Ceisteanna Parlaiminte

Overseas Development Aid Provision

Seán Crowe

128. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount of Irish Aid’s budget that was spent on nutrition specific programmes in 2012; and if he will detail which nutrition specific programmes received this funding. [25433/13]

School Accommodation

Seán Crowe

245. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that there is a decision made to build schools (details supplied) in County Dublin; if he will outline the demand, needs and projections for these schools; and the way these new schools will impact on existing schools in the immediate area and its hinterland. [25347/13]

Accident and Emergency Services Provision

Seán Crowe

611. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to any increase in patients presenting to the accident and emergency at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, in relation to drug linked assaults. [25338/13]

Hospital Staff

Seán Crowe

612. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health if he will confirm that Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, has indicated that it is letting go contract staff as per Health Service Executive guidelines; if he will outline the areas of work that they cover; if there has been an analysis done in relation to the impact that these job losses will have on the hospital and its services. [25339/13]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Seán Crowe

6. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps taken to jointly market produce and products on an all-Ireland basis. [24456/13]

Cross-Border Co-operation

Seán Crowe

14. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will identify additional measures that would promote all-Ireland trade and marketing of Irish produce and products. [24457/13]

Fodder Crisis

Seán Crowe

68. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if the National Asset Management Agency has been approached by, or on behalf of, farmers seeking to harvest fodder on lands under NAMA’s control; and if so, the way NAMA has responded; NAMA’s position on such requests; and if NAMA has communicated its position to its borrowers. [23952/13]

European Banking Union

Seán Crowe

69. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Finance if he will report on progress made towards a banking union. [23951/13]

Human Rights Issues

Seán Crowe

2. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing hunger strikes in the Guantanamo Bay detention facility; if his attention has been drawn to the force feeding of some hunger strikers; and if he has raised this issue with the American Government. [23370/13]

European Union Foreign Policy

Seán Crowe

5. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the rate of expansion of Israeli settlements, and the deterioration of the situation on the ground in the past 12 months since the EU Foreign Affairs Council conclusions of May 2012, if he will use the opportunity of the upcoming EU Foreign Affairs Council to formally propose an EU-wide ban on settlement goods. [23371/13]

Overseas Development Issues

Seán Crowe

52. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the decision of the Tanzanian Government to order thousands of Masai tribes persons to leave their traditional grazing lands to make way for what the Government says will be a conservation site; the negative effects this could have on the Masai community and the delicate ecosystem; and if he has raised it with the Tanzanian Government [23228/13]

Human Rights Issues

Seán Crowe

68. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in view of the recently released One World, One Future: Ireland’s Policy for International Development report and its commitment to promoting decent work as a human right, and in view of recent tragedies, is he concerned about the working conditions, and the fire and building safety of garment factories in Bangladesh. [23224/13]

Swimming Pool Projects

Seán Crowe

25. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans, apart from the €5.6m allocated in the Local Authority Swimming Pool Programme for the development/improvement of swimming pools, to allocate additional funds in 2013; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22849/13]

Sports Facilities Provision

Seán Crowe

33. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide a progress report on the development of facilities at the National Sports Campus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22851/13]

Mental Health Services Provision

Seán Crowe

103. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health in relation to the filling of the 414 posts for community mental health services committed to in the Health Service Executive National Service Plan 2012, the number of these positions that have been filled by existing HSE staff members; the position regarding the back-filling of the positions these staff members have vacated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22569/13]

Hospital Services

Seán Crowe

117. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the additional resources that will be made available to existing children’s hospitals, including Tallaght, in view of the further delay in the delivery of the National Children’s Hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22568/13]

Defence Forces Deployment

Seán Crowe

88. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if he foresees more Irish troops being deployed to Lebanon as a result of the current conflict in the region. [21285/13]

Overseas Missions

Seán Crowe

105. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide an update in the current situation for Irish personnel serving with UNTSO, the UN Troop Supervision and UNDOF, the UN Observer Force on the Golan Heights after meeting with them on his recent trip. [21286/13]

Overseas Missions

Seán Crowe

306. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to the four day kidnap of 21 UN Peacekeepers by Syrian rebels; and if there is any serious threat to the Irish personnel serving with the UN Troop Supervision Organisation and the UN Observer Force on the Golan Heights. [15519/13]

Family Reunification Policy

Seán Crowe

11. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when his new policy on family reunification will be published and implemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20834/13]