Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has described a new report, titled ‘Building Community Resilience’, as a wakeup call for the government, An Garda Síochána, and society as a whole. The report from Dr. Johnny Connolly of the University of Limerick found that children as young as 12 years of age were being […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has called for more government action to tackle the scourge of open drug dealing in his constituency. The Sinn Féin TD raised the issue with the Minister for Justice, Charlie Flanagan, in the Dáil this week. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Open drug dealing is a scourge in our communities and […]
Crowe highlights problem of child drug couriers Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has called for new legislation and a different response from the government to the growing problem of children being used as drug couriers. The Sinn Féin TD raised the issue in the Dáil and quoted from a report released by the Blanchardstown Local […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the lack of urgency around budgets for Drug Task Forces as another symptom of the malaise that surrounds the government’s Drug and Alcohol Strategy. The Sinn Féin TD said that a recent response he received from the Minister suggested that the 2018 budgets for these Task Forces […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the lack of engagement by State representatives from the Departments of Education, Social Protection, Justice and Health with Drug Task Forces as unacceptable. The Sinn Féin TD also stated that it is farcical that next year’s budget for Task Forces has not yet been agreed, despite the […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has welcomed the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) announcement that it is funding nine new drug treatments and they will now be made available to patients. The Sinn Féin TD said that there will be an audible sigh of relief from families and patients who had campaigned for the release […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has repeated his call for ticket touting legislation to be urgently introduced after it was claimed that notorious drug cartels are using the lack of regulation in this area to fund their criminal activities and launder drug money. The Sinn Féin TD called on the Government to urgently move […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has claimed that nine new drug treatments which the HSE has approved are now in limbo because they don’t actually have enough funds to purchase them. The Sinn Féin TD said the drugs include ones for cancer, heart conditions, arthritis, depression and Crohn’s disease. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “We […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, who is a member of the local Drug Task Force, has said that he is baffled at the news that the number of primary care addiction counsellors for the Dublin South West, Kildare, and West Wicklow area has been steadily reduced at a time when the drug problem is […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has called on the Government to create a Minister of State post to deal with Ireland’s growing drug problem. Crowe was speaking in the Dáil on a topical issue he tabled on a newly released National Drug-Related Deaths Index from the Health Research Board (HRB) and said […]
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