VAT  On E- Books Needs To Be Slashed – Deputy Seán Crowe Sinn Féin Education Spokesperson Deputy Seán Crowe has called on the Government to reduce the 23% VAT rate on electronic school books so that the saving can be passed on directly to students and their parents. The Dublin South West TD was supporting calls from the Irish Education Publishers’ Association […]

Commenting on figures released this week from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), which show a 6% fall in the average weekly incomes of elderly people – or €25.63 between 2009 and 2010, Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe said it was unacceptable and expressed concern at the prospect of a further cut following […]

Pharmaceutical Companies ripping off Irish Taxpayers A Sunday Business Post survey showing the high price of  “generic drugs” in this State  is further compelling evidence that patients and Irish taxpayers are being ripped off. This is the view of Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe who said the Health Service Executive (HSE) was failing to […]

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 […]