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Boil water controversy raises serious questions over responsibility and lack of action – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has said the boil water controversy that affected over 600,000 people continues to raise serious questions about its cause, and Irish Water and Fingal County Council’s responsibility. The Sinn Féin TD was responding to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Drinking Water October Audit report on the Leixlip plant, which […]

Huge questions remain on boil water controversy– Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has criticised Irish Water over the boil water notice issued to 600,000 homes in the Greater Dublin Area and said days later huge questions remain around the controversy.  Deputy Crowe said: “People across Dublin are very concerned about the boil water notice and Irish Water has not provided answers. […]

Seán Crowe TD calls for referendum on water ownership

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has called for a referendum on the ownership of Irish Water to be held to ensure that Irish Water remains in public ownership. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “The Oireachtas is still debating our water services a year after the election, when a majority of the TDs elected […]

Water supply infrastructure needed, not water meters – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the recent water crisis in Louth and Meath as another incentive to implement an ambitious water supply capital investment programme and described the hundreds millions of invested in the installation of household water meters while old pipes were leaking as ‘wasteful and illogical.’ Deputy Seán Crowe said: […]

Seán Crowe TD welcomes court ruling on Jobstown

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South-West Seán Crowe has this afternoon welcomed the news that all six of the co-defendants in the ‘Jobstown Not Guilty’ trial have been found not guilty of false imprisonment. The six protesters faced the charges after former Tánaiste Joan Burton claimed to have been falsely imprisoned at a protest in […]

Crowe criticises militarised police crackdown on Dakota Access protest camp

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has expressed his deep concern over the heavy handed and brutal tactics used by the police against Native Americans who are protesting against the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe have led vibrant protests against the Dakota Access 1,200 mile pipeline linking […]

Crowe sends solidarity message to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe, has sent a solidarity message to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who are protesting against the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe have led vibrant protests against the Dakota Access 1,200 mile pipeline linking North Dakota to Illinois, which will threaten their […]

Solutions Needed For Water Charges Not Slogans – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has said that the results from the recent bye elections have clearly illustrated that the Government parties and Fianna Fáil are out of touch with the electorate. Crowe said that water charge solutions were now needed, not simple slogans. He welcomed indications that there will be some relief for […]

Irish Water is a mess and getting messier -Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has said that comments by former Minister of State in the Department of Environment, Fergus O’Dowd, on Irish Water, confirm the general view that the establishment and operation of the new company is a mess and getting messier. Former Minister O’Dowd – the man who established Irish […]