Catherine Martin (politician)

Catherine Martin
TD
Deputy Leader of the Green Party
Assumed office
11 June 2011
Leader Eamon Ryan
Preceded by Mary White
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2016
Constituency Dublin Rathdown
Personal details
Born (1972-12-07) 7 December 1972
Monaghan, Monaghan, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Political party Green Party
Spouse(s) Francis Noel Duffy
Children 3
Alma mater University College Dublin
Website www.catherinemartin.ie

Catherine Martin is an Irish politician, and is Deputy Leader of the Irish Green Party since 2011.[1] She is a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Rathdown constituency in the 32nd Dáil, after being elected in the 2016 General Election.

She was elected to the Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council in 2014.[2]

Personal life

Catherine is a mother of three, and had been a teacher of English and Music at St. Tiernan’s Community School in Dundrum for 15 years prior to being elected to the Dáil.[3] She is married to Cllr Francis Duffy,[4] a Green Party politician who is the Deputy Mayor of the South Dublin County Council.[5][6]

Political career

Catherine joined the Green Party in 2007, and was elected as Deputy Leader of the Green Party in 2011. In 2014 she was elected to the Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council,[7] and was elected to the Dáil in the 2016 General Election, after receiving 4,122 first preference votes.[8]

She is the Green Party's Education Spokesperson.[9]

Current involvement

Catherine is a member of:[10]

  1. Dublin Dún Laoghaire Education Training Board
  2. Dublin Mid Leinster Regional Health Forum
  3. DLR Sports Partnership
  4. The Board of Management of Stillorgan College of Further Education
  5. The Board of Management of Dundrum College of Further Education

References

  1. ↑ "Election 2016: Catherine Martin". RTÉ. 2016-10-22.
  2. ↑ "Catherine Martin TD". 2016-10-22.
  3. ↑ "Catherine Martin TD". 2016-10-22.
  4. ↑ "About Catherine Martin, T.D.". 2016-10-22.
  5. ↑ "Cllr. Francis Duffy". 2016-10-22.
  6. ↑ "Cllr. Guss O' Connell elected Mayor of South Dublin County Council". 2016-10-22.
  7. ↑ "About Catherine Martin, T.D.". 2016-10-22.
  8. ↑ "General Election 2016: 26 February 2016, Dublin Rathdown, Dublin Area (Leinster)". 2016-10-22.
  9. ↑ "Catherine Martin TD". 2016-10-22.
  10. ↑ "About Catherine Martin, T.D.". 2016-10-22.


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