Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has described a Barnardos Survey on back to school costs as exploding the myth of free education with parents having to struggle financially to meet the rising costs of sending a pupil to school. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “The Government’s propagated myth of free education has been blown away […]

Dublin South West and Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has welcomed the new micro-credit initiative from the Irish League of Credit Unions and said it will give many individuals and families another alternative to illegal moneylenders. The initiative will provide for small loans with an average payment of €500 and with reasonable and affordable interest […]

Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs & Trade Seán Crowe TD, speaking at the Dáil Committee meeting to discuss the forthcoming United Nations summit on Refugees and Migration, has called on the Irish government to clarify its own individual position prior to the 19th of September meeting and described the European Union as having adopted […]

Dublin South West and Sinn Fein TD Seán Crowe says the Government’s new housing and homelessness action plan offers little solace for the thousands of people currently in mortgage distress and facing the very real threat of losing their home. Crowe says that the issue of mortgage distress cannot just be wished away and needed […]

Dublin South West Sinn Fein TD Sean Crowe has said he was ‘shocked’  at the reply he received recently from South Dublin County Council when they outlined that they paid out a whopping 1,307,747 euros in costs for recovery and disposal of 3,811 tonnes of illegally dumped  material  in the county last year. Crowe said that […]

Crowe said that recent scandals surrounding finances had made its future untenable but the positive work and counselling services that it provided must be maintained and built upon by others. Deputy Seán Crowe said; “Like many others across Ireland I have had mixed emotions on hearing of the news that Console is to be wound […]

Private Company Only Winners – Crowe Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has called on Minister Simon Coveney to scrap the new regulations on which these outrageous charges are based and said the legislation that it is based on gives Recycling Companies a ‘free hand’ allowing them to charge what they like for waste collection. […]

Vote against Rent Certainty disappointing says Crowe Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has expressed his disappointment following the vote and defeat of the Sinn Féin Bill on Rent Certainty. The legislation was introduced by Sinn Féin this week in order to provide greater protection for both tenants and landlords against volatility in the rental […]

‘Clerys Like’ Closures Coming to a Store Near You – Crowe Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD  Seán Crowe speaking on the anniversary of the closure Dublin’s iconic clothing store Clery’s  has said that there is every chance that with no new proactive legislation for vulnerable workers that more ‘Clery like’ closures are likely to […]

Crowe In Call for Vision and Implementation Plan For Health Service Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe an active member of the Tallaght Hospital Action Group has said that the local hospital in Tallaght has been starved of resources since its opening in 1998 and that the long pattern of cuts and shortages has impacted […]