Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the Minister for Justice must make the regulation of alcohol delivery services a priority, saying that drink was being made freely accessible to people who in many cases are underage or clearly vulnerable. Teachta Crowe said: “My party colleague Thomas Gould TD recently […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that Sinn Féin has tabled a Dáil motion of no-confidence in the Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar because the current rotating Taoiseach Micheál Martin has decided to sit on his hands and take no action against the Tánaiste; despite him leaking a […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that a Sinn Féin Bill to give the Minister for the Environment the power to ban utilities disconnections during the Winter months was necessary to ensure that families were not potentially restricted to freezing homes and that support from Government during COVID should not […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the COVID-19 pandemic should have been a wake-up call for the Government to see that our health service was woefully under-resourced and unprepared for a major crisis, but that politicians, and also senior management, seemed unable or unwilling to change elements of policy […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Sean Crowe has welcomed a commitment by Minister of State for Disability Anne Rabbitte that the frontline medical staff currently being used in the COVID contact tracing system, such as dental technicians, speech and language therapists, occupation therapists and physios, will be relieved by new staff and returned […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the granting of a medical card to a person suffering from a terminal illness must be an automatic right, not a gift based on the whims or mood swings of the Minister for Health or the HSE. Teachta Crowe put this to Minister […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the latest recall of sanitising products used in many of our schools has severely called into question the Government’s ability to ensure the safety and wellbeing of students and staff in our education system. Teachta Crowe said: “Last week, we got the bad […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the Government’s refusal to negotiate and broker a deal with school secretaries, teachers, and other staff could lead to a strike during COVID and lead to our schools being closed once again. Teachta Crowe said: “Workers in our schools do not feel safe […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that it is imperative that frontline healthcare workers, such as dental technicians, physios, and Occupational Therapists, are replaced within the COVID contact tracing system and allowed to return to their frontline posts where they are needed most. Teachta Crowe was speaking after chairing a […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe TD has said that the findings of a study into the presence of COVID antibodies among staff of Tallaght University Hospital which showed that 18% of staff had contracted COVID at some point demonstrated that we failed and continue to fail many of our frontline healthcare […]