Parliamentary questions

Overseas Development Aid

Seán Crowe

124. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will attend the high-level conference to advance the implementation of the International Conference on Population and Development, ICPD, programme of action that will take place in Nairobi from 12 to 14 November 2019; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that 2019 marks the 25th anniversary of the ICPD which took place in Cairo in 1994; his views on whether Ireland needs to play an important role in ensuring that the ICPD programme of action is urgently implemented and sexual and reproductive health rights are realised across the globe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21639/19]

Consular Services Data

Seán Crowe

130. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of cases the consular division dealt with in each of the years from 2013 to 2018 regarding the death of an Irish citizen abroad, particularly citizens who were resident here and were, therefore, abroad for holidays or work reasons. [21892/19]

Overseas Development Aid Expenditure

Seán Crowe

131. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there is still a commitment to reach the target of spending 0.7% of gross national income on overseas development assistance; when he expects to achieve this target; the increase in overseas development aid spending it will require; and the way in which it is expected to reach this target in the coming years. [21963/19]

Road Projects

Seán Crowe

573. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if funding is being provided to allow for the completion of the Athy southern distributor road; and if the funding will be affected by the high cost overruns of the national broadband plan. [21556/19]

Human Rights Cases

Seán Crowe

44. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 8 May 2019, if he will request the United Arab Emirates authorities to ensure conditions are improved for the person. [21276/19]

Passport Data

Seán Crowe

77. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports issued to persons over 65 years of age in each of the years 2012 to 2018; and the estimated cost per year if free passports were reintroduced for persons over 65 years of age. [18491/19]

Human Rights

Seán Crowe

78. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will work with other countries to table a resolution in the United Nations Human Rights Council to condemn continued and worsening human rights violations in the Kingdom of Bahrain especially against political prisoners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18527/19]

Human Rights Cases

Seán Crowe

85. 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); if he has raised the issue with his Emirati counterpart; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18753/19]

Human Rights Cases

Seán Crowe

90. 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); and if he has raised the case with his Israeli counterpart. [19112/19]

Passport Applications Administration

Seán Crowe

96. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to challenges Irish citizens face in securing passports in insecure environments (details supplied); and if the policy regarding same will be reviewed. [19686/19]

Foreign Conflicts

Seán Crowe

99. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the attempts of the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela, Mr. Juan Guaidó, to carry out an alleged military coup in Venezuela (details supplied); if he will condemn this alleged coup attempt; and if he will revise his decision to declare Mr. Juan Guaidó as the interim President of Venezuela. [20123/19]

Economic Sanctions

Seán Crowe

100. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Government of the United States of America is intensifying its alleged illegal blockade of Cuba and that a person (details supplied) confirmed that the American Government would fully implement Title III of the Helms-Burton Act allowing Cuban Americans to sue foreign companies; and if he will condemn the continued alleged illegal blockade of Cuba and intensification of the blockade. [20125/19]

Office of Public Works Projects

Seán Crowe

209. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason for the clearing of a large number of trees and hedgerows along Whitechurch stream in St. Enda’s Park and the Pearse Museum, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, in late March 2019; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18490/19]

Archaeological Sites

Seán Crowe

1625. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if the National Monuments Service has analysed the full report into recent bronze age discoveries in an archaeological dig on land on Scholarstown Road, Templeogue, Dublin 16; and if she will request a full independent archaeological survey of the site and publish a plan for the preservation of the significant finds. [20124/19]

Good Friday Agreement

Seán Crowe

49. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing difficulties being faced by Irish citizens in Northern Ireland in asserting their Irish citizenship and that in certain cases Irish citizens are being forced to renounce British citizenship even though they are not and have not claimed to be British citizens; the steps he is taking to ensure that the British Government fully upholds the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts, including those relating to citizenship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17697/19]

Foreign Conflicts

Seán Crowe

53. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to recent anti-Government protests in Sudan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17562/19]

Humanitarian Aid Provision

Seán Crowe

59. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the assistance his Department is providing to Mozambique to recover from the devastation brought by Cyclone Idai (details supplied); and if he will report the response of Ireland to the disaster and humanitarian crisis. [17561/19]

Middle East Issues

Seán Crowe

60. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to the comments of the Israeli Prime Minister that if he wins re-election he will annex illegal Israeli colonial settlements in the occupied West Bank; if he will condemn these comments; and the response he will take if Israel moves towards annexing illegal Israeli colonial settlements in Palestine. [17558/19]

Foreign Conflicts

Seán Crowe

66. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to renewed fighting in Libya and the fact that the UN is reporting significant civilian casualties and that thousands are fleeing fighting around Tripoli; and the steps Ireland is taking to ensure a new ceasefire is negotiated. [17560/19]

Human Rights

Seán Crowe

86. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to new legislation introduced in Brunei which includes punishments such as death by stoning or whipping for homosexuality; if he will condemn these new laws; and if he has raised the issue directly with the Government of Brunei. [17559/19]