Youth

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Inquiry Needed To Establish Why Children Removed From Families

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has said that there is a need to establish why two children living in the Tallaght were taken from their families. Crowe said that he believed that protocol and priorities need to be established where the protection of the child is central and lessons need to be […]

Discretionary medical cards need to be rolled out for cancer sufferers- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, believes that the so called discretionary medical cards need to be rolled out to cancer sufferers, and particularly children. Crowe said that up until recently, the granting of discretionary medical cards to children with cancer had been virtually automatic, but in recent times some parents were experiencing […]

Youth unemployment needs to be grabbed by the scruff of the neck- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has called on the Government to urgently speed up and expand initiatives aimed at tackling youth joblessness. Crowe said it needs to be prioritised and ‘grabbed by the scruff of the neck’ before it gets any worse. Crowe, who is a member of the Oireachtas EU Affairs […]

The HSE needs to fully support Stewart’s School leavers- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Children who have turned 18 years old and now have to leave Stewart’s School in Palmerstown need to be fully supported by the HSE according to Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe. Stewart’s is a school for children with complex physical, intellectual, developmental, emotional and behavioural needs. When students turn 18 years old […]

Government must do more to reduce costs of going to college – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has said the government must do more than lip service to reduce the costs of going to college. Responding to the Irish League of Credit Unions latest research, showing the rising costs of a student going to college is almost €1000 per month and that 84% of […]

We need new and enhanced responses to combat suicide plague: Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, said that the recent death of a schoolgirl in England, who took her own life after suffering online abuse, is another tragic reminder of the dangers of cyber-bullying. He said it shines a bright and uncomfortable light on the need for new and enhanced responses in helping […]

Crumlin hospital mix up doesn’t engender confidence says Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Commenting on the announcement of an infection concern regarding colonoscopy equipment in Crumlin Children’s Hospital, local Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, said that the latest news from Crumlin Children’s Hospital is unacceptable and doesn’t engender confidence in the system at use there. The hospital originally said that 18 patients had possibly been […]

HIQA report on foster and residential child care is extremely worrying- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has urged Minister for Children, Frances Fitzgerald, to act on the findings of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) report on foster care and children’s residential services, some of which he said was extremely worrying. Crowe said that over many years, successive reports have shown how […]