Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has called on the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to publish an annual report on the progress of implementing the ‘A Healthy Weight for Ireland: Obesity Policy and Action Plan 2016 – 2025’. The Sinn Féin TD said the action plan is now two years old and despite the […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has spoken out against what he calls the cruel and horrific detention of children separated from their parents on the US-Mexican border and said it violates the rights of these children and their human rights. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Like many others I have been disturbed […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has said that another scandal involving religious orders is deeply disturbing but part of a pattern of widespread neglect, cruelty, abuse, and criminality that needs to be uncovered and face the full rigour of the law. The Sinn Féin TD said that the latest information emerging confirms that the […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has accused the current Government of failing a generation of children when it comes to housing, health, and child poverty. The Sinn Féin TD was speaking following the launch of Barnardos’ ‘Lost Childhood’ campaign. The campaign is highlighting how one in seven children in the State are currently experiencing […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has said the Department of Health’s new voluntary code for the marketing of junk food to young people is next to useless and doomed to failure. Speaking after the launch of the code this week, the Sinn Féin TD called on the Government to get real with it comes […]
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 […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has said that a report published by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) of an inspection of Fresh Start Foster Care Service raises serious questions as to the level of child protection safeguards being afforded to children in foster care settings. The Sinn Féin TD said major non-compliance […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has welcomed the cross party support that Sinn Féin’s motion on childcare got in the Dáil. The Sinn Féin motion calls on the Government to carry out a root and branch review of the pay and conditions of childcare workers in the sector and to prioritise work on the […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, called on the Government to address the crisis in respite care for children and to restore hours that have been slashed, as shown by figures released by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to a response to a Parliamentary Question. The Sinn Féin TD said that many families are now […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has called for a national conversation around childhood obesity after it was revealed that 20% of school children between 4th and 6th class are overweight. Childhood obesity has been an increasing problem among young Irish people for many years, and worryingly Ireland is on course to be the […]
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