Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent)
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I was elected in 2016. Previous to that, my background is in civil society. I worked with the National Women's Council of Ireland and the European Women’s Lobby. I come from that side of things. I have been interested in gender equality issues internationally. I also worked with Trócaire with a focus on peacebuilding and climate justice issues. Those are my work backgrounds. The international and foreign affairs committee was my absolute top choice coming into this Oireachtas because we are in such a crucial moment internationally. There are some valuable things we have in our international multilateral systems that need to be protected and supported. There are also a number of serious challenges and justice issues that need to be faced up to. I am excited for the discussion. I try to bring an international perspective to anything I work on and I am excited now to bring it to the foreign affairs committee.