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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (7 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will pursue the implementation of all aspects of the political agreements entered into since Good Friday 1998 in respect of the peace and political processes, as part of the newly convened all-party talks on Northern Ireland. [37869/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Northern Ireland Issues (7 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: I congratulate the Minister and the Ministers of State on their elevation to their new jobs and I look forward to working with them. I welcome the Minister's statement that the British and Irish Governments are to initiate all-party talks. There is a growing sense of crisis in the North and it requires an immediate response. Will the Minister outline a date to begin all-party talks? He...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Catalan Referendum (7 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 86. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Catalan President, with the support of the Catalan Parliament, has signed a decree to hold a referendum on independence on 9 November 2014 and that the Spanish Government has declared it will block this democratic vote; his views on the right of the Catalan persons to democratically...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Cyprus Reunification (7 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 87. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the Cypriot reunification talks that the preparatory phase has ended and the talks are now entering an important and delicate phase; if he welcomes a UN envoy's meeting with the Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders on 17 September 2014; and if he has discussed the issue with Cypriot Government representatives and his European...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (7 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the creation of a so called international coalition to bomb ISIS targets in Iraq and Syria; if Ireland will be providing any humanitarian aid or support to the tens of thousands of Kurds who are fleeing from Syria to Turkey to escape ISIS attacks in recent weeks. [37724/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (7 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 91. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the recent resolution before the International Atomic Energy Agency calling on Israel to join the non-proliferation treaty; his views on the resolution; which way Ireland voted; and if he is in favour of a nuclear weapons free Middle East. [37726/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukrainian Conflict (7 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 95. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views regarding the increasing tensions in eastern Ukraine which have seen soldiers, militants and civilians killed recently; his views that the ceasefire may still hold; and his further views over possible gas and fuel shortages in Ukraine as winter approaches. [37727/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diplomatic Representation (7 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 402. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any formal contact with the Bolivian Government over the case of a person (details supplied) who was killed in Bolivia in 2009; and if he will detail the level of discussions. [37703/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (7 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 422. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the pro-democracy protests taking place in Hong Kong; his views on whether Hong Kong's democratic structures are now under threat; and his discussions at EU level regarding these development. [37858/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Data (7 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 486. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the amount of surveys-questionnaires, that require personal and sensitive information on pupils and their families, that schools are currently required to carried out; the purpose of gathering such sensitive material; the person that will have access to the material; and if a school declines to carry out...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (7 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 487. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated report regarding the development and identification-selection of a proposed new site for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [38065/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 488. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated report, per school, of the proposed new builds that cover the Dublin South West constituency area; and developments regarding the identification of sites, planning, and advertising and procurement for a builder. [38066/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Status (7 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated report regarding the development and identification/selection of a proposed new site for a second level school (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [38067/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Newly Elected Irish MEPs: Discussion (2 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: I have an appointment at 3 p.m. but I hope to return to the meeting. I cannot miss the opportunity to mention the fact that two of the MEPs are based in Dublin South-West and I wish them both well. Both MEPs know of the difficulties in the area, with high unemployment, in particular youth unemployment. People will expect them to deliver and come up with the goods and some ideas. Both MEPs...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Register: Crosscare Migrant Project (1 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: Mr. O'Brien mentioned the use of that register for people who go into areas where there is a level of risk but that register would be a useful contact for people who go to the United States in the event of situation arising during the hurricane season or some other such situation. A newspaper in the United States organised for Irish people to go into a traditional Irish place in New York...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Emigrant Register: Crosscare Migrant Project (1 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the delegation. We share the same position in that we all see the positive elements in the proposal. Crosscare has two jobs to do. First, it must sell the register to us and to the Department. I presume the only difficulty the Department will have with it is the cost. There are positives regarding the proposal. Second, a body of work must be done to sell it to emigrants. As the...

Topical Issue Debate: School Completion Programme (30 Sep 2014)

Seán Crowe: We are talking about disadvantaged schools right across the country. It is not just a problem in urban areas but also in rural ones. I hoped that something positive would come out of the Minister's speech and he said there will be a review, which is grand. However, many boards of management involved in the school completion programme have told me that they cannot continue. No programme...

Topical Issue Debate: School Completion Programme (30 Sep 2014)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Deputy James Reilly. It is a pity that the Minister for Education and Skills has left the Chamber as the issue I raise also relates to education. Children from certain household backgrounds are more likely to die young, experience poor health and have literacy problems, yet educational supports for such children have been targeted for...

Housing Provision: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Sep 2014)

Seán Crowe: When a visitor to Russia asked Mikhail Gorbachev why he introduced perestroika he replied, “Look around you”. Perestroika was to involve the reconstruction of the Russian economy and society. We need to look around us, outside this Parliament building. If the Minister of State looks around he will see the problems. If we got an agreement that many of the Members who are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ebola Virus Outbreak in West Africa: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the delegation. Many of us will have no concept of the impact of the ebola outbreak on so many people. It seems to be that to combat the disease there is a need to go against the natural human instinct to comfort a person in distress. For example, if someone is crying, the instinct is to go to them and put one's arms around them. The carers are dying because they are close to...