http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARngJ1lxCbE Sinn Féin TD joins Dáil protesters seeking reversal of SNA cuts   Speaking last night in the Dáil in support of a motion opposing cuts to  Special Needs Assistants, Sinn Féin’s Education Spokesperson Seán Crowe  said the government must reverse the cuts that have impacted on children  with learning and behavioural difficulties.   He […]

Energy regulator needs to call stop to electricity  hike Dublin South West TD   Seán Crowe , has called on the Energy Regulator to call a halt and stop the huge 10% ‘hike’ in electricity prices which An Bord Gáis plans to announce later this week. Crowe said that the Regulator needs to ‘bin the  request’  […]

  Kenny falsehoods or another lapse of memory Commenting on the recording of Enda Kenny making a clear commitment to retain the Emergency Department at Roscommon County Hospital, Tallaght Hospital activist Seán Crowe TD said: “The Taoiseach Enda Kenny needs to honour his pre election pledge to the people and prevent the closure of the Emergency Department at Roscommon County Hospital. […]

Hospital Crisis Solidarity Protests set for Monday Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has announced a series of protests that will  take place at hospitals across the state, including at Tallaght Hospital in his own constituency, on Monday. The protests are to held in solidarity with Hospital Staff and Patients will coincide and mark the day when the […]

New literacy and numeracy strategy must address shortcoming in education system – Seán Crowe Speaking after today’s launch of the Literacy and Numeracy for Learning and Life, the National Strategy to improve literacy and numeracy among children and young people, Sinn Féin’s Education spokesperson Seán Crowe said: “Any initiative that is designed to improve the […]

QUESTION NO:  577 DÁIL QUESTION addressed to the Minister for Health (Dr. James Reilly) by Deputy Seán Crowe for WRITTEN ANSWER on 05/07/2011      *  To ask the Minister for Health his views that there is a credibility deficit in relation to some former senior banking officials sitting on health related boards, institutions and hospitals […]

Crowe raises St Mark’s SNA cuts in the Dáil   Speaking in the Dáil today Sinn Féin’s Education Spokesperson Deputy  Seán Crowe raised the issue of cuts to special needs assistants at St  Mark’s National School in Tallaght.   St Mark’s school is set to lose seven of its thirteen SNA’s when  government cuts take […]

Education cuts deepen as expenses gravy train rolls on Sinn Féin’s Education Spokesperson Seán Crowe TD has called on Minister, Ruairí  Quinn, TD, to explain what measures his Department intends to introduce to prevent the abuse of expenses at Third Level Institutions. Crowe referred to the issue at the yearly Estimates Meeting, when he asked […]

Tallaght Hospital – an example of all that is wrong with the Irish healthcare system – Deputy Seán Crowe   Speaking in the Dáil on Tuesday evening on a Sinn Féin Private Members’  Bill which seeks to secure funding for essential services in hospitals  across the Irish State, Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe highlighted  problems […]

SF determined to resist cuts to SNAs – Deputy Seán Crowe Speaking after raising the issue of cuts to SNAs during a committee meeting in the Dáil that looked at education budget estimates, Sinn Féin’s Education Spokesperson Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Cuts to SNAs in schools across the state are having a far reaching and […]