Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has welcomed the launch of the Oireachtas Finance Committee report on Rising Costs of Motor Insurance but said that swift action was now needed to stop the rising fees and rip off Insurance premiums. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “This is a timely report produced over a number of weeks […]

Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has welcomed comments by Dr Geoffrey Shannon, Special Rapporteur on Child Protection that the placement of homeless children in emergency accommodation is contrary to International Law and said that the scandal of children spending years in bed and breakfast type rooms must be tackled as a matter of urgency. […]

Dublin South West Seán Crowe TD has criticised the Government’s lack of any plan or realistic measures aimed at tackling alcohol misuse in Irish society. Alcohol has been included in the work of Drug Task Forces since 2012 but with no additional mainstream resources, Crowe believes it is simply not a credible approach. The Sinn […]

Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has described the possibility of the loss of Pádraig Pearse’s 1916 surrender letter to a buyer outside the State as incredible while at the same time they fritter money from the 1916 Commemoration budget on opposing the preservation on the historic Moore Street Terrace and National Monument. Deputy Seán […]

Speaking in the Dáil, Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, said the Government’s social welfare budget plans will do nothing to address the inequality inherent in Irish society. Crowe also detailed information he received in a Freedom Of Information (FOI) request, which detailed the staggering lengths of time that people are waiting for […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has described information he received from a Freedom of Information request on the average waiting times for some State Benefits as “simply mind boggling”. The reply gives the average waiting times for a Carers Allowance’s claim as 40 weeks which Crowe describes as “totally unacceptable”. The […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has described the outcome of the trial of a teenager, who was involved in the protest against former Tánaiste Joan Burton in Jobstown two years ago, as completely absurd. Deputy Crowe said; “In my view, it is completely absurd to actually believe that the former Tánaiste was falsely imprisoned. […]

Speaking after the launch of the Sinn Fein Childcare section of their Alternative Budget for 2017, Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe said that his party had prioritised the area and has identified as part of their proposals a €111 million fund that would subsidise the cost of childcare for children aged 6 months to […]

Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe has described a 39% increase in the numbers of children and families homeless deemed homeless as unacceptable, extremely disturbing another indication that the Governments response to the Homeless crisis is not working The statistics released by the Dublin Simon Community has the total homeless population in the […]

Speaking prior to Saturday’s National Demonstration in Dublin Against Water Charges, Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has called on Fine Gael and the independents to listen to the very simple message coming from people right across the country and scrap the water charges. Crowe said that people want to see the abolition of water […]