Government must take responsibility for the women of the Magdalene Laundries – Deputy Séan Crowe Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson Seán Crowe has welcomed the comments from the special rapporteur on child protection and child law Geoffrey Shannon who this week criticised the State’s refusal to accept responsibility for the Magdalene Laundry issue. Deputy Crowe said: […]

Minister wrong to increase public transport fares – Crowe July 25, 2012 Tallaght based TD Seán Crowe is calling on Minister Leo Varadkar to work with the Oireachtas Transport Committee on Transport, Unions and CIE to develop a new coordinated strategy to improve public transport across the state. His comments come in response to a […]

Crowe welcomes Anglo arrests Tallaght based Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe  has welcomed this week’s arrest of two former Senior Executives of Anglo Irish Bank, but said much more is needed before those responsible for the Irish banking crisis will have been held accountable. Deputy Crowe said: “It is three and a half years since […]

Demand for School patronage choice growing – Deputy Seán Crowe26 July 2012 Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson Seán Crowe, TD, has welcomed this week’s announcement that 14 new patrons were to be appointed to new post-primary schools across the State but said that the Minister for Education and Skills, Ruairí Quinn or his Department are not […]

Massive oil find underlnes need for radical changes to licencing – Crowe Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has said that a potentially massive oil find off the Cork coast underlines again the need for radical changes to the licensing and revenue terms governing oil and gas exploration. He was responding to a […]

Cutting Welfare will enhance recession conditions – Crowe Responding to calls from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to cut the dole, medical cards and child benefit local Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has argued that cutting Welfare will actually enhance  recession conditions and make it worse. Deputy Crowe said: “The IMF representatives are plain wrong in their calls […]

Bill  Huge Disappointment to Tens of Thousands in Mortgage Distress: Crowe   Speaking following this week’s Oireachtas debate on the Personal Insolvency Bill, Tallaght based Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe said that while the legislation was long overdue,  he said it didnt go far enough and will be a huge disappointment to the tens of thousands of families currently in […]

Government Undermining Local Democracy – Deputy Seán Crowe July 20, 2012 Dublin Southwest Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe, has said that Local Government Minister Phil Hogan is “undermining local democracy” by imposing further cuts in funding for councils, and linking these cuts to the Household Charge. The Tallaght based TD said it was inevitable that this would […]

Government’s priority should be care for abuse survivors – Crowe Sinn Féin education spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, commenting on today’s joint announcement by Ministers Ruairí Quinn and Brian Hayes of the awarding of the commission of a memorial for the victims of institutional abuse, said: “Sinn Féin firmly believes that the state should remember the […]

Government fails to protect consumers from money lenders Tallaght based Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has described the Government’s failure to regulate legal money lenders as a “dereliction of their duty to protect people from exploitation.” Deputy Crowe made his comments after speaking this week on a Sinn Féin Private Members’ Bill that sought to […]