Connolly was first elected as a TD in 2016. She sat on the Public Accounts Committee and was chair of the Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands. She was previously a councillor on Galway City Council for 17 years. She is a former Mayor of Galway City. She is a qualified barrister and clinical psychologist.

I'm an honest, hardworking politician and through my past four years in the Dáil, I have a good track record of holding the system to account.

I have a number of priorities. Public housing, public land, public health, public transport - all underpinned by climate action. Everything must be underpinned by action to the climate emergency.

I don't think this is a good question as everything takes time. It's important to work with like-minded people to come up with sustainable solution to problems like homelessness and housing. These crises are not inevitable and there are sustainable solutions.