Róisín Shortall
Spokesperson for Health; Finance; and Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and a member of the Health Committee.
Meet Róisín
Róisín Shortall is a co-founder of the Social Democrats and a TD for Dublin North-West.
She has been re-elected at every general election since first winning a Dáil seat in 1992, giving her over 30 years’ experience in national politics.
A former primary school teacher with a degree in Economics and Politics, Róisín has throughout her career been particularly vocal on social justice issues, in all its forms, and good governance.
She is a former Minister of State at the Department of Health and chaired the All-Party Committee on the Future of Healthcare which produced the Sláintecare reform plan for the Irish health service.
Róisín is passionate about accountability and fair distribution of resources.
Healthcare is a human right – not a commodity. Healthcare should be equally accessible and free at the point of access, not dependant on your ability to pay.
Róisín’s Priorities
- Ensure the full implementation of Sláintecare.
- Establish universal access to quality public services based on fair taxation.
- End child poverty.
- Drive down the cost of housing.
- Reverse the creeping privatisation of health and social care services.
- Establish a statutory right to homecare.
- Increase capacity of primary care including all essential therapies.
- Introduce the Living Wage.
Get in touch
(01) 618 3593
Dáil Éireann, Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2.
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