Emmet Stagg TD - Biography
Constituency:
Kildare North
Euro Electoral Region:
Ireland East
Electoral Status:
Emmet is currently a sitting TD for Kildare North
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Address:
736, Lodge Park
Straffan
Co. Kildare
Tel:
Home: 01-6272149
Dáil: 01-6183013
Fax (home): 01-6270601
Fax (Dáil): 01-6184538
Email:
emmet.stagg@oireachtas.ie
Political Career:
- Appointed to Committee on Procedure and Privileges, June 2011
- Labour Party Chief Whip 2007 to date;
- Labour Party Chief Whip and Spokesperson on Nuclear Safety 2002-2007;
- Labour Party Chief Whip and Spokesperson on Public Enterprise 1997-2002;
- Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications, 1994-1997;
- Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, with Special Responsibility for Housing and Urban Renewal, 1993-1994;
- Elected to Dáil Éireann in 1987
- Party Spokesperson on Agriculture, 1987-1989; Social Welfare, 1989-1992
- Member Kildare County Council 1978-1993, 1999-2003
- Chairperson Kildare County Council 1981-1982
- Member Kildare County Library Committee, 1975-1989
- Member Kildare Vocational Education Committee, 1985-1993
- Member Eastern Health Board, 1978-1985
- Vice-Chairperson Labour Party 1987-1989
Occupation:
- Full-time Public Representative;
- formerly Medical Technologist, Trinity College, Dublin
Memberships:
- Member Federated Workers' Union of Ireland (now S.I.P.T.U.);
- Member Gaelic Athletic Association;
- President Celbridge Soccer Club;
- President Maynooth Soccer Club;
Family Background:
- Married to Mary Morris; one daughter and one son
Birth Details:
- Hollymount, Co. Mayo; October 1944
Education:
- Ballinrobe C.B.S.;
- Kevin Street College of Technology
