Welcome / Fáilte

Dear Green Party Colleagues,

Welcome to our 2020 annual Green Party Convention.

A lot has happened since we came together at Convention last year. In February we had the most successful general election in our Party’s history, securing twelve TD’s and four Senators. Our membership has grown to record levels and we have never had so many representatives north, south and in Europe

As a Party, we made the decision to enter a coalition Government, and our teams in Government, in the Oireachtas, and in Suffolk Street are all working with ambition and intention to implement the many promises in our Green Programme for Government. At the same time our MEP's, MLA's, Councillors and members are delivering Green Party policy both at home and abroad. And of course we are doing this while living with the huge challenges of a gobal pandemic.

These are indeed difficult times we find ourselves in, which in some ways has also been reflected internally within our own Party recently. Convention is an opportunity to bring us together, where we can both talk and listen, embrace and overcome our difficulties and differences, and perhaps remember that ultimately, we still share the same goal: to safeguard our future in a fair, equitable, sustainable and Green way.

As your Green Party leader I’m looking forward to seeing you on October 2nd.

Minister Eamon Ryan TD
Green Party Leader

A chairde glasa,

We are living in unprecedented times, and I am looking forward to engaging with you all in an unprecedented way at this virtual Convention.

Everything has changed since we were last all together at Convention in 2019. The Covid-19 crisis has affected our health, our economy and our society in a way few of us could have imagined – and has caused tragic and lonely loss of life, not just in Ireland but around the world.

At the same time, in the Green Party we have had greater electoral success than we have ever seen before and we have entered a coalition government in the Oireachtas with an ambitious programme, centred around real and substantive climate action.

This Convention is an opportunity to look to the future, to plan how we can contribute to the building of a fairer and sustainable society as we tackle the Covid-19 and climate crises. It is also an opportunity to reflect on the division that we have felt, and to reaffirm our commitment not just to environmental action, but to social justice, democracy and non-violence.

Together – as a party, a society, a country, and a planet – we are ready to take on the challenges that lie ahead. Let’s get to work.

Le gach dea-ghuí,

Minister Catherine Martin TD

Green Party Deputy Leader

Fáilte / Welcome

A chairde glasa,

Fáilte go hArdfheis an Chomhaontais Ghlais, 2020.

Tá cuid mhaith tarlaithe ó thángamar le chéile ag an Ardfheis anuraidh. I mí Feabhra, bhí an toradh olltoghcháin ab fhearr riamh i stair an pháirtí againn, agus dháréag Teachtaí Dála chomh maith le ceathrar Seanadóirí tofa againn. Tá méadú as cuimse tagtha ar bhallra an pháirtí, agus ní raibh an oiread céanna ionadaithe tofa againn sa Phoblacht, sa Tuaisceart agus i bParlaimint na hEorpa riamh.

Mar pháirtí, chinneamar dul i mbun comhrialtais agus tá ár bhfoirne sa Rialtas, san Oireachtas, agus i Sráid Suffolk go léir ag obair go huaillmhianach agus go díograiseach chun an líon mór geallúintí inár gClár Glas Rialtais a chomhlíonadh. Ag an am céanna, tá ár bhFeisirí Eorpacha, ár gComhaltaí sa Tionól Reachtach (CTRanna), ár gComhairleoirí agus ár mbaill ag cur pholasaithe an pháirtí i bhfeidhm, i gcéin is i gcóngar. Agus ar ndóigh, tá sé seo á dhéanamh againn agus muid go léir ag streachailt le dúshláin ollmhóra paindéime domhanda.

Is cinnte gur saolta deacra iad seo, agus bhí sé sin le feiceáil ar bhealaí áirithe laistigh dár bpáirtí féin le déanaí chomh maith. Is deis í an Ardfheis le muid a thabhairt le chéile, le bheith ag caint agus ag éisteacht, le muintearas a dhéanamh agus lenár ndeacrachtaí agus ár ndifríochtaí a shárú, agus cuimhneamh chomh maith b'fhéidir go bhfuil an sprioc chéanna againn go fóill: an saol atá amach romhainn a chosaint ar bhealach cóir, cothrom, inbhunaithe, glas.

Tá mé féin, mar cheannaire ar an bpáirtí s'againne, ag súil le sibh a fheiceáil ar an 2 Deireadh Fómhair.

An tAire Éamon Ryan TD

Ceannaire an Chomhaontais Ghlais

A chairde glasa,

Is tréimhse gan fasach í seo, agus tá mé ag súil le plé libh go léir ar bhealach gan fasach ag an Ardfheis seo ar líne.

Tá gach aon rud athraithe ó bhonn ó thángamar le chéile an uair dheireanach ag Ardfheis 2019. Tá géarchéim COVID-19 tar éis fíor-dhrochthionchar a imirt ar ár sláinte, ar ár ngeilleagar agus ar ár sochaí ar bhealach ar dheacair dúinn a shamhlú an t-am sin, agus is iomaí duine atá tar éis bás a fháil go tragóideach agus go huaigneach go dtí seo, ní hamháin in Éirinn, ach ar fud an domhain.

Ag an am céanna, d'éirigh go fíormhaith leis an gComhaontas Glas sna toghcháin dheireanacha agus chuamar i mbun comhrialtais san Oireachtas agus clár uaillmhianach rialtais againn atá dírithe ar ghníomhú ceart fónta ar son na haeráide.

Is deis í an Ardfheis seo le breathnú romhainn, le pleanáil cén chaoi ar féidir linn sochaí atá níos córa agus níos inbhuanaithe a chruthú fad is atáimid ag dul i ngleic le COVID-19 agus leis na héigeandálaí aeráide. Is deis í chomh maith le machnamh a dhéanamh ar an easaontas ina measc, agus lenár dtiomantas do ghníomhú timpeallachta/comhsaoil a athdhearbhú, chomh maith lenár dtiomantas don cheartas sóisialta, don daonlathas agus do mhodhanna síochánta.

Le chéile – mar pháirtí, mar shochaí, mar thír, agus mar phláinéad – táimid réidh le tabhairt faoi na dúshláin atá amach romhainn. Téimis i mbun oibre.

Le gach dea-ghuí,

An tAire Catherine Martin TD

Leas-Cheannaire an Chomhaontais Ghlais

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