Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described new information coming from the Department of Education, that 544 schools across the State do not have access to psychologists from the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) to carry out assessments of need, as shameful. The Sinn Féin TD said that the lack of formal psychological assessments […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has claimed that there is very little seasonal joy to be found in a School Transport Review published this week. The Sinn Féin TD was speaking after meeting a delegation of parents from across Ireland who had gathered outside Leinster House to highlight their children’s difficulties in accessing School […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described this year’s forthcoming Budget as probably the most important in recent years and Crowe is calling for an increase in public investment. He said that due to years of austerity, and with the uncertainty that Brexit has now brought, that Ireland is clearly at a crossroads, and […]
Speaking after a leaked report outlined that the Government is proposing to introduce a student loan scheme for third level students, Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe, described the proposal as “a blundering mistake”. This leaked paper follows a commissioned report on Third Level funding, and Crowe has stated that saddling students with more debt is not a substitute […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has called on the Minister for Education, Jan O Sullivan, to launch a new initiative to tackle the huge back to school costs that families are facing, especially the outrageous costs of school uniforms. Crowe said that during the month of August thousands of parents are struggle […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has claimed that a recent survey which questioned adults and teachers about their fears about having money for food makes bitter reading. In the survey 22% of adults said they are worried about the amount of money they have left to buy food, and the figure jumps […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has raised the issue of cutbacks to the School Completion Programme in the Dáil and detailed the disastrous impact these cutbacks are having on pupils, particularly those coming from disadvantage backgrounds. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Over the last six years there has been a 33% cut in […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, raised the reduction of VTOS places for the Tallaght area in the Dáil and challenged the Minister of State for Training and Skills, Ciarán Cannon, on the decision, which he described as discriminatory. Crowe said that reducing the VTOS places in Tallaght by 20 makes no economic […]
Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD has said that the delay in allocating Special Needs Assistant’s until June was a cynical election ploy and a downright dishonest tactic by Education Minister, Ruairí Quinn. Crowe said that the allocation was normally agreed in May and that the ‘election delay’ is a blatant attempt to put […]
Dublin South West Representative Seán Crowe TD has said changes to Special Needs Assistant (SNA) provision introduced by Education Minister Ruairí Quinn under Circular 03/2014 will inevitably result in more children losing much needed Special Needs Assistant support and has called on him to reverse these cost cutting changes. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “This Minister […]
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