Families need urgent help with unaffordable back-to-school costs

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has called on the government to do more to support families struggling with back-to-school costs. Teachta Crowe’s comments follow the publication of the results of a survey by the Irish League Of Credit Unions about the financial pressures parents are facing over their children’s education. Speaking […]

Nursing home sector under threat as Ireland’s population ages

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the creeping privatisation of the health service under Fine Gael has left the residential nursing home care sector in a precarious position and has threatened the long term viability of the sector when the population is progressively getting older. Speaking in the Dáil […]

Income inequality and deprivation lead young people to crime

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that while the state coffers may be selling, child poverty is on the rise and that we cannot the ignore the long lasting effects that that has on society, not least social exclusion and the normalisation of certain crimes. Speaking in the Dáil last […]

Government must do more to cut food costs

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has said that the reduction in the price of food items by Tesco, while welcome, shows that more could always have been done by supermarkets to help customers in the face of price hikes. Teachta Crowe also criticised the government for failing to tackle the rising […]

Plan needed to tackle massive increase in financial fraud and scams

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has called for a plan and additional resources to tackle fraud and scams, following a massive increase in the crime. Sinn Féin are calling for the Government to bring forward a multi-annual plan to tackle these crimes as citizens feel increasingly vulnerable to the criminal actions […]

Commuters hit by double blow of increased fuel costs and rising tolls

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has strongly criticised the government for their lack of action in protecting workers and families from further additional rises in the cost of living. Teachta Crowe’s comments come in a week where petrol and diesel excise duties were restored and the government took advantage of rising […]

Evictions still on the increase after Government scrapped eviction ban

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has described the latest increase in eviction notice figures from the Residential Tenancies Board as ‘alarming’ and has called on government to ‘immediately reintroduce the ban on no fault evictions and introduce an emergency package of measures to address the escalating housing and homelessness crisis.’ Teachta […]

Respite care services ‘life saving and life changing’

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TD for Dublin South West Seán Crowe has called on the Government to do more in supporting and providing life changing respite care after a report from MS Ireland showed that burn out, depression, and job loss was common among families caring for loved ones without supports. Speaking in the Dáil last night, […]