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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (23 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Unitary Patent package including an EU regulation and an International Agreement amongst the 25 member states, and the creation of a Unified Patent Court may require a constitutional change in Denmark; his views on whether this development involves a transfer of sovereignty; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (23 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the state of ratification of the Patent Package in EU member States. [1668/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (23 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his views on whether the development of an EU unified litigation patent system creates a second legal order inside national legal orders and a parallel judicial system beside national judicial systems. [1670/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (23 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has had discussions with his EU counterparts regarding the ratification of the Patent Package in EU member states; and the dates on which these discussions were held and the counterparts with whom he had discussions. [1671/13]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: International Agreements (23 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has had any discussions with his EU counterparts regarding the current patent system in the EU; if any of the discussions have pertained to maintaining linguistic diversity within member states and the patent system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1672/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Finance if he has drawn up a table of new effective and marginal tax rates per income decile for 2012 in view of budgetary changes last month; and if he will make this table available to the House of the Oireachtas. [1791/13]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (17 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Minister for Finance his views on whether a minimum number of employees should be employed before a company may be established for the purposes of corporation tax; if he will provide an estimate of the number of persons who are currently operating and paying tax as a company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1790/13]

Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: We all agree that peaceful protests can be healthy and positive in defusing tension. It should be a democratic right in any society for its members to protest. The difficulty, however, with these protests is that they are illegal and violent, with people and their homes being attacked, which has terrified them and prevented many from going to work. The other difficulty is that Unionists...

Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: It is hugely important that we in this House collectively put our heads together and work to bring about an all-party, cross-community response to the recent flag protests in the North and the violence that is accompanying them. We know from the recent census figures that Belfast is a changed city and is no longer dominated by Unionism. The issue of flags and symbols in City Hall is a...

Topical Issue Debate: Northern Ireland Issues (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: What about the other night and £100,000 worth of drugs being found in the area? Are there underlying factors in regard to what is happening?

Other Questions: Foreign Conflicts (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: As a previous speaker said, lines were drawn on maps that did not really take into account the people in those regions. The Tuareg are moving into that region. One of the worrying comments is the suggestion that the French intervention was carried out under UN guidelines. Will the UN support this intervention? I have listened carefully to the Tánaiste's response that intervention by...

Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: Does the Minister of State accept that most people would agree with aid being provided in times of crisis? I do not believe people have a hugely negative view of development. However, their perceptions become muddied when aid is being provided for large countries with massive resources and corrupt governments. If we are seen to be involved in such countries, difficulties often arise. This...

Other Questions: Overseas Development Aid (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: Many who contribute get really upset and annoyed when they see larger states failing to live up to their responsibilities and commitments to aid and development. Ireland and other EU countries are going through extremely difficult times, with spending cuts in health and education and other areas. In the recent budget Irish Aid’s budget was cut by €16 million. It has been cut...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Peace and Reconciliation Programme (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the programmes which will benefit from the €315,000 increase in Reconciliation and Cooperation on the Island services of his Department as laid out in Budget 2013. [1675/13]

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Peace and Reconciliation Programme (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: I thank the Minister for his reply. I welcome the fact there has been an increase in the reconciliation fund from the Department. However, I would like to know where the money is going, what groups avail of it and what type of work they are doing. It would be useful to get that information onto the public record. This work is vital. As Deputy Smith said, some Members of the House...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Peace and Reconciliation Programme (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: It is about people being comfortable working together. That is part of the difficulty in regard to what is happening at the moment on the flag issue. What is the Minister's view on how the flag issue and what is happening on the streets are affecting those groups? The trouble seems to be happening in isolated areas whereas the work is still going on outside the Belfast area and it is...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Use of Non-Conventional Weapons (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: In 2006 the European Parliament adopted a resolution that called on the European Union and its member states to work hard to ensure the scope of the protocol to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons would be expanded to prevent the further use of white phosphorous shells and depleted uranium warheads against military and civilian targets. In the previous conflict in the area in 2009...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Use of Non-Conventional Weapons (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: I am working on information I have been given based on the reports of medics. However, I accept that information has not come across the Tánaiste's desk and accept what he has said on the issue. We know ordnance used in previous conflicts remains on the ground in the region. Previously, I referred to the fact that the head of the medical authorities in Gaza was an Irish passport...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Use of Non-Conventional Weapons (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support an international investigation to examine if the use of non-conventional weapons, such as chemical weapons and depleted uranium munitions, were used in Israel’s recent bombardment of Gaza in November 2012; and if they were the cause of a rapid rise in the number of patients being admitted into...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Expenditure (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Crowe: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason his Department has been given significant increases in some administration spending, such as travel, €452,000, postal and telecoms services, €451,000 and office equipment and external IT services, €945,000, in Budget 2013. [1676/13]