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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (25 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 352. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide a report on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, TTIP, and the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement, CETA, discussions that took place at Foreign Affairs Council meeting on 13 May 2016; if the leak of TTIP documents by Greenpeace was discussed; and if the rejection of CETA by the Walloon...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Family Reunification (24 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 71. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she is aware that persons who have residency rights, but who have family members who would qualify for refugee status, are precluded from applying for a family reunification; the reason for this; and if she will reform this legislation. [11262/16]

Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (Resumed) (19 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the findings of the sub-committee on Dáil reform and agree with others that Dáil reform is overdue. The uncertainty of the Thirty-second Dáil has probably led to the reforms about which we are talking. I congratulate those who were on the committee and there are certainly a lot of positive things in the report. There are a lot of questions on the document and how...

Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (Resumed) (19 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: I have been on different committees. The frustrating thing for a person from a different background is that every committee had a Government majority. That did not help the committee and is not good for democracy. It did not work. I have been a member of delegations on behalf of the Dáil too and I can bring such experience to the debate today. I welcome the electronic visitors'...

Report of Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Motion (Resumed) (19 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: I am not looking for an offer. If we are talking about an inclusive organisation we need to think about these things. The sub-committee should review international best practices. I do not know whether it will be dissolved after the recommendations we are considering today have been dealt with - I am not a member of it - but we should look at how other parliaments around the world operate....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (18 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 130. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the running cost of each Irish embassy in 2015. [10824/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (18 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish embassies that are based in properties that his Department owns; and the current value of each of these properties. [10825/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (18 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish embassies that are based in properties that his Department rents; and how much each of these properties cost to rent in 2013, 2014 and 2015. [10826/16]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid Oversight (17 May 2016)

Seán Crowe: 583. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that the most recent Aid Transparency Index has placed Ireland 38th out of 46 major donors; that this is the fourth time in six years that Irish Aid’s transparency levels have rated as poor; and if he will explain why Irish Aid has achieved such poor results. [9798/16]

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...