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Meet Aidan

I’m Aidan Farrelly, the Social Democrats TD for Kildare North.

I am married to Aisling and have three children: Ella (16), Tadhg (13) and Cillian (9). I have been a professional youth worker and community development worker in Kildare for 16 years.

Working with young people and in communities inspired me to successfully contest the 2019 local elections for the Social Democrats. I believe Kildare deserves its fair share of investment in services for a population of close to 250,000. We need enhanced provision of housing, healthcare, disability services, childcare and school services.

I believe now, more than ever, we need to see Social Democrats policies being government policies. Catherine Murphy has been a mentor and friend throughout my political career, and it is an honour to continue Catherine’s great work.

Kildare schools have the highest average class sizes in Ireland. Kildare has some of the fewest GPs per head of population. As our communities grow, our social infrastructure must grow with them.

Aidan’s Priorities

  • Childcare – Capping childcare fees at €250 per month and rolling out a public model of childcare.
  • Housing – More affordable homes to rent and buy and driving down the cost of housing.
  • Child Poverty – Ending child poverty and child and youth homelessness.
  • Health – Full implementation of the Sláintecare plan for a universal healthcare system, free at the point of use.
  • Public Services – Prioritising investment in quality public services and community facilities.

Get in touch

aidan.farrelly@oireachtas.ie

Dáil Éireann, Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

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Minister must listen to concerns of childcare sector on core funding model

Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly has called on the Minister for Children to address concerns within the childcare sector relating to the core funding model. Deputy Farrelly, who is the party’s spokesperson on children, was commenting on reports today that a childcare provider had withdrawn a number of its Dublin-based services from the government’s funding […]

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Tusla urgently needs an independent capacity review and a full workforce planning assessment, according to Social Democrats’ children and equality spokesperson Aidan Farrelly. In response to a Freedom of Information release of an internal Tusla report – indicating that thousands of days have been missed by care staff due to violent incidents and illness – […]

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16 and 17 year-olds must be allowed to have their say in decisions which will shape their future, according to Social Democrats children spokesperson Aidan Farrelly, who was speaking after the UK decision to reduce the voting age in their elections. Deputy Farrelly said: “In the next UK election, young people in Strabane will be […]

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