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Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion [Private Members] (23 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: .... If we do not have key staff, hardly any other initiative will make a meaningful impact on healthcare reform. There are nearly 900,000 people on waiting lists out of a population of around 5 million in the South. That is one in five people on a waiting list, some for months and others for years, often in pain, many on heavy medication and suffering further, waiting on procedures or...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: Home Care: Discussion (9 Feb 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...being filled? How does that impact the families on the ground? I ask the witnesses to elaborate on that point. The other point I wish to raise relates to the announcement of the provision of 5 million extra hours. The witnesses have made the point about there being no administrative supports for management. What does that mean in reality for those hours or for the smooth running of...

Pre-European Council Meeting: Statements (11 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...will also focus on climate change. Ireland's record to date regarding climate has been awful. The Environmental Protection Agency published a report in October that revealed this State exceeded its carbon emissions budget by 5 million tonnes in 2018, and is moving further from its climate commitments. It was the second year in a row that we missed our targets. This shows a systemic...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...note, which will be of no surprise to the Minister. Members yesterday received a briefing note from the Department which outlined that the overall gross Estimate for Votes 27 and 28 is €738 million, as the Minister stated, but we have no independent analysis of how that money is being spent. I have raised this issue with previous Ministers. I am uncomfortable with the process in...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Estimates for Public Services 2018
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (8 Mar 2018)

Seán Crowe: Subheads A1 and A2 are fine. With regard to A3 and the Africa section, I understand the focus is on the least developed countries, LDCs. Ireland met the UN target of spending at least 0.15% of its GNI on overseas development to LDCs in 2015. This does not seem to have happened in 2017. Will the Minister of State confirm that the target will be met in 2018? Do the figures include any...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Irish Aid Programme Review (5 Oct 2017)

Seán Crowe: ...that all of us who are supportive of the idea of overseas development aid, ODA, are on the same page on it. On the EDF, Ireland provides a significant amount of EDF funding. It represents 5% of overall ODA funding. It does not have to be today but we need to consider providing information on the areas where EDF is spent, how it is allocated and what it is spent on. Considering it is...

Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Bill 2017: Second Stage (14 Jul 2017)

Seán Crowe: ...is being proposed as a further deterrent. I am aware that the names of tax defaulters are published by the Revenue Commissioners when the total amount of tax, interest and penalties owed exceeds €35,000. We are talking about allowing the names and addresses of those involved in fraud to the tune of €5,000 to be published. From where did the €5,000 figure come? I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Syrian Conflict: United Nations High Commission for Refugees (26 Jan 2017)

Seán Crowe: The witnesses are welcome. The figures presented here today are staggering. There are 5 million Syrian refugees abroad, 6.6 million are internally displaced and 13.5 million are in need of humanitarian assistance. War and conflict create refugees as do climate change and famine. The only solution long term is a political one. There is a great deal of positive news in regard to some of...

Social Welfare Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) (10 Nov 2016)

Seán Crowe: ...unique pressures because of their limited incomes. For instance, increased prescription charges are a huge burden, yet the Government and Fianna Fáil seem to think a simple pension increase of €5 per week will resolve the difficulties they face. These are the people who, in many cases, worked all their lives to bring about and support the society we have today. The Bill...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Triocha ar an mBunreacht (Neodracht) 2013: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment to the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (6 Mar 2015)

Seán Crowe: ...military purposes. An accident or crash could potentially result in huge civilian casualties. Dr. Clonan also stated in his evidence that he believed Irish neutrality had been so diluted by successive Governments that it was questioned by many abroad. He claimed that 2.25 million US troops had passed through Shannon Airport since 2002, making it a virtual forward air base for the US...

Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Estimates for Public Services 2015
Vote 27 - International Co-operation (Revised)
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade (Revised) (28 Jan 2015)

Seán Crowe: I welcome the fact that the Government is now giving €5 million to the board of the International Fund for Ireland to move its strategy forward. One of the major concerns in recent years has been the increase in sectarianism. Much of the funding goes to those interface areas and cross-party and cross-community work that is so important. With regard to shared spaces where it is safe...

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

Seán Crowe: ...step and go down the road of registering with the social security service, the difficulty is that once they come out of the shadows, they cannot go back in. The changes announced may affect up to 5 million illegal immigrants in the US but what about those who fall outside the criteria? I am thinking, for example, of those who cannot have children, like members of the LGBT community. Has...

Social Clauses in Public Procurement Bill 2013: Second Stage [Private Members] (17 Oct 2014)

Seán Crowe: ...leaving Ireland in their droves. There are barriers to SMEs. It is about unbundling and breaking up the contracts and making them smaller. It is difficult for an SME to reach a threshold of, say, €20 million. Deputy McDonald will respond to many of the points made about the North, bearing in mind that it is a forced coalition. Despite the negativity about what is not...

European Council: Statements (28 Nov 2012)

Seán Crowe: ..., eurozone finance Ministers and the IMF reached an agreement to reduce Greek debt. They agreed a number of significant changes to the Greek bailout programme, extending the maturities for up to 15 years, reducing interest rates on loans from member states and adding an interest holiday of ten years on loans from the EFSF. While this may provide some short comfort for the Greek...

Education (Amendment) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Crowe: ...at the teacher's conference recently. In return, teachers are doing more work and enabling the Exchequer to make substantial payroll savings. Redeployment has delivered savings of €60 million. Additional working hours have been implemented resulting in fewer school closures and better planning while more pupils are being taught by fewer staff. As a result of the 2012 budget, teachers...

Dormant Accounts Fund. (9 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: Question 5: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs how the recent Government approval of the allocation of almost €1 million from the dormant accounts to fund 20 projects providing suicide prevention supports will be spent; the number of groups that applied for such funding; the number that have received funding; how they are assessed for eligibility; if further...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2006: Second Stage. (1 Nov 2006)

Seán Crowe: ...44,000 households on social housing waiting lists. Social housing output as a percentage of overall annual housing output has fallen dramatically in the past four years from around 10% in 2002 to 5.8% in 2005. Less than 5% of the homes completed in the first three months of this year were for local authority tenants. Of the 81,000 houses built last year, only 830 were in the social and...

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Bill 2006: Second Stage. (21 Feb 2006)

Seán Crowe: ...said, I thank the Minister and his officials for the briefing they provided earlier today. l welcome some aspects of the Bill. For instance, the increase in the child benefit monthly rates to €150 for the first two children and €185 for the third and subsequent children is welcome. The Government must proceed to increase child benefit progressively and in line with inflation. I also...

The Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act: Motion. (6 Oct 2005)

Seán Crowe: ...the Kennedy and McCain Bill. Speakers referred to the other Bills going through the House on Capitol Hill but the reality is they will not resolve the situation for the undocumented Irish. Between 5 million and 6 million people are affected by this issue in the United States. There has been talk of sending these people back home. Logistically that would be a nightmare for the authorities....