Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has asked people to remember the imprisoned Irish citizen Ibrahim Halawa on international human rights day and called on the Government to do more to free him. Deputy Crowe said: “Ibrahim Halawa was detained and prisoned in Egypt when he was 17 years old and he […]
Huge Jump in Children at Risk of Poverty Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe has described European statistics that show higher than average child poverty rates in Ireland and 33.9% of children here at risk of poverty as unacceptable. Crowe described the report as timely as it was another nail in the lie that the […]
Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD has described the proposed cost of temporary modular housing as stretching credibility. Crowe was responding to news that 22 of the new modular units proposed for Ballymun will reportedly cost a total of €4.2 million and about €15,000 per house more than a regularly built 3 bed house. […]
Speaking after this morning’s private meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs, Sinn Fein members said it was obscene that a report on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is being forced through the Oireachtas that is incomplete and not reflective of all stakeholders’ views. Deputies Seán Crowe, Peadar Tóibín, Michael […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Defence, Seán Crowe TD, has welcomed the announcement that the Minister for Defence, Simon Coveney, has agreed to meet the Action Lariam for Irish Soldiers Group. Minister Coveney has confirmed that he will meet the group, who are campaigning against the use of the anti-malarial drug, after Deputy Crowe raised the […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has described the new Eircode address locator as an expensive experiment that’s clearly not delivering for households, businesses and key state services like An Garda Síochána, the Ambulance and Fire Services. Crowe believes that there are serious questions still remaining about the effectiveness of the new Eircode […]
Ireland second highest rate of rent and mortgage arrears across Europe Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe has said it is extremely frustrating and depressing, that a new European report into housing that found that Ireland comes second after Greece, for having the highest rate of rent and mortgage arrears in Europe, coming in at […]
Families Evicted as Government TDs Cry Crocodile Tears Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has claimed that Government Legislation has led to a tenfold increase in eviction proceedings in the courts and described Government Deputies cries of concern nothing more than “crocodile tears.” Last year 7,100 families faced the unnerving prospect of appearing before the […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, and member of the Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has welcome the European Union’s decision to provide tighter rules on the correct labelling of products coming from illegal Israeli settlements. Crowe describe the development as a small but significant step, while accepting that much more needs […]
Responding to the Moore Street plan announced by Minister Heather Humphreys, Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, described the proposals as minimalist, lacking vision, and an embarrassing cobbled together bunch of ideas that fails to protect and enhance the 1916 monument and battlefield site. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “While it is welcome that the […]
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