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Government must tackle childhood obesity

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the government must do more to tackle childhood obesity as Safefood Ireland evidence to the Oireachtas Health Committee indicates that they have done little to move the needle since the last obesity action plan was introduced in 2016. Teachta Crowe said: “Evidence from […]

Major gas incident averted at house in Tallaght

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that it was only by luck that there wasn’t a major incident involving a house that had been allowed to fill with natural gas in Cushlawn Park in West Tallaght last night. Teachta Crowe said: “I was contacted by upset residents in Cushlawn Park […]

Few results on Home Care despite commitment four years ago

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that four years on government inaction on statutory home care represents an abandonment of our duty to our older and more vulnerable citizens that it is often beyond the ability of many families to afford home care. Speaking in the Dáil, Teachta Crowe said: […]

A Sinn Féin Government would tackle exorbitant electricity prices

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that Government inertia has led to spiralling electricity costs which are costing workers and families an extra €700 a year on average compared to their European neighbours. Speaking after last night’s debate in the Dáil where Sinn Féin put forward its alternative Teachta Crowe […]

Government housing plan ‘simply not working’

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that we need to at least double the number of affordable homes to buy and rent per year as rents in the Tallaght area are simply unaffordable if we are expecting families to be shelling out the average of €27,000 a year on rent […]

Government’s Gambling Bill will stop sports clubs and community organisations raising necessary funds

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the government’s Gambling Bill must be amended to avoid punishing sport clubs, voluntary, and charitable organisations, saying that the Bill conflates fundraising with gambling, and that failure to address this issue would cost local sporting clubs, charities and community organisations thousands of euro […]

Children’s audiology waiting list in Tallaght doubles in two years

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that it is unacceptable that the waiting list of children’s audiology services in Russell Centre, Tallaght which serves South Dublin, Kildare, and Wicklow have been allowed to double in the space of just two years. Teachta Crowe said that the ill-advised HSE recruitment freeze […]

Crowe welcomes extension of Long Covid Scheme for healthcare workers

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe Seán Crowe has welcomed the extension of the long Covid payment to healthcare workers and has called on the scheme to be extended to other frontline workers who contacted the virus through their workplace or occupation. Teachta Crowe said: “Long-COVID continues to be a serious health […]