Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Diplomatic Representation

Seán Crowe

402. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has had any formal contact with the Bolivian Government over the case of a person (details supplied) who was killed in Bolivia in 2009; and if he will detail the level of discussions. [37703/14]

Foreign Conflicts

Seán Crowe

422. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the pro-democracy protests taking place in Hong Kong; his views on whether Hong Kong's democratic structures are now under threat; and his discussions at EU level regarding these development. [37858/14]

Student Data

Seán Crowe

486. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a breakdown of the number of surveys or questionnaires that require personal and sensitive information on pupils and their families that schools are currently required to carry out; the purpose of gathering such sensitive material; the person that will have access to the material; and if a school declines to carry out these surveys or questionnaires the impact it will have on the school. [38064/14]

Schools Site Acquisitions

Seán Crowe

487. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated report regarding the development and identification-selection of a proposed new site for a school (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [38065/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seán Crowe

488. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated report, per school, of the proposed new builds that cover the Dublin South-West constituency area; and developments regarding the identification of sites, planning, and advertising and procurement for a builder. [38066/14]

Schools Building Projects Status

Seán Crowe

489. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide an updated report regarding the development and identification/selection of a proposed new site for a second level school (details supplied) in Dublin 24. [38067/14]

Trade Agreements

Seán Crowe

378. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the negotiations between Canada and the EU on a comprehensive economic and trade agreement are almost complete; his views on including investor-state dispute settlement, ISDS, provisions in the agreement and that the EU's sustainability impact assessment on CETA recommended against including an investor-state dispute mechanism; and if he will raise concerns and objections about the inclusion of any ISDS provisions in the CETA at EU level. [34179/14]

Export Controls

Seán Crowe

393. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of export licences of military goods for Israel that his Department approved; the type of military goods that have been exported; and if, in view of Israel's recent military attacks on Gaza which killed over 2,200 people, the vast majority civilians, and the accusations that it committed war crimes, his Department now refuse to approve export licences of military goods for Israel. [33773/14]

Further Education and Training Programmes Places

Seán Crowe

70. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will intervene in the decision regarding the transfer of vital VTOS places in St. Dominics, Tallaght, to Balbriggan; if he will provide an update on this matter. [28790/14]

Accident and Emergency Services Provision

Seán Crowe

194. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any new policy changes in Tallaght hospital accident and emergency where recently some family or friends of loved ones are not being allowed access to the ward. [28791/14]

Immigration Controls

Seán Crowe

2. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed during his recent visit to the USA; and his views on whether a comprehensive immigration reform package can be delivered. [28441/14]

Good Friday Agreement

Seán Crowe

5. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the fact that the Government is a joint and co-equal guarantor of the Good Friday Agreement, the way his Department plans to support the re-established leaders' talks in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28442/14]

Ukrainian Conflict

Seán Crowe

10. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the temporary truce in Ukraine; if he has discussed the situation with his European counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28187/14]

Iraqi Conflict

Seán Crowe

22. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is monitoring the deteriorating situation in Iraq; the growth of ISIS in the region; and if his Department have any plans to provide aid to the unfolding humanitarian crisis. [28186/14]

Human Rights Issues

Seán Crowe

24. 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) who has been arrested, released and rearrested in Sudan for the supposed crime of converting from Islam to Christianity and that they face the death penalty; and if he has raised this human rights abuse with the Sudanese authorities. [28188/14]

Egyptian Conflict

Seán Crowe

25. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the jailing of three Al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt; his views regarding the crackdown on journalists and the freedom of expression in Egypt; and if he has raised his concerns with the Egyptian authorities. [28189/14]

Middle East Issues

Seán Crowe

32. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the disappearance of three Israeli teenagers from an Israeli settlement in the Occupied Palestinian Territories; the heavy handed response of the Israeli army which has killed three Palestinian civilians and detained over 300, which is amounting to collective punishment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28190/14]

Naturalisation Applications

Seán Crowe

383. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of outstanding cases there are; the number of persons that have paid the certification fee for naturalisation but have not received their citizenship; and the average waiting time for citizenship once the certification fee has been paid. [27910/14]

Human Rights Issues

Seán Crowe

63. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing hunger strikes of Saharawi political prisoners who are demanding the respect of their most basic human rights and an improvement of the conditions in the prison; that a visit of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to Morocco has failed to improve the conditions of all detained Saharawi political activists; and if he will raise the issue with representatives of the Moroccan Government. [27539/14]

International Agreements

Seán Crowe

120. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of international treaties, conventions and other international legal obligations which Ireland has signed but not yet ratified; where this information is readily available and updated for members of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26676/14]