Results 6,401-6,420 of 8,600 for speaker:Seán Crowe

Written Answers — Department of Finance: European Banking Union (21 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will report on progress made towards a banking union. [23951/13]

Other Questions: Undocumented Irish (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: The issue is fluid and seems to be changing by the hour. It seems we are at a crucial time for the deal, with the consequences to be felt by a possible 50,000 undocumented Irish living in the US. Two Republican Senators have made a major effort to strip or gut 10,500 visas from the Irish allocation on Tuesday. There are other countries mentioned in the Bill as having special country...

Other Questions: Middle East Peace Process (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: Am I correct in stating that 16,000 new settlement units have been either announced or approved over the past two years? Two days ago, there was a young Palestinian man in here. He came from Beit Ummar. He spoke in terms of the problems being encountered by his family and community between Hebron and Bethlehem. He was asking for help, and what the Irish people can do for his situation....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Union Foreign Policy (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 5. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the rate of expansion of Israeli settlements, and the deterioration of the situation on the ground in the past 12 months since the EU foreign affairs council conclusions of May 2012, if he will use the opportunity of the upcoming EU Foreign Affairs Council to formally propose an EU-wide ban on settlement goods....

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Union Foreign Policy (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister and welcome the statement he made last Friday following his meeting with the so-called Elders group that goods from illegal Israeli settlement colonies or colonies in the West Bank should be clearly labelled in all EU countries. This would give consumers a real choice as to whether they want to buy, boycott or bin such goods. However, I believe the EU should go further...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: European Union Foreign Policy (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: On Tuesday of last week, there were media reports that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, had ordered a freeze on the construction of illegal colonial settlements. Has the Minister heard anything in that regard? Two days later, however, on Thursday of last week, the Israeli Government signed off on plans to build nearly 300 new settlements near Ramallah, which dashed the hopes...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: Does the Tánaiste share the UNHRC's opinion? The UN human rights office has condemned the forced feeding of the hunger strikers. The World Medical Association has stated that forceful feeding is a form of inhuman treatment and is never ethically acceptable. Will the Government use all avenues to try to bring the hunger strike to an end before people lose their lives? What is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 2. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the on-going hunger strikes in the Guantánamo Bay Detention Facility; if his attention has been drawn to the force feeding of some hunger strikers; and if he has raised this issue with the American Government. [23370/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Human Rights Issues (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: My original question inquired as to whether the Tánaiste had raised this matter with the relevant authorities. From his reply, I take it he intends to do so at some point in the future. Tomorrow will be the 100th day of the hunger strike. The Tánaiste is correct in stating that prisoners are being force-fed. This new element has brought the reality of what is happening to many...

Taxi Regulation Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: I have just come from a meeting of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, which is sending a letter to the Minister of State on the Taxi Regulation Bill 2012. All parties at the meeting expressed concerns about this matter. Is it just me or do other Members find it bizarre that the Minister of State indicated that no amendments were put forward even though...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Domestic Violence: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: In my constituency there is a women's refuge. Deputy Smith mentioned this perhaps being more common in urban areas but I do not know if that is the case, although I am certainly aware of it. I recently dealt with a family where the partner had a serious crack cocaine drug problem. The house was being turned into a crack house, there were children there, domestic violence, and people were...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Domestic Violence: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: Is the organisation looking for support from us to secure European funding? Will there be accommodation and will it be on a long-term or short-term basis? I am on a committee that is looking at human trafficking and the North is no different from the South on this issue, with young vulnerable women being exploited. Would the centre be a safe location for them? This could help to secure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Narrow Water Bridge: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: I have no difficulty in seconding it. However, there might be merit in also sending the letter - with the names of all the individuals present at this meeting attached - to Mr. Sammy Wilson. I accept that he might be irritated by our raising the issue, but there is no doubt that it must be done. Whether it is a gentle nudge or a kick in the arse, Sammy needs to wake up to the fact that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Narrow Water Bridge: Discussion (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the witnesses. The submission given to the committee refers to the bridge and its potential to become a symbol of reconciliation and peace. Bridges unite communities and bring people together, negating divisions. In that sense, it is a very positive project. I read media reports recently concerning Mr. Jim Wells, one the MLAs for the area. He was asked about the delays and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Issues (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 52. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the decision of the Tanzanian Government to order thousands of Masai tribes persons to leave their traditional grazing lands to make way for what the Government says will be a conservation site; the negative effects this could have on the Masai community and the delicate ecosystem; and...

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

Seán Crowe: 68. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recently released One World, One Future: Ireland’s Policy for International Development report and its commitment to promoting decent work as a human right, and in view of recent tragedies, is he concerned about the working conditions, and the fire and building safety of garment factories in...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Swimming Pool Projects (15 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 25. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans, apart from the €5.6m allocated in the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme for the development/improvement of swimming pools, to allocate additional funds in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22849/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Sports Facilities Provision (15 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 33. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on the development of facilities at the National Sports Campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22851/13]

Good Friday Agreement: Motion [Private Members] (14 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: The Irish peace process has been described as one of the most successful in the world and it has changed the political landscape. It is a process that is still evolving and trying to deal with the legacy of the past and the expectations of the future. As a member of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, I have seen at first hand how the agreement has been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 117. To ask the Minister for Health the additional resources that will be made available to existing children’s hospitals, including Tallaght, in view of the further delay in the delivery of the National Children’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22568/13]