Dental treatment scheme chaos allowed to get worse by Government

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has criticised the Government and the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly for allowing the Dental Treatment Services Scheme, which is available to those on a medical card, to fall into the utter chaos that has driven hundreds of dentists out of the scheme and left thousands […]

Immoral to leave houses go derelict in the midst of a housing crisis

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West has made an appeal to South Dublin County Council (SDCC) to take the issue of vacant and derelict houses more seriously, saying that it borders on immoral to leave derelict houses to fall down as the housing crisis only worsens. Teachta Crowe made his comments after a protest […]

Sinn Féin would put an end to school voluntary contributions

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has called on the government to take action against voluntary school contributions which are placing unfair pressure on families’ finances. Teachta Crowe said: “With the rising cost of living, parents are worrying about how they will meet the costs of the return to school this summer. […]

Government doing bare minimum on spiralling fuel costs

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has criticised the Government for not doing more to protect workers and families from spiralling fuel costs. Teachta Crowe said: “The Government brought a resolution before the Dáil last night to do something about the spiralling costs of petrol, diesel, and home heating oil. I believe […]

Dangerously long health waiting times must be reduced

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe TD has called on the Government to back a Sinn Féin plan that seeks to make the health service a better place to work and tackle dangerously long waiting times for appointments and procedures. There are 1.34 million people on some form of health waiting list […]

Latest destruction in Killinarden Park ‘unacceptable’

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has described the latest act of wanton destruction in Killinarden Park, where scramblers were driven over the playing pitches as completely unacceptable. Teachta Crowe called on the Government to make the passing of the Road Traffic and Roads Bill 2021, which would allow gardaí to seize […]

Unfair Carbon Tax hikes must be scrapped

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has urged cross-party support for a Sinn Féin motion that calls on government to scrap the planned carbon tax hike. The increase in carbon tax on fuels used to heat homes is due to come into effect on May 1st and on transport fuels on October […]

Domestic Violence Refuge commitments welcome, but much more needed

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has welcomed a Government commitment to increase the number of domestic violence refuge spaces, but says that even with the increase, we will not have nearly enough for a population our size. Teachta Crowe said: “There are currently only 140 domestic violence refuge spaces in the […]