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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: The ambassador and I go back a few years. I believe we first met at the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation many years ago.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: I had dark hair. Did the ambassador have dark hair at the time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Relations Between Ireland and Great Britain: Ambassador of Ireland to Great Britain (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: I want to concentrate my questions on that area of peace and reconciliation. Deputy Adams is leading a Sinn Féin delegation in London today meeting the British Prime Minister, Mr. Cameron, and the Opposition Labour leader. There is a difference in what has happened in Britain and Ireland. The Irish Government would be constantly involved in meeting all parties and none regarding the...

European Council: Statements (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: Returning to what I was saying, we can talk about Ukraine and how that situation came about. On the peace process and necessary negotiations in that regard, can the Minister of State outline Ireland's view of how the European Council sees that process developing? What role will Ireland play? I note in the conclusions that the European Union will now ban all goods that it can prove came from...

European Council: Statements (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: No, I am not saying that at all. The Deputy should listen to what I am saying. I have not said that. I read in the conclusions that the meeting also dealt with immigration issues. First, I welcome the Government’s decision, made last week, to resettle 220 Syrian refugees here in 2015 and 2016, as well as the continued financial commitment to the humanitarian crisis there, which...

European Council: Statements (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: I apologise for the absence of Deputy Adams. He is involved in a meeting, for the first time, with Prime Minister Cameron. I made the point earlier to the Tánaiste on the difference in the approaches of the Irish and British Governments. The Irish Government has been much more inclusive, meeting parties all the time. Unfortunately the British Government has not adopted the same...

European Council: Statements (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: It is part of the issue. I apologise for upsetting the Acting Chairman. Perhaps it will be the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Deputy Hogan, or, if reports are to be believed, the Tánaiste is pushing for the same role. This highlights problems with how we select the Commissioner. It is part of the debate on how we see Europe. We had been discussing the...

European Council: Statements (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: We are back on track.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the fact that the Government is a joint and co-equal guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement, the way his Department plans to support the re-established leaders' talks in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28442/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: My question is similar to the one which was put by Deputy Smith. I table the question ahead of the party leaders' talks in the North this week. Unfortunately, we have seen a real deterioration in the peace process in the North. We have had the Haass talks and resolutions which the British Government and sections of unionism never fully endorsed. Many believe that let the Unionists clearly...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: We accept the importance of the fact that discussions are going on prior to the contentious parades and marches which are coming down the track. It is important that the first official meeting is taking place between Sinn Féin and David Cameron at Downing Street this morning, four years after he took office. There is a different approach by the Irish Government, the Tánaiste and...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: I reiterate that the Irish Government has been inclusive in the process. It has tried to involve all parties and none and to encourage and promote the idea of dialogue. The British Government seems to have adopted a different position. The night that Deputy Gerry Adams was arrested, they were having a drinks party with the DUP. The British Government may be meeting unionism on a regular...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Immigration Controls (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed during his recent visit to the USA; and his views on whether a comprehensive immigration reform package can be delivered. [28441/14]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Immigration Controls (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: The Tánaiste was recently in the US to discuss immigration reform with the US Government and members of the Congress and the Senate. The issue affects up to 60,000 Irish people, many of whom were living in the shadows and living in fear. Will the Tánaiste at some stage address the issue, outline his views on the potential success of immigration reform in the US and will he give us...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Immigration Controls (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: Part of the difficulty is that the situation is changing all the time and we have a statement from the Republican Speaker of the House, John Boehner, saying he did not believe immigration reform would happen this year. The blinds are being pulled on the window of opportunity but there is still a chink of light with regard to the possibility of this being delivered. Part of the difficulty is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Immigration Controls (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: It is getting more difficult to deliver. People are saying one thing to us but circumstances and politics intervene. The Minister referred to a pathway of legalisation and the E3 visa. A 12-month J programme has been negotiated Government to Government. Has the Tánaiste been in discussion with the US Government about extending the programme? The work experience has been helpful and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Ukrainian Conflict (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: 10. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the temporary truce in Ukraine; if he has discussed the situation with his European counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28187/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Iraqi Conflict (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: 22. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is monitoring the deteriorating situation in Iraq; the growth of ISIS in the region; and if his Department have any plans to provide aid to the unfolding humanitarian crisis. [28186/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: 24. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who has been arrested, released and rearrested in Sudan for the supposed crime of converting from Islam to Christianity and that they face the death penalty; and if he has raised this human rights abuse with the Sudanese authorities. [28188/14]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Egyptian Conflict (2 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: 25. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the jailing of three Al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt; his views regarding the crackdown on journalists and the freedom of expression in Egypt; and if he has raised his concerns with the Egyptian authorities. [28189/14]