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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (17 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 584. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that staff of his Department are being penalised with regard to health insurance premiums when in the service of the State abroad; that this has been the case since lifetime community rating was introduced and the VHI global insurance policies they are obliged to take out have been deemed not to count as domestic policies;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (17 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 585. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the Israeli army is renewing its attempt to destroy two Bedouin villages (details supplied); that bulldozers could move in at any moment and demolish the two villages, evict the residents and make way for new villages on the same sites with similar names but restricted to Israeli citizens with Jewish nationality only;...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (17 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 586. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been imprisoned since December 2013 due to possession of banned images and teachings of the Dalai Lama; that many Tibetans have been imprisoned for political reasons; that many disappear for months only to reappear before show trials in which they are convicted for crimes...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (17 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 587. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the case of a person (details supplied) who has been imprisoned in the United States of America for more than 40 years; that the person's case was politically charged and the conviction is heavily contested; that the person has been classified as a political prisoner by human rights defenders and organisations and is...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (17 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 594. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the efforts of the Turkish Government to lift the legislative immunity that is granted to Members of the Turkish Parliament; that the Turkish Government is attempting to do this by suspending Article 83 of the Turkish Constitution; that this is an anti-democratic move and is an attempt to silence the Peoples’...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (17 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 595. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that staff members of his Department are being discriminated against in terms of mortgage interest relief, special savings incentive accounts, third level education for their children and in other areas as a result of their service for the State abroad; that this is because when they are on a posting abroad they are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 736. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Products Regulatory Authority, formerly the Irish Medicines Board, and the Health Service Executive had the known evidence of toxicity of mefloquine, the full Phase 111 clinical mass trial results and the longitudinal study results for toxicity in targeted market anti-immune population studies on side effects of mefloquine toxicity prior to...

Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Mary Lou McDonald spoke of a state of fear in her community following a series of horrific murders that were drug-related. My community has also seen many murders over the years. Many people do not like me talking about what they say are negative issues such as crime, as they feel it reflects badly on their lives and their area. The Acting Chairman is probably aware of this....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (5 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 46. To ask the Minister for Defence if members of the Defence Forces are serving and stationed in Afghanistan. [9290/16]

Climate Change: Statements (4 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: Climate change is one of the biggest threats, if not the biggest threat, to our planet, its life and its species. While we have been able to advance dramatically as a species and develop a whole plethora of new technologies, we have not been and never will be able to fully harness or control nature. The power of nature can have an immediate and devastating impact on our lives and...

EU Migration and Refugee Crisis: Statements (28 Apr 2016)

Seán Crowe: The backdrop to today's debate is that Europe is facing its biggest refugee crisis since the Second World War. The European Union's response to this refugee and humanitarian crisis has been shameful, inhumane, indifferent at times and just wrong. The International Organization for Migration estimates that from 1 January to 25 April of this year, some 181,476 migrants and refugees have...

Select Committee on Standing Order 112: Election of Chairman (27 Apr 2016)

Seán Crowe: Is anyone keen on this job? There are also apologies from Deputy Ó Broin as he is in the Chamber now.

Select Committee on Standing Order 112: Election of Chairman (27 Apr 2016)

Seán Crowe: With the possibility of a new Government next week, are we really going through the motions?

Select Committee on Standing Order 112: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (27 Apr 2016)

Seán Crowe: The caveat that we talked about in respect of the private sector was that we would look at some of the views of other countries regarding the subsidiarity aspect. Perhaps it could be read into the record that we will look at this for the future and that we will try to obtain those views in the context of the information we need to make a decision.

EU-UK Relations: Statements (21 Apr 2016)

Seán Crowe: I always find it amusing to listen to lectures from Deputy Martin on consistency. Consistency is hardly his middle name with regard to issues throughout his career. I spent the past couple of days attending the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. I used that opportunity to talk to many of its members on this issue, which was useful in that one was hearing both sides of the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Sugar Industry (20 Apr 2016)

Seán Crowe: 180. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to revive the sugar beet industry here; if his Department has been approached by any private firms which want to revive the sugar beet industry; and if his Department will assist attempts to re-establish this industry here. [7610/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (20 Apr 2016)

Seán Crowe: 385. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Egyptian authorities misled officials in the Irish Embassy in Cairo on the whereabouts of a person (details supplied) who is imprisoned there without trial for nearly three years; if the person was transferred between prisons in recent days without the knowledge of his family and Irish Embassy staff in Cairo; if he will challenge...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (20 Apr 2016)

Seán Crowe: 386. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he raised the killing of a person (details supplied) and if he will make a statement on the inaction of the Turkish Government to bring the perpetrators to justice. [7586/16]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Missions (14 Apr 2016)

Seán Crowe: 261. To ask the Minister for Defence when he will dispatch the L E Róisín to the Mediterranean to undertake search and rescue activities in respect of the refugee and humanitarian crises. [7167/16]

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

Seán Crowe: 653. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that 30 civilians have been assassinated in Colombia over a 30-day period from 21 February to 18 March 2016; that the Justice for Colombia Group compiled the information; and if he will raise these cases with the Colombian Government. [7166/16]