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Pre-European Council: Statements (16 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: I echo the words of Teachta Adams and call on the Taoiseach to raise the case of Ibrahim Halawa, a constituent of mine, at the meeting. Yesterday the European Commission announced plans to launch its own European border and coast guard system. The plans envisage a reserve pool of 1,500 border guards who can be deployed on the EU's external borders without the consent of the host state, if...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Boko Haram Insurgency: Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Nigeria (16 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Boko Haram Insurgency: Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Nigeria (16 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: I could be a Senator one of these days.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Boko Haram Insurgency: Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of Nigeria (16 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: All right. We do look alike. I welcome Mr. Iginla to this meeting. I join my colleagues in recording my disappointment regarding the non-attendance of many of those who were invited to come to this meeting. I suppose their failure to turn up for various reasons - some of them decided not to make themselves available - means they have opted out of the whole idea of today, which is to try...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: I bid "Good morning" to the Minister of State. I have a good few questions, if he will bear with me. I note that the agreement was signed between the EU and Vietnam in 2012. I suppose the first obvious question is, why has it taken so long to become before the Oireachtas? Is the Minister of State confident that there is adequate parliamentary oversight of such important agreements?...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: Ms Collins was talking about human rights. Is there a trigger mechanism for sanctions in this agreement and, if so, how does a country trigger it? Can Ireland trigger it or does it have to be the EU? I am conscious that we have trade agreements with other countries, including Israel. That strikes me straight away, yet they still have this special trading agreement with the EU. I would be...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: Not necessarily in Vietnam but we are talking about what is happening across the globe.

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Framework Agreement: Motion (16 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: That is where the concern is.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Prisoners Abroad (10 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: 185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the ongoing birthday postcard campaign for a person (details supplied). [44475/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (9 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: Are we in public session?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: I support the motion. I have no confidence whatsoever in the legal system in Egypt. It is a sham trial of a huge number of people. The case has been cancelled on a number of occasions on the basis that witnesses have not turned up. It is an absolute joke to see the legal system in Egypt and I do not see how anyone can have any confidence in it. The Chairman said the law will take its...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Durkan and I met the Australian lawyers informally. I have a different memory of that meeting from the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: His version of what those lawyers said is the opposite of my understanding of what they said and, therefore, that is another reason I want a formal meeting that is minuted and from which we can come back with accurate information. I do not know how that can be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (9 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: I presume we are resuming the debate. There is a difference of opinion on this. While we all want to see Ibrahim home and safe with his family, there are clearly divergent views on the committee on the best way to achieve that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Palestine: Discussion (9 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: I welcome our guests and reiterate my party, Sinn Féin's support for and solidarity with the Palestinian cause, the ending of Palestine's illegal occupation and the right of Palestinians to self-determination in terms of their own state. Dr. Sabella mentioned that the recent upsurge in violence in Israel and Palestine was linked to the actions of right-wing, ultra-religious groups...

Mental Health (Amendment) Bill 2008 [Seanad]: Second Stage (8 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: Electroconvulsive therapy is vitally important and a highly complicated procedure. I believe there is general agreement in the House that every time a patient undergoes such an extreme procedure, it must be in the patient's best interest. Under the Nice guidelines, ECT should be used to gain fast and short-term improvement of severe symptoms after at least two other treatment options have...

Rent Certainty and Prevention of Homelessness Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] (2 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: We are facing one of the biggest housing crises in the history of this State. A total of 5000 men, women, and children are trapped in emergency accommodation with no hope of a home anytime soon. Homelessness has increased by 80%, the number of children who are homeless has doubled, and 73 new families became homeless last month. In Dublin alone there are over 1,500 children in emergency...

Leaders' Questions (2 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: How does the Taoiseach know that? How does he know it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals and Disability Issues: Discussion (2 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: No.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals and Disability Issues: Discussion (2 Dec 2015)

Seán Crowe: I have a couple of questions. Some will be obvious. Does the name "Christian Blind Mission" cause difficulties in some of the countries in which the organisation operates, particularly those where there are sectarian tensions between people from different religious backgrounds?