{"id":501,"date":"2012-09-14T08:49:53","date_gmt":"2012-09-14T08:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/crowe-to-take-up-foreign-affairs-brief\/"},"modified":"2012-09-14T08:49:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T08:49:53","slug":"crowe-to-take-up-foreign-affairs-brief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/crowe-to-take-up-foreign-affairs-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowe to take up foreign affairs brief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Crowe to take up foreign affairs brief <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dublin South West TD Se\u00e1n Crowe is looking forward to the  challenges his new role as Sinn F\u00e9in spokesperson on Foreign Affairs,  Trade\u00a0and the Diaspora\u00a0will bring. Crowe replaces his party colleague  P\u00e1draig MacLochlainn TD as the Foreign Affairs spokesperson and he  praised the work P\u00e1draig has done.<\/p>\n<p>Sinn F\u00e9in President Gerry Adams  today announced a reshuffle of the Oireachtas team. These changes will  see Deputy Crowe move from the position of Education spokesperson to the  Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking after the reshuffle  Deputy Crowe said: \u201cWith the forthcoming Irish Presidency of the  European Union fast approaching the issue of Foreign Affairs and Trade  will take on an enhanced importance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to commend my  party colleague P\u00e1draig MacLochlainn on the fantastic work he has done  as our Foreign Affairs spokesperson in the Oireachtas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is  constantly evolving and I will work tirelessly to ensure that Ireland\u2019s  independent voice plays a key role in promoting peace, human rights and  development around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe upcoming months are sure to be  very important in relation to foreign affairs, with the continuation of  the Arab Spring, the release of the new White Paper on Irish Aid, the  continued worsening of conditions in Syria and Palestine, the  deterioration of the Israeli-Iranian situation, and increasing food  insecurity in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAdditionally I will work with interested  groups to ensure that Ireland is successful in securing trade deals  around the world which will benefit the Irish economy, by creating jobs  and stimulating growth. Any expansion of trade with developing countries  must also ensure their right to growth and respect human and workers\u2019  rights.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would also like to wish my party colleague Jonathan  O\u2019Brien TD the best of luck in his new and important role as Education  spokesperson, and I am sure he will work extremely hard in his new and  demanding portfolio.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I also look forward to fighting for the rights of the Irish  diaspora, especially the undocumented Irish in America, and all those  who have recently emigrated&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crowe to take up foreign affairs brief Dublin South West TD Se\u00e1n Crowe is looking forward to the challenges his new role as Sinn F\u00e9in spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade\u00a0and the Diaspora\u00a0will bring. Crowe replaces his party colleague P\u00e1draig MacLochlainn TD as the Foreign Affairs spokesperson and he praised the work P\u00e1draig has done. Sinn [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/seancrowe.ie\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}