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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]

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

Seán Crowe: 103. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to the filling of the 414 posts for community mental health services committed to in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2012, the number of these positions that have been filled by existing HSE staff members; the position regarding the back-filling of the positions these staff members have vacated; and if he will make a statement...

Topical Issue Debate: Workplace Safety (9 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: We were all shocked and appalled by the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh on 24 April, which has now claimed more than 900 lives. The figures remain sketchy because it is believed a number of the workers who died in the factory were undocumented. We will never know the true number of people killed. It is now the world’s deadliest industrial accident since...

Topical Issue Debate: Workplace Safety (9 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: Self-regulation is clearly not working in this region. The Minister said it is up to the multiples and those who are buying the garments from Bangladesh. Has he met any of the multiples in Ireland about this? There is a common denominator in the collapse of the Rana Plaza building and the fire last night because many of the multiples in Ireland buy clothing from these factories. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Councils: Discussion with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (9 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: One of the Government's Presidency objectives is to reach agreement with the European Parliament on the multi-annual financial framework. The Tánaiste hopes this objective will be met by the end of the Presidency in June. How realistic is that timescale? The Tánaiste referred to the meeting on 22 April which resulted in an update on negotiations on the multi-annual financial...

Europe Week: Statements (8 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: Yes, the Blueshirts also, I suppose. We have barely banished this disgusting ideology to the 20th century, but it has not been fully defeated. Its re-emergence in some member states cannot be ignored. We have to do everything in our power to stop it in its tracks, including revising the economic system that is destroying families right across Europe. It might be ignored by many, but...

Europe Week: Statements (8 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: Tomorrow there will be a celebration of peace and unity in Europe. On 9 May 1950 the then French foreign Minister, Robert Schuman, made the first move towards the creation of the European Union. This happened only five years after the Second World War, when trust between the countries involved was extremely low and they were trying to heal their wounds and rebuild their war damaged...