Barnardos Survey Explodes Free Education Myth Says Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has described a Barnardos Survey on back to school costs as exploding the myth of free education with parents having to struggle financially to meet the rising costs of sending a pupil to school. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “The Government’s propagated myth of free education has been blown away […]

British Nuclear Plant Unwelcome & Unwanted

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West and Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has described the pending news that the Hinkley Point Somerset nuclear plant is set for final approval as unwelcome, unwanted and adding another potential danger off our coastline. Crowe said that the £18 billion nuclear plant if approved would join Sellafield as another source of deadly […]

Micro-Credit Initiative Welcomed by Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West and Sinn Féin TD Seán Crowe has welcomed the new micro-credit initiative from the Irish League of Credit Unions and said it will give many individuals and families another alternative to illegal moneylenders. The initiative will provide for small loans with an average payment of €500 and with reasonable and affordable interest […]

Ireland Needs to Clarify its Refugee Position – Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs & Trade Seán Crowe TD, speaking at the Dáil Committee meeting to discuss the forthcoming United Nations summit on Refugees and Migration, has called on the Irish government to clarify its own individual position prior to the 19th of September meeting and described the European Union as having adopted […]

Distressed Mortgage Cases Can’t Be Wished Away -Crowe

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West and Sinn Fein TD Seán Crowe says the Government’s new housing and homelessness action plan offers little solace for the thousands of people currently in mortgage distress and facing the very real threat of losing their home. Crowe says that the issue of mortgage distress cannot just be wished away and needed […]

1.3 Million Euros – Cost of Illegal Dumping Last Year

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West Sinn Fein TD Sean Crowe has said he was ‘shocked’  at the reply he received recently from South Dublin County Council when they outlined that they paid out a whopping 1,307,747 euros in costs for recovery and disposal of 3,811 tonnes of illegally dumped  material  in the county last year. Crowe said that […]

Medical Card Bill for LongTerm Sick &Terminally ill Children

by Seán Crowe TD

Dublin South West TD Seán Crowe has welcomed his party’s new Dáil legislation that he says will address the current anomaly where long term or terminally ill children do not have access to a medical card. The current Government has promised action but nothing in reality has happened and Crowe is confident that this new […]

Crowe expresses condolences to Nice attack victims

by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin’s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Seán Crowe TD, has extended his condolences and sympathies to the families and the victims of the brutal attack on civilians in Nice, France. Deputy Crowe said: “I was horrified and shocked to hear of the brutal attack on civilians celebrating Bastille Day in Nice. “It is being reported […]