Seán Crowe TD Dublin South West

A community activist from Tallaght, Seán is married to Pamela and lives in Raheen, Tallaght.

Seán has been to the fore in fighting for proper resources for Tallaght Hospital and has taken part in the ongoing campaign for a safe and reliable transport system for the city. He is also involved in working for affordable housing and social housing programmes, combating social exclusion, equal access to education for all, tackling the continuing drugs crisis, and addressing youth alienation.

During the early days of the Peace Process, Seán was the head of the Sinn Féin mission to the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation at Dublin Castle and was a member of Sinn Féin’s talks team. He has also been a member of the party’s Ard Chomhairle (National Executive).

Seán represented the party in the multi-party negotiations that led up to the Good Friday Agreement and was a member of the Sinn Féin team, headed by Gerry Adams MP, which met with An Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. He has travelled internationally, particularly in Europe, to promote the party’s peace strategy.

Seán has represented the party as an observer at the trial of three Irishmen in Colombia. He has been highly critical of the political interference in the trial and the absence of any due process. He has called for them to be released and brought home.

He was elected as a Councillor on South Dublin County Council in the Local Government Elections on 11 June 1999 and in the European elections on the same day he polled over 6% when he received 18,633 votes.

Seán was elected to the 31st Dáil in February 2011 where he polled 8064 first preference votes, taking the 3rd seat.