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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Activities and Priorities: Eurofound (18 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: What is the timescale for Eurofound’s report? How many people were surveyed in Ireland and other EU member states? The quality of jobs was referred to, which is a difficult issue for us. The numbers on the live register in Dublin South West, the constituency which I represent, have been dropping over the past several months. The number on the live register has been dropping for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2013: European Movement Ireland (18 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: I wonder if that makes the process more accountable. The Government represents the consensus within Parliament rather than the views of one party or another. Part of the process involves engagement with the Leader of the Opposition and other spokespersons. We do not have the same engagement in the Joint Committee on European Union Affairs in terms of the Taoiseach and members exchanging...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Accountability Report 2013: European Movement Ireland (18 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: To follow up on the input from other members, the witnesses said the accountability campaign is one of their flagship advocacy programmes. If we look at any statistics on that we could balance them either way. The difficulty with all of this is that people become defensive and say they have a reason they were not there and so on. I am probably one of the worst attenders at these meetings...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Sustainable Development Goals (18 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 450. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of Ireland's election as co-chair of UN negotiations on the next stage, post-2015, development strategy, his plans to use this position; and if he will continue to support equality and hunger eradication in the final agreement on the post-2015 framework. [44057/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Update on Foreign Affairs and Trade Issues: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (11 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: A number of questions were not asked. The Minister announced that in response to the Ebola crisis, his Department began to work with the Department of Defence. He spoke about Irish soldiers heading off to support our embassy staff in Freetown, which is a significant step. What new skills does the Minister expect these Defence Forces members to bring? What new initiatives are involved and...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Deployment (6 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 111. To ask the Minister for Defence if Irish Defence Forces personnel are still working in Afghanistan; and whether, considering the British decision to remove its troops from the country, he has plans to withdraw Irish troops from the country. [42644/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft Landings (6 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views that US military aircraft that operate as refuelling tankers were recently sighted at Shannon airport; if they are connected to the mid-air refuelling of any US military aircraft in Irish airspace; and if so if this indicates that some or all of these aircraft were involved in military operations while there were on Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Government Reform (6 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 234. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government due to local government changes throughout the country, his proposals for towns who have to make up substantial differences between their historical commercial rate and the county rate. [42650/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Staff (6 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 235. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of requests from Kildare County Council for more staff; and the areas they were for. [42651/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water Pollution (6 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 236. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that chromium 6 is possibly being discharged into the River Barrow in the Athy area. [42652/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (6 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 260. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated time for delivery of the southern distributor road in Athy, County Kildare. [42649/14]

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: There is no reference in the conclusions to ISIS, Turkey's position on ISIS or its response to the attacks on the city of Kobanê, which is seen by many as immoral and shameful. Turkish forces attacked Kurds on the Turkish-Syrian border while well-equipped soldiers sat on tanks. The heavy-handed and uneven approach of the Turkish authorities has resulted in the death of 21 Kurdish...

European Council Meeting: Statements (5 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: It does not seem very long since we were debating the Lisbon treaty in this House. The Taoiseach and his party argued for a "Yes" vote on the basis that it would lead to jobs for Irish people. "Yes to Europe, Yes to Jobs" was the slogan on Fine Gael posters throughout the country. We eventually had a "Yes" vote from the electorate, but the jobs have been very slow in coming. Sinn...

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: When did he say that?

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: The Government has made its choices.

Leaders' Questions (23 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: They cannot do anything about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Situation in Colombia: ICTU (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: I welcome all of the delegates. They have said they were struck by the levels of poverty and inequality in society in Colombia, but I was struck by the level of wealth. Ireland would love to have Colombia's natural resources but without the conflict. I found the remarks made, particularly about the US-Colombia free trade agreement, illuminating. That agreement sets the bar for what we...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 153. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the imprisonment of a person (details supplied) in Bahrain; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that this person was allegedly arrested for sending a tweet critical of the Government. [40677/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (22 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: 154. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the disappearance of 43 students in southern Mexico; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the students were supposedly abducted by local police linked to a drug cartel; and if he has directed the Irish Ambassador in Mexico to raise our human rights concerns in the case with the...

Social Clauses in Public Procurement Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the Minister’s response to the debate. It is a pity Deputy Lawlor’s contribution was out of synch with the debate. The manner in which we have debated this so far has been positive. Everybody sees the commonsense in Deputy McDonald’s proposal and the idea of such social clauses. The European Parliament has examined this area and is encouraging countries to...