Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that Budget 2026 was a failed opportunity to help people living with disabilities. Teachta Crowe said that Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil must recognise they have failed people with disabilities, change course and commit to cost of disability supports immediately while there is still […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has reacted to Budget 2026 saying that the government had many opportunities to ease the cost of living burden on workers and families but chose not to take any of them. Teachta Crowe said it will be all the harder to heat homes, get to work, […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has welcomed the news that a drug treatment for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Givinostat, has now been made available in the Belfast Trust and has opened the assessment stage, saying that the scheme should be extended to children living in the south in the interim while the […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the government is ignoring concerns that the Fair Deal scheme is being abused by a large number of residential care providers and that the state is paying for care that is not being provided. Teachta Crowe also said that he had received numerous […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that an all-island healthcare model is the future in Ireland and must start delivering today, particularly in the urgent case of children with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy who would be able to access treatment in the north that is unavailable in the south. Speaking after […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has hit out as hundreds of children with additional needs are still without an appropriate school place. Teachta Crowe’s comments was commenting before Sinn Féin’s motion on special education was debated in the Dáil Wednesday night. Teachta Crowe said: “It is absolutely appalling that hundreds of […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has welcomed confirmation that the additional new driving test centre for south Dublin is now to be situated in Sandyford, but cautioned that we must see a drastic reduction in waiting times for tests in weeks, not months. The confirmation came in correspondence from the Road […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that it is unacceptable that over a thousand children are waiting on much needed therapies from the CDNT in Chamber House, Tallaght alone. Figures released from the HSE show that there were 1,043 children waiting on various therapies from the Children’s Disability Network Team […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that cancer survivors are being failed by the state after figures from the HSE revealed that thousands of breast cancer patients were overdue their annual mammogram post-surgery in hospitals right across the state. Teachta Crowe said: “Thousands of breast cancer survivors are overdue their […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that it is unfair that these children and their families are being made to suffer all because this government is incapable of providing the services that a modern health service should provide as a matter of course. Teachta Crowe’s comments come after HSE figures […]