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Biography

Constituency:
Wicklow

Euro Electoral Region:
Ireland East

Electoral Status:
Liz is currently a sitting TD for Wicklow .

Tel:
Constituency Office
2 Belton House, Castle Street, Bray Co. Wicklow
Tel: 01 2760583
Fax: 01 2760584
Dáil Office: 01 6183131

Email:
liz.mcmanus@oireachtas.ie

Political Career:

• Elected to Dáil Éireann in 1992, re-elected in 1997, 2002 and 2007
• Elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in 2002- 2007
• Minister of State for Housing & Urban Renewal 1994-1997
• President of the Informal Council of Housing Ministers during the EU Irish Presidency in 1996
• Member of the Northern Ireland Forum for Peace & Reconciliation 1994-97
• Chair of the Task Force on the Needs of the Travelling Community 1993
• First Elected to Bray UDC in 1979 and Wicklow County Council 1995

Occupation:

• Full-time Public Representative.

Memberships:

• Member of Oireachtas Committee on Climate Change and Energy Security (Rapporteur of report into Climate Change Law)
• Member of Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
• Member of Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children
• Board Member of Sculpture in Woodland
• Board Member of Wicklow Parenting Project

Other Interests:

• Established Womens Refuge in Bray in 1978 and was its convenor until 1991.
• Winner of the Hennessy, Listowel and Irish Pen awards in fiction.
• Her first novel "Acts of Subversion" was nominated for the Aer Lingus/Irish Times Literature Prize.
• Weekly columnist with Sunday Tribune 1986-1992.

Family Background:

• Liz is a mother of four children.

Birth Details:

• Born in Montreal, Canada, 1947.

Education:

• Qualified Architect, University College Dublin.

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