Barnardos’ Survey highlights actual cost of sending  child to school1st August 2012   Sinn Féin Dáil Education spokeperson Deputy Seán Crowe has welcomed today’s launch of the Barnardos’ School Costs Survey which highlights the increasing financial burden being placed on parents when sending their children to school. He described the exhorbitant cost of school uniforms as […]

Opening of new Cystic Fibrosis Unit welcome – Crowe 31 July 2012 Tallaght based Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has welcomed the news that patients with cystic fibrosis will this week begin transferring to new purpose-built facilities at St Vincent’s Hospital, Dublin.  Describing the opening to the new €28 million ward block as “long overdue […]

Deputy Crowe warns of infected heroin Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe, who has been a long time member of the Tallaght Drugs Task Force has expressed alarm that a batch of heroin contaminated with anthrax might be part of a shipment of drugs that is bound for Ireland. The Tallaght based Deputy […]

Hike in gas prices will cause fuel poverty – Seán Crowe TD Tallaght-based Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe shares the concerns of St Vincent de Paul that a hike in gas prices will force more people into fuel poverty. Deputy Crowe commented after An Bord Gáis applied to the Commission for Energy Regulation (CNR) to […]

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 […]