Parliamentary questions

Good Friday Agreement

Seán Crowe

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]

Catalan Referendum

Seán Crowe

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]

Human Rights

Seán Crowe

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]

Irish Prisoners Abroad

Seán Crowe

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]

Northern Ireland

Seán Crowe

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]

Middle East Issues

Seán Crowe

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]

Human Rights

Seán Crowe

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]

Refugee Data

Seán Crowe

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]

Refugee Data

Seán Crowe

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]

Refugee Data

Seán Crowe

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]

Refugee Data

Seán Crowe

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]

Refugee Data

Seán Crowe

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]

Unaccompanied Minors and Separated Children

Seán Crowe

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]

European Defence Action Plan

Seán Crowe

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]

Customs and Excise Protocols

Seán Crowe

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]

Third Level Participation

Seán Crowe

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]

Derelict Sites

Seán Crowe

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]

Passport Applications Data

Seán Crowe

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]

Diplomatic Representation

Seán Crowe

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]

Diplomatic Representation

Seán Crowe

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]