Michael McNamara TD - Biography
Constituency:
Clare
Euro Electoral Region:
Ireland North West
Electoral Status:
Michael is currently a sitting TD for Clare
.
Address:
Ennis Constituency Office: Courthouse view, New Road, Ennis, Co. Clare
Shannon Constituency Office: Sky Court, Shannon, Co. Clare
Tel:
Ennis Constