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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (2 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 623. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports of large-scale attacks on and illegal detention of LGBT citizens in Chechnya; if his Department is investigating the reports; and if he will raise the issue with his Russian counterpart. [19270/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (2 May 2017)

Seán Crowe: 628. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in May 2017 the human rights situation in Morocco will be examined in the framework of the Universal Periodic Review; if Ireland will take part in the session; and if Ireland will raise Morocco’s continued violation of human rights in Western Sahara and its refusal to hold a...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Israeli Settlements (12 Apr 2017)

Seán Crowe: 42. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the Israeli Government’s decision to build a new illegal colonial settlement in the occupied West Bank (details supplied); if he will raise his objections to this new illegal colonial settlement and the other 143 with his Israeli counterpart; and his views on whether sanctions should be placed on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Brexit Issues (12 Apr 2017)

Seán Crowe: 49. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if during his discussions with his European counterparts he has requested that Ireland receive a veto on the EU-Britain deal on Brexit similar to that received by Spain; if so, and if he did not receive support, the basis on which Ireland is being treated differently to Spain; and if he has not requested such a veto, the reason therefor....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (12 Apr 2017)

Seán Crowe: 55. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Irish ambassador to Egypt attended the latest mass trial in Cairo involving a person (details supplied); if he has considered the calls on his Department to begin an international legal challenge against Egypt on the grounds of human rights violations against the person; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18294/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (12 Apr 2017)

Seán Crowe: 60. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the deaths of at least 52 adults and 20 children due to sarin and chlorine gas exposure in Khan Sheikhoun, Syria (details supplied); and if his Department will play a role in an investigation of this incident. [18298/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Northern Ireland (12 Apr 2017)

Seán Crowe: 65. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on whether there has been little progress in the current negotiations in Belfast due to the fact the British Government and the Democratic Unionist Party have not focused on the key issues, which were at the heart of the recent election, and outstanding issues from previous agreements that have not been implemented; his views on...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Policy (12 Apr 2017)

Seán Crowe: 226. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason his Department cancelled the USA birthright programme; the amount the programme was expected to cost annually; the number of persons that were expected to be part of the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18624/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Acht na Gaeilge (11 Apr 2017)

Seán Crowe: 416. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade an n-aontaíonn sé go gcaithfidh stadás oifigiúil don Ghaeilge a bheith mar chuid d’aon Acht Gaeilge ó thuaidh; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [18026/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing Provision (6 Apr 2017)

Seán Crowe: 40. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the number of newly built social housing units that have been constructed in Dublin 16 and 24 in the past 12 months in tabular form. [16993/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (5 Apr 2017)

Seán Crowe: 250. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in the West Bank city of Hebron, who has been engaged in non-violent activities against the Israeli occupation for over a decade; and if he will raise the case with his Israeli counterpart. [16970/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights Cases (5 Apr 2017)

Seán Crowe: 251. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a person (details supplied), the leader of the non-violent Palestinian led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, was arrested by the Israeli authorities only days before travelling to the USA to receive the Gandhi Peace Award; that his arrest includes a travel ban (details supplied);...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Funding (29 Mar 2017)

Seán Crowe: 28. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if Ireland will be exempted from having to increase its spending on weapons and military capabilities from 0.6% to 2% of GDP (details supplied). [15269/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Mar 2017)

Seán Crowe: 267. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that refugees who escape North Korea by crossing the border to China are regularly returned by China to North Korea; his views on whether this violates international law; and if he will raise the issue with his Chinese counterpart. [15018/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Human Rights (28 Mar 2017)

Seán Crowe: 268. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to new legislation that allows the Israeli Government to ban persons who advocate for boycotts of Israel or Israeli settlements from entering the country, which stops them transiting to Palestine (details supplied); his views on the fact that Irish citizens will be banned and deported. [15019/17]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child and Family Agency Staff (28 Mar 2017)

Seán Crowe: 604. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of Tusla staff who have been removed from employment following reviews of children and youth services or assessment of practices since 2010. [14852/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Operations (21 Mar 2017)

Seán Crowe: 132. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will have the Dáil Éireann records corrected with regard to Parliamentary Question No. 623 of 28 June 2005, in which it was incorrectly stated that it was in July 2000 that the storage site Clancy Barracks had been sold; and if she will correct the record to state correctly that the sale was completed on 26 March 2004. [13376/17]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (21 Mar 2017)

Seán Crowe: 166. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 76 of 16 February 2017, if the balance of refugees, 261 in total, to be resettled here from Lebanon by autumn 2017 have been identified already or if the process is ongoing. [14111/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Property (21 Mar 2017)

Seán Crowe: 371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason for the lengthy delay in coming to an agreement with a club and school (details supplied) on a land swap that will benefit the club, the school and the wider community. [13871/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Social and Affordable Housing (21 Mar 2017)

Seán Crowe: 436. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government his plans to assist families that have out grown their affordable homes and cannot sell without clawback or rent them out to move to bigger homes for fear of being penalised; and if his attention has been drawn to the fact that this has caused untold and undue hardship for some persons in view of the fact it does...