Dublin South West TD, Seán Crowe, has described the current application process for a Disability Allowance as a ‘shambles’. According to the Sinn Féin TD, figures recently provided by the Department of Social Protection reveal an underlying contradiction in how the Department are dealing with applications for a Disability Allowance, as two in every three decisions […]
Seán Crowe TD blasted the government’s latest budget which again favours the wealthy at the expense of the vulnerable. Speaking in the Dáil today on the Social Welfare Bill, Deputy Crowe said: “The Social Welfare cuts that this Government have imposed while they have been in office have had a devastating impact on citizens and […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has described the rising number of families with children sleeping rough as another indication of the failure of the Government’s housing strategy. He stated that there are already 1100 children living in Emergency Accommodation and that increasingly more and more children are rough sleeping with their parents […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has called on the Minister for Education, Jan O Sullivan, to launch a new initiative to tackle the huge back to school costs that families are facing, especially the outrageous costs of school uniforms. Crowe said that during the month of August thousands of parents are struggle […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has claimed that a recent survey which questioned adults and teachers about their fears about having money for food makes bitter reading. In the survey 22% of adults said they are worried about the amount of money they have left to buy food, and the figure jumps […]
Speaking in the Dáil on the Government Spring Economic Statement, Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, said that people are not fooled by the Governmnet’s economic spin statement and that it contains no let up for struggling families. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “The simple fact is that people are not fooled by the […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has said the proposed cuts being implemented by the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, to the Lone Parent Family Allowance will have a huge negative impact on many family units in his Dublin South West constituency. Crowe was speaking after it emerged that the […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, today called on Social Welfare Minister Joan Burton to explain why a whopping 60% of applications for the Carer’s Allowance were refused last year. Crowe was speaking after figures emerged that almost 2 out of every 3 applications for the Carers Allowance were refused in the last […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has stated that the huge back to school costs faced by families at this time are a disgrace and that the back to school rip off is continuing. Crowe was responding to Barnardos recently published 8th annual report on back to school costs that involved a survey […]
I have received an update from the Minister for Social Protection, Joan Burton, on the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance (BSCFA), see below. Anyone who is entitled to the BSCFA should familiarise themselves with new information. If any constituents have a problem please don’t hesitate to contact me. Seán Crowe TD Sinn Féin […]
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