Foreign Affairs Committee

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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 calls for Committee to hear from Boylan on Halawa

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has reiterated his calls for the Foreign Affairs Committee to formally invite Lynn Boylan MEP to brief the Committee on her visit to Egypt and meetings with Ibrahim Halawa. Deputy Crowe said: “Ibrahim Halawa has been in jail for over two years in terrible conditions. “I […]

Crowe meets with UHCR and Goal on the Refugee Crisis

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, met with Sophie Magennis, Head of Office, UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Ireland, and Barry Andrews, CEO of Goal, who gave evidence before the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee on the refugee crisis Deputy Seán Crowe said: “In recent weeks people’s awareness of the situation has hugely grown, […]

Crowe meets Honduran human rights defender

by Seán Crowe TD

Seán Crowe TD, Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, met the Honduran human rights defender Donald Hernández today. Donald is a member of the Latin American Lawyers’ Network, a network that works against the negative impacts of transnational extractive mining companies in Latin America, working to legally represent people adversely affected by open cast mining […]

Crowe raises key Foreign Affairs issues with Minister Flanagan

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, met with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Charlie Flanagan, today in the Foreign Affairs Committee. Crowe raised key Foreign Affairs issues with Minister Flanagan including the lifting of the blockade of Gaza, recognising the Palestinian State, the Kurdish fight against ISIS, the human rights […]

Crowe discusses Iraq crisis with Iraqi Ambassador to Ireland

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, today met the new Iraqi Ambassador to Ireland, Mr. Faik Nerweyi, to discuss the unfolding crisis in Iraq. Crowe met Ambassador Nerweyi as part of a Foreign Affairs and Trade Committee meeting in Leinster House. Speaking after the meeting, Deputy Seán Crowe said: “The deteriorating situation […]

Crowe welcomes Cyprus reunification talks momentum

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has stated his support for the on-going reunification talks in Cyprus. Crowe was speaking after the Cypriot Ambassador to Ireland came before the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss the talks process and the positive momentum they have gathered since they resumed on 11 February. Deputy […]

Crowe raises Palestinian refugee crisis in Syria with Iranian Government

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has raised the humanitarian crisis facing Palestinian refugees in the Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria, with the Iranian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Mohammad Javad Zarif. Crowe is currently in Iran with as part of a Foreign Affairs Committee delegation and they met the Foreign Affairs […]

Crowe to visit Iran with Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, is travelling to Iran today as part of an Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee delegation. The delegation will be in Iran for 4 days and they will meet with the various Iranian Government Ministers, including the Foreign Affairs Minister and the Minister of Agriculture, […]

Barosso remarks highlight arrogance of European Elites

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD who is a member of the Dáil European Affairs Committee has said that the recent comments of European Commission President Manuel Barroso regarding bank recapitalisation highlight the arrogance of European elites and ineffectiveness of the government’s negotiators to stand up for Irish citizens at a European level. Crowe […]