David Healy (Irish politician)

Healy canvassing in the Sutton area.

David Healy (born 1968, in Dublin) is an Irish Green Party politician. He is a former member of Fingal County Council from 1991 to 1999, and from 2004 to 2009.

He attended primary school in the Cayman Islands and secondary school at Cistercian College, Roscrea in County Tipperary. He was awarded an LL.B and an MSc in Environmental Science by Trinity College, Dublin where he also ran as a Green candidate for the student council.

He was a Green Party candidate for the Dublin North East constituency at the 1992 general election, getting 2.0% of the votes. He ran again unsuccessfully at the 2002 general election, receiving 5.6% of the votes, and was also unsuccessful at the 2007 general election getting 6.7% of the votes. He lost his council seat at the 2009 local elections.

Healy is an adviser to John Gormley, leader of the Irish Green Party and Irish Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. Healy is also his party's spokesperson on climate change and is involved in the Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability.

He has lived in Howth since 1987. He is a fluent Esperanto speaker.^[1] He is openly gay.^[2]

Publications

• Healy, David (2002). Telling it like it is - 10 years of unsustainable development in Ireland. Dublin: Earth Summit Ireland. pp. 116. 
• Douthwaite, Richard; Healy, David (2003). "Subsidies and Emissions of Greenhouse Gases from Fossil Fuels". COMHAR - The National Sustainable Development Partnership. 

References

1. ^ Healy's website in Esperanto.
2. ^ "Out of Touch". Irish Independent. 14 April 2007. http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/out-of-touch-43492.html. Retrieved 26 November 2008. 

External links

• Gormley is accused of getting 'jobs for the boys' The Irish Independent 15 November 2007
• Candidate Profile The Irish Independent
• David Healy homepage
• Electoral performance 1991-2009 electionsireland.org

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