Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that it is entirely unacceptable that 4,763 children in the CHO7 area which incorporates Dublin South West were waiting on an Assessment of Need at the beginning of this month. Teachta Crowe said that the fact 3,705 of those children have been waiting longer […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the continued inaction of the government to reform the childcare and early years sector has led to huge staff turnover in the industry and the inability of providers to expand their capacity to meet demand. Teachta Crowe said that the problem was especially […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that an additional driving test centre in south Dublin is desperately required, saying that not only has the population in the area grown vastly in the past 20 years, but that new towns have even sprung up, leading to bottlenecks when people try to […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the cancellation of the Airport Hopper bus service is another blow to our public transport system and the natural result of the increased privatisation of our public transport routes. Teachta Crowe said: “The cancellation of the Airport Hopper bus service is another blow […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has welcomed the targeting of unsafe and illegal scrambler use in our parks and streets, saying that the seizure of 15 such vehicles in the Tallaght area since the start of 2025 is a much needed change. Teachta Crowe said: “At a meeting of South Dublin […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the government must make the Occupied Territories Bill a legislative priority after dangling it in front of the electorate ahead of the election. Failing to do so, he said, would be cynical in the extreme. Speaking after a Sinn Féin motion in the […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the lack of reliability of the S6 and S8 bus routes that serve local areas in Tallaght and Kingswood is simply not up to the standard required and has written to the Minister for Transport asking him to take immediate action to remedy […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has criticised the incoming government for having lost perspective and being more concerned with pretending Michael Lowry is not in government and taking a two week holiday rather than solving the crises in health and housing that the people demanded be fixed during the election. Teachta […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the opening of a new driving test centre in south Dublin must be a priority for the new Transport Minister when they are named. Teachta Crowe’s comments came as RSA figures revealed that over 17,000 people were on the waiting list in Tallaght […]

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the severe shortage of Public Health Nurses and Community Registered General Nurses means that even some Priority One nursing duties are unable to be carried out across Dublin South West. Teachta Crowe said that the problem was especially acute in the Dublin 12 […]