Kavanagh is a first-time candidate and a retired teacher. She is the convenor to the Alliance of Birthmothers Campaigning for Justice. She is secretary of the stop CETA alliance in Ireland.

I'm very concerned about the direction our country is heading in. Kids now will be the first generation who will rent all their lives, paying high rents and live through the effects of climate change.

To call for government policy that will create investment in rural Ireland and save the small family farm.

For the Right to Housing Bill rejected by the last Dáil to be reintroduced to allow people to remain in their homes and not be evicted.