Posts by Seán Crowe TD

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New CSO figures highlight crisis in housing sector – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has said that the new Central Statistics Office (CSO) figures, which show that nearly half a million adults are still living at home with their parents, highlights again the challenge of the ongoing  crisis in the housing and rental sector. The figures from the CSO reveal that […]

Back to school costs hitting parents hard – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has urged the Government to address the huge cost of sending a child back to school. His remarks come as the children’s charity, Barnardos’, released its annual School Cost Survey that suggests that the huge burden on families remains the same. The Sinn Féin TD is calling for an […]

Crowe welcomes HSE decision to finance nine new drugs

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has welcomed the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) announcement that it is funding nine new drug treatments and they will now be made available to patients. The Sinn Féin TD said that there will be an audible sigh of relief from families and patients who had campaigned for the release […]

Garda GoSafe van deal unbelievable waste of money – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has criticised the high costs of the operation of the GoSafe speed vans and described the deal as an unbelievable waste of money. The Sinn Féin TD also raised concerns about the unwillingness of Gardaí and the Department of Justice to release such information, with the Office of the […]

Drug money connected to ticket touting – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has repeated his call for ticket touting legislation to be urgently introduced after it was claimed that notorious drug cartels are using the lack of regulation in this area to fund their criminal activities and launder drug money. The Sinn Féin TD called on the Government to urgently move […]

Water supply infrastructure needed, not water meters – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the recent water crisis in Louth and Meath as another incentive to implement an ambitious water supply capital investment programme and described the hundreds millions of invested in the installation of household water meters while old pipes were leaking as ‘wasteful and illogical.’ Deputy Seán Crowe said: […]

Special needs children facing long delays in Chamber House – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the long the delays for children with particular special needs and trying to access services and supports in Chamber House in Tallaght as unacceptable. In a recent reply from the Health Service Executive Deputy Crowe was informed that the current waiting time to access the Early Intervention […]

Crowe urges greater usage of the Personal Alert Scheme

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has urged senior citizens to make better use of the Personal Alert Scheme. Deputy Crowe made his call after two separate savage attacks on senior citizens were highlighted in the courts and believes that the original scheme and the criteria for its access needs to be reviewed […]