Sinn Féin Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has described the collapse of the government’s childcare scheme for frontline health workers as predictable and inevitable as the outstanding issue of insurance cover was never dealt with. Teachta Crowe said that the government’s refusal to indemnify childcare workers for Covid-19 related claims is a significant contributing […]

Sinn Féin Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has welcomed a survey released by Inclusion Ireland that highlights impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on children with special needs and said that this particular group of students and their families have been left without educational supports since schools closed. Inclusion Ireland have said it is gravely […]

Sinn Féin Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has called for better enforcement of self-isolation requirements for people entering the country and described the current travel restrictions as “farcical”. Teachta Crowe said: “Public health advice is clear in stating that people arriving into Ireland should self-isolate for two weeks. “This policy is based on scientific […]

Sinn Féin Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has described the delay in providing vital childcare supports for key frontline workers as “unacceptable with government announcement after announcement on childcare producing nothing and still only a promise”. Teachta Crowe said: “As COVID-19 has dragged out longer and longer, temporary arrangements many workers had in place […]

Sinn Fein Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has said he was extremely concerned at the postponement of smear tests across the state and said the delay is causing significant worry for many women. Teachta Crowe said that early intervention and identification of cancer was vital and lifesaving and while he accepted that Minister for […]

Sinn Féin Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe, a former member of Oireachtas Mental health Committee, has called on the Government to meet with Pieta House to address the funding shortfall which has led to pay cuts and redundancies in the mental health service. Teachta Crowe described the redundancies coming at a time when demand […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has called on Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe to defer or scrap the increase in the Carbon Tax, citing concerns about the impact on many households which have literally seen their incomes collapse due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Many areas with low-income, but not exclusively so, […]

Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has urged the caretaker Minister for Social Protection Regina Doherty to reverse her decision not to provide a Covid-19 domestic violence rent supplement payment. The Dublin South West TD’s remarks came as An Garda Síochána revealed reports of domestic violence incidents spiking by 30% in some areas since the beginning […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the Minister for Education Joe McHugh needs to clarify the eligibility criteria for SUSI grant applications for those whose incomes have been drastically reduced as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Teachta Crowe made his remarks as the SUSI grant application process opens […]

Speaking following the announcement that Age Action and the Red Cross have been forced to close the application process for the Covid-19 Hardship Fund due to the volume of applications, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the government must step up and provide increased supports for older people affected […]