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Crowe supports call for greater investment in apprenticeships schemes

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has supported demands from the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) for greater investment in apprenticeships to help halve long term youth unemployment by 2020. New figures released to the NYCI show that there are currently 6,000 long term unemployed young people in the state. In its 2020 pre-Budget […]

Government social welfare cuts have had a devastating impact – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Seán Crowe TD blasted the government’s latest budget which again favours the wealthy at the expense of the vulnerable. Speaking in the Dáil today on the Social Welfare Bill, Deputy Crowe said: “The Social Welfare cuts that this Government have imposed while they have been in office have had a devastating impact on citizens and […]

There’s No Meat On The Bones Of The Government’s Employment Strategy- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West and Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has claimed that the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) relating to those in employment highlights the fact that the Government’s current employment programme is not working, is stuck in a rut and overly reliant on workers leaving their existing jobs and emigrating. Crowe […]

Crowe raises removal of VTOS places for Tallaght in Dáil

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, raised the reduction of VTOS places for the Tallaght area in the Dáil and challenged the Minister of State for Training and Skills, Ciarán Cannon, on the decision, which he described as discriminatory. Crowe said that reducing the VTOS places in Tallaght by 20 makes no economic […]

Crowe calls for innovative job schemes

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has criticised the Government over its Gateway scheme, and called for it to introduce real job creation programmes. The Gateway scheme targets unemployed people and forces them to work for local authorities for at least 19 and half hours a week for 22 months for a measly […]

Taoiseach’s emigration remarks lack credibility and understanding- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Commenting on Enda Kenny’s recent remarks at the Davos World Economic Forum conference regarding emigration, Sinn Fein’s Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Trade and Diaspora, Seán Crowe TD, has said his words lack credibility and exposed this government’s cold disregard for people who have to exist from day to day without work. Deputy Seán Crowe said: […]

Crowe expresses astonishment at job loss announcement

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, expressed his astonishment at the job losses announced by Minister for State John Perry, who told TDs in the Dáil that 107 jobs in Pratt & Whitney Aviation International (PWAI), and 408 at the Lufthansa plant in Rathcoole, County Dublin, were to go. Crowe said that workers […]

Urgency and funding shockingly absent from Youth Guarantee- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has slammed the Government over its lack of urgency and funding of a Youth Guarantee. Crowe was speaking after a Sinn Féin proposed motion in the Dáil which called on the Government to allocate at least €400 million to adequately fund a robust Youth Guarantee Scheme. Deputy […]