Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, said that new research findings by the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), on children with Special Needs, raises serious questions about the current policy of integrating children with special needs into a mainstream school setting, and it highlights current failures. The ERSI bulletin claims that 7% […]
The insistence of Education Minister, Ruairí Quinn, that he cannot do more to reduce the back-to-school costs faced by parents has been described as pathetic by Sinn Féin Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe “It is simply not good enough,” Deputy Seán Crowe said, “that Minister Quinn insists it is down to parents to lobby […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has stated that the huge back to school costs faced by families at this time are a disgrace and that the back to school rip off is continuing. Crowe was responding to Barnardos recently published 8th annual report on back to school costs that involved a survey […]
I have received an update from the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, on the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA), see below. Anyone who is entitled to the BSCFA should familiarise themselves with new information. If any constituents have a problem please don’t hesitate to contact me. Seán Crowe TD Sinn Féin […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has said that Education Minister Ruairí Quinn needs to stop ‘dithering’ and do something practical to address the huge rise in back to school costs that are impacting negatively on parents. Crowe, who was up to recently his party’s spokesperson on Education, was responding to Barnardo’s […]
Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has welcomed a report that is before the Oireachtas Education Committee that calls on schools to stop forcing students to wear expensive crested uniforms. This is a measure Deputy Crowe has been supportive of along with other measures to reduce the costs of sending kids to school. Speaking today Deputy […]
Responding to the launch by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) of a review into special education, Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, said the first major hurdle was to get the Minister for Education, Ruairí Quinn, to implement the key recommendations of the report. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “I would like […]
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