Proven Track Record on the Environment

• Campaigning for better public transport since 2004
• Secured recycling bins in Sallins in 2008
• Was giving talks on “five mile rule” re local produce in 2005
• Proposed cycle lanes and “staying alive 1.5” campaign when on council
• Supported remediation of Kerdiffstown from landfill into public park

• Vice Chair of the Environment & Climate Action Oireachtas Committee
• Led for Fianna Fáil on the climate change Dáil debates
• Over the past Dáil term I supported the following measures:
  • A ban on dangerous microbeads
  • A ban on fracking
  • A ban on further exploration of fossil fuels
  • Restrictions on single use plastics
  • Micro-generation solar schemes for clubs and communities