Student loan scheme option no solution – Deputy Seán Crowe Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson Seán Crowe, TD, believes the new government-backed loan scheme for post-graduate students that was introduced this week by Bank of Ireland will further perpetuate a two-tier college system. DescribIing the scheme as giving most  students whose families who are on a low or middle income  a…..  swim,sink  or […]

Trebling of customers cut off of from gas and electricity supplies ominous – Deputy Seán Crowe Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has described as “ominous” the latest figures released from the Commission for Energy Regulation (CER) which reveal that from January to March 2012 treble the number of gas customers had their […]

Co-operation needed to ensure safety at Marley Park concert – Crowe Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe, commenting on the David Guetta concert due to be held in Marley Park on the 24th of August, said lessons must be learned from the violence and disturbances that were evident at the recent Swedish House […]

Crowe – Government indifference to rising unemployment shocking Dublin South West Deputy Seán Crowe responding to the latest unemployment  figures that show an additional 190,000 on the Live Register since the Government came to power sadi that the Government’s indifference to rising unemployment and to unemployed workers was shocking. Speaking in response to the publication […]

Crowe calls for Government to come clean on upward only rent reviews Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has challenged the Government to come clean on their refusal to legislate to end upward only rent reviews. Crowe was speaking after The Sunday Business Post newspaper revealed the extent of the lobby by landlords and property […]

Joint Labour Committees must be re-established immediately – Deputy Seán Crowe Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has welcomed the re-establishment of the Joint Labour Committees (JLCs). Crowe said that the process of implementing the Joint Labour Committees, which are in place to protect the rights’ of workers by ensuring statutory minimum remuneration […]

Crowe Welcomes Green Light for LUAS August 3, 2012 Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has welcomed today’s announcement by An Bord Pleanála that the LUAS City centre link up is to proceed. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “This is a good news story for Dublin and for those who have commute in and […]

Crowe concerned at  reduction of Ambulance Service cover in Dublin and Tallaght area Dublin Southwest Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has expressed concerns that a proposed cut in working hours affecting the National Ambulance Service will result in a reduction or a lack of coverage  for areas like Tallaght from September onwards.The Tallaght based Deputy […]

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 […]