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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]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Data (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 1112. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of affordable homes that are rented out in each local authority area. [38341/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 1113. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the supports available for persons who are currently working on repaying arrears with their local authorities through the mortgage arrears resolution process; the number of persons who have never missed a payment; who, after three years, have not cleared their arrears; and who are in an affordable and not a...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Mortgage Arrears Proposals (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 1115. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if local authorities may add arrears to principal amounts and extend loan times. [38344/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (3 Nov 2015)

Seán Crowe: 1114. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the options for families in affordable homes if they cannot live in these homes due to overcrowding. [38343/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Discussion (22 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the witnesses. Their presentation addressed the foundational architecture or pillars for an inclusive society, which is key to the Good Friday Agreement. There are probably people watching this meeting in their own homes at the moment as it is being broadcast live. A lot of people will be scratching their heads and asking why would anyone be opposed to a bill of rights....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Discussion (22 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: I do not think the Chairman should be defensive about what I am saying.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Discussion (22 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: Again, I am looking at the success rate in the context of what we are trying to achieve.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Discussion (22 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: It is a long time since the Good Friday Agreement was signed. Professor McWilliams outlined the work her group has done regarding putting this together but, unfortunately, we have not had any movement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Discussion (22 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: The consensus is there with the Irish people.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland: Discussion (22 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: In Dr. Smith's view, is the gay rights issue one of the difficulties some of the unions will have to overcome?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Peace Building in Northern Ireland: Community Relations Council and Partner Organisations (22 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: I thank the delegation for attending. The work they are doing is inspiring, and I do not mean to patronise them, but I have witnessed some of the work they have done on the ground. At times people doubt where a project is going, but when one sees the participants sitting down together and everything unfolding, it is inspiring for those of us who have visited the projects that the...