Crowe welcomes HSE decision to finance nine new drugs

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has welcomed the Health Service Executive’s (HSE) announcement that it is funding nine new drug treatments and they will now be made available to patients. The Sinn Féin TD said that there will be an audible sigh of relief from families and patients who had campaigned for the release […]

Garda GoSafe van deal unbelievable waste of money – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has criticised the high costs of the operation of the GoSafe speed vans and described the deal as an unbelievable waste of money. The Sinn Féin TD also raised concerns about the unwillingness of Gardaí and the Department of Justice to release such information, with the Office of the […]

Drug money connected to ticket touting – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has repeated his call for ticket touting legislation to be urgently introduced after it was claimed that notorious drug cartels are using the lack of regulation in this area to fund their criminal activities and launder drug money. The Sinn Féin TD called on the Government to urgently move […]

Water supply infrastructure needed, not water meters – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the recent water crisis in Louth and Meath as another incentive to implement an ambitious water supply capital investment programme and described the hundreds millions of invested in the installation of household water meters while old pipes were leaking as ‘wasteful and illogical.’ Deputy Seán Crowe said: […]

Special needs children facing long delays in Chamber House – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the long the delays for children with particular special needs and trying to access services and supports in Chamber House in Tallaght as unacceptable. In a recent reply from the Health Service Executive Deputy Crowe was informed that the current waiting time to access the Early Intervention […]

Crowe urges greater usage of the Personal Alert Scheme

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has urged senior citizens to make better use of the Personal Alert Scheme. Deputy Crowe made his call after two separate savage attacks on senior citizens were highlighted in the courts and believes that the original scheme and the criteria for its access needs to be reviewed […]

Crowe concerned after EU-Philippines Framework Agreement is ratified by the Dáil

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has stated his concern about human rights implications after Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael ensured that the EU-Philippines Framework Agreement was ratified by the Dáil. The deal will allow exchange of intelligence and information to the Filipino police, who have been implicated in a campaign to […]

HIQA report highlights concerns in foster care services – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has said that a report published by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) of an inspection of Fresh Start Foster Care Service raises serious questions as to the level of child protection safeguards being afforded to children in foster care settings. The Sinn Féin TD said major non-compliance […]