Crowe calls for Irish passport office to be opened in Belfast

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has called on the Irish Government to open a passport office in Belfast to meet the unprecedented demand for Irish passports. Crowe stated there were 46,257 applications from the North between January and July this year, an increase of 18.85 % on last year. Deputy Crowe said: […]

Bethany Home Case to be heard by European Court says Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has welcomed news that Bethany Homes survivor Derek Leinster case to the European Court of Human Rights has been accepted. The Irish Government’s failure and refusal to include the Protestant Church run Bethany Children’s Homes in its redress scheme has led the chairman of the survivors group to take […]

Doctors & Nurses Leaving In Huge Numbers Claims Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has claimed that doctors and nurses are leaving Ireland and the health service in huge numbers. Almost 9 out of every 10 trainee nurses are planning to leave when they qualified he claimed citing an NUIG survey where career opportunities, working conditions and lifestyle were the top three factors […]

Barnardos Survey Explodes Free Education Myth Says Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has described a Barnardos Survey on back to school costs as exploding the myth of free education with parents having to struggle financially to meet the rising costs of sending a pupil to school. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “The Government’s propagated myth of free education has been blown away […]

British Nuclear Plant Unwelcome & Unwanted

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West and Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has described the pending news that the Hinkley Point Somerset nuclear plant is set for final approval as unwelcome, unwanted and adding another potential danger off our coastline. Crowe said that the £18 billion nuclear plant if approved would join Sellafield as another source of deadly […]

Micro-Credit Initiative Welcomed by Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West and Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has welcomed the new micro-credit initiative from the Irish League of Credit Unions and said it will give many individuals and families another alternative to illegal moneylenders. The initiative will provide for small loans with an average payment of €500 and with reasonable and affordable interest […]

Ireland Needs to Clarify its Refugee Position – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs & Trade Seán Crowe TD, speaking at the Dáil Committee meeting to discuss the forthcoming United Nations summit on Refugees and Migration, has called on the Irish government to clarify its own individual position prior to the 19th of September meeting and described the European Union as having adopted […]

Distressed Mortgage Cases Can’t Be Wished Away -Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West and Sinn Fein TD Seán Crowe says the Government’s new housing and homelessness action plan offers little solace for the thousands of people currently in mortgage distress and facing the very real threat of losing their home. Crowe says that the issue of mortgage distress cannot just be wished away and needed […]

1.3 Million Euros – Cost of Illegal Dumping Last Year

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Fein TD Sean Crowe has said he was ‘shocked’  at the reply he received recently from South Dublin County Council when they outlined that they paid out a whopping 1,307,747 euros in costs for recovery and disposal of 3,811 tonnes of illegally dumped  material  in the county last year. Crowe said that […]