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Defence Forces (Evidence) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) (3 Oct 2019)

Seán Crowe: I will begin by thanking the Oireachtas Library and Research Service for the work it has done on the Bill. Its digest is very useful for Opposition Deputies. It is a resource and facility we tend not to talk up but it is very useful. There is a danger that many of the concerns I intend to express will lead to repetition because they are similar to those raised by Deputy Jack Chambers....

Palestine: Statements (15 May 2018)

Seán Crowe: ...Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said yesterday was a glorious day. US President Donald Trump said it was a great day for Israel. It was a horrific day for Palestinians as the toll of dead and injured rose. Today is the 70th anniversary of the Nakba or "catastrophe", an annual commemoration of the more than 700,000 Palestinians who were forced from their land and homes by the Israeli...

Commission of Investigation Announcement on Tuam Mother and Baby Home: Statements (Resumed) (22 Mar 2017)

Seán Crowe: I am delighted to be able to speak on this issue. I thought long and hard about whether to actually put my name forward to speak because, like other people, it is very difficult for me to be unemotional, rational, logical and have an intellectual discussion about this. Others have spoken about their backgrounds and in the discussions we have had with different people, it is very hard to...

Death and Burial of Children in Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (11 Jun 2014)

Seán Crowe: The story of Tuam's mother and baby home is appalling and horrific and its scale mind-numbing. It is difficult to read and even harder to understand. Can we truly say what happened is surprising? In 2002, when I came into the Dáil, there had been calls to investigate the horrific crimes committed in residential institutions. The focus was narrow. We had a partial apology from the...

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (15 May 2014)

Seán Crowe: Like other speakers, I welcome the opportunity to discuss this Bill and as part of that discussion to talk about the housing situation. We have raised this issue on a number of occasions in the House by way of Private Members' motions, for example. The discussion of this issue is also happening in communities. We all accept that there is a problem that needs to be fixed. Sinn Féin...

Open Adoption Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (9 May 2014)

Seán Crowe: Gabhaim comhghairdeas leis an Aire as a phost nua. I welcome the Bill and commend Deputy Anne Ferris for its introduction. It responds to the real needs of families and individuals in Ireland. We all accept that the current law is rigid and has many flaws. It is not sufficient and has a number of loopholes. I welcome the fact that the Bill will proceed to Committee Stage and that this...

School Staffing (22 Sep 2011)

Seán Crowe: ...all would accept that in the past there were difficulties in Traveller education but there was a section of the Traveller community, particularly involving women, that was moving forwards in leaps and bounds. One of my difficulties is that the Department had targeted two thirds of the cuts at teaching posts for Travellers. Fr. Derek Farrell stated it was staggering that the Department...

Requests to move Adjournment of Dáil under Standing Order 31. (2 Nov 2005)

Seán Crowe: I seek the adjournment of the Dáil under Standing Order 31 to debate the following urgent matter: the need to allow the Minister for Education and Science, Deputy Hanafin, to address the Dáil concerning her failure to include The Morning Star mother and baby unit as an institution for consideration by the Residential Institutions Redress Board which has lead to a woman feeling she has no...