Michael McCarthy TD - Biography
Constituency:
Cork South West
Euro Electoral Region:
Ireland South
Electoral Status:
Michael is currently a sitting TD for Cork South West
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Address:
Milleenananig
Clonakilty Road
Dunmanway
Co. Cork
Tel:
Constituency Office:
Tel: 023 - 8855705
Fax: 023 - 8855706
Mobile: 087 - 6481004
Email:
michael.mccarthy@oireachtas.ie
Website:
http://www.michaelmccarthy.ie
Political Career:
- Appointed Vice-Chairman to the Committee on Investigations, Oversight and Petitions
- Appointed to Dáil Public Accounts Committee
- Secured a Dail seat on his third General Election campaign, Feb. 2011
- Re-Elected to Seanad Eireann on July 24th 2007
- Contested 2007 General Election
- Michael was elected to Seanad Éireann on 17th July 2002
- He was elected on the Labour Panel and was Labour's youngest member of the Oireachtas
- Michael contested the General Election in Cork South West in May 2002, and just missed out on winning a seat
- He was co-opted to the National Youth Committee 1997
Occupation:
- Full-Time Public Representative
Memberships:
- Vice-Chairman of Committee on Investigations, Oversight and Petitions, June 2011
- Member of Dáil Public Account Committee, June 2011
- Former member, Joint Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries & Food 2007
- Former member, Joint Committee on Administration 2007
- Former member, Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food 2002 - 2007
- Former member, Joint Committee on Environment and Local Government 2002 - 2007
Other Interests:
- Michael is the fourth TD to be elected from Dunmanway
Family Background:
- married to Nollagh, with two children
Birth Details:
- Bantry, November 1976
Education:
- Colaiste Chairbe, Dunmanway
