Schools buckling under cuts to capitation grant Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson Seán Crowe has said the crisis facing schools resulting from Government cuts is starkly illustrated by reports this week that children starting the new term in a Cork primary school had been asked to supply their own toilet roll, soap, and hand towels . […]

HSE Cuts Hitting Elderly and Vulnerable – Crowe Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has said the HSE cuts by the  Government are targeting homehelp, homecare packages and personal assistance and that the cuts to  agency staff and overtime will also create further difficulties in many of our public health care facilities and […]

Release NAMA Housing and act on crisis- Crowe Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe insists that Local Government Minister Phl Hogan must take urgent steps to release NAMA Housing and  tackle  the mounting housing waiting lists.   Deputy Crowe said that the extent of the current crisis is  outlined in  the Focus Ireland ‘The Roof Over Our […]

Drug Counselling Gap  Worsens– Crowe Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has said he has written to the Health Minister James O Reilly seeking assurances that an important Counselling post within the existening Youth Drugs and Alcohol Service (YoDA) in Tallaght will  not be the victim of cuts and  that key posts will be maintained by the Health Service Executive […]

Court ruling bad day for human rights: Crowe Dublin South West TD, Séan Crowe, said he was extremely disappointed by the dismissal of the civil lawsuit brought by the family of Rachel Corrie against the Israeli state.Rachel, a human rights activist from the US, died in March 2003 after being crushed by an Israeli military […]

Crowe Calls For Action On Morgage Debt Timebomb Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has said that evictions and home repossessions should not become commonplace practices in post Celtic Tiger Ireland and should always be used as a mechanism of last resort. Describing morgage debt as a timebomb he called for  action to be taken by Government and […]

Property Tax Proposal Public Needs Clarity- Crowe Responding to the Government’s proposed value based property tax Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe  said that the Tax didnt appear to take account of the owners ability to pay  and that a fairer and better way forward to  deal with the financial shortfall was to introduce a wealth tax. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Government Ministers […]

E-book company must fulfil school orders before start of new term – Deputy Crowe Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson Seán Crowe has said he is concerned at reports from the Consumers’ Association of Ireland who have been inundated with complaints in the past week from concerned parents who have ordered school books from the online retailer […]

Banks Not  Lending And Hurting Jobs Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe speaking in response to the Central Bank report that found that Irish banks reject more business loan applications than any other state in the euro zone except Greece The report drawn up by two economists concluded that small and medium businesses in Ireland are twice […]

Government must address spiralling fuel prices – Crowe The Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has called on the Government to intervene to address the issue of rising fuel prices and the implications this is having on jobs, consumers and the wider economy. Crowe said that the increase in fuel costs will […]