Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has called on the Government to urgently relocated 200 unaccompanied minors from the Calais camp to Ireland. Speaking in the Dáil on a debate on the situation in Calais, Deputy Crowe said: “It’s time for the Government to stop telling people what they can’t do for […]
Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has described information he received from a Freedom of Information request on the average waiting times for some State Benefits as “simply mind boggling”. The reply gives the average waiting times for a Carers Allowance’s claim as 40 weeks which Crowe describes as “totally unacceptable”. The […]
Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has criticised the arrest of the co-Mayors of the city of Diyarbakir, the capital of the Kurdish region in the southeast of Turkey. Deputy Crowe: “I want to wholeheartedly condemn the arrest of the Kurdish political representatives Gültan Kisanak and Firat Anli, the co-Mayors of Diyarnakir. These […]
Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, has expressed his deep concern over the heavy handed and brutal tactics used by the police against Native Americans who are protesting against the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe have led vibrant protests against the Dakota Access 1,200 mile pipeline linking […]
Sinn Féin’s Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Seán Crowe TD, welcomed that 191 countries supported a UN resolution calling for an end to the USA’s blockade of Cuba and that the USA abstained from voting against the annual resolution for the very first time. Deputy Crowe said: “The US Government first imposed economic, commercial, and financial restrictions […]
Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has described the outcome of the trial of a teenager, who was involved in the protest against former Tánaiste Joan Burton in Jobstown two years ago, as completely absurd. Deputy Crowe said; “In my view, it is completely absurd to actually believe that the former Tánaiste was falsely imprisoned. […]
During the Dáil statements on the war and humanitarian crisis in Syria, Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, condemned the lack of adherence to the norms of international law in Syria and called for an urgent ceasefire in the conflict. Deputy Crowe said: “This savage war has left approximately 8 million people […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has strongly criticised the Turkish Government after 60 party executives from the opposition People’s Democratic Party (HDP) and its sister party, the Democratic Regions Party (DBP), were arrested on 11 October. Deputy Crowe said: “The arrest of 60 party executives of the leftist and pro-Kurdish HDP […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has criticised the Government’s failure in Budget 2017 to allocate extra resources to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFA) to deal with Brexit. Crowe welcomed the establishment of a Brexit team within the DFA, but the decision to not allocate extra resources to this […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has reacted with deep disquiet to the Colombian President’s announcement that he will end the ceasefire with FARC rebels on 31 October. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Many people around the world were shocked and saddened when the Colombian peace process was rejected by a very small […]
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