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Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (28 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 611. To ask the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any increase in patients presenting to the accident and emergency at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, in relation to drug linked assaults. [25338/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (28 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 612. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, has indicated that it is letting go contract staff as per Health Service Executive guidelines; if he will outline the areas of work that they cover; if there has been an analysis done in relation to the impact that these job losses will have on the hospital and its services. [25339/13]

Order of Business (23 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: There is concern about the EU-Colombia free trade agreement. My understanding is that it will be agreed by various parliaments. What is the process in respect of this House? Will it be before the House, will there be a discussion on it and what is the timescale?

Ireland and the Eurozone: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (22 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: The EU and the euro are in a state of flux. Some would say it is a crisis. From financial crisis and democratic deficit to failing and crippling austerity measures, it is obvious that things must change rapidly for the benefit of the Union and, more important, its citizens. The decision to create a single currency was viewed by many across the political spectrum as an ideological and...

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 6. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken to jointly market produce and products on an all-Ireland basis. [24456/13]

Other Questions: Cross-Border Co-operation (22 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 14. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will identify additional measures that would promote all Ireland trade and marketing of Irish produce and products. [24457/13]

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: How much time is left?

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (21 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: I noted from the Taoiseach's speech that this week's European Council meeting will discuss tax policy with a particular focus on tax collection and combatting tax evasion and fraud. As other speakers have said, it is a timely discussion. This topic has been discussed with multinationals in parliaments in other European states and the US and some of the findings have been disturbing with tax...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fodder Crisis (21 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: 68. To ask the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has been approached by, or on behalf of, farmers seeking to harvest fodder on lands under NAMA’s control; and if so, the way NAMA has responded; NAMA’s position on such requests; and if NAMA has communicated its position to its borrowers. [23952/13]

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...