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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 311. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation her views that Article 29.5.2° of Bunreacht na hÉireann places a constitutional imperative on the State to have any international agreement involving a charge upon public funds to be approved by Dáil Éireann; should the European Council of Ministers vote by a qualified majority vote to approve the signing and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 312. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the way in which, given that Article 30.7.4(d) of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement declares that the parties shall understand the term, "entry into force of this Agreement", as meaning the date of provisional application, she can claim that the agreement and its settlement will not be enforced upon Ireland prior to the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 313. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware that Article 218.5 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union declares that the Council, on a proposal by the negotiator, shall adopt a decision authorising the signing of the agreement and, if necessary, its provisional application before entry into force; and if she will detail the necessity test it is...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 314. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware that the European Commission staff working document, SWD, on the free movement of capital in the EU, SWD (2013) 146 final, states that, with relation to a private company using an intra-EU member state investment state dispute settlement, ISDS, mechanism, such agreements clearly lead to discrimination between EU...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 315. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware that the European Commission's legal service has made amicus curiae submissions to investment state dispute settlement cases involving intra-EU bilateral investment treaties in order to make its legal case that ISDS is incompatible with EU law (details supplied); the way in which her position that the ISDS of the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 316. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she is aware of the fact that the European Commission is engaged in legal action at the European Court of Justice against five member states requiring that they terminate their intra-EU bilateral investment treaties, BITs, because investment state dispute settlement, ISDS, contravenes the principles of the Single Market (details...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 317. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the reason she supports the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement and its investment state dispute settlement, ISDS, (details supplied). [20185/16]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Trade Agreements (7 Jul 2016)

Seán Crowe: 318. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation how she intends to protect Irish citizens from the European Commission's proposal to provisionally apply the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, prior to a definitive legal ruling as to the distribution of competences relating to new proposals to subject the EU to an ISDS under the CETA (details supplied). [20186/16]

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

Seán Crowe: 325. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the ruling regime in Bahrain has revoked the citizenship and passport of a person (details supplied) and the person will then be considered stateless; and if he will raise this case and the continued human rights violations in Bahrain with his Bahraini counterpart. [18226/16]

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...