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Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (14 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Health in view of the appalling health profile of Travellers evident in the All Ireland Traveller Health Study Report published in 2010, when he will develop an action plan/update the National Traveller Health Strategy to address Traveller health inequalities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7457/13]

Promissory Notes Arrangement: Motion (Resumed) (13 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: I agree with Deputy Mary Lou McDonald on last Wednesday night's farce when nobody covered himself or herself in glory in the context of what went on in the House. I listened to Deputies who shouted and roared suggesting they had read the legislation, but just down the corridor it was in their pigeon holes. Perhaps, one well worn copy had done the rounds, but it seems unlikely that people...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombia Peace Process: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: Is Deputy Durkan proposing to delete the wording about the current issues we face in the implementation of the Agreement?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombia Peace Process: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: I have no problem with that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Colombia Peace Process: Motion (13 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: I move: That the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade - - affirm that it believes that the people of Colombia have the right to a peacefully negotiated and just solution to the conflict in their country, - recognise the efforts of civil society in Colombia in bringing about a peace process and support its demands to be involved in the current peace process, - welcome the commitment...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Recovery: Discussion with Chambers Ireland (13 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: Trawling through so many websites sounds exhausting. Recently a witness at a committee made the point that such websites should be multilingual. Does Mr. O'Mahony share that view? Perhaps it might be simpler for someone to go through the system. Is the UK site multilingual?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Economic Recovery: Discussion with Chambers Ireland (13 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: I was talking about Government websites. The delegates referred to welcoming the opportunity to explore the potential of designating Chambers Ireland as a competent authority. Will Mr. O'Mahony expand on that point? Where are the difficulties? Will there be difficulties with the Department of Justice and Equality or the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade? Where else is this...

European Council: Statements (13 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: It is welcome that tackling youth unemployment is a priority and that a figure of €3 billion has been allocated to it. The problem is that when one does the sums, it will not have a significant impact on unemployment levels and the 26 million who are unemployed. It works out as €142 per unemployed person per year, which is not sufficient. There is an allocation of €150...

European Council: Statements (13 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: The European Council was finally able to bring in a seven-year EU budget at its last meeting. As Deputy Gerry Adams said, it is the first time in 56 years that the EU budget has been cut. The issue with the EU budget is not only the size of the expenditure but what the money is used for. Any independent analysis would show that the overall structure of the budget has been left untouched....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children in Care (13 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the capacity and numbers in residence in each of the three special care units and the two high support units; the numbers currently awaiting placement in each of these; her plans for additional capacity at any of the current five locations or any other or new location; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7313/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Issues: Discussion with EU Special Representative for Human Rights (6 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: Cuirim céad míle fáilte roimh Mr. Lambrinidis and his colleagues. Is the role of the EU Special Representative a fine balancing act between current human rights abuses and past human rights abuses? Yesterday we heard the awful word "renditions". A report suggested that some of the rendition flights went through Ireland and other countries in Europe. There must be a balance...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: I would love one.

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (6 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: An Teachta Adams referred to the ongoing EU budget negotiations. I wish the Government well in the delicate negotiations. I wish to refer specifically to youth unemployment and the proposed youth guarantee. More than 5.5 million young people across the EU are not able to find work currently. Across the European Union, 22% of people between the ages of 15 and 24 are jobless, a figure that...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Diplomatic Representation (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: Was it justified when it was RIC men?

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Funding (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the equalisation method his Department will apply when distributing funds to local authorities based on the new property tax. [5416/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Eligibility (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the rationale for seeking to change tenant purchase schemes in order that discounts are based on earnings rather than the length of time a social housing tenant has been renting their home. [5553/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Exports to Iran (5 Feb 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he expects the minutae of the beef deal between Ireland and Iran to be finalised and for exports to commence; and the expected economic benefits of the deal for the economy here. [1677/13]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Prisoners' Rights: Discussion with Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman (31 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: Is Ms McCabe saying that the reason republican prisoners are being searched is to find drugs?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Prisoners' Rights: Discussion with Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman (31 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the witnesses. The treatment of prisoners and their families is a measure of how civilised a society is and historically we know that what happened in prisons in Ireland certainly impacted on wider society. There was mention of strip searching. I have talked to prisoners who were totally isolated, kept in sterile areas and had no real contact with the public but yet they were...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Alternative Energy Projects (31 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will establish a nationwide process of dealing with wind turbine applications that will outline a process where the concerns of all will be addressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4678/13]