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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: What we are doing about this is wrong. The Minister tries to defend the State when he needs to own up to what is happening.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: It is to do with dodgy drugs.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: 2. To ask the Minister for Defence if he is aware of a mounting body of evidence from experts that the use of Mefloquine or Lariam is linked with severe depression and other psychotic episodes and if he will consider suspending its use by the Defence Forces given that other safer options are potentially available. [34910/15]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: The continued use of Lariam by the Defence Forces has been continually raised in this House with the Minister and his predecessors, now in opposition. Another question has also been tabled on it this morning. We are trying to find out why the Defence Forces continues to use this drug. Does the Minister know the number of people in the Defence Forces who claim this has triggered in them...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: This sounds to me like a classic case of doctors differing and patients dying. If one looks at other militaries around the world, two years ago the US military declared the drug to be one of last resort. US Army Special Operations Command has banned its use. Defence Ministries in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark and Canada have either banned its use or use it as a last resort...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: There are alternatives to Lariam.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Defence Forces Medicinal Products (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: The complications are not as serious though.

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Neutrality (8 Oct 2015)

Seán Crowe: 28. To ask the Minister for Defence his views that the new White Paper on Defence contradicts itself, as it has a pledge to maintain military neutrality, which it characterises as non-membership of military alliances and non-participation in common or mutual defence arrangements, while also stating another pledge to deepen Ireland’s relationships with the European Union on Common...

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

Seán Crowe: I listened to what the Minister said about the fact this was established independently and is a transitional service, but my question is whether it is needed. I would argue, and anyone with half a brain would agree, that it certainly is. It is proposed to close the service on 18 December. As the Minister knows, 25 December is Christmas, and the statistics over the years show this is a time...

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...