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 […]

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 […]