Speaking after the publication of a report from the Think tank for Action on Social Change (TASC), Cherishing All Equally: Economic Inequality in Ireland, Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe described the current pay gap in Ireland as a significant element in the difference between the haves and the have not’s. The TASC findings show […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has expressed his disappointment at the news that Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Ireland, which own Benson and Hedges and Silk Cut, are to take legal action against proposals to introduce plain packaging on cigarettes. Crowe said that the threatened court action by a tobacco company will come […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Defence, Seán Crowe TD, has again raised his concerns around the safety of Irish troops stationed with the UN in Lebanon after the death of Spanish peacekeeper recently. During Parliamentary Questions to the Minister for Defence he also raised the case of Mahmoud Bazzi, the Lebanese national accused of murdering of […]
Irish Water Leak Figures Highlight Dysfunctional System – Crowe Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD has claimed that the information on the level of water leaks highlights the widely dysfunctional system that has been in place. Crowe was responding to reports that 49% of water will be lost through leaks in 2015 and that […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has welcomed the release of the Al Jazeera journalists, and repeated his calls for the Egyptian Government to release Irish Citizen Ibrahim Halawa. Crowe has also called on the Irish Government to do more to secure the release of the jailed Irish citizen who has and […]
Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, has slammed the remarks of the Minister for the Environment, Community, and Local Government, Alan Kelly, who criticised social justice campaigner Fr. Peter McVerry and called on him to be more ‘positive’ in his comments on the current housing and homelessness crisis. Crowe said that Minister Kelly’s […]
Sinn Féin representative for Dublin South West, Sean Crowe TD has said he is appalled by the behaviour of Senior Dunnes Stores management in the ongoing industrial dispute with its workers who are represented by the Mandate Trade Union. Speaking in response to news that the company had now issued an unsigned letter to its […]
Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, addressed a Sinn Féin solidarity rally with the Greek people ahead of the emergency meeting of the Eurozone Finance Ministers today. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “The Syriza Government are the first Government of a highly indebted country to stand up to the EU and the institutions […]
Seán Crowe TD disturbed by TD’s arrest Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD has said he is disturbed at media reports of the arrest of Paul Murphy TD and a number of local South Dublin Councillors. Deputy Seán Crowe said “The nature and manner of arrest of Dublin South West TD Paul Murphy and […]
2015 Budget Favours Wealthy and High Earners Dublin South West representative Seán Crowe TD believe that the latest social impact assessment carried out by the Department of Social Protection confirms similar studies from the ESRI which found that the lowest earners gained the smallest benefit from Budget 2015. Crowe said that once again the high earners, the wealthy elite were looked after in […]
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