32. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the British Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Ms Karen Bradley, in Dublin on 18 September 2018; and the specific measures he is taking to ensure the British Government fully implements the Good Friday Agreement and subsequent agreements. [40109/18]
31. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the new report, Single-Use Plastics: A Roadmap for Sustainability, released by the United Nations Environment Programme (details supplied); and the steps being taken to ensure international action to reduce global plastic use and pollution. [40113/18]
19. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the oppression faced by the Ahmadiyya community in Pakistan (details supplied); and if he will he raise these attacks and the continued persecution of the Ahmadiyya community with his Pakistani counterpart. [40112/18]
14. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the immediate threat to the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar (details supplied); the steps he is taking to ensure that the destruction will not take place; and his plans to hold Israel to account if it carries the destruction out. [40111/18]
2. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress made in implementing the national plan on business and human rights (details supplied); and his views on the fact that almost one year on from the launch no steps have been taken to date to encourage and support awareness of effective human rights due diligence by State-owned or controlled companies, a key priority and promise of the plan. [40422/18]
59. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the arrest and imprisonment of a political activist (details supplied) in India; and if he will he urge the Indian authorities to release the person and review the case against them. [39152/18]
125. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the issue of pay inequality in the public service will be addressed in budget 2019 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39125/18]
288. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that dialysis activity at Tallaght hospital has increased to more than 30,000 dialysis treatments per year but that it currently only has a designed capacity for 9,000 treatments per year (details supplied); and if a new dialysis unit at the hospital will be established. [38417/18]
287. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the CT cardiac angiogram scan machine in Tallaght hospital is broken and patients are being referred to private hospitals to have scans done; the length of time this machine has been broken; when it will be fixed; the number of patients that have been referred to private hospitals; the amount it has cost to date; and if the machine will be fixed as soon as possible. [38416/18]
127. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when he plans to bring the EU-Cuba Political Dialogue and Co-operation Agreement before Dáil Éireann for ratification (details supplied); and the status of his progress in this regard. [38275/18]
126. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will support the upcoming United Nations General Assembly motion from Cuba which condemns the US blockade of Cuba and calls for it to be immediately lifted. [38274/18]
44. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the jailing of two journalists in Myanmar after they were found guilty of breaching the country's official secrets act while reporting on atrocities committed against the Rohingya by the Myanmar military in Rakhine state (details supplied); if he will raise this matter with his counterpart in Myanmar; and the steps Ireland is taking to stop this genocide and assist Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. [38105/18]
43. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that an Egyptian court recently sentenced 75 persons to death over a 2013 protest in Rabaa; if he will condemn these death sentences and call for them to be reversed; if he will condemn the other sentences which were handed out in this trial; and if he will raise his concerns with his Egyptian counterpart. [38104/18]
42. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the measures his Department is taking to ensure that Irish contributions to EU aid programmes are in line with Ireland’s commitment to untied aid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38103/18]
41. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the health of many political prisoners in Bahrain is severely deteriorating and they are being denied access to sufficient healthcare; if his attention has been further drawn to the specific concern over the health of person (details supplied); and if he will raise this issue and the case of the person with his Bahraini counterpart. [38102/18]
468. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the outpatient waiting list for gastroenterology in Tallaght University Hospital; the number who have appointments; the longest outpatient waiting time; and the measures that have been taken to address access issues, improve patient services and reduce the length of time and waiting lists since 2017. [37340/18]
467. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to delays for parents in accessing an assessment for their child or children with needs or exceptional needs in south-western areas of Dublin; the number of children awaiting an assessment and subsequent diagnosis; the efforts being made to reduce the timescale; the number of children meeting the three month deadline; the number over that time limit; the exceptional cases that are awaiting assessment; the number that have reached the deadline of six months; and the number of children exceeding the six month deadline. [37339/18]
297. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) has been received; the date the person applied; and the approximate time it will take to process the application. [37441/18]
296. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if an application for naturalisation by a person (details supplied) has been received; the date the person applied; and the approximate time it will take to process this application. [37440/18]
568. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the difficulties being experienced by a person (details supplied) who has two adult children with disabilities and has never been able to access respite care for them at the same time; and his plans to address this anomaly. [35421/18]
61. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the air strike on a school bus in Yemen by the Saudi Arabia led military coalition on 9 August 2018 that killed 40 children; if his attention has been further drawn to another air strike by the Saudi Arabian led coalition on 24 August 2018 that killed 22 children; if these attacks and the Saudi Arabian led coalitions repeated targeting and killing of civilians and children will be condemned (details supplied); and if he will support requests to impose an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia until it ceases its military attacks in Yemen and abides by international law. [36408/18]
60. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) in Saudi Arabia; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that they have been charged for organising peaceful protests and are being tried in a military tribunal and face the death penalty; if the Saudi Arabian regime's arrest and detention of this person and the other human rights activists arrested with them will be condemned; if he will request their release and the end of the death penalty in Saudi Arabia; and if he will raise the case with his Saudi Arabian counterpart. [36407/18]
58. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that to date in 2018, 18 environmental activists have been killed in Guatemala and it is now one of the most dangerous countries in the world for environmental activists (details supplied); if the killing of these activists will be condemned; and if the issue will be raised with his Guatemalan counterpart. [36354/18]
57. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the report of the UN Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on Myanmar of 27 August 2018; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the report found that Myanmar's armed forces had taken actions that amounted to the gravest crimes under international law including genocide; and his views on the report’s findings and recommendation that Myanmar's senior military officials must be prosecuted for genocide and war crimes against the Rohingya and other ethnic minorities. [36353/18]
56. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he, or his officials, have contacted the ESB to encourage and support awareness of effective human rights due diligence; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a commitment to encourage and support awareness of effective human rights due diligence by State owned or controlled companies formed part of The State Duty to Protect Human Rights section of the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights; and the support that has been extended to the ESB in this regard. [36352/18]
55. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the practical toolkit on business and human rights for public and private entities that was promised in the national plan on business and human rights has been developed; if not, when it will be completed; and if so, if it has already been circulated to relevant public and private entities. [36351/18]
2524. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection her plans to adjust the system that mitigates against an older person that may have had to work before they were 16 years of age or after their 66th birthday for reckonable contributions for a State pension. [33989/18]
2458. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the length of time a person (details supplied) has been awaiting an appeal for a carer's allowance; the average appeal waiting time for a carer's allowance; and the further length of time the person will have to wait for the appeal to be processed in view of the hardship being experienced. [32986/18]
2285. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to difficulties that exist for residents living in the Whitechurch area of Rathfarnham in accessing a bus service to local shopping centres, hospitals and nearby universities; and if he is satisfied that the proposals being discussed will improve access. [35117/18]
2282. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to upgrade and develop the road between Tallaght and Blessington in view of the danger and difficulties being experienced by commuters on a daily basis on the N81 and in view of the fact that plans and proposals have been mooted for many years. [35073/18]
1824. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the approximate waiting time for a cataract operation in the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Dublin 2. [35116/18]
1820. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health his plans to increase the allocation of funding to an organisation (details supplied) as following a cut in its financial allocation it has had to cut back on beds and respite services for children with profound needs. [35105/18]
1815. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact there is a shovel-ready site on the footprint of Tallaght Hospital ready to deliver extra hospital beds in view of the ongoing difficulties being experienced by patients in emergency department units across the State; and his plans to fast-track funding for this project. [35072/18]
1792. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the long waiting times and difficulties being experienced by families accessing speech and language supports from a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24; the length of time and number of children waiting on speech and language supports; and his plans to alleviate the pressure on these families and their children. [34884/18]
1555. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a person (details supplied) who is currently in a step down facility at Cedar Ward, Mount Carmel Hospital, has a care package in place to enable them to return home; the hours involved in the package per day and week, respectively; and when they will be put in place. [33396/18]
909. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties still being experienced by those who use centres (details supplied); and if a new potential funding stream was identified and sourced to keep the facilities open on a daily basis. [33906/18]
705. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda National Protective Services Bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32781/18]
704. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda National Cyber Crime Bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32780/18]
703. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda National Drugs and Organised Crime Bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32779/18]
702. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda National Bureau of Criminal Investigation in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32778/18]
701. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Garda National Economic Crime Bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32777/18]
700. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the Criminal Assets Bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32776/18]
699. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the immigration unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32775/18]
698. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the technical bureau in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32774/18]
697. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the special tactics and operational command unit in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32773/18]
696. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the operational support services in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32772/18]
695. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to the serious crime review team in the Dublin metropolitan region south division in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018, by rank, in tabular form. [32771/18]
694. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of dedicated community gardaí attached to the Dublin metropolitan region south division and each district within it. [32770/18]
693. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí attached to specialist units in the Dublin metropolitan region south division. [32769/18]
692. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes per annum, by types of offences in each of the years 2009 to 2017 and to date in 2018 in the Dublin metropolitan region south division by division, district and sub-district in tabular form. [32768/18]