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Other Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: Sinn Féin is on record as saying it will not be part of the institutions if their function is to implement mass social spending cuts that the Tories in London are dreaming up. We would argue that the Tories have no political mandate in the North. In recent weeks, we have also seen the British Government attempt to breach the Stormont House Agreement on legacy and victims issues....

Other Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: I have no doubt we will continue to try to resolve this issue. However, on the legacy issues and the draft legislation put forward by representatives of the British Government, has the Irish Government had any input into that legislation? Is the Minister concerned about this whole area of sensitive security information that the British are putting forward? I know many of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: There was a particularly brutal crackdown on the media in the days leading up to the elections. Also, there was an increasingly volatile political climate. Last Wednesday Turkish police raided the offices of the main opposition media company and forced two television companies to close, yet the Minister said there was relative calm. It may appear that there was relative calm from this side...

Other Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 105. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has concerns about the lack of engagement or leadership shown by the British Government and Unionist political leaders in the current talks, particularly in honouring commitments made in previous agreements, recognising that we are facing into a period of major political challenges in the coming weeks; and if he will agree to...

Other Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: The question I tabled is now probably dated. I Iistened to the Minister's earlier response to Deputy Brendan Smith's question when he said the talks had entered an intensive stage. There was concern about the lack of engagement. As the Minister knows, there is a crisis in the political institutions in the North which is being facilitated by the failure of the British Government to honour...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: I am surprised by the Minister's reply. On Monday the elections observer, the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, OSCE, observed that the Turkish elections had been unfair and overshadowed by a climate of fear. This echoes the claim made by the HDP that it had been unable to campaign effectively because it had been busy trying to negotiate an end to violence in the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the twin bombing attack on a peace rally in Ankara, Turkey, organised by the Peoples Democratic Party; that the death toll currently stands at 102, according to the public prosecutor’s office; that this is the third such attack at the party's rallies since June 2015; that it is the only party to be targeted like...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: This question to the Minister was tabled before the elections in Turkey took place and concerned the attack in Ankara in which 102 people were killed. I asked whether the Minister was concerned about the lack of security services to protect citizens attending peaceful and democratic rallies, especially during the run-up to the election. I note that three months earlier, there was a bombing...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: I do not disagree with anything in the Minister's statement. We all want to see an end to violence but the reality seems to be that the Israeli Government continues its occupation, oppression and apartheid policies and Palestinians are subjected to extra-judicial killings. This is the most extreme and right-wing government Israel has had and its promotion of hate and impunity continues to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: During the past ten years, more than 11,000 attacks have been perpetrated by illegal Israeli settlers against the occupied Palestinian population and their properties. Does the Minister not agree that settlements are one of the biggest obstacles to peace? Will he push for an EU ban on the entry into the EU of goods produced in illegal settlements? If we cannot get this agreement, will he...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 101. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the deteriorating situation in occupied Palestine; if he is aware of the blatant violations of international and human rights law, many of which have been caught on camera; his views that Palestinians living under such a brutal and violent occupation require international protection; and if he has raised concerns over these...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: Go raibh maith agat, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. As the Minister knows, conditions in Palestine are among the worst faced since its illegal occupation. We have all seen pictures on camera phones and cannot hide the reality of what is actually happening during the occupation. We have also heard eyewitness reports. Gaza is the world's biggest prison and the inhuman occupation of the West Bank...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 110. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware, of the decision by the family of a person (details supplied) to appeal a decision that the British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron, acted lawfully in refusing to hold a public inquiry into his killing; that it is now well established that British state forces colluded with the loyalist death squad which carried out the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the Free Otegi, Bring all Basque Political Prisoners home campaign, which pushes for the release of Basque political prisoners, including a person (details supplied), recognising that the person is one the leaders of the Basque peace process, yet the Spanish state reacted to the peace initiatives by imprisoning him; and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware, of the ongoing and continued detention of a person (details supplied), a non-violent anti-slavery activist in Mauritania; and that his continued detention is political in nature; and if he will raise concerns regarding the case with his Mauritanian counterpart. [36923/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 145. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade recognising that Ireland has signed the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a humanitarian pledge to stigmatise, prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons, and that nuclear weapons are the only weapons of mass destruction not yet explicitly prohibited under international law, if he will urgently seek to establish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 849. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department entered into discussions with the Department of Defence, before the mass issuing of Mefloquine-Lariam by the Defence Forces in 2001; and if his Department provided the Department of Defence with any guidelines regarding possible side effects in relation to Mefloquine-Lariam. [38338/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 850. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive and-or the Health Products Regulatory Authority entered into discussions with the Department of Defence, before the mass issuing of Mefloquine-Lariam by the Defence Forces in 2001; and if the executive and-or the authority provided the Department of Defence with any guidelines regarding possible side effects in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Services (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 881. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of complaints from citizens living in rural areas who are having difficulty in getting their passport forms signed by a member of An Garda Síochána due to the closure of Garda Síochána stations or a reduction in their hours of opening; and his plans to change the passport application system to reflect...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 887. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the devastating floods which have hit Sahrawi refugee camps in south-west Algeria; that the camps provide shelter to 90,000 persons; that the flooding has caused a humanitarian crisis; and if he will consider providing support and aid to the affected refugees and organisations working there. [38109/15]