Eric Byrne TD - Biography
Constituency:
Dublin South Central
Euro Electoral Region:
Dublin
Electoral Status:
Eric is currently a sitting TD for Dublin South Central
.
Address:
32 Ashdale Road
Terenure
Dublin 6W
Tel:
Home: 01 4901305
Fax: 01 4901305
Mobile: 087-2548429
Email:
eric.byrne@oireachtas.ie
Website:
http://www.ericbyrne.ie
Political Career:
- First elected to the Corporation in 1985, re-relected in 1991
- First elected to Dail Eireann in 1989, re-elected in 1994 and narrowly lost in 1997 and 2007
- Elected Deputy Lord Mayor of Dublin, July 2001.
- Topped the poll in the 2004 and 2009 local elections.
- Topped the poll and re-elected to the Dáil on the 25th of February 2011
- Appointed to Dáil Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade and Joint Administration Committee, June 2011
Occupation:
- Public Representative
Memberships:
- Member of Dáil Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, June 2011
- Member of Joint Administration Committee, June 2011
- Former Chairperson, Dublin City Development Board
- Former Chairperson, Social Inclusion Measures Group, City Development Board
- Director, Treasure Tots Community Childcare, Ballyfermot
- Director of the Dolphin House Development Board
- Board Member, Crumlin Children's Hospital
- Member of the Dublin 12 Drugs Task Force
- Member of the Dublin 12 Community Safety Partnership.
- Member of the Dublin South Central Joint Policing Committee.
- Director of the Dolphin House Development Board
Other Interests:
- Founding member of the Rialto Policing Forum and the Fatima Mansions and Dolphin House Task Forces
- Has served under OSCE auspices as an International Monitor in Palestine (1992), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1997) and the Kyrgyz Republic 2007) also in Ukraine during the Presidential Election based in Donetsk as S.T.O for OSCE/ODIHR February 2010 and in Republic of Moldova and e+arly Parliamentary Elections, based in Cahul/Cantemir Raion. STO for OSCE/ODIHR November 2010.
Family Background:
- Married Professor Ellen Hazelkorn; two daughters
Birth Details:
- Born 21.04.1947
Education:
- Synge Street School, Dublin
- Bolton Street College of Technology
