Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe TD has urged people to shop local as we enter the latest lockdown, saying that it is the smallest businesses that will be hit hardest during Level 5 and that we can do our bit to make sure that we are not left with empty shopfronts […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has urged all schools to check their hand sanitiser after it emerged late last night that some stock from ViraPro was contaminated with methanol which can lead to severe skin and eye irritation. Teachta Crowe said: “It is very important that all schools check their hand […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the comments from Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Roderic O’Gorman that there was broad consensus in the Dáil on the sealing of the Mother and Baby Homes records was “far from reality”, saying that, barring the usual couple of Independents who back […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has welcomed the restoration of €350 PUP rate, but said that workers need certainty and reassurances that the Government will not reinstate the cut and leave workers vulnerable to whimsical shifts in Government policy. Teachta Crowe said: “The reversal in the Government’s decision to cut the […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that, regardless of the restrictions that may be imposed this evening by the Government, evictions should once again be banned as the existing public health guidelines and difficulties presented by COVID, both socially and economically, make it almost impossible to relocate at the current […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that, while Sinn Féin welcomes the publication of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation Report, the party would not be supporting Government legislation to seal the records for thirty years, saying that it is important that any new legislation enables survivors to […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has described Budget 2021 as a missed opportunity, saying that there was no relief for people who saw their PUP payment cut, no relief for renters, no right to a pension at 65, nothing delivered for families paying the highest childcare costs in Europe, and little […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the injunction granted against the Debenhams workers’ pickets today only strengthened the argument that the Duffy Cahill report’s recommendations be enacted and the Debenhams workers paid their proper redundancy. Teachta Crowe said that the decision today highlights the scale of the fight that […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has welcomed the new guidance given to SEAI Warmer Homes and Warmth & Wellbeing contractors that they will allow them to get back to people’s homes and finish works that may have been outstanding for over six months. Teachta Crowe said: “For the past number of […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the Budget 2021 next Tuesday is an opportunity for the Government to change direction and show that, to build a stronger, fairer, and better economy, they must protect workers and families and provide what they need, rather than continue to serve vested interests […]