436. Deputy Seán Crowe asked 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 not take cognisance of families growing or circumstances changing. [13372/17]
371. Deputy Seán Crowe asked 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]
166. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and 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]
132. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and 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]
181. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount it cost to run Ireland's liaison office to NATO and Partnership for Peace delegation in each of the years 2010 to 2016; and the amount it is expected to cost in 2017. [12321/17]
146. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the mechanism and criteria for a Youthreach programme to apply and receive funding for DEIS status supports; if his attention has been drawn to difficulties or a lack of awareness among Youthreach management on the process to access the funding; and his plans to update the current management of the scheme. [12272/17]
356. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 22 February 2017, his views on the fact that the office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR, appears to have unilaterally changed these policies in order to provide confirmation to the government of China as to whether named human rights defenders, HRDs, would attend the Human Rights Council, thereby placing the HRDs and their associates based in China in danger; if the Irish delegation in Geneva will raise this issue with the High Commissioner to determine whether this practice is continuing and whether it has been expanded for other governments; and his plans to instruct the Irish delegation to raise the issue of retaliation against the Irish whistleblower in the OHCHR who reported this practice both internally and then directly to the Irish delegation in March 2016. [11787/17]
355. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will clarify his response to Parliamentary Question No. 155 of 22 February 2017 (details supplied). [11786/17]
353. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied); his views on the fact this person is facing two separate trials in March 2017 related to their right to free speech; and if he will urgently raise his concerns regarding the case of this person with his Bahraini counterpart. [11443/17]
350. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the latest military clashes over Nagorno-Karabakh; his views on whether such incidents could lead to a dangerous escalation and possible conflict; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11285/17]
273. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to difficulties being experienced by parents, such as in a case of persons (details supplied), in accessing services; the reason some parents are being led to believe their children were or are on waiting lists for services when they are not; if the failure to replace a liaison officer is responsible for this; if this liaison officer's post has been vacant for more than ten months; and the number of children waiting to get and receive supports and services in this area. [10711/17]
696. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to a recent judgment by the European Court of Justice (details supplied) concerning fishing off Western Sahara; if his attention has been further drawn to any Irish vessels doing this; and if his Department has provided advice to Irish companies in this regard and to respect the court's judgment. [10147/17]
473. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way he will use Ireland's influence at UN and EU levels to work toward the securement of a political solution that will end conflict and enable the safe delivery of humanitarian aid into South Sudan (details supplied); and if he will raise the issue at the upcoming EU Foreign Affairs Council. [10357/17]
472. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times the interdepartmental committee on the Irish abroad has met since it was established; if it has met to discuss the obstacles hindering Irish emigrants from returning to live here; and if not, if he will arrange a meeting of the committee to examine this issue. [10353/17]
155. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the European Commission, in December 2016, recommended that member states resume sending asylum seekers who first entered the EU in Greece back to Greece from March 2017; and the exact date that this will start happening. [10146/17]
150. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to reports that the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, OHCHR, endangered human rights defenders, HRDs, that attended the human rights council in Geneva in March 2013, by releasing their details to their governments; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that a press statement released by OHCHR after these allegations explains that governments can submit a list of HRDs to OHCHR and receive information as to whether they plan to attend the next session of the council for which accreditation is under way; and his views on this development. [8959/17]
55. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the bill passed by the Israeli Knesset that retroactively legalises thousands of illegal colonial settler homes built on privately owned Palestinian land in the occupied West Bank and that such a move has been described by the Palestinian Government as legalised theft and an attempt to destroy the two state solution; and if he will raise his objections to this bill with his Israeli counterparts. [8684/17]
51. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will report on his meeting with the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Mr. James Brokenshire, in Dublin on 15 February 2017; if he raised concerns over the British Government’s approach to Brexit and the way it might violate the Good Friday Agreement; if he discussed ensuring that Northern Ireland receives special designated status in the EU; and if he raised concerns surrounding the British Government’s unhelpful approach to legacy issues. [8687/17]
47. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the fact that a person's trial (details supplied) has been postponed for the 19th time in view of the fact that the person has been convicted of no crime and his arbitrary detention and participation in a mass trial violates both Egyptian and international law; and if he will raise the case with the Egyptian Foreign Minister, Sameh Hassan Shoukry, when he attends the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Malta in March 2017 to discuss the ongoing situation in Egypt. [8685/17]
38. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the plight of the Rohingya in Myanmar (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8686/17]
37. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the pending prosecution of persons (details supplied) for facilitating a non-binding consultation on Catalan independence; and his views on whether the Spanish Government should resolve its disagreements with Catalan politicians, including on an independence referendum, through a process of mutual dialogue and respect rather than through prosecuting democratically elected politicians. [8688/17]
22. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the comments of the Democratic Unionist Party leader, Arlene Foster, who stated that she would not support the introduction of an Irish language Act; furthermore, if his attention has been drawn to the fact that a commitment to introduce this Act was explicitly stated and agreed in the internationally binding St. Andrews Agreement of 2006; and his views on the DUP failing to live up to its obligations on equality, respect and reconciliation. [8928/17]
77. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of the unaccompanied child refugees who had been previously living in the French Calais camp who have arrived here to date in view of the motion passed by Dáil Éireann on 10 November 2016 to relocate 200 unaccompanied child refugees; and when the target of relocating 200 unaccompanied child refugees from the Calais camp will be met. [7838/17]
76. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have been resettled here from refugee camps in Lebanon since September 2015; the number of refugees the Government plans to resettle here from Lebanon in total; and when she plans to reach this target. [7837/17]
75. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of interviews of refugees undertaken by Irish officials to identify refugees to relocate here that have taken place in Italy; and the number of Irish staff working on the issue in Italy. [7836/17]
74. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have been relocated here from Italy since September 2015; the number of refugees the Government plans to relocate here from Italy in total; and when she plans to reach this target. [7835/17]
73. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of interviews of refugees undertaken by Irish officials to identify refugees to relocate to Ireland that have taken place in Greece; and the number of Irish staff working on the issue in Greece. [7834/17]
72. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees who have been relocated here from Greece since September 2015; the number of refugees the Government plans to relocate here from Greece in total; and when she plans to reach this target. [7833/17]
47. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the matters discussed during the December 2016 meeting of the European Council in Bratislava; and if he stated that Ireland would oppose any drive to allow EU grant aid to fund military armaments research and production, as suggested by the European Commission, or to significantly increase spending on armaments and military technology by member states. [7303/17]
603. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his attention has been drawn to the possible reduction in the number of jobs in Bord na Móna. [6851/17]
595. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if steps are in place to cease the proliferation of dace fish here. [6852/17]
594. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if Kildare County Council can publish the names of those charged and convicted of committing littering offences. [6849/17]
306. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the case of a person (details supplied) who has been incarcerated in Evin prison in Iran and who has been reportedly sentenced to death; and if he will raise this case with his Iranian counterpart. [6921/17]
305. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 7 February 2017 would have marked the twenty-fifth birthday of a person (details supplied) who went missing in the south of Spain in the summer of 2008 and that a vigil was held outside Dáil Éireann on that date; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that members of the person’s family are calling on the Government to request that the Spanish authorities launch a cold case investigation; and if he will raise the issue with his Spanish counterpart. [6920/17]
300. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of applicants for Irish passports from England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 2014, 2015 and 2016, in tabular form. [6848/17]
233. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government if he will request that empty houses in County Kildare owned by Waterways Ireland will be either taken out of dereliction or given to the local authority. [6853/17]
184. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the action being taken to support schools in which less than 65% of students continue education to third level, to ensure more of these students can continue to third level. [6850/17]
131. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he is receiving legal advice from officials within his Department regarding possible customs and excise laws after Brexit; if this information can be released to inform concerned persons and businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6861/17]
153. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that in January 2017 at least 13 human rights defenders were killed in Colombia (details supplied); and if he will raise this issue with his Colombian counterpart. [6528/17]
152. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that Europe’s five largest pension funds (details supplied) have €7.5 billion invested in companies with business activities in and around illegal settlements in the Palestinian territories; and his views on whether all pension funds should disinvest from companies with business activities in and around illegal Israeli settlements. [6527/17]
151. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if during his visit to the USA he raised the recent immigration regulation changes regarding the banning of citizens from seven Muslim majority countries from entering the USA; if he criticised the proposal; the details of the meetings he had; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6526/17]
150. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to possible changes to the J1 visa scheme for Irish citizens; if he discussed the issue on his recent visit to the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6525/17]
182. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has read a report from the Cairo Institute of Human Rights Studies (CIHRS) which states that a person (details supplied) and thousands of other peaceful protesters are being illegally imprisoned under the colonial era Assembly Law (Law 10/1914), that CIHRS has discovered was repealed on 30 January 1928; his views on the fact that this law is being illegally implemented 89 years after its formal repeal to the imprisoned person; and if he will formally raise this issue with his Egyptian counterpart and demand the immediate release of the person. [6240/17]
181. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a decree that was passed by the Romanian Parliament that could free dozens of officials jailed for corruption (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6239/17]
470. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for a child to see an ophthalmologist in the National Children's Hospital; the longest time a child has had to wait; if some parents have been informed that it may take up to two years or longer; and the steps he proposes to introduce to reduce this long waiting list. [6022/17]
343. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the executive order signed by US President, Donald Trump, which bans citizens from seven Muslim majority countries from entering the USA; his further views on whether this order may violate the USA's obligations to accept persons seeking asylum on humanitarian grounds under the Geneva Convention; if he will examine the consequence of President Trump’s executive order for persons with dual citizenship of one of these seven countries and Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5635/17]
342. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to media reports that the EU Ambassadors to Palestine 2016 annual report said that the number of illegal Israeli settlers moving to occupied East Jerusalem is growing by 3% a year and that it blamed Israel for violence in occupied East Jerusalem; if his attention has been further drawn to the fact that the report stated that EU countries should impose immigration regulations or visa bans on known violent settlers and those calling for violence; and his views on imposing these sanctions against illegal Israeli settlers. [5607/17]
341. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to a series of deaths at the Moria asylum camp on the Greek island of Lesbos and that aid agencies have long complained regarding the poor conditions at the camps; and if his Department will provide assistance to improve conditions in the camp. [5606/17]
340. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the comments of the British Secretary of State, Mr James Brokenshire, on the 45th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, when he intensified the British Government's public opposition to properly dealing with the past and that the British Government is trying to write itself out of its responsibility for the conflict and to obscure its central role in the conflict; and his views on whether Mr Brokenshire should cease making such offensive remarks and instead release the funds for legacy inquests, lift the British Government veto on maximum information disclosure and allow the legacy mechanisms to be established immediately. [5535/17]
303. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a disability allowance in respect of a person (details supplied). [5534/17]