Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, raised the issue of fire and building safety guidelines in garment factories in Bangladesh in the Dáil this week. He also called for action from the Government and Irish brands that source their products from Bangladesh. Crowe raised the issue in light of […]
Government must end cruel discrimination against children with Down Syndrome – Crowe Speaking after attending a briefing by Down Syndrome Ireland, Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe called on Education Minister Ruairí Quinn to add Down Syndrome to the list of ‘Low Incidence Disabilities’ in order to enable children affected qualify for access to Resource […]
Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, has called for an end to force feeding prisoners on hunger strike in Guantánamo, negotiations to end the hunger strikes to begin, and for the prisoners who are cleared for release to be freed. Deputy Crowe said: “At the moment there are reportedly […]
Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, welcomed the launch of the Government’s new Policy Paper on Irish Aid today, which details the plans and priorities for Irish Aid until 2016.The new policy document is entitled One World, One Future: Ireland’s Policy for International Development. The review began in 2012 […]
Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, attended a briefing from representatives of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) and the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) today. The representatives briefed Oireachtas members on the concept of decent work, as well as workers’ rights in the garment industry. Deputy Crowe said: […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has welcomed the Department of Sport’s decision to allocate one million euro in funding for amateur boxing clubs in 2013. Deputy Crowe said: “Amateur boxing clubs are a vital part of many communities around the country, including the Dublin South West constituency. “They provide top-class training and […]
Sinn Féin’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, has called on Minister of State John Perry to make an apology to the thousands of people who have been forced to emigrate to find work. Crowe believes Minister of State Perry, who told the Dáil that “emigration was a matter of choice”, […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Séan Crowe, has said documents revealed in a Belfast court yesterday clearly point to a web of cover-up within the British Government, and their intelligence services, in relation to the murder of solicitor and human rights lawyer Pat Finucane. Crowe, who is also a member of the Joint Committee […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, met three leading members of the Patriotic March, a Colombian grass roots political movement, in Leinster House today. The Patriotic March is a grass roots political movement which brings together over 2,000 civil society organisations, with the aim of bringing an end to […]
Dublin South West representative, Seán Crowe TD, has said the Government must back up its announcement that it aims to facilitate the creation of 20,000 jobs in the manufacturing sector by 2016, with imaginative initiatives. Crowe pointed to the Government’s abysmal employment creation record and believes that any new initiative would first have to first […]
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