Crowe Claims Sticking Plaster Approach to Accident & Emergency Crisis Won’t Work

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has described the current trolley and emergency department crises as another manifestation of the failure of the Government’s winter initiative and their budgetary measures. The Government has failed to deal in anyway comprehensively with the underlying malaise in the health system. Crowe said that Minister Harris’s current sticking plaster approach […]

Political will absent for distressed mortgage holders – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Fein TD, Seán Crowe, has described the latest figures of those in mortgage distress as frightening. Crowe said that the issue of those in distressed mortgages needs to be solved, but the political will from Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil was lacking. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “€4.3 billion is the estimated […]

Crowe welcomes rickshaw regulation

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has welcomed the passing of an amendment to the Road Traffic Bill 2016 which will give the National Transport Authority new powers to regulate the operation of rickshaws. Crowe, who spoke on the amendment in the Dáil, said he had written to the Minister for Transport, Shane […]

School Transport Review brings no seasonal joy for school children- Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has claimed that there is very little seasonal joy to be found in a School Transport Review published this week. The Sinn Féin TD was speaking after meeting a delegation of parents from across Ireland who had gathered outside Leinster House to highlight their children’s difficulties in accessing School […]

Crowe welcomes Governments delay on Moore Street court deadline

by Seán Crowe TD

The Government’s failure to submit their appeal on the time to the High Court, regarding the judgement protecting the historic 1916 Moore Street Terrace from demolition, has been described as bizarre, but extremely welcome, by Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “The Government were supposed to have submitted their […]

Crowe expresses concern over pending prosecution of Catalan Parliament Speaker

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has expressed his party’s concern at the pending prosecution of Ms Carme Forcadell, the Speaker of the Parliament of Catalonia, by the Spanish authorities. Deputy Crowe said: “The Speaker of the Parliament of Catalonia, Ms Carme Forcadell, has been summoned to appear before the High Court on […]

Unfair pension scheme needs changing – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has stated that the Government’s defeat on Sinn Féin’s Dáil motion on pensions shows that there is a need for a more positive and enlightened approach to senior citizen pensions. Crowe said it was wrong that people are being forced to leave their job because their contract […]

New approach needed on bin charges – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has stated his extreme disappointment with the news that the Minister for the Environment, Denis Naughten, will bring forward new proposals to introduce a pay by weight waste management system next year. Crowe said that this will inevitably put an additional burden on hard pressed families. Deputy […]

Tallaght Hospital Under Severe Pressure 35% of Time During last Year

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has described the figures released by the Health Service Executive regarding Tallaght Hospital as “extremely worrying and another indication of the crisis facing the health system and patients in that system.” Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Tallaght Hospital has been operating under severe bed pressure or full capacity for 35% […]