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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Official Engagements (8 May 2025)

Seán Crowe: 203. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he will report on his recent visit to Lebanon; on the engagement he had with his counterparts in the Lebanese Government, particularly regarding the case of a person (details supplied); and on his views on how conditions could be improved for Irish Defence Forces personnel serving on peacekeeping duties there; and if he will make a...

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Seán Crowe: I begin tonight by mentioning Mary Prior, a friend and neighbour who passed away recently. Mary's childcare facility was an institution that supported hundreds of children and their parents in the Springfield area of Tallaght down the decades. Comhbhrón to her husband Oliver and their family. Tonight, we are advocating for parents who are at their wits' end. First, they have to...

Europe Day: Statements (7 May 2025)

Seán Crowe: Sinn Féin is often accused of being Eurosceptic. We often hear that thrown around this Chamber as an insult or a lame response to an alternative voice. We are not Eurosceptic: we believe in a partnership of European nations working towards the advancement of human rights, social justice and democratic values. What we cannot support, and will never support, is a federal militarised...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Seán Crowe: In his reply to another question, the Minister spoke of a mobility strategy. At the moment in Tallaght there are 15,000 people waiting for a driver's test. Waiting times can sometimes be over a year. I do not think that is acceptable to anyone. Media reports have indicated that at long last the Road Safety Authority intends to open a new driving test centre in south Dublin. That is...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (7 May 2025)

Seán Crowe: 291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average time it takes for a successful additional needs payment to be paid after receipt of an application. [22463/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Infrastructure Provision (7 May 2025)

Seán Crowe: 475. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware of the lack of public long-term residential care facilities in the Tallaght area; if a census of the area has been recently taken to confirm the growing number of older people in the area; if there are plans to increase the capacity of public beds locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22306/25]

Sale of Nitrous Oxide and Related Products Bill 2025: First Stage (30 Apr 2025)

Seán Crowe: I am pleased to co-sponsor this legislation with my colleague Mark Ward. Reduction of the abuse of nitrous oxide is something I have been highlighting and working towards for some years. I introduced legislation to that effect in the previous Dáil. I am glad to have the opportunity to do so again. The abuse of nitrous oxide is something that flies under the radar for many people....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Seán Crowe: Will the Taoiseach tell us about his new man?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Seán Crowe: Will the Taoiseach tell us about his new man?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (29 Apr 2025)

Seán Crowe: "Not confirming anything" is right.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Schemes (29 Apr 2025)

Seán Crowe: 1469. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there are plans to include androgenic alopecia in the treatment benefit scheme to provide some relief from the high financial burden of purchasing wigs or other such accessories. [20753/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (29 Apr 2025)

Seán Crowe: 1781. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if IPAS centres are permitted to take on private renters or offer accommodation to other non-IPAS residents. [18514/25]

Tariffs: Statements (9 Apr 2025)

Seán Crowe: There is no doubt that foreign direct investment has been good to Ireland. The pharmaceutical and medical technology sector in particular has been an enormous boon to the economy. This has been supplemented in recent years by the tech sector. High-paying jobs and exports allowed Ireland to progress beyond our small island and become a global economy. The reports overnight that the pharma...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (9 Apr 2025)

Seán Crowe: 282. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the fact that parents have been informed that there are no speech and language or occupational therapy services available in the Ballyboden primary care centre; if her attention has been further drawn to the fact that when these parents seek to access these therapies in other HSE centres they are informed that this is not...

Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 Apr 2025)

Seán Crowe: The anti-water charges movement was one of the largest opposition movements this State witnessed in modern times. Citizens from different backgrounds and of different ages came together, said "No" to this unjust tax and took to the streets in their hundreds and thousands. Even the 2016 Fianna Fáil manifesto committed to abolishing Irish Water and ending water charges. The Government...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rail Network (8 Apr 2025)

Seán Crowe: 331. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if the feasibility study for Metro SouthWest has been initiated, and if not, whether terms of reference have been agreed; if the planning application for the project has been finalised; the projected cost of the project; and if a potential costing has been made for an extension from Charlemont to St Stephens Green. [17592/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (1 Apr 2025)

Seán Crowe: 143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the allegations of human rights abuses being suffered by workers from the Cerrejón mine in Colombia, and the immense damage being done to the surrounding areas and its indigenous people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15502/25]

Post European Council Meeting: Statements (26 Mar 2025)

Seán Crowe: The European Council continues to be entirely impotent when it comes to the genocidal actions of Israel and the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people. The Council's conclusions do not even mention the word "Israel". One would think Israel was not even involved and that it was not the party to have smashed the ceasefire and resumed the bombardment of the Palestinians, and indeed of...

Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion [Private Members] (26 Mar 2025)

Seán Crowe: Sinn Féin supports the motion. It is welcome and timely. We were colonised and know what it is like to struggle for freedom against a foreign invader. The principle of neutrality is a fundamental republican principle and was one of the cornerstones of the foundation of the Irish State. The Irish people set great store in our neutrality. It is a point of pride that our troops have...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (25 Mar 2025)

Seán Crowe: Spoofer.