Alan Kelly (Labour Party)

candidate EU elections
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I wish to vote in the upcoming elections for local and EU election but there is no party I can agree with. I plan to draw an X on my ballot but I think that this will not express the fact that there is no party I support.

I think that it would be a good idea that there should be a box to tick on the ballot with
"I choose none of the above candidates" and maybe a line for you to give a reason why.

This would allow people like me to show politicians that I am not being represented by them.

And it would show other potential parties that there is voters who they can appeal outside of voters who have chosen a particular party leading to a more representative spread of parties and ideas.

What is your opinion on this idea of mine and if elected on this upcoming election would you support it?

If elected, what pressure can I expect you to put on the European parliament to force the Irish Government to afford the same rights to children born of same sex couples as to children born to heterosexual couples? At present, should anything happen my partner, my child could be taken away from her other mother; I cannot adopt my child who adores me, nor can I leave her anything substantial in my will without risk of it being contested by my homophobic family.

What are your thoughts on how the latest proposed amendments to the Irish Firearms Acts - as contained in the Criminal Justice (Misc.Provisions) Bill 2009 - contravene the EU directive on Firearms (91/477/EEC) by requiring all Irish firearms owners to only purchase ammunition or firearms from _Irish_ registered firearms dealers instead of the current (and in force since 1964) laws that allow them to purchase from any registered firearms dealer in the EU so long as the appropriate paperwork is in place?