Bank of Ireland interest rate hike will push mortgage holders over the edge – Sinn Fein Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD responding to news that Bank of Ireland has hiked its interest rate by half a percentage point said the move is guaranteed to push some mortgage owners over the edge, potentially taking […]

Literacy and Numeracy- direct link to salary Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD attended the start of National Literacy Awareness Week in the Vocational Education Office in Tallaght where and the publication of Literacy and Numeracy Difficulties in the Workplace was launched. Crowe said that the report was an important piece of research that […]

ESRI should hang its head in shame Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD described the Economic and Social Research Institute report released this week as a flawed and ideologically loaded analysis that is contributing absolutely nothing to the debate around the State’s potential recovery. Deputy Crowe said he was at loss at why the […]

Magdalene Laundries to be raised in Dail Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has said that his party Sinn Fein are to use its Private Members time in the Dáil next week to move a motion on the abuses that took place in the Magdalene Laundries. The motion has been tabled by Sinn Féin with the support of 17 […]

Government Health  a shambles-Crowe Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has said that the longer waiting lists, the deepening  financial and political crisis in Health combined with a dysfunctional relationship between Minister of State for Health Róisín Shortall and Minister for Health Dr. James Reilly  highlights  the  rudderless shambles that increased numbers of sick people have to deal with on a daily basis. […]

Shatter needs to stop Spinning on Garda  cuts- Sinn Féin’s Seán Crowe TD has called on Minister Alan Shatter to “stop spinning yarns and passing the buck” back to the Garda Commissioner, Martin Callinan and his officers over Garda cuts and closures. Crowe said  that the cuts are damaging  Garda  morale and impacting directly on communities. He was speaking after hearing from Minister Shatter that station […]

Stamp Duty to Stay alongside new Property Tax   Dublin South West TD  Seán Crowe has called on the Government to abandon its plan for a property tax. The Tallaght based Deputy made his call after a parliamentary question placed to the Finance Minister Michael Noonan revealed this week that he has no plans to abolish Stamp Duty when […]

Child Poverty- Flowery Words won’t tackle it  says Crowe   Sinn Féin Deputy Seán Crowe has welcomed the publication of proposed wording of the Constitutional Amendment on Children and called on the Government to deliver a strategy to tackle increasing levels of child poverty. The Dublin South West TD also called on them to make a commitment to child proof December’s budget. Deputy Seán Crowe said: […]

Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe attended 20th Anniversary of Our Lady’s Hospice Coffee Morning in Harold’s Cross today. Coffee mornings were held by Hospice supporters all over the island to raise much needed funds for the  vital work they do. Speaking after the event Deputy  Seán Crowe said: “I was delighted to attend the fundraising […]

Crowe supports ban on illegal settlement products Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe today met with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) at the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. The EAPPI representatives called on the Irish Government to ban the importation of goods that originate in illegal Israeli settlements. EAPPI provide […]