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 […]
Defence Force’s Pay Issues not adequately addressed by Commission Report Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has described the Public Service Pay Commission report on Defence Forces pay as inadequate and said that morale in the Forces was now at all-time low. Responding to the Public Service Pay Commission Report Deputy Crowe said: “The Public […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has described the presence of the Irish naval vessel, the LÉ Samuel Beckett, at an international arms fair in London, following their high profile refugee rescue missions, as totally inappropriate and insensitive. Crowe also said the decision to send the ship raises serious contradictions in the […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has challenged the Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, over the Irish Government’s passive support for creating a standing EU Army and its support for EU migration policies which are failing refugees. Crowe was speaking in the Dáil during statements on the European Council meeting which will take place […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has called on the Minister for Defence, Paul Kehoe, to get real when it comes to pay for members of the Defence Forces after it emerged that there has been a huge increase in soldiers and navy personnel getting a Family Income Supplement (FIS) from the Department of Social […]
Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has called on the Irish Government to robustly defend Irish neutrality and to veto any attempt to create an EU army. Crowe was speaking after the European Commission President, Jean-Claude Juncker, used his annual State of the Union address to call for an EU military headquarters to […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence, Seán Crowe TD, has sent his best wishes to the crew of the LÉ Roisín who have departed for a 3 month humanitarian mission in the Mediterranean. Deputy Crowe said: “I welcome that the Government decided to send a fourth naval vessel on these lifesaving missions in […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence, Seán Crowe TD, has called on the Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney, to ensure that another Irish naval vessel is sent to the Mediterranean to participate in search and rescue missions. Speaking after he raised the issue in a Parliamentary Question to Minister Coveney, Deputy Seán Crowe […]
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 […]
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