Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has described the current trolley and emergency department crises as another manifestation of the failure of the Government’s winter initiative and their budgetary measures. The Government has failed to deal in anyway comprehensively with the underlying malaise in the health system. Crowe said that Minister Harris’s current sticking plaster approach […]

Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has described the figures released by the Health Service Executive regarding Tallaght Hospital as “extremely worrying and another indication of the crisis facing the health system and patients in that system.” Deputy Seán Crowe said: “Tallaght Hospital has been operating under severe bed pressure or full capacity for 35% […]

Sinn Féin and Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has challenged Fine Gael TD Colm Brophy Fianna Fáil TD John Lahart and Minister Katherine Zappone for their wholly inadequate response to the rents crisis facing many families throughout the constituency and the country. The South West Dublin TD said that every week people were coming […]

Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has challenged the British Government’s Secretary for Northern Ireland James Brokenshire on his assertion that inquiries into legacy issues arising from the conflict in the north should be time-limited because current inquiries are too slow, cumbersome,not delivering,not balanced and one sided. Mr Brokenshire made his comments at a sitting of […]

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 […]