Rebecca Moynihan Explained

Office1:Leader of the Labour Party in the Seanad
Leader1:Alan Kelly
Ivana Bacik
Term Start1:September 2021
Predecessor1:Ivana Bacik
Honorific-Prefix:Senator
Rebecca Moynihan
Office:Senator
Term Start:29 June 2020
Constituency:Administrative Panel
Birth Date:11 December 1981[1] [2]
Birth Place:Rialto, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality:Irish
Party:Labour Party
Children:1

Rebecca Moynihan (born 11 December 1981) is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Senator for the Administrative Panel since April 2020.[3]

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.[4]

Early life

Moynihan is from a working-class family in Rialto, Dublin.[5]

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,[6] and secured 100,000 euros in funding for this project.[7] She was elected unopposed as Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin in 2016 to Lord Mayor Brendan Carr.[8]

Moynihan contested the 2020 general election in the Dublin South-Central constituency,[9] but was unsuccessful, getting 2,095 (4.8%) first preference votes.

At the 2020 Seanad election, she was elected to Seanad Éireann on the Administrative Panel.[10] Darragh Moriarty was co-opted to her seat on Dublin City Council following her election to the Seanad.

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".[11]

In January 2021, Moynihan tabled the Period Products (Free Provisions) Bill, which would provide for free tampons, sanitary pads and reusable products in all school bathrooms, educational institutions and public buildings in Ireland.[12]

Personal life

Prior to becoming a Senator, Moynihan taught at Rathmines College of Further Education.[13]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Meet the young age pensioners.... Independent.ie. Gabrielle. Monaghan. 28 October 2013. 8 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Today I'm living my birthday dream with this iconic lunch. Rebecca Moynihan. Twitter. 11 December 2020. 8 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Rebecca Moynihan. Oireachtas Members Database. 21 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Councillor Rebecca Moynihan . www.dublincity.ie . Dublin City Council . 3 April 2020.
  5. News: 50 people to watch in 2022: The best young talent in Ireland. The Irish Times. Donald. Clarke. 1 January 2022. 7 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Dublin City Council to provide free sanitary products in its buildings . Newstalk . 29 January 2021.
  7. Web site: Moynihan secures €100K in DCC budget for free sanitary products . 26 November 2019 . 29 January 2021.
  8. News: Emotions run high as city gets new Lord Mayor. The Herald. David. Kearns. 28 June 2016. 8 February 2021.
  9. News: Dublin South-Central results: Fine Gael junior minister Catherine Byrne loses seat . 10 February 2020 . Jack . Power . . Dublin . 5 June 2021 . live . https://archive.today/20210605095324/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/dublin-south-central-results-fine-gael-junior-minister-catherine-byrne-loses-seat-1.4165262 . 5 June 2021.
  10. News: Hosford . Paul . FF and FG set for Seanad majority . 5 June 2021 . . 3 April 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200922092112/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-30992114.html . 22 September 2020.
  11. News: Horgan-Jones . Jack . Former minister for housing backs co-living ban . The Irish Times . 29 January 2021.
  12. Web site: Phelan . Ciara . Bill to provide free period products for all in Ireland proposed . The Irish Mirror . 14 January 2021 . 29 January 2021.
  13. Web site: Rebecca Moynihan interview. Insight. Julian. Courtney. 16 January 2020. 8 February 2021.