Track Record Broadcasting & Podcasting – Transparency in Local Fiona has presented Government her own show on Cllr. FIONA Dublin City FM, has The principles of open and accountable reported for TV3’s governance have informed my work as a Midweek Show public representative. I have outlined on Fiona with Kildare County U14s and is a regular the front page of this leaflet my work as contributor for over a board member of the KWETB. Here is a 10 years to TV3s McLOUGHLIN Fiona’s Background & Interests small sample of other areas in which I have Fiona trained as a general nurse in NUH Midday Show/ sought transparency and accountability. Galway. She subsequently completed a first Virgin Media’s Elaine Show. l The Riverbank County Arts Centre class honours degree in Law and Politics INDEPENDENT Started recently, - over the last number of years I have at NUIG. This was followed by an MSc her ‘Straight Talking H E A LY highlighted lapses in the governance in Communications, Advertising, and with Fiona Mc’ is already attracting very of the County Arts Centre. I have raised Marketing at NUI Jordanstown. She brings positive feedback from listeners. concerns about conflicts of interest in with her a wealth of experience from; Dear Constituent the awarding of contracts and about a l The private sector - ran her own company l Straight talking with Fiona Mc During my campaign for LE14, I promised a new type 63,000 loan recorded in the Arts centre Privateseller.ie for ten years. accounts as a loan from the Council - a of local politics based on principles of transparency l The voluntary sector - Corporate Marketing loan the Council say did not exist. There and accountability. After over five years as a public Manager for Cerebral Palsy Ireland with has been no proper explanation or responsibility for the nationwide rebranding representative I believe, more than ever before, that good accountability for this l63,000 error. from Cerebral Palsy Ireland to Enable Ireland. governance is key to ensuring value for money, effectiveness l Kildare Town Swimming pool fund - l The public sector - originally trained and and fairness in the distribution of public monies. It is an I have worked with Kildare Town worked as a nurse and for the last five and absolute necessity whether of Kildare County Council, residents to raise and report their a half years as a public representative with the Education and Training sector, the FAI or the National concerns to the Charities Regulator Kildare County Council. regarding a decades old swimming Podcast with Kildare Ladies Capt Grace Clifford re Children’s Hospital. Fiona is married to Bernard Healy, originally pool fund reported to amount to approx women in sport from Kilcullen who is a well known GP These principles have informed my work as a councillor. An example of this has been my role on the Board of the Kildare Wicklow Education l150,000. The status of the fund working at the coal-face of the healthcare and Training Board (KWETB) to which I was nominated by my Council colleagues in 2014. The KWETB is an organisation with an annual budget is being reviewed by the Charities system at Moorefield Medical Centre in of over €100million, 25 schools across Kildare and Wicklow, 23,000 students and over 2,500 members of staff. From 2014 I started asking Regulator. Newbridge for almost 20 years. The family are questions and raising concerns about the governance of the KWETB, including the process for selecting members; to the main Board; to the l Webcasting - More than any other single involved in lots of different activities and clubs 25 school boards of management; to the interview and procurement panels. In 2017 the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) conducted an change, webcasting of all public council in the community including football, soccer, investigation of the 2015 accounts and found serious lapses in procurement and other issues including the use of 5 star hotels for staff meetings. meetings would significantly improve rugby and boxing. Fiona is a member of the Some of these issues are currently under investigation by the Garda Economic Crime Bureau. As a the transparency and accountability of management team for the LGFA Girls U14 former board member I was, and am proud of the teaching and auxiliary staff who continued to focus local government and with it the fairness County team. She recently completed her term on their amazing students during a very difficult time. I particularly want to thank those who though and effectiveness of how it administers as a member of the board of Sensational Kids fearful of speaking out brought issues to my attention. I hope that lessons public funds. After a sustained campaign and Chaired their Governance Committee. With Cormac Nugent of Extinction Rebellion Kildare learned in Kildare and Wicklow will impact on the governance of Education to introduce webcasting of council and Training Boards across the country. meetings, I received the support of a majority of the council to finally One