SERIES: Political hopes and ambitions for 2023 - Louth's Senator Erin McGreehan

The Dundalk Democrat asked local TDs, councillors and senators from north and mid Louth to share their hopes, ambitions and predictions for the year ahead. In this article, Fianna Fáil's Louth based Senator Erin McGreehan shares her thoughts on 2023

I have many hopes for 2023. The obvious first is for my family and loved ones that they have good health and happiness. 

I won’t attempt to give you political predictions, a wiser person said once that a week is a long time in politics so I wont attempt to predict a year. However, there are huge things that I hope will find resolution.

The Northern Ireland Protocol and Northern Executive, this island needs democracy to mean something in the North. A functioning Government is necessary and we must all work to get it back up and running.

The war in Ukraine is continuing to cause death and destruction in Ukraine. The Ukrainian people are being forced to leave their beloved country, I can only pray that Putin ends his tyrannical and illegal war.

As for me, I can give you a look into my ambitions for 2023. There are many issues that are very close to my heart, that I am hugely committed to. It is a continuation of the work that I do now.

In no particular order,  the areas of Breast Cancer screening and treatments, cancer care, Rare Disease, Disability Rights and access to therapies and supports, child poverty, climate change and supporting rural and urban communities to adapt. 

I will continue working to further the rights and supports for victims of sexual and gender based violence and to enforce heavier sentences for those depraved people who continue to hurt.

There are many areas that I work on all island and specifically our border, dementia care, carers rights and supports , childcare and education, housing, rural planning, rural transport, agriculture. I will continue to work for social justice and equality.