairmanship of the United Nations General Assembly Sixth Committee; if Ireland will back this nomination; and if he is concerned that Israel, a State that continues to breach international law and conventions, international humanitarian...

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

Seán Crowe: 322. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress he has made on developing a national plan on business and human rights. [18223/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (28 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 323. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the Israeli non-governmental organisation B’Tselem has announced that it will no longer refer cases of alleged abuse to the Israeli military for disciplinary action, that it has said co-operation with the military investigation and enforcement systems has not achieved justice but lent legitimacy to the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Missions Data (28 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 324. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of Value Added in Africa’s second report on Ireland’s trade with its key partner countries in Africa: 2011-2014; that it outlines that Ireland’s balance of trade with its key partner countries in Africa has become more unbalanced in Ireland’s favour, increasing from 15:1 in Ireland’s...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Interest Rates (23 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 36. To ask the Minister for Finance to list the changes in standard variable rates at the largest banks in the State since he met them in May 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17519/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: State Aid Investigations (23 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 40. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason Ireland is committed to appealing a decision on the Apple state aid case if it finds that state aid was present; the latest estimate of his Department of the potential amount that could be repayable to the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17518/16]

Pre-European Council: Statements (21 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: Taoiseach, the European Commission is expected to put forward a proposal in early July declaring the EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA as an EU-only deal. This means that the agreement, which will have serious ramifications for every EU member state, will only need to be passed by a qualified majority in the European Council and a simple majority in the European...

Rent Certainty Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: People do not need me to tell them all about the housing crisis. One only has to walk out the gates of Leinster House to see people sleeping in doorways, trying to stay warm and dry. I had a mother of six children in my constituency office just this week, one of whom is seriously ill. She has been living in a bed and breakfast establishment for the last 12 months and has been told by South...

Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: Will the Government set aside time to discuss the report in the Dáil? The Ombudsman believes there was collusion and I think he is right. Following this finding, what will the Government do? The Minister of State has said the issue is a priority for Government but what can we actually do? The families of those killed in Loughinisland have waited for 22 years. The families of...

Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: The report of the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman found that special branch intelligence, paramilitary informants, were involved in a range of activities, including: command and control of loyalist paramilitaries; the procurement, importation and distribution of weapons; and murder and conspiracy to murder. They were not subject to any meaningful investigation. They were given a licence...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: EU Membership (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he met or will meet with his counterparts in the Northern Ireland Assembly and in the British Parliament to discuss the fall-out from a British exit from the European Union on cross-Border co-operation and on issues relating to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15621/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Election Monitoring (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 335. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason the number of Irish overseas election observers has fallen in each of the years 2013 to 2016 to date. [15367/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Election Monitoring (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 336. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the key criteria and skills necessary for service as an overseas election observer; the criteria used to select observers for specific assignments; if experience and qualifications for a particular mission is the most important factor or if he bases selection lists on the length of time since a person's last assignment. [15368/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Election Monitoring (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 337. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason he did not send a long-term observer to monitor the June 2016 Mongolian elections, despite asking for applications; the target number of long-term and short-term observers he will deploy for the remainder of 2016; his plans to replace observers who have resigned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15369/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 338. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the latest torture allegations that a person (details supplied) has made including details of gruesome treatment being meted out to prisoners; his views that the person's situation has clearly deteriorated; if he will respond to these reports as a matter of urgency; and immediately raise the person's treatment with their...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 339. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the planned signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement between the Southern African Development Community, SADC, and the European Union which is due to take place on 10 June 2016; that the agreement will be provisionally applied from 1 October 2016; his views that it will be provisionally applied by the SADC countries...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Commemorative Events (14 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: 382. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she has discussed the option of selecting a fixed Sunday in the year for the National Famine Commemoration Day with the National Famine Commemoration Committee; and if this decision will be taken soon. [15404/16]

Select Committee on Standing Order 112: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (9 Jun 2016)

Seán Crowe: I do not really agree with it but will abide by the majority view. I think there are some contradictions in what we are saying.