MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL Monday, October 11, 2010 QUESTION NO. 1 QUESTION: Councillor S. Crowe   To ask the Manager will he in view of the ongoing daily difficulties experienced by commuters traveling in and out of the City and the importance of Newlands Cross route to good traffic management in South Dublin […]

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL Monday, October 11, 2010 QUESTION NO. 3 QUESTION: Councillor S. Crowe   To ask the Manager has there been any more development of the successsful scheme operating in other Councils areas where senior citizens on sale of their own home can part pay and invest in their sheltered council accomodation and will […]

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL Monday, October 11, 2010 QUESTION NO. 5 QUESTION: Councillor S. Crowe   To ask the Manager can he/she give a detailed breakdown of the allotment budget and where monies are actually spent? REPLY: In 2010 the estimated allotment expenditure, including staff salaries, will be in excess of €28,000, comprising […]

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL Monday, October 11, 2010 QUESTION NO. 2 QUESTION: Councillor S. Crowe   In view of the clear success of the Connect project can the Manager outline in financial terms the projected investment that this Council will have injected into the project? REPLY: Connect School The Connect School Project at St […]

Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Crowe has expressed shock and concern at the prospect of up to 200 job losses at UTC Fire and Security in Tallaght. Councillor Crowe said the job losses ‘would be a devastating blow to the community and the local economy that already has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state.’ He […]

Crowe launches Dublin job creation document Sinn Féin Councillor Seán Crowe this evening launched a new document entitled Let’s get Dublin Working, containing proposals to save and create almost 100,000 jobs in Dublin in 2011. Speaking at the launch Councillor Crowe set out six steps to get Dublin back to work while attacking the Government’s […]

Tallaght Sinn Fein Councillor Seán Crowe has accused the ESB of adopting bullyboy
tactics against customers who owe small and medium debts on their bills.

Crowe said he has received a growing number of complaints and claimed that this
new aggressive approach in collecting small sums from the ESB would inevitably lose
loyal customers and lead to more and more people “making the switch”.

Councillor Seán Crowe said:

“I have been contacted on number of occasions over the last few weeks from irate
ESB customers angry at the letters they are receiving threatening them with court and
legal action, followed up by phone calls promising more of the same.

“One customer from Tallaght said she received a letter coming up to Christmas
and saying she owed 3 euros 72 cent.

“Another loyal customer that was contacted has told me that she owed 50 euro,
through a simple mix up, and after receiving this type of letter, threatening to bring
her to court, she has decided to make the switch and go to An Bord Gais.