Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Defence, Seán Crowe, has called on the Minister for Defence, Paul Kehoe, to deal with the recruitment and retention crisis with the urgency that it deserves. Speaking after he raised the issue with the Minister in the Dáil, Deputy Seán Crowe said: “We are currently seeing a huge exodus of personnel […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Defence, Seán Crowe TD, has welcomed the announcement that the Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney, has agreed to meet the Action Lariam for Irish Soldiers Group. Minister Coveney has confirmed that he will meet the group, who are campaigning against the use of the anti-malarial drug, after Deputy Crowe raised the […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Defence, Seán Crowe TD, has welcomed certain elements of new Defence spending and has his raised concerns about others. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “There is an increase in Defence spending from €885 million in Budget 2015 to €903 million in Budget 2016. “It is welcome that this contains a €2 million […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence, Seán Crowe TD, has welcomed that 100 Irish troops that were deployed in the Golan Heights on a UN peacekeeping mission have returned home safely Deputy Seán Crowe said: “I would like to take this opportunity to welcome home the 100 Irish soldiers who have spent 7 […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence, Seán Crowe TD, has described the Government’s decision to vote against Sinn Féin’s Neutrality Bill as shameful. This legislation calls for the insertion of neutrality into the Constitution and seeks to amend Bunreacht na hÉireann to ensure that Ireland will not and could not aid foreign powers in any way in […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence, Seán Crowe, has criticised the Government over their refusal to back Sinn Féin’s Neutrality Bill in the Dáil, but also said he is not remotely surprised at their decision. The Neutrality Bill sought to trigger a referendum to amend the Constitution to affirms that Ireland is a […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Defence, Seán Crowe TD, has again raised his concerns around the safety of Irish troops stationed with the UN in Lebanon after the death of Spanish peacekeeper recently. During Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Defence he also raised the case of Mahmoud Bazzi, the Lebanese national accused of murdering of […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence, Seán Crowe TD, has welcomed the news that his legislative Bill calling for the insertion of neutrality into the Constitution has been tabled for debate in the Dáil on Friday 20 February. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “This legislative Bill seeks to amend the Constitution to ensure that […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade, and Defence, Seán Crowe TD, called on the Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney, to not sign any new contracts with Israeli military firms when he visits the region this weekend. He said Ireland needs to distance its Defence Forces as far away as possible from Israel’s military infrastructure In a […]
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