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Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Battle Groups (9 Dec 2014)

Seán Crowe: 250. To ask the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 27 November 2014, if he will provide the exact number of MOWAGs armoured personnel carriers and reconnaissance vehicles, and light tactical armoured vehicles that have been allocated for use with the nordic battle group; the amount this equipment is worth; and if Ireland will be compensated should they be...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (4 Dec 2014)

Seán Crowe: 162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the overseas trips he, and the Ministers of State in his Department, have planned between December 2014 and December 2015. [46593/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Overseas Visits (2 Dec 2014)

Seán Crowe: 298. To ask the Minister for Defence the number of official overseas trips that he has undertaken since he assumed office; if he will detail the venues visited; and the official overseas trips planned between now and December 2015. [46137/14]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (27 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 101. To ask the Minister for Defence the exact size of the Nordic Battle Group of which Ireland is a member; the number of troops it consists of; the number of troops that Ireland contributes; and the military equipment that is at their disposal. [45659/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Symphysiotomy Reports (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: I asked about independent medical reports and those women from a poor background who do not have the money to obtain them. How do they do so within the time period the Minister has outlined if they do not have money? It is a fair question and it has not been addressed by the scheme. The Minister stated there are other possibilities for people. I hope the Minister has an answer. I agree...

Topical Issue Debate: Symphysiotomy Reports (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: What about those with dementia? They seem to be excluded from the scheme.

Topical Issue Debate: Symphysiotomy Reports (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: They are not, but how they go about applying for the scheme itself is very narrow. This is the understanding of many of the groups.

Topical Issue Debate: Symphysiotomy Reports (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: I ask the Minister to explain why he chose the route of such narrow parameters for the time period as outlined by Deputy Ó Caoláin. The women concerned have been waiting for years. It is an accepted fact that they were butchered as a result of the twisted theory that women could continue to have baby after baby, year after year, with the connivance of the medical profession and...

Leaders' Questions (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: So it is not a question of Sinn Féin members; now it is associates.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Infectious Diseases Epidemic (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the Minister of State's reply. My other question concerned the Minister of State's European counterparts. Will he raise the issue with them, given the fact they have pledged this money but it does not seem to be appearing? Is the Minister of State surprised the Red Cross head of operations has said only €2 million of the EU's €1.1 billion has gone to that...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Infectious Diseases Epidemic (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: There are reports the Red Cross and MSF have complained that the majority of the volunteers have resigned. Many of the workers say they have been badly treated when returning to their home countries. We should use this opportunity to commend the Government of Cuba, a small country like ours, which has sent 165 people to Sierra Leone to help on the front line. The small nation has 50,000...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Infectious Diseases Epidemic (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 5. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the comments of Ms. Birte Hald, head of operations for the International Federation of the Red Cross, who has stated that most of the EU aid pledged to fight Ebola has yet to materialise on the ground; if he will confirm that all promised Irish assistance to fight Ebola has been paid and is reaching those...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Infectious Diseases Epidemic (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: Last week, the European Commission announced an additional €29 million in aid, bringing total EU anti-Ebola funding to €373 million. Member states have pledged millions more in funding and the total EU pledge, other than pledges to provide equipment and supplies, now stands at more than €1 billion. I tabled this question after the head of operations of the International...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the 50,000 undocumented Irish in the United States of America in view of recent political developments in the USA and the signing by President Obama of an executive order on immigration. [45230/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: I submitted this question before President Obama's announcement and we now have more detail on what the US Administration is proposing. I note that there is cross-party support for this development but it falls short of what we would have liked to see. Now that we have had time to mull over the decision, I ask the Minister to give his opinion on it. I note that the Minister has warned...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: I know that staff at our embassy and consular offices across the US are having meetings on this issue. A note of caution is needed here because this is not a pathway to citizenship and people are taking a huge risk in choosing to go down this path. That said, there is real potential here and that is the main message in regard to this development. The Department of Foreign Affairs and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: An expression that has often been used in the context of immigration reform is "coming out of the shadows". If people take that first step and go down the road of registering with the social security service, the difficulty is that once they come out of the shadows, they cannot go back in. The changes announced may affect up to 5 million illegal immigrants in the US but what about those who...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been monitoring the deteriorating and worsening situation between Palestine and Israel; the added tension around religious sites in occupied East Jerusalem, combined with the fact that the Israeli Government has repeated that it will not stop building illegal settlements in Palestine; and if he shares mounting...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 15. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to Turkey's actions in the eastern Mediterranean regarding the charting of potential gas deposits, which are renewing tensions and disregarding Cyprus's sovereign rights in its economic zone; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that Turkey's actions have resulted in the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukrainian Conflict (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 28. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the deteriorating situation in Ukraine, the faltering official ceasefire and the continued build-up of military hardware and personnel in the region. [44966/14]