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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Refugee and Migrant Crisis: Discussion (23 Sep 2015)

Seán Crowe: I wish to congratulate GOAL and the United Nations Refugee Agency in the work they have done so far. I also acknowledge the crews of the LE Eithneand the LE Niamh. They have rescued over 6,300 people in the Mediterranean. Maybe the committee should send a message of solidarity to those crews and thank them for the work they are doing. My first experience of refugees was people fleeing the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Appointment of UN Secretary General: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Seán Crowe: The motion is very long and detailed. While I would approach it in a very positive way, it has not really come up as an issue at this committee. I have no problem if the Senator wants to take it today, but I would prefer if, at some stage, the committee could invite speakers to outline the background and give an overview of related doubts to get a sense of what it is we are actually voting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trial of Ibrahim Halawa: Motion (23 Sep 2015)

Seán Crowe: I support the motion. It represents a good idea. It sends a signal to the Egyptian authorities that this House is very concerned over this trial, which I regard as a show trial. My colleague, Ms Lynn Boylan, MEP, had written to the committee and, along with the Chairman, asked for an updated report. She was shocked by the conditions in the prison and by what Mr. Halawa was experiencing....

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Operations (15 Jul 2015)

Seán Crowe: 157. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is aware that the Permanent Defence Forces Other Ranks’ Representative Association, PDFORRA, has stated that the crew of the LE Eithne are not receiving the proper daily allowances from his Department and are being underpaid for their work, that PDFORRA believe the crew, who have rescued over 3,400 persons, should be entitled to the higher...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Equipment (9 Jul 2015)

Seán Crowe: 145. To ask the Minister for Defence if ambulances belonging to the Defence Forces are continuing to be used to supplement Health Service Executive civilian ambulance services; and if so, the number of times they have been used in this regard since January 2014. [28005/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (9 Jul 2015)

Seán Crowe: 243. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount each Irish embassy overseas cost in 2014. [28006/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (9 Jul 2015)

Seán Crowe: 244. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish embassies overseas which are based in properties that his Department owns; and the value of each of these properties. [28007/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation Expenditure (9 Jul 2015)

Seán Crowe: 245. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of overseas Irish embassies based in properties that are rented by his Department; and the amount spent in rent by each embassy. [28008/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff Data (9 Jul 2015)

Seán Crowe: 262. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of extra new staff who have been brought in to work in the housing section of Kildare County Council since 2011, excluding any staff brought in to replace those who retired or were off on sick leave since 2011. [28003/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Property Tax Administration (9 Jul 2015)

Seán Crowe: 263. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is aware of a report that a portion of the revenue raised by the local property tax is being spent on a mayoral chain of office in County Kildare municipal districts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28004/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (8 Jul 2015)

Seán Crowe: 67. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is aware of the practice in whole-of-life insurance policies where the premium continues to rise as the customer ages; his views that this practice is in line with regulatory norms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27823/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (2 Jul 2015)

Seán Crowe: 158. To ask the Minister for Health the number of Health Service Executive staff employed to work in County Kildare, including staff grade and salary. [26751/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Invasive Fish Species (2 Jul 2015)

Seán Crowe: 224. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the measures being taken to stop the proliferation of dace, an invasive species, in the River Barrow. [26750/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (2 Jul 2015)

Seán Crowe: 232. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he is aware that the bridge and the road on which it is in Kildangan, County Kildare, is frequently used by big and small vehicles but has no path, even though local children are forced to cross over it to go to school; and if he will release emergency funding to Kildare County Council to find a solution before a major accident...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Departmental Properties (1 Jul 2015)

Seán Crowe: 140. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will confirm reports that the community of Kildare will now not receive ten acres of land from the site of the Magee Barracks; that there was a long standing agreement with Kildare County Council and the community of Kildare that his Department would provide ten acres of the site to the Community of Kildare, or the value thereof, when the site went...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Export Licences (23 Jun 2015)

Seán Crowe: 308. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of any military export and dual-use licences which his Department has granted in the past ten years, where the final end user was the Israeli Defence Forces, including specific quantities, values and type of equipment covered. [24970/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (23 Jun 2015)

Seán Crowe: 509. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if, considering that 2015 marks the twentieth anniversary of the genocide in Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 11 July 2015 is designated as the memorial day, his Department will formally recognise the genocide and formally mark its twentieth Anniversary. [24969/15]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (17 Jun 2015)

Seán Crowe: 188. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the serious claims and mounting evidence that the Sri Lankan military committed war crimes and gross human rights violations in 2009, in the final months of that country's civil war; his views that there should be an independent and international legal inquiry into these claims; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (16 Jun 2015)

Seán Crowe: 675. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware that Belgium has introduced guidelines requiring chain stores to specifically label agricultural products which come from Israel's illegal settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Golan Heights; and if, in view of the fact that he has added his name to the list of 16 European Union foreign Ministers who wrote to...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Exports Controls (9 Jun 2015)

Seán Crowe: 408. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if any export licences for military list products to Israel have been granted since the end of the first quarter of 2014; if there have been any applications for licences which have been rejected during this period; and in view of the fact that military export licences to Israel are reviewed on a case-by-case basis, if human rights...