General Election 2007 Campaign Launch Held on 2 Year Anniversary of Election to Dáil

Press Release, 13th March 2007

Catherine Murphy, TD (Ind) has officially announced her intention to run in the upcoming General Election 2007 and chose the 2 year anniversary of her election to the Dáil to do it.  “March 12th 2005 is a date I won’t forget too soon, it was the day the by-election count took place in Naas GAA Club and the day I was deemed to be elected to the Dáil; at 6pm to be precise!  Two years on to the day, I am formally announcing my intention to seek re-election to the Dáil and am throwing open the doors to volunteers who may wish to help with the upcoming campaign.”

 ISSUES 

 
“While this General Election will differ to the by-election in many ways, the vast majority of the issues are the same.   For the past two years I have concentrated on issues such as transport, childcare, education, disability services, healthcare, M50 tolls, the planning and building of communities, and housing; and will continue to do so into the future if re-elected.  My agenda is simple: we need to build a successful society rather than just an economy, and in order to accomplish this we must plan effectively for the future.  It’s not good enough that we have a school place crisis on our hands, that lack of choice or adequate services in public transport is continuing to force people into their cars and that large-scale housing development is happening without any regard to whether the services exist to meet the needs of our rapidly expanding communities.  The short-term attitude to these problems has to change, and I’ll keep pressuring, lobbying and liaising with whatever Government is in power until we see real results on these issues.”

WORK DONE IN THE DÁIL

“As well as addressing an ever increasing amount of issues raised by individual constituents, constituent groups, and lobbying groups I’ve managed to raise some significant national issues in the context of the Kildare experience.  One example of this is that I exposed the issue of Management Companies in housing estates.  I first raised this appalling practice with the Minister for the Environment in the Dáil on 29th September 2005, and have continued to highlight it, along with the need for regulation of such companies for apartment owners and also the problems faced by people in unfinished estates county and country wide.  These issues are now nationally recognised across party divides and I’m committed to seeing them through until home purchasers and owners have the protections they deserve.”

MY ABILITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE

I’ve already demonstrated that an Independent TD really can make a difference in the Dáil with the unfinished estates and management company issues, and I feel it’s important to highlight this to voters.  In fact, as a member of the Independent Technical Group in the Dáil, along with others such as Tony Gregory, Finian McGrath, Dr Gerry Cowley and Seamus Healy, I have all the benefits of belonging to a party without the drawbacks.  I take my orders directly from the people of Kildare and can focus all my energy on ensuring that the interests of the county are always represented in a national context, as opposed to taking a back seat to a party agenda. 

Pictured above: Catherine Murphy, TD (Ind) and Cllr Gerry McDonagh MCC (Ind) speaking at the launch of Catherine’s General Election Campaign on 12th March 2007

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