EU Affairs Committee

6 Items

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 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 Appalled at Added Sugar in Baby Food Proposal

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has described the proposals of the European Commission to allow baby food to contain huge amounts of sugar, as appalling. Crowe, who is also a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Union Affairs, said that the European Commission is not surprisingly once again lined firmly […]

EU Refugee Relocation Scheme Broken- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has labelled the EU’s refugee relocation scheme as ‘broken’ after newly released figures show that only 322 refugees based in Greece and Italy have been resettled, despite a commitment to resettle 160,000. Speaking in the Dáil during statements on the last European Council meeting Crowe called […]

Oireachtas TTIP contribution not reflective of broad policy and stakeholder concerns

by Seán Crowe TD

Speaking after this morning’s private meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs, Sinn Fein members said it was obscene that a report on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is being forced through the Oireachtas that is incomplete and not reflective of all stakeholders’ views. Deputies Seán Crowe, Peadar Tóibín, Michael […]