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This Government is failing a generation of children – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has accused the current Government of failing a generation of children when it comes to housing, health, and child poverty. The Sinn Féin TD was speaking following the launch of Barnardos’ ‘Lost Childhood’ campaign. The campaign is highlighting how one in seven children in the State are currently experiencing […]

Hospital capacity figures suggest they are beyond crisis point – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has said that the implementation of full capacity protocols a whopping 3,541 times in hospitals across the state in 2017 is a dire signal of a health service beyond its crisis point. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Full capacity protocol is a hospital’s highest-level measure for dealing with […]

Pain patch decision is a cruel cut – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has said that it is not too late for the Government, and the Minister for Health, to do what is clearly right for thousands of chronic pain sufferers, and lift his cruel restrictions on the pain relief patch Versatis. The patch was originally developed for post shingles […]

Voluntary code for junk food advertisers won’t work – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has said the Department of Health’s new voluntary code for the marketing of junk food to young people is next to useless and doomed to failure. Speaking after the launch of the code this week, the Sinn Féin TD called on the Government to get real with it comes […]

Lack of Government will to tackle trolley crisis ‘failing the public’ – Seán Crowe TD

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South-West Seán Crowe TD has said that the Government’s failure to address the ongoing trolley crises is ‘failing the public’. Speaking tonight, Teachta Crowe said: “I have received information that last Thursday security entered the paediatric ED in Tallaght Hospital and prevented access to an area called ‘the pod’. “Management […]

Flu virus will add to hospital chaos – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has called on the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, to ensure that additional resources are put in place to deal with the very real possibility in a huge increase in patients presenting at hospitals following a dramatic rise in the number of ‘Australian flu’ cases. The Sinn Féin TD […]

Patients on trolleys reach record numbers – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the recent “Trolley Watch” figures released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) showing that there is a record high of 656 patients on trolleys as frightening, unacceptable and demanding change The Sinn Féin TD said: “We are in the middle of winter, a flu epidemic […]

Crowe tells Dáil that Tallaght Hospital is dangerous and unsafe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, raised the worrying and dangerous conditions in Tallaght Hospital with the Minister for Health, Simon Harris, in the Dáil. The Sinn Féin TD called for extra supports and resources to relieve the bed shortage and trolley crisis in hospital. Deputy Crowe said: “Tallaght Hospital is the busiest trauma hospital […]

Another increase in amount of patients on trolleys last month – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the increase in the number of patients on trolleys for the month of October as completely unacceptable. The Sinn Féin TD said that the figures, released by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO), show that the amount of people on trolleys in our hospitals is increasing […]