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Dublin Docklands Development Authority (Dissolution) Bill: Second Stage (Resumed) (7 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: Are we still live?

Topical Issue Debate: Domestic Violence Refuges (7 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: I refer to the Respond! women's refuge in Tallaght, Cuan Álainn. I am not sure if the Minister, Deputy Reilly, is familiar with the site. It is ideally located beside the hospital and Garda station. It is anonymous and is surrounded by a supportive community. The difficulty is that Respond!, which is a voluntary agency, has said it cannot afford to fund the refuge for women and...

European Council Meeting: Statements (7 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: As my colleague, Deputy Adams, and the Taoiseach have pointed out, Europe is facing its most major refugee crisis since the Second World War. The matter will be the primary issue at the European Council meeting. Will the Taoiseach ensure any national spending on the refugee crisis by EU members states is excluded from debt and deficit calculations? I ask the Taoiseach to bring this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan: International Committee of Red Cross (7 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: The witness has painted a very depressing picture. We are talking about a failed state and primitive society. The positive aspect is the tentative peace process. How is the Red Cross documenting the war crimes that are clearly evident there? Regarding the tentative peace process, I read last Friday that President Salva Kiir had ordered the number of regional states to be nearly tripled...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan: International Committee of Red Cross (7 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: Clearly, we are seeing the unravelling of the peace agreement through this action by the president-elect. The witness spoke about capacity building on the ground, Red Cross branches, local volunteers, local staff and so forth. Will he expand on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Crisis in South Sudan: International Committee of Red Cross (7 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: The witness congratulated the Irish Government and people. What else can the Government, in particular, do? If he has a message for it this morning, what else can the Government do? Could we do something at the international level relating to the mandate of international peacekeeping in the area?

Memorandum of Understanding on Establishment of Battle Groups: Motion (6 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: It is not agreed.

Memorandum of Understanding on Establishment of Battle Groups: Motion (6 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: I wish to formally oppose this motion and this deployment, which undermine Irish neutrality. Sinn Féin is committed to an independent and progressive Irish international relations policy with Irish neutrality at its core. Sinn Féin's support for neutrality is the product of a well-developed and coherent republican position stretching over 200 years of Irish history. Our...

Memorandum of Understanding on Establishment of Battle Groups: Motion (6 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: Were Ireland's position truly neutral, it also would exit these battle groups. A report by the Transnational Institute and the Dutch Campaign against Arms Trade has found that high levels of European military spending played a key role in the unfolding EU debt crisis and continue to undermine efforts to resolve the debt crisis. It is clear these battle groups aim to promote increased...

Memorandum of Understanding on Establishment of Battle Groups: Motion (6 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: -----despite the backdrop of harsh and disastrous social spending cuts. One is told the Cold War has ended, but the stockpiling of nuclear and chemical weapons and other weapons of mass destruction by some countries continues to pose a major and serious threat to international security and human survival. To ensure we live in a safer and more equal world, increased military expenditure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Economic and Monetary Union: Discussion (1 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: If the Chairman would not mind, I would. I am intrigued about what Professor Barrett stated about convening the Commissioner. How is it done? What is the mechanism? Does it have to be the parliament itself? Could this committee have a role? Could we have some examples of what Commissioners could be invited to discuss? On democratic accountability, we all know there has been a...

Order of Business (1 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: I take this opportunity to raise the case of Ibrahim Halawa who is facing a mass trial this Sunday. If convicted he will be sentenced to death. Will the Government agree to set time aside to discuss the case? Deputy Pat Breen, Chairman of the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs, was recently in Egypt on a visit to Ibrahim Halawa, as was Lynn Boylan, MEP. The conditions in which he is being...

Order of Business (1 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: We do not have an ambassador in Egypt.

Social Housing Policy: Motion [Private Members] (29 Sep 2015)

Seán Crowe: I begin by mentioning Alan Murphy, the homeless man who died just a few minutes walking distance from here. I express my deepest sympathy to his family and friends. Alan's death should be a call to action. I appeal to the Minister to declare the housing crisis an emergency. That entails the Government taking practical steps to provide a real and lasting solution to the crisis. Several of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the witnesses. We have already heard some powerful contributions. Some of the things the witnesses have said have provoked us, some of it is uncomfortable and challenging but that is what today is about. It is about listening and about recognition. Mr. Bothwell was saying that people are sick of talking. He went on to refer the importance of talking. Maybe it is the quality...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Crowe: The common theme from all the witnesses is that they are all asking why. I was interested to hear what Ms Fullerton said about the Garda not having a proper investigation. Mr. Stack is saying the same. They are coming from different angles, but both are saying there are agendas but that the agendas appear to be different. I would be interested to hear the witnesses expand on that. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Outstanding Legacy Issues affecting Victims and Relatives in Northern Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Crowe: A couple of things have struck me over the course of the day and they came up again during Ms Joly's presentation. I do not ask this to be a smart aleck, but why is there a reluctance to support victims of the conflict in the State? We support groups in the North but not in the South. I do not know why but perhaps the delegates might fill us in. We seem to have a partitionist approach,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Crowe: 176. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the post of Irish Ambassador to Egypt will be filled; his views that the post needs to be filled urgently, considering the ongoing case and incarceration of an Irish citizen (details supplied). [32581/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Crowe: 177. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the delay in appointing a new Irish Ambassador to Egypt and the urgent need to fill this post due to the ongoing case of an Irish citizen (details supplied) detained in Egypt, his plans to appoint an existing Irish Ambassador based in the region, to stand in as an interim ambassador until the new replacement takes up the post....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (24 Sep 2015)

Seán Crowe: 178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that non-governmental organisations, NGOs, in Israel are possibly going to face severe new restrictions on how they operate if two restrictive bills are passed by the Israeli Knesset; if he is further aware that these draft laws seek to cut the funding of NGOs, whom the Israeli Government views as being foreign agents; the...