Rebecca Moynihan

Rebecca Moynihan is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Senator for the Administrative Panel since April 2020.[1]

Senator

Rebecca Moynihan
Moynihan in 2020
Senator
Assumed office
20 April 2020
ConstituencyAdministrative Panel
Personal details
NationalityIrish
Political partyLabour Party
Websiterebeccamoynihan.ie

She is the party's spokesperson on Housing, Local Government, and Heritage. She previously served as a member of Dublin City Council from 2009 to 2020, representing Crumlin-Kimmage and the South West Inner City.[2]

Political career

Moynihan became involved in the Labour Party at a young age; she was the National Chair of Labour Youth from 2002 to 2004 and is involved in Labour Women.

In 2009, she was elected as a member of Dublin City Council. While a councillor, Moynihan had a motion passed to ensure free period products were available in all Dublin City Council buildings,[3] and secured 100,000 euros in funding for this project.[4] Darragh Moriarty was co-opted to Moynihan's seat on Dublin City Council following her election to the Seanad.

In February 2020, Moynihan was an unsuccessful Labour Party candidate at the 2020 general election for the Dublin South-Central constituency, getting 2,095 (4.8%) first preference votes.

As the party's spokesperson on housing, Moynihan has opposed co-living proposals put forward by the government, stating that it is "not suitable" and "even more unsuitable in the context of the Covid crisis".[5]

In January 2021, Moynihan tabled her first bill in the Seanad, a bill to combat period poverty. This bill, the Period Products (Free Provisions) Bill, will provide for free tampons, sanitary pads and reusable products in all school bathrooms, educational institutions and public buildings in Ireland, if passed by the government.[6]

Personal life

Moynihan is a teacher by profession.

References
  1. "Rebecca Moynihan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. "Councillor Rebecca Moynihan". www.dublincity.ie. Dublin City Council. Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  3. "Dublin City Council to provide free sanitary products in its buildings". Newstalk. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. "Moynihan secures €100K in DCC budget for free sanitary products". Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  5. Horgan-Jones, Jack. "Former minister for housing backs co-living ban". The Irish Times. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  6. Phelan, Ciara. "Bill to provide free period products for all in Ireland proposed". The Irish Mirror. Retrieved 29 January 2021.


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