Holly Cairns
Meet Holly
Holly Cairns is Leader of the Social Democrats and a TD for Cork South-West.
Holly is the youngest party leader in the Dáil. Like so many of her generation, Holly was forced to emigrate after the financial crash. She worked in disability services abroad before moving home to take on her family farm and business.
After campaigning locally to Repeal the 8th Amendment, Holly stood in the 2019 local elections. She won a seat on Cork County Council by a single vote and in 2020, she was elected as a TD.
Holly is an outspoken and passionate contributor to Dáil debates, from holding the government to account for locking an entire generation out of home ownership, to fighting for fairer compensation for survivors of mother and baby homes.
A farmer and an environmentalist, Holly is a firm believer in the need to diversify our agricultural sector in order to protect our biodiversity, improve our food security and secure a profitable future for Irish farming.
To the people out there who think, “There’s no point in voting”, “They’re all the same” and, “Nothing’s going to change”. I look forward to meeting you. I look forward to listening to you. I look forward to changing Ireland for the better, together.
Holly’s Priorities
- Take meaningful climate action underpinned by Just Transition principles.
- Radically increase the delivery of social and affordable housing.
- Ensure a sustainable, profitable future for the farming sector.
- Ratify the Optional Protocol of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- Ensure the full implementation of Sláintecare.
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Holly Cairns
Cuir aithne ar Holly
Ceannaire na nDaonlathaithe Sóisialta agus TD do Chorcaigh Thiar Theas í Holly Cairns.
Is í Holly an ceannaire páirtí is óige sa Dáil agus gan ach 33 bliain d’aois slánaithe aici. Amhail go leor daoine eile ag an am, bhí ar Holly dul ar imirce tar éis na géarchéime airgeadais. D’oibrigh sí i seirbhísí míchumais thar lear sular bhog sí abhaile le dul i mbun oibre ar fheirm agus i ngnólacht a teaghlaigh.
Tar éis di dul i mbun feachtasaíochta go háitiúil leis an 8ú Leasú a Chúlghairm, sheas Holly sna toghcháin áitiúla in 2019. Bhain sí suíochán amach ar Chomhairle Contae Chorcaí le haon vóta amháin agus, in 2020, toghadh chun na Dála í.
Cuireann Holly a cuid tuairimí in iúl go neamhbhalbh paiseanta i ndíospóireachtaí sa Dáil, tugann sí an rialtas chun cuntais as an gcaoi nach féidir le glúin iomlán tithe dá gcuid féin a cheannach agus labhraíonn sí amach ar son cúiteamh níos cothroime dóibh siúd a tháinig slán as na hárais máithreacha agus naíonán.
Feirmeoir agus gníomhaí comhshaoil í Holly agus creideann sí go láidir gur gá an earnáil talmhaíochta a éagsúlú le bithéagsúlacht a chosaint, slándáil bhia a fheabhsú agus saol brabúsach a chinntiú d’fheirmeoirí na hÉireann.
Do na daoine a deir “Ní fiú vóta a chaitheamh”, “Tá siad go léir mar an gcéanna” agus “Ní athrófar rud ar bith”. Táim ag tnúth le bualadh libh. Táim ag tnúth le héisteacht libh. Táim ag tnúth le hÉirinn a athrú chun feabhais, le chéile.
Tosaíochtaí Holly
- Gníomhú ar bhealach bríoch ar son na haeráide, agus prionsabail an Aistrithe Chóir mar bhonn faoi.
- An méid tithíochta sóisialta agus inacmhainne atá á soláthar a mhéadú go han-mhór.
- Saol inbhuanaithe brabúsach a chinntiú don earnáil feirmeoireachta.
- Prótacal Roghnach an Choinbhinsiúin ar Chearta Daoine faoi Mhíchumas a dhaingniú.
- A chinntiú go gcuirtear Sláintecare i bhfeidhm go hiomlán.
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