Brexit

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Irish Government wholly unprepared for no deal Brexit – Seán Crowe TD

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has criticised the government over their unpreparedness for a no deal Brexit. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “The government’s no deal Brexit plan can be summed up in one sentence approach: leave it to the EU and let the markets decide. This is the same logic it used […]

Crowe challenges British Ambassador on Brexit

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has challenged the British Ambassador to Ireland over his Government’s approach to Brexit. The exchange came during a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs with the Ambassador to discuss the British Government’s plans for withdrawing from the EU. Deputy Seán Crowe said: […]

Crowe challenges the Taoiseach on international issues in Dáil debate

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has called for the Irish Government to ramp up its response to Brexit in advance of Article 50 being triggered by the British Government on 29 March. Crowe was speaking in the Dáil during Post European Council statements when he also raised the case of Ibrahim […]

Crowe meets House of Commons Exiting the EU Committee

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, met with the House of Commons Exiting the EU Committee in Leinster House. Speaking after the meeting Deputy Crowe said: “I welcomed the opportunity to meet the House of Commons Exiting the EU Committee during their one day visit to Dublin. “During our meeting I detailed […]

Crowe speaks on Sinn Féin motion on Brexit

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, spoke on Sinn Féin’s Dáil motion on Brexit, which called for a special status for the North in the EU, during the debate this evening. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “The Sinn Féin motion outlined that the North of Ireland is being forced to leave the EU […]

Irish Government must ensure GFA is protected- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Seán Crowe TD, speaking in the Dáil, called on the Government to urgently undertake an assessment of the impacts that Brexit would have on the Good Friday Agreement. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Brexit undermines the institutional, constitutional and legal integrity and status of the Good Friday Agreement. “The Good Friday Agreement political institutions, […]

Budget 2017 highlights lack of urgency around Brexit- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has criticised the Government’s failure in Budget 2017 to allocate extra resources to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFA) to deal with Brexit. Crowe welcomed the establishment of a Brexit team within the DFA, but the decision to not allocate extra resources to this […]

Crowe appeals to voters in the 6 Counties to Vote Remain

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has called on voters in the 6 Counties to Vote Remain as part of the European Union on 23 June. Crowe, who is also a member of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement Committee, has said that a vote to leave would […]