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Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (14 Nov 2023)

Seán Crowe: ...to the oppression and policy of apartheid with which the Palestinian people have been subjugated for the last 75 years. The world turned its back on Palestine as its people were driven from their lands and into camps where generations of Palestinians now live. The US has provided financial, political and military cover while hundreds of thousands of illegal Israeli settlers have steadily...

Biodiversity Action: Statements (25 May 2023)

Seán Crowe: ...State is covered by native forest. This is a shocking figure and it shows just how drastically we have cleared the forests that once blanketed this whole island. We are still selling off forestry lands to foreign investors so they can continue with this cycle. Afforestation projects are simply too small and Government targets manage to be both unambitious and unreachable at the same...

Forestry Sector: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jan 2023)

Seán Crowe: The forestry strategy in Ireland has always been geared in the wrong direction. A core weakness has been the failure to look after our national parks and native woodlands. Overgrazing by deer and sheep and infestation by invasive species like rhododendron are the norm in many of our native woodlands. While the forestry industry plays an important role in the economy, our forestry strategy...

Patient Safety (Notifiable Patient Safety Incidents) Bill 2019: Report Stage (7 Dec 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...burden placed on the cancer patient to ask the questions of their doctor or consultant? When many people hear they have cancer, they cannot think of anything else and their mind goes blank. When people are landed with a cancer diagnosis, who is going to be thinking about a Part 5 review or anonymous audits? Patients need to have full confidence in the medical system. They need to have...

Raise the Roof: Motion [Private Members] (12 Jul 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...of ever owning their own home. Budget 2023 must deliver a radical shift in housing policy, as demanded by the Raise the Roof, homes-for-all campaign. We have to tackle the speculative investment in land and land hoarding. We must end outrageous tax reliefs on rents and capital gains for institutional cuckoo and vulture funds and there should be a referendum to enshrine the right to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: ...Before I do so, I make the point that it has been a long negotiation between our guests and the HSE and the Government. What were the main stumbling blocks? Was it the issue of freehold and the land? In his opening statement, Mr. Menton made the point that ownership of Elm Park campus lands is essential to ensuring ongoing provision of best hospital care and so on. Was that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health: New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed) (16 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: I do not understand. I do not see the link between the State owning the land and-----

Affordable Housing: Motion [Private Members] (10 May 2022)

Seán Crowe: ..., one then has to get in ahead of the investment firms that can outbid anybody with their unlimited funds. Two years into the Government's term, we need a massive house building programme on public lands and a scheme that delivers affordable housing to people who need it. Handouts to big developers who deliver overpriced homes will do nothing for struggling home buyers or hard-pressed...

Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Nov 2021)

Seán Crowe: ...who need a licence. There is a notification on the National Driver Licence Service website, which states that the validity period of licences is being extended and they satisfy the law of the land, and just as important, insurance companies. Perhaps the Minister might address that. There is a lot of fear and concern out there. People are really worried that they are driving around...

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

Seán Crowe: No, I am talking about people who have travelled out of Ireland. Again, we have seen difficulties in respect of Malta. There was mixed information there. It would be, I imagine, much better for people if everything was checked on the Irish side, before they actually land in another country and are faced with all those difficulties.

Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) (5 May 2021)

Seán Crowe: ...since the most recent ice age. We need to act now because once we tip the balance, we will not get a second chance. It is already too late for vast areas of our planet, as rising seas engulf more land and fertile soil becomes sand, with vast dust plains replacing greenery. In pursuing climate action targets, we cannot underestimate the need for buy-in and engagement from the public....

Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (30 Sep 2020)

Seán Crowe: ...good or bad, is useless without resources. The industry employs 12,000 people, mostly in rural areas. It is worth €2.3 billion. It highlights the Government's lack of understanding of rural Ireland. It does not get it and does not have a plan. We need to look at what can be done to try to resolve the crisis in forestry. Many sawmills are coming to a standstill because of...

Community Safety and Fireworks: Motion [Private Members] (22 Sep 2020)

Seán Crowe: ...off alarms, dogs were barking and it terrified people. People talked of the impact it has on the elderly. In one area, the playground was used as a launching pad and the remnants of the rockets landed on the houses of the senior citizens in the area. One can imagine lying in bed and this stuff hitting the roof. In another area, I know of a man who is seriously ill and rockets hit the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Jul 2020)

Seán Crowe: 1415. To ask the Minister for Health the reason his Department is preparing to auction a nursing home (details supplied); his views on whether this is contrary to the purpose for which the land was donated in the 19th century; his further views on whether the rapid sale of a home in which 17 residents recently died as a result of Covid-19 is in poor taste; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Peace Process (30 Jun 2020)

Seán Crowe: ...his Israeli counterpart and authorities, the American administration that is backing this move and his European colleagues in this regard; and his views on whether further annexation of Palestinian lands will irreparably damage a chance at a peaceful two-state solution. [13616/20]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East Issues (20 May 2020)

Seán Crowe: 38. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the proposed annexation of Palestinian lands in the West Bank by the Israeli Administration was discussed at his recent meeting with his European counterparts; the response to this breach of international law proposed; and if the issue of sanctions or other appropriate responses was discussed. [6784/20]

Post-European Council: Statements (18 Dec 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...be wise to take consideration of the manner in which Brexit negotiations have unfolded over the past three and a half years. In the Tories, we are dealing with a party with very little understanding of Ireland, our history or our people. Their approach throughout the recent negotiations is evidence of that fact. We are dealing with a British Prime Minister who once compared the Border...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Business and Human Rights: Discussion (14 Nov 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...on or does it relate to Government policy? Are ideological reasons the cause of this slowness to change because people do not want to interfere with the conditions for businesses investing in Ireland and so on? Will our guests elaborate on this? I have raised a clear example on a number of occasions, both here and with the Tánaiste, regarding the Cerrejón mine in Colombia and...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...our towns and villages from the sale and supply of illicit drugs on our streets that are destroying lives and communities and the quality of people's lives throughout the length and breadth of our land. Earlier this year, a report from the Blanchardstown Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Force highlighted that children were dealing drugs in the area. The report found that the average age of a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence: Foreign Affairs Council: Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: ...the backstop yesterday amounts to a dangerous and reckless proposition that many of us would say plays fast and loose with the Good Friday Agreement. The British Government is offering an all-Ireland regulatory zone for all goods but that there would be customs checks on the island. All these arrangements are dependent on the consent of the Northern Ireland Assembly in an opt-in, opt-out...