Sinn Fein TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe TD has said that the Government’s Winter Plan for the Health Service must include a focussed investment in Intensive Care Unit beds and that these beds must be permanent, not just wheeled out until the COVID crisis passes. Teachta Crowe said: “The Government’s Winter Plan for […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has called on the supply of illegal fireworks in Dublin to be tackled before anyone is seriously injured and for cuts to community policing to be immediately reversed. Teachta Crowe said: “For weeks now, Dublin has been besieged by barrages of illegal fireworks. There’s hardly a […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the current attempts to downgrade Tallaght Children’s Hospital and leave it as little more than a bruises and bandages centre is shortsighted and neglects the very real impact that Tallaght could have in tackling children’s waiting lists for procedures. Teachta Crowe said: “The […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has written to the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly after Tallaght Hospital’s paediatric unit reopened on Monday without a surgical consultation facility. This means that Tallaght is unable to serve seriously ill or injured children who will have to be diverted to other hospitals as a […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has called on Minister for Education Norma Foley to publish the system by which the predicted grades of the Leaving Certificate will be calculated, saying that it is imperative that the predicted grading does not negatively affect students on the basis of socio-economic background. Teachta Crowe […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the Government cannot continue to ignore the burden of Back to School costs that represent a huge burden on parents in the Summer Teachta Crowe said: “Back to School costs make the summer months an extremely difficult time for many households. Parents are […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that he is disappointed, but not entirely surprised, to see that Tallaght in his Dublin South West constituency has the highest numbers waiting on driving tests in the state and by a high margin. There are currently 7,041 people waiting on a driving test […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has described the changes to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment, which have led to a reassessment in many cases as “impacting negatively on recipients, including many Taxi drivers”. Recent changes to the PUP system have led to the payments to many drivers being cut and subsequently presenting […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has welcomed confirmation from the HSE that pharmacies will be allowed to fill more than one month’s prescription for customers, saying that for many people, particularly older citizens, it is very important to be able to have security of mind that they have enough medication on […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has welcomed confirmation from Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly that he and his Department are actively considering a compensation scheme for the families of healthcare workers who died as a result of contracting COVID-19. Teachta Crowe said: “We have lost eight healthcare workers to COVID-19. Well […]