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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh – Priority Questions: Defence Forces (6 Nov 2025)

Seán Crowe: 3. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the current status of the procurement process for the military primary radar system; if rollout of the system will commence in 2026 and full operational status will be achieved by 2028; if there has been any change in the total cost of approximately €300 million for the programme; if the current training courses for such operations in...

Committee on European Union Affairs: Sustainable Development Goals: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (5 Nov 2025)

Seán Crowe: Deputy Ó Murchú alluded to some of the sustainable development goals. There are 17 of them and they are aspirational in nature, although the view is that rather than concentrating on words we need action in relation to them. The Minister of State is in a lucky position in that he is saying €840 million of Irish taxpayers' money is going into projects right across Africa and...

Education (Affordable School Uniforms) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members] (4 Nov 2025)

Seán Crowe: The Minister has taken a disappointing approach. Back in 2011, I recall discussing the affordability of school uniforms in this House with Ruairi Quinn, the then Minister for Education and Skills. Unfortunately, at that time, we failed to convince him and probably more importantly, the officials at that time this was the way forward. If we cast our minds back to that period, we were in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Co-operation Ireland's Future Leaders Programme: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the witnesses. I was thinking of the first time when I had to make a speech. I was at a conference. I was reading away and looked up and saw the flash of a camera. I looked down and all the writing disappeared off the page. At the same time, a bell was ringing to say I was finished my speech, but I was not finished my speech. Lo and behold, the writing on the page came back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Co-operation Ireland's Future Leaders Programme: Discussion (4 Nov 2025)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses are all involved in different youth clubs. What if it was available at community level for people interested in, say, ISL? What if that was the platform? There could be Irish language classes in the community. They do not necessarily have to be in the school because there are only a certain number of things that can be fitted in. If there is a problem on the roads, for...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (4 Nov 2025)

Seán Crowe: 388. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the total service volume of each driving test centre, in tabular form. [59267/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Test (4 Nov 2025)

Seán Crowe: 389. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the date by which the new driving test centre in South Dublin will be open; the centres specific location; and the number of permanent testers that will be based in the centre. [59268/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child Protection (4 Nov 2025)

Seán Crowe: 1545. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe mandated for responding to child protection notices; the number of child protection notices received in the first six months of 2025; and the number of those child protection notices responded to within the mandated timeframe. [59269/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Nov 2025)

Seán Crowe: 2014. To ask the Minister for Health if there are plans to introduce a free shingles vaccination programme for older people given that many have difficulty with affordability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59658/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (4 Nov 2025)

Seán Crowe: 2084. To ask the Minister for Health if officials from her Department have been in contact with the Medical Council over the apparent bottleneck in the Pres 3 testing system; if there is any assistance that her Department can provide to the Medical Council to allow them to clear the backlog; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60132/25]

Men's Health: Statements (22 Oct 2025)

Seán Crowe: I am probably not going to say anything that is much different from what many other Members said. As others stated, there is a lot of really good work being done around men's health. This month, we have seen it most publicly in sport, with Movember and the OddBalls Foundation are becoming familiar to a lot of fans. As we all agree, men are still reluctant to go to the doctor and share...

Irish Unity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2025)

Seán Crowe: The reality of unity, an end to division and the possibility of a united Ireland is very much part of the political conversation on this island now more than ever. It has been a focus point of discussion during the ongoing presidential election, even more so than when Martin McGuinness was running in 2011. It has moved beyond the hypothetical and people are now discussing what kind of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Healthcare Provision: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Seán Crowe: This is an interesting conversation. If we are talking about the problems of the health service in the North, we have to look at the bigger issue as to what has been happening. If you talk to someone in Liverpool about their health service, they will mention the same problems, and who will they blame them on? They will not blame them on Sinn Féin. They will blame them on the Tories,...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (21 Oct 2025)

Seán Crowe: 108. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the date by which the Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 will be introduced in Dáil Éireann; his views on whether there should be no delay in its progression amidst the lull in the conflict; his views on the fact that illegal settlements in the West Bank and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (21 Oct 2025)

Seán Crowe: 107. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the protests, often marred by police violence, that have been ongoing across Serbia for the past 11 months; his views on whether the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to Serbia could be seen as a statement of support for President Aleksandar Vučić amidst...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Policy (21 Oct 2025)

Seán Crowe: 469. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that local authorities are stalling applications to the social housing list by homeless individuals if they cannot provide a utility bill in their name or a sworn affidavit by people who are allowing them to couch surf, though this might include tenants in social housing who may be reluctant to provide such an...

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2025)

Seán Crowe: It is my opinion, but it is shared by a lot of people out there, that budget 2026 failed to deliver any real hope or pathway for the families and individuals left behind by successive Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael Governments. Every week, new families or individuals who are homeless or facing homelessness turns up at my constituency office. That is fact. There is nothing in the budget...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (14 Oct 2025)

Seán Crowe: 867. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to fully fund the 2024–30 collaborative tuberculosis strategy for Ireland. [54966/25]

Committee on European Union Affairs: Engagement with Representatives of the European Committee of the Regions (8 Oct 2025)

Seán Crowe: I was on the Committee of the Regions many years ago, a bit before Deputy Lahart. They were frustrating times because you could see the potential of the committee but there was something missing. One of the things I found to be missing - and we touched on this morning - was that there is not always a dedicated officer in councils. There are eight of them, which is a big weakness. I get...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Local Community Safety Partnerships (7 Oct 2025)

Seán Crowe: 390. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the date by which he will appoint the members of the new South Dublin Local Community Safety Partnership so they may meet and begin their work. [52941/25]