Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has called on government TDs to explain the excise duty increase facing motorists on 1 August. This increase, the second in three months, will see petrol rise by 4c per litre and diesel rise by 3c per litre. Teachta Crowe said: “Government TDs owe people in […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the insurance industry is continuing to rip off consumers and pocket savings brought about by recent law reforms. A survey on motor insurance, conducted by Sinn Féin Finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty found 95% of the 1390 respondents stated that their premium had increased […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the government must do more to tackle childhood obesity as Safefood Ireland evidence to the Oireachtas Health Committee indicates that they have done little to move the needle since the last obesity action plan was introduced in 2016. Teachta Crowe said: “Evidence from […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that it was only by luck that there wasn’t a major incident involving a house that had been allowed to fill with natural gas in Cushlawn Park in West Tallaght last night. Teachta Crowe said: “I was contacted by upset residents in Cushlawn Park […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has today called on the government to support Sinn Féin’s legislation to give greater protections and ensure better affordability for student renters. The Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2024 will be debated at second stage in the Dáil this week. It deals with so-called ‘digs’ accommodation, which […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that four years on government inaction on statutory home care represents an abandonment of our duty to our older and more vulnerable citizens that it is often beyond the ability of many families to afford home care. Speaking in the Dáil, Teachta Crowe said: […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that Government inertia has led to spiralling electricity costs which are costing workers and families an extra €700 a year on average compared to their European neighbours. Speaking after last night’s debate in the Dáil where Sinn Féin put forward its alternative Teachta Crowe […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the diminishing of the ability of local authorities to build and maintain their social housing stock has led to their inability to retrofit or adapt social housing to their tenants’ needs, leading to energy poverty and homes unfit to people’s medical needs. Speaking […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that we need to at least double the number of affordable homes to buy and rent per year as rents in the Tallaght area are simply unaffordable if we are expecting families to be shelling out the average of €27,000 a year on rent […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the government’s Gambling Bill must be amended to avoid punishing sport clubs, voluntary, and charitable organisations, saying that the Bill conflates fundraising with gambling, and that failure to address this issue would cost local sporting clubs, charities and community organisations thousands of euro […]