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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Update on the Roll-out of the EU Digital Covid-19 Certificate (21 Jul 2021)

Seán Crowe: ...to provide an update on the roll-out of the EU digital Covid-19 certificate, DCC. They are: Ms Liz Canavan, assistant secretary general, Department of the Taoiseach; Mr. David Gilbride, head of immigration service delivery, Department of Justice; Mr. Muiris O'Connor, assistant secretary general, Department of Health; Mr. Derek Tierney, assistant secretary general Department of Health; Mr....

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Crime Levels (9 May 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...That incident happened at 10 p.m. on Easter Sunday on the Malahide Road in Donnycarney in north Dublin and a man has handed himself into a north Dublin Garda station with regard to the attack. The Immigrant Council of Ireland has interviewed taxi drivers from various ethnic backgrounds and its report on the racist attacks noted that many of them happened while the taxi was in motion,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Good Friday Agreement (16 Apr 2019)

Seán Crowe: As we know, the Good Friday Agreement is an internationally binding agreement between two sovereign states. As the Tánaiste said, it recognises the "birthright" of the people of Northern Ireland to choose to hold Irish citizenship, British citizenship or both. Emma DeSouza, who is a citizen's rights campaigner from Derry, published material earlier this month which shows that the...

Post-European Council: Statements (19 Dec 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...lies on social media that the compact will lead to open borders, that it will legalise all migration, and that illegal migration will no longer exist. These people suggest it will lead to a tidal wave of immigration into Europe and that the compact says migration is a human right, and other similar things. There is no foundation to most of what they say. All of us in this House have a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Returning Irish Emigrants: Discussion (29 Nov 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...for work from Safe Home Ireland or anything else. However, Deputies may be able to make an intervention on behalf of people in particular areas. Part of the reason for appointing a Minister of State with responsibility for the diaspora was to have a joined-up approach. We have a briefing paper which mentions information provision, housing, driving, employment, health and so on. The...

United States Immigration Policy: Motion (20 Jun 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...of Homeland Security has confirmed that over 2,300 children were separated from the 2,200 parents who had crossed the US border without documents between 5 May and 9 June. Amnesty International has stated the new policy of separation and the caging of children were nothing short of torture. I agree. It is mental and physical abuse. The Trump Administration has reached a new low with...

Diaspora Issues: Statements (8 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...skip the compulsory lessons and simply take a theory and practical test here or the authorities might adopt a more flexible recognition of foreign driving licences. I listened to the Minister of State say the requirement on returning emigrants with non-exchangeable driving licences has reduced from 12 mandatory driving lessons to six but that is still a barrier. Many of these returning...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Committee Stage (24 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: I will do so. The section seeks to amend the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956 to provide that any period of time spent in the State where persons are exempt from immigration controls, as workers in embassies are, is not reckonable for residency in the context of a naturalisation application. The rights of embassy workers are important and should not be undermined or interfered...

Report of Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on Immigration, Asylum and the Refugee Crisis: Motion (28 Sep 2017)

Seán Crowe: ...of the undocumented community living here and the many people from the Syrian community who are present for this debate. I hope this report will add significantly and positively to the debate on immigration, asylum and the refugee crisis. I welcome the recommendation in the report that a regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants in Ireland should be introduced in a timely...

Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017: Second Stage (4 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: ...Diplomatic Relations 1961 and the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations 1963 codify what is perhaps one of the oldest and most accepted fields of international law, namely the formal relations between states and their official representatives. To facilitate the peaceful and efficient conduct of these relations, these treaties grant diplomats certain privileges and immunity, including...

US Executive Order on Immigration: Statements (15 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: ...courts but, as we know, that ruling continues to be challenged. Even people with the magic green card were to be refused entry at America's airports, something that was previously unimaginable. Anti-immigrant and anti-immigration policies that were perverse, fear driven and not based on reality or any known facts were somehow to be the order of the day under the new US Administration. We...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (7 Feb 2017)

Seán Crowe: ...moving to occupied East Jerusalem is growing by 3% a year and that it blamed Israel for violence in occupied East Jerusalem; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the report stated that EU countries should impose immigration regulations or visa bans on known violent settlers and those calling for violence; and his views on imposing these sanctions against illegal Israeli...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Developing Growth Markets: IDA Ireland (6 May 2015)

Seán Crowe: ...? How important is the continuity of the 12.5% effective tax rate when selling Ireland to companies? Hundreds of growth markets clients are operating in Ireland and employ 9,500 people across the State. Do they bring many workers with them from their own countries? I asked the exporters about difficulties with visas and so on. Is the IDA's co-ordination of this issue seamless or are...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Votáil Uachtaráin) 2014: An Dara Céim [Private Members] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (11 Mar 2015)

Seán Crowe: ...We still believe there is a need for those referendums. While I welcome the Government's acceptance of this Bill, the onus is on it to move it forward and not bury it on Committee Stage, as it has done with other Opposition Bills. The Minister of State, Deputy Deenihan, spoke earlier on. To use football parlance, he has the ball. What decision will the Government take? Will the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Undocumented Irish in the USA (26 Nov 2014)

Seán Crowe: 2. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the 50,000 undocumented Irish in the United States of America in view of recent political developments in the USA and the signing by President Obama of an executive order on immigration. [45230/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Scrutiny of EU Legislative Proposals (3 Jul 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...the rule of law but where one would not necessarily approve of what happens. I accept it is not a country within the European Union. If one has a country that has taken a decision not to allow immigrants, does that go against European values of welcoming people? I refer to those fleeing conflict or war. Concerns arise in regard to such issues. If we give the power, one could argue...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Review of Foreign Affairs Policy and External Relations: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...diplomatic job which ambassadors do, but it would be positive if we extended invitations to them to come before us. For example, we could invite the US ambassador to appear before us to discuss immigration reform or those from Brazil, China and Russia to discuss improving trade relations. We would not have to subject them to a grilling, rather our proceedings could be framed as a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Review of Foreign Affairs Policy and External Relations: Discussion (Resumed) (16 Jan 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...we started to open embassies all over the world if there is not some sort of financial benefit, trade benefit or otherwise. It must be done sensibly and slowly and explained to people. The United States, St. Patrick's Day and the amount of work involved was mentioned. I was there recently and spoke to different groups, some of which were quite critical. In the past, the embassy - this...

An Bille um an Dara Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Deireadh a Chur le Seanad Éireann) 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) - Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) (20 Jun 2013)

Seán Crowe: I will play it by ear. I listened to some of the debate in my office. Many people share my belief that this State has a democratic and governance deficit. That is a view shared across all parties and none. We know from opinion polls that people hold politicians and political institutions in low esteem and low voter turnout across the State is another manifestation of this standing. If we...

Other Questions: Undocumented Irish (16 May 2013)

Seán Crowe: .... What can we do in the House to support this legislation? I may have asked the question before. The Minister mentioned there is ongoing lobbying, including this weekend, by the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform across Capitol Hill. What can we do to complement this, as practically every Deputy is supportive of these measures? Could we collectively put our heads together as a House...