Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has welcomed a public commitment made by the Taoiseach that outstanding redress payments to women who survived the Magdalene Laundries will now be progressed, and that promised full medical cards are now to be provided. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “This week the Minister for Justice finally brought […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has said welcomed the Government’s commitment to review of applications to the Magdalene Redress Scheme refused by the Department of Justice. The Sinn Féin TD said the review is due to be completed within the next three months. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “I welcome that the Government now accepts […]
Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has welcomed the recommendations of a report by Ombudsman Peter Tyndall that calls for the re-examination of a government decision to exclude some women from the Magdalene Restorative Justice Scheme. The Sinn Féin TD said that the narrow selective approach from various governments has added to the hurt of […]
One year after Taoiseach Enda Kenny’s apology to the Magdalene survivors, Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has called on the government to introduce the long awaited Restorative Justice Bill. “A year ago Taoiseach Enda Kenny made an emotional address to survivors from the Magdalene laundries in Ireland. “The apology was a […]
Speaking after the government’s decision to again exclude the Bethany Homes survivors from redress, Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, said that the decision was based on a monetary one and had absolutely nothing to do with justice or about what was the right thing for the State to do. Deputy Seán Crowe […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has called on the religious orders to step up to the plate and pay their fair share to the Magdalene Redress scheme. His comments follow those of his party leader, Gerry Adams, who also raised the issue of the Magdalene laundries issue with Taoiseach Enda Kenny. Crowe said it is this issue of possible liability that is clearly motivating […]
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