Crowe criticises Government delay in issuing medical cards

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has criticised the Government’s long delay in issuing medical cards to seriously ill children whose families have access to a Domiciliary Care Allowance. The Sinn Féin TD said that there was a commitment in the last Budget to award medical cards to sick children who qualify for Domiciliary Care […]

Over 500 schools don’t have access to NEPS psychologists for assessments- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described new information coming from the Department of Education, that 544 schools across the State do not have access to psychologists from the National Educational Psychological Service (NEPS) to carry out assessments of need, as shameful. The Sinn Féin TD said that the lack of formal psychological assessments […]

Crowe discusses plight of refugees with UNHCR

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, today met with the Head of the UN’s Refugee Agency’s (UNHCR’s) Protection Service for the Middle East and North Africa region, Gráinne O Hara, as part of an Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee meeting. Deputy Crowe said: “I have repeatedly raised the refugee and humanitarian crisis in the […]

Crowe welcomes motion on tracker mortgages

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, welcomed his party’s Private Members Motion on Tracker Mortgages, which was moved in the Dáil this week. The motion calls for a strict deadline for redress and compensation to the victims of the scandal. It also calls for greater cooperation between An Garda Síochana, the Central Bank […]

Irish Government must take action on suspected war crimes in Yemen – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has called on the Irish Government to take action over suspected war crimes in Yemen by the Saudi Arabian led coalition. Crowe raised the issue with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Charlie Flanagan, in the wake of revelations that the Saudi military used British made cluster bombs. […]

Crowe calls for €50 charge on Travel Pass to be consigned to bin

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has described a Government proposal to bring in a €50 annual charge to replace the Free Travel Pass as a non-runner and said that the new proposed charge needs to be consigned to the bin. The proposal was contained in internal Government report that was supposedly leaked to […]

Crowe welcomes news on rickshaw regulation

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has welcomed media reports that suggest that Transport Minister Shane Ross is drawing up regulations on rickshaws. It comes after the Government and Transport Minister, Shane Ross, originally opposed the changes made to the Road Traffic Bill 2016, to gives the National Transport Authority new powers to regulate […]