Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has today introduced legislation to combat the sale of nitrous oxide to children and to combat its misuse, which can have severely deleterious effects on health in both the short and long term. Teachta Crowe said: “The reduction in the abuse of nitrous oxide is something […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that it is entirely unacceptable that Children’s Disability Network Teams would be left with staff vacancy rates as high as 68% in the CHO7 area, saying that the team based in Chamber House, upon which thousands of families in the Tallaght area rely, has […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that Irish Water need to explain why residents in Dargle Wood, Knocklyon were left for three days without running water over the bank holiday weekend. Teachta Crowe went on to say that the utility provider needs to take a serious look at the area […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that Sinn Féin are committed to ensuring that water charges are gone for good and that they took action that would have made sure that excessive use charges were not used as a pretext for their introduction. To that end, Sinn Féin brought forward […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the Tenant In Situ Scheme is a lifeline for families that are at risk of homelessness and gives certainty to landlords who wish to exit the market. Teachta Crowe said that the failure of the Government to fund the scheme this year shows […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that he is outraged that the management of Sacred Heart JNS, Killinarden feel they have no choice but to close their doors on 1 April and go to online teaching because their capitation funding has run out and they cannot even keep the lights […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that Sinn Féin will stand with communities to oppose any attempts by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael to introduce the domestic water charges by the back door, now or in the future. Teachta Crowe’s comments following government kite-flying in the media that they are […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that it is entirely unacceptable that 4,763 children in the CHO7 area which incorporates Dublin South West were waiting on an Assessment of Need at the beginning of this month. Teachta Crowe said that the fact 3,705 of those children have been waiting longer […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the continued inaction of the government to reform the childcare and early years sector has led to huge staff turnover in the industry and the inability of providers to expand their capacity to meet demand. Teachta Crowe said that the problem was especially […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that an additional driving test centre in south Dublin is desperately required, saying that not only has the population in the area grown vastly in the past 20 years, but that new towns have even sprung up, leading to bottlenecks when people try to […]