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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Training (18 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 20. To ask the Minister for Defence the steps he has taken to ensure members of the Defence Forces are reskilled. [35934/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Veterans (18 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 23. To ask the Minister for Defence the supports the State has provided for the needs for ex Defence Forces members in difficulties and to organisations such as the Organisation of National Ex–Servicemen and Women. [35935/13]

Council of the European Union (Lithuanian Presidency): Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: I have raised the issue of Michael Campbell, as has Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan, with regard to the prison conditions he is enduring in Lithuania. Does the Minister of State share my concerns not only about the jail conditions in which he is being held but also his safety and the impact of closed visits on his family, about which concerns have also been raised. The courts refuse to extradite...

Council of the European Union (Lithuanian Presidency): Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: I have one or two questions. Deputy Maureen O'Sullivan spoke about bio-fuels. I attended a conference at which the Minister of State, Deputy Costello, spoke about how Ireland was pursuing the possibility of reducing the bio-fuels limit to 5%. It is extraordinary that companies are buying good land in Africa and poorer countries around the world - they are essentially land-grabbing - and...

Council of the European Union (Lithuanian Presidency): Motion (17 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: I wish to be associated with the remarks about the Minister of State. Like others, I will miss his insights and contributions at the Joint committee on European Affairs, but we will no doubt meet him regularly in his elevated position. I sincerely congratulate him and his family and wish him well and every success in his new role. I have no doubt that he will be as inclusive as he was at...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Presidency Objectives, Foreign Affairs Council and Membership of Human Rights Council: Discussion (17 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: Go raibh maith agat. I welcome the Tánaiste. He referred to the settlements in Palestine. I welcomed his comments following the meeting with the so-called elders during the Presidency. He stated that the Israeli settlements in Palestine are illegal and the products from them should be treated as illegal in the European Union. There was an agreement on an EU ban on those goods. Our...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Open Government Partnership (17 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 107. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will explain the way the Government's commitment to the Open Government process on the work of his Department; if his Department has entered into any commitments under this process; what this process entails for his Department; and what, if any, time frames are involved. [35642/13]

Other Questions: Water Charges Administration (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 58. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will confirm that he will raise the option of the installation of block meters with a more cost effective option to domestic water meters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33801/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Capital Assistance Scheme Funding (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 92. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the way the new funds announced for disability housing will be used; and the criteria that will have to be met in order to access this funding. [33773/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Websites (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will list all the Twitter accounts for which officials in his Department have had and currently have responsibility for monitoring and updating. [35408/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (16 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the huge peaceful protests organised by agrarian unions in north-eastern Colombia; that they are protesting against the appalling security situation and the socio-economic conditions that prevail there; that the Colombian Government's response has been brutal, scores of peasant farmers...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities for Lithuanian Presidency of the Council of the European Union: Discussion (11 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: The ambassador spoke in terms of the targets for the Presidency. Does he agree that across Europe, there is a sense of crisis in many states, for example, with youth unemployment, more and more people in debt and people losing their homes? If there have been criticisms of the Council of Europe and what is happening within Europe, one of them has been that there does not seem to be that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Unethical Organ Harvesting in China: Discussion (10 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: The idea of harvesting people's organs is like a story from science fiction. The idea that any human being would contemplate this type of policy is the ultimate horror. I agreed initially to the motion proposed by Senator Norris and I have no problem supporting this. When we discussed another human rights violation, the Magnitsky case, we talked about inviting the Russian ambassador to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Unethical Organ Harvesting in China: Discussion (10 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: I will ask about practical action or what Ireland can do to stop this practice. There is a proposal to call on the UN to stop forced organ harvesting in China. Later in the presentation it was mentioned that other countries had passed legislation. A handful of countries are represented here. How successful has legislation been in stopping organ harvesting? Can we learn lessons,...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Rights Issues (10 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 11. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation in view of the recent concerns regarding crèches and child care, if he will consider developing regulations on the recruitment, placement and employment of au pairs. [33495/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Registered Employment Agreements (10 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 13. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timescale by which he will legislate for registered employment agreements. [33494/13]

Other Questions: Paternity Leave (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 62. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she examined the possibility of introducing paid paternity leave; if she has discussed with the Department of Justice and Equality the possibility of introducing paid paternity leave. [33248/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Expenditure (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 112. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will guarantee that there will be no cuts to rent supplement or increases to rental contribution required of tenants in the next budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33249/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: EU Trade with Israel (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is in favour of introducing formal governmental advice to discourage Irish businesses from purchasing goods from Israeli settlements and from having any other commercial or investment links with those settlements. [33019/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues (9 Jul 2013)

Seán Crowe: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a news report from the Bahrain News Agency published on 1 July 2013, which stated that a delegation from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade met members of the Bahraini Government on the sidelines of the 23rd Gulf Cooperation Council-EU joint meeting and that the Irish...