Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has raised the issue of access to vital medication to slow the progression of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy directly with the Minister for Health in the Stormont Assembly Mike Nesbitt MLA. Speaking after the meeting of the Oireachtas Good Friday Agreement Committee yesterday morning, Teachta Crowe said: […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the government broke the children’s disability services and no one believes that they are capable of fixing them. Speaking during a Sinn Féin motion on the Assessment of Need crisis in the Dáil last night, Teachta Crowe said: “At the start of October, […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has called for a new national plan to tackle waiting lists for diagnostic scans. Teachta Crowe made his comments after figures from the HSE revealed that 26,649 people were waiting on diagnostic scans in Tallaght university Hospital at the end of Q2 this year. Of this […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that it is shocking and utterly unacceptable that the waiting list to access services in the Children’s Disability Network Team in Chamber House, Tallaght is now 56 and a half months, almost five years. As of the start of November, there are 1,046 children […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has described the latest increase in road tolls as unacceptable and criticised the government for allowing yet another increase in the toll on the M50 and other routes, saying that the government are treating commuters like the gift that keeps giving. Teachta Crowe said: “This latest […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has described the government as incompetent for failing to tackle the growing crisis for children trying to obtain an Assessment of Need in the CHO7 health area which includes the constituency of Dublin South West. There are now over eight thousand children waiting on an AON […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has encouraged men to shake off the old mentality of avoiding health concerns until it’s too late and become more proactive. Teachta Speaking in the Dáil during statements in advance of Men’s Health Month, Teachta Crowe said: “There is a lot of really good work being […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that Budget 2026 was a failed opportunity to help people living with disabilities. Teachta Crowe said that Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil must recognise they have failed people with disabilities, change course and commit to cost of disability supports immediately while there is still […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has reacted to Budget 2026 saying that the government had many opportunities to ease the cost of living burden on workers and families but chose not to take any of them. Teachta Crowe said it will be all the harder to heat homes, get to work, […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has welcomed the news that a drug treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Givinostat, has now been made available in the Belfast Trust and has opened the assessment stage, saying that the scheme should be extended to children living in the south in the interim while the […]