Green Party Ireland

Public Meeting: Working Together for Climate Action

By Una Power | April 7, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment

Whatever the problem, community is the solution! If we are to address the challenge of climate change, then we must work together!

Join me on at 7:30pm April 10th in The Graduate to share your ideas on how we as a community can work together to tackle climate change.

I’ve invited Eamon Ryan TD, Emer Burton and Dan Hatter to discuss the practical & community actions we can take to effectively tackle climate change.

Eamon Ryan TD
Eamon is a TD for Dublin Bay South and Leader of Green Party/Comhaontas Glas. He was the founding chairman of the Dublin Cycling Campaign, and ran two successful businesses, Irish Cycling Safaris and Belfield Bike Shop. He currently sits on the Oireachtas Communications Committee and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action.

Emer Burton SEAI
Emer is Programme Manager for Home Energy Grants with Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). 25% of carbon emissions come from Irish homes. SEAI’s role is to incentivise & support homeowners to make their homes more energy efficient and to move towards renewables like heat pumps and solar.

Dan Hatter Environmental Activist
Dan is an environmental activist and educator from Co. Wicklow. He was a leader in the creation of Ireland’s first plastic free campus and is a three time Young Environmentalist Award winner. More recently Dan has been involved in the Climate Strikes movement, calling on the Government to take decisive climate action.

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Green Party Submission to DLRCC Climate Change Action Plan

By Una Power | March 30, 2019 | Comments 0 Comment

Recently Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council ran a consultation on developing a Dublin wide Climate Change Action Plan. Given the threats posed by climate change to our county – coastal erosion, flooding, pollution – there is a huge need for strong leadership in climate action.

Working with my Green Party colleagues in the county, I helped to write a submission to this consultation. I believe that through community empowerment and by working with nature, we can do much to hold off the worst effects of climate change and make the world around us healthier.

You can read the submission at the attached this link:

Submission to consultation on the DLRCC Draft Climate Change Action Plan 2019-2024 – Green Party

Stopping single use plastics

By Una Power | February 19, 2018

Single use plastics are clogging our landfills, countryside and seas – we need to ban them and ensure that people are offered an alternative. When it comes to take-away coffee cups, the default choice for consumers should be the best choice for the environment.

Una Power calls for end to boys’ club in government departments

By Una Power | August 2, 2017

The Green Party has called for more to be done to ensure gender balance at management level in government departments following reports that the managerial levels across government departments are heavily male dominated.

Speaking today, Green Party Women’s Officer Una Power said: “While the Civil Service ensures equal pay for equal work, figures reported today highlight a worrying trend when it comes to women progressing to management positions.

“Questions must be asked as to why women are not breaking through to managerial level in government departments at the same rate as their male colleagues. There needs to be answers as to why there are so many women at Clerical Officer Level, presenting a pool of talent to draw from, yet their numbers aren’t mirrored at a higher level.

“The Government should release data on the efficacy of measures such as the W-LEAD programme in promoting more women. Ensuring that more women break through to managerial positions is important, as data is showing that gender balance at a management level leads to better decision making and governance. Government departments should be leaders in equality and good governance structure.”

If we’re going to ask people to talk up, then we must have people to listen, writes Una Power.