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Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

Seán Crowe: The Taoiseach will be aware like other Members that many families have been destroyed by gambling. Recently, there was an advertisement on RTE for the Rutland Centre which was followed two seconds later by an advertisement for a well known bookmaker. Many other European countries have put in place a health warning on gambling. Is there any proposal in Government to introduce similar health...

Order of Business (12 Mar 2013)

Seán Crowe: Possibly, we are talking about the gambling control Bill, a betting Bill or communications legislation. It is a difficulty and the irony is not lost on many families. We have seen the advertisements ourselves and other countries have introduced measures.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Charges (12 Mar 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the extra local government services that residents can expect to receive with the introduction of the local property tax; and the way he expects this tax to improve the delivery of local services. [12812/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Motion (6 Mar 2013)

Seán Crowe: Like others, I was moved by the testimony of the speaker last week on this matter. Some of us would not be too familiar with the ins and outs of the case itself. The controversy over the adoption of Russian children in the US came on to people's radar after that. This motion is a genuine attempt to try to call attention to the case. The sentiment behind it is good but I do not know that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Business of Joint Committee (6 Mar 2013)

Seán Crowe: I agree with the Chairman’s remarks. It would be important that we send some sort of note to the Venezuelan ambassador on the death of the president. That is the norm in this committee.

Other Questions: Road Traffic Offences (6 Mar 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the investigation by An Garda Síochána into the allegations by whistleblowers that road traffic offences have been quashed by senior gardaí. [11567/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aviation (6 Mar 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total number of military aircraft that landed at Shannon Airport in 2012; the names of the State forces to which these aircraft belong; the reason these aircraft used the landing facilities at Shannon; and the average duration of their stay at Shannon. [11916/13]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Foreign Military Personnel (6 Mar 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Defence the arrangements, if any, in addition to the Defence Act, that apply to the wearing of uniforms by foreign military personnel, and in particular US military personnel, inside and outside Shannon Airport. [11919/13]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Navigation Orders (6 Mar 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of requests that were made by foreign aircraft to carry munitions through Ireland in 2012; the number of these that were granted; the breakdown by country; and the number that were for aircraft that landed at Shannon Airport. [11917/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Forthcoming General Affairs Council: Discussion with Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (5 Mar 2013)

Seán Crowe: I listened to what the Tánaiste said about the situation in Syria. I hope his optimism is justified because most of the information we get indicates that the situation is getting worse. The fact that the opposition leaders are talking about potential dialogue is a positive development. The significant worry relates to the arms embargo and the possibility of some EU or other countries...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (5 Mar 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide detail of the jobs plus initiative and if she will specify the length of the contracts of the jobs involved. [11378/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Employment Schemes Cessation (5 Mar 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide further clarification on the way the announced local authority community employment scheme will work; the reason for not extending the existing CE rather than creating a new scheme to cover this proposals. [11369/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Living City Initiative (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Finance the lobbies or approaches by individuals or bodies including other Government Departments that were made to him in advance of the Finance Bill 2013 being drafted in relation to the living city initiative; the status of the EU state aid review of the potential scheme now it has been written into legislation; the other cities he has identified for this scheme...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: IBRC Liquidation (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Finance if he or his Department has exchanged correspondence or had direct communication with the ECB or EU Commission following the decision to use a further €16 billion of National Assets Management Agency's unallocated bonds in the purchasing of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation's assets following liquidation. [10574/13]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 20 February 2013, in relation to outstanding ratification of international agreements, the Department that is leading on identifying the legislative or administrative measures necessary for the State to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Agreements (28 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 8 of 20 February 2013, in relation to outstanding ratification of international agreements, his views on the legislative or administrative measures identified by his Department as necessary for the State to ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Discussion (27 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: I would be more comfortable if the sanctions dealt only with this case because legislation will cover other cases. If we follow this through it will be every tin-pot dictator and his henchmen throughout the world. So what we are being asked to do is significant. I cannot get my head around how any government would allow this asset stripping. Perhaps the amount of money mentioned is not...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Discussion (27 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: How many officials are involved? Mr. Browder mentioned an attempt has been made to freeze assets. How successful has that been? Mr. Browder also mentioned forensic research and said that the only avenue open to him was to publicly name and shame those involved. We are all aware of the show trials in Russia a number of years ago but trial of a dead man seems bizarre. Mr. Browder...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: The Case of Mr. Sergei Magnitsky: Discussion (27 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: Does the list include the judge and prosecutor involved or only those involved in the fraud leading up to the death of Mr. Magnitsky?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Discussion with Amnesty International Ireland (27 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses talk in terms of showing leadership to ensure the EU focuses on implementing the Amnesty International policies on human rights defenders. Part of the difficulty is that the EU has a favourable status with many of the regimes around the world in which torture and human rights abuses are going on. What do the witnesses suggest the Irish Presidency do about this? The area that...