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Election 2016

Natasha Harty

Party

Green Party

Constituency

Cork East

Occupation

Retired

Age

68

ELIMINATED

Biography

This is her first time running for general election after she ran unsuccessfully in the 2014 local elections. She is a member of the Cork Local Exchange and Trading System (LETS) and the county Cork local currency network. A prominent environmental activist, she has been involved in numerous campaigns to protect her local area from harmful pollution.

Question Time

Q.

Why should someone vote for you (in 140 characters or fewer)?

I want to work on two issues, 1. Climate Change which threatens our livelihoods. 2. TTIP, the Trade Treaty that threatens our democracy.

Q.

What is your number one priority for your constituency?

No. 1 for East Cork is fighting the re-application for an incinerator in Ringaskiddy. Incinerators should have no place in a modern economy.

Q.

What one thing would you like to do in your first 100 days of the new Dáil if you are elected?

I would like to bring out into the open the effects we can expect if the new secret trade treaties, TTIP, CETA and TISA, are ratified.

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