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Election 2020

Independent Candidate

Wayne Swords

Party

Independent

Constituency

Kildare North

Occupation

Special needs assistant

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Biography

Swords is a qualified special needs assistant and works with children and adolescents with mental health issues.

Question Time

Why should someone vote for you?

I’m a hardworking individual - I’m from a working class family so I know the struggles that people go through. I have a voice that I think needs more representation in government but that a lot of people don’t have.

What is your number one priority for your constituency?

Mental health is first, but housing is a very close second. I think the two are part and parcel together - if people don’t have a home they don’t have a life.

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

I want to see a major increase in mental health services for children and young people, in Kildare and nationally. There’s nothing there at the moment.