thing is for sure, the poll-topping vote I received in the Local introduce webcasting. I would support Elections last May was not a vote for the status quo. It was the introduction of Webcasting of a clear mandate to continue to challenge the unquestioning public meetings of all local authorities. consensus politics that has pervaded the Kildare South constituency for decades, to the detriment of a large portion of l Social Housing - I have worked with its constituents. I would ask you to please consider giving me residents of Approved Housing Bodies With security analyst and former Defence Forces your number one to go on and represent you in the Dail not on (AHBs) in Newbridge, Kildare Town and captain Tom Clonan the basis of enthusiastic election promises, rarely delivered, Monasterevin to expose on a national With board members and CE of Sensational Kids but on the basis of a track record in holding local government level the governance issues arising to account for their effectiveness in building sustainable in their housing associations. The communities and how and where they spend public funds. governance of AHBs is a national issue. fionamcloughlinhealy FionaMcLoughlinHealy With your help, a strong and truly independent voice will play a critical role in the next Dail and in the future development of the Kildare South constituency. Let’s build on what we have started together, the @fionamacky gradual but important transformation of politics in the Kildare South constituency. [email protected] VOTE Kildare. Co. Newbridge, Printing Ltd, Donovan by iTunes/Spotify Podcast Go raibh míle maith agaibh go léir NO. Family time - Fiona with her husband Bernard, son Ryan and daughters Erin and Freya 1 – Straight Talking With Fiona Mc Printed VOTE l Courage l Accountability l Conviction l Courage l Accountability l Conviction NO.1 Track Record - As A Local Public Representative Policy Priorities Protecting and Promoting Accountability in Government Policy on the Environment Policing & Our Natural Environment, l Robust system of governance controls on and Climate Action Defence all major capital projects to ensure cost l More ambitious targets for renewable l Fairer allocation Greenways and Blueways overruns such as the National Children’s energy generation and distribution Hospital do not occur again of Gardaí to the The Curragh Plains is a truly unique natural amenity l Increased ambition on climate targets for l Introduction of strict criteria for Kildare South of immense environmental, archaeological, 2030 cultural and historical significance. After 5 years appointment to the Boards of publicly Constituency l Along with support for just transition for funded bodies to ensure that adequately l A Community of consistently highlighting the failure of the Bord Na Mona workers support for all government and in particular of the Minister of trained and qualified people only, are Policing Unit Protesting for pay appointed to these boards. And board workers impacted by the transition to restoration for our Defence Defence to deal with the littering, scrambling, and Drugs Unit members to serve no more than two cleaner and renewable energy sources Forces overgrazing, dumping and illegal encampments for Newbridge terms l Requirement that all Local Authorities sign on this unique amenity, significant funding Garda Station l up to the All Ireland Pollinator Plan was finally agreed in December 2019 between the Council and the Dept of Defence for a land If elected, regular public meetings/ l I support an independent statutory management plan. And not before time. To quote Dr John Feehan at a November 2019 seminar forums in the Kildare South Constituency l Additional tax incentives for landowners/ pay review body to review the pay and to hold me accountable farmers to convert some of their land use on the Curragh Plains , the degradation of the Curragh Plains was a crisis when the task force conditions for our Defence Forces. from farming to forestry first reported in 1998 but now ‘nothing less than the mobilisation of real community concern for l Introduction of webcasting of all Local the Curragh is enough’. At this seminar we officially launched “ The Story of The Curragh” Audio Authority public meetings l Public consultation for a long-term plan trail guide. This was an initiative Curragh Plains resident and advocate Mark Weld and I brought to l Strengthening of Freedom of to deal with the inevitable fall off in tax Housing Kildare County Council Heritage Officer, Bridget Loughlin. My thanks to the community of people Information Act to ensure greater receipts raised from non-renewable Fiona and her daughter getting supplies at energy sales. l Significant increase in construction of the Cottage Market in the newly refurbished who contributed to provide information about the Curragh’s history, flora and fauna, archaeology, transparency and accountability in social and affordable housing by Local Town Hall myths and legends, military history, grazing, equine industry and more.