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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: The Egyptian embassy has been briefing Deputies, Senators and Members of the European Parliament on this case. Is the Minister concerned about some of the information emerging at these briefings that seems to be erroneous? There was a suggestion that the prisoner addressed the court in regard to his hunger strike. My information is that there is no opportunity to address the court. We are...

Other Questions: Middle East Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: 6. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that a Palestinian Member of Parliament (details supplied) who is a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and member of the Palestinian Legislative Council was sentenced to 15 months in jail by an Israeli military court; that the charges are viewed as political in nature; that the individual was...

Other Questions: Middle East Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: This question is about Ms Khalida Jarrar, a Palestinian Member of Parliament and a senior member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Palestinian Legislative Council. She was sentenced to jail for 15 months by an Israeli court on 6 December. She was seized in April during a late-night raid on her home in al-Bireh, a town near the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah....

Other Questions: Middle East Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: Last week, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade met Mr. Bernard Sabella, the chairman of the Palestinian delegation at the Council of Europe. He asked us specifically to raise the case in the Parliament because of the fact that he was a Member of Parliament. The point he made at the meeting was that all the charges are deemed political. The Israeli court has rejected...

Other Questions: Middle East Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: Many observers have noted that the timing of Ms Khalida Jarrar's arrest came shortly after the Palestinian Authority joined the International Criminal Court. This was an important focus of Ms Khalida Jarrar's parliamentary work. Many see this arrest as Israel seeking and taking revenge for the Palestinians joining the International Criminal Court. Does the Minister share that belief? Has...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that a person's (details supplied) trial took place on 15 December 2015; the specific assistance the Irish Embassy in Cairo in Egypt gave to this person and the person's legal team in advance of and at this trial; his future plans to ensure that the person is released and allowed to return to Ireland. [45623/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: On Tuesday, the trial of Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa in Egypt was postponed yet again. His trial has been postponed ten times and is now due to take place on Saturday, 19 December. If convicted he faces the death penalty. Last Sunday, he marked his 20th birthday in prison, his third birthday in jail, and I attended a sad, though good-natured, vigil at the embassy at the weekend. I put...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: We are all on the same page on this. We all want to see him come home and the only difference is how this can be achieved. I welcome the fact that the ambassador to Egypt, Damien Cole, was present at Ibrahim's trial on Tuesday. I also welcome the consular assistance Ibrahim is getting. Will the Minister confirm that the Irish Embassy has access to a translator who speaks the legal, formal...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has raised concerns with his European counterparts over the European Union's new political and financial deal with Turkey to curb the number of refugees entering the Union; if he has human rights concerns over the deal; if he is aware that a very prominent Kurdish human rights lawyer, Mr. Tahir Elçi, was assassinated in Turkey on...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: Before I begin, I wish the Ceann Comhairle and his family, the staff, the Minister and the Minister of State a merry Christmas. I will probably not get another opportunity. I am concerned that in an attempt to use Turkey as Europe's gatekeeper, the EU is apparently ignoring and, by extension, encouraging serious human rights violations in Turkey. I am also tabling this question in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: Yesterday, Amnesty International condemned the Turkish authorities for detaining scores of refugees, including people from Iraq and Syria, and pressuring them into returning home in an alleged breach of international law dating back to September. The EU seems to be setting aside many of its concerns about the growing authoritarianism of the Turkish Government and instead promising €3...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: The video of the moment that Mr. Elçi was killed is concerning. It shows him taking cover behind police officers as they open fire on an armed man running towards them. Once the man passes them, they turn and fire in the opposite direction where Mr. Elçi was sheltering. A few seconds later, his body is seen laid out on the ground. He was killed by a single bullet to his head....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: 13. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the violence in Burundi which erupted in April 2015 when President Pierre Nkurunziza decided to seek a third term; if he is aware that the United Nations states that at least 240 persons have been killed since then and there have been widespread reports of serious human rights violations; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on the recent discussion of the case of Mr. Pat Finucane at the Council of Europe; the basis of Ireland's statement on the issue; and if he will provide an update on his work to ensure there is a full public inquiry into the killing of Mr. Finucane. [45392/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: 36. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount Ireland will donate to the European Commission's trust fund for Africa; how this money will be spent; and if it will be taken from our annual overseas development assistance expenditure. [45394/15]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: 222. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he is aware that the Athy area in County Kildare is a jobs black-spot; the investment and resources he has put into rectifying this situation since March 2011; and his plans to address this unacceptable situation. [46130/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Functions (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: 635. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the mechanism in place to provide oversight of the work of special policy committees in local authorities and to measure their successes and failures. [46129/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (17 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: 636. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware that some Teachtaí Dála and local authority councillors are directors of approved housing bodies in County Kildare and directly responsible for offering houses to persons; and if he believes that this is acceptable and transparent. [46131/15]

Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (16 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: Much has happened following Sinn Féin's Private Members' motion which called on the Government to recognise the state of Palestine and which was passed unopposed in the Dáil on 10 December 2014. Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu has since been re-elected as Prime Minister of Israel. He has overseen the illegal blockade and mediaeval siege of Gaza, the building of an apartheid wall in...

Topical Issue Debate: Middle East Issues (16 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: That is an appalling answer to what we are seeking. I do not see how the Minister of State can ignore the democratic will of this House. He says the final decision rests with the Minister, but the Minister's colleagues in both Houses have called for the recognition of Palestine. The Minister of State says the timing is not right, but when will it be right for the Palestinian people? It is...