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Crowe calls on Government support for Debt Conference

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has called on the Government to back the idea of a European Debt Conference during a motion tabled in the Dáil by the Technical Group and Sinn Féin. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “This motion here tonight is simply requesting the Government to support a European Debt […]

People to pay far more in water charges than figure claimed – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has claimed that Minister Phil Hogan’s admission that people might pay up to €500 in water charges makes a mockery of the €240 average charge per household announced by the Government. He also said that the average charge itself will be far more than €240 after 2016, […]

Government Dithers On Irish Water But Charges Still Coming- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has claimed that Government dishonesty regarding the real price that will be paid by consumers for water will impact on their candidates in the forthcoming elections Crowe was speaking as the Government continued to dither on announcing what the rate water will be charged at, whether there […]

Carbon tax hurts working poor and elderly- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has hit out at the Government for implementing the second phase of its Solid Fuel Carbon Tax, without implementing programmes to protect the working poor and elderly from the price rises due to this new tax. The tax applies to kerosene, marked gas oil, liquid petroleum gas, […]

1 in 10 have difficulty buying food – Crowe.

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe has described the latest Overseas Economic Cooperation and Development report on poverty as another sad and graphic indicator of the fallout from the Government’s austerity agenda. The report entitled ‘Society at a Glance’ highlighted how one in ten people in this state now say that they cannot afford to […]

Extra funding and resources needed for homeless – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has called on the Government to commit to providing extra funding to tackle homelessness and the increase of those sleeping rough in the capital. The Dublin South West Deputy made his remarks following the announcement by Focus Ireland that the number of families becoming homeless in Dublin has more than doubled in the […]

No Hospital Top Up For Low Paid Staff – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the decision of Health Minister James Reilly and Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin, to approve a special salary deal for a HSE executive as disgraceful but hardly surprising. The salary deal of nearly €200,000 per annum will be paid to a top HSE executive based […]

Crowe expresses astonishment at job loss announcement

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, expressed his astonishment at the job losses announced by Minister for State John Perry, who told TDs in the Dáil that 107 jobs in Pratt & Whitney Aviation International (PWAI), and 408 at the Lufthansa plant in Rathcoole, County Dublin, were to go. Crowe said that workers […]

Minister must ensure that school uniforms are affordable to all- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has welcomed the news that Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn, has committed to facilitating a survey of parents on the cost of school uniforms. Crowe has long campaigned and lobbied the Minister for Education to reduce unnecessarily high back to school costs, and in particular the rip […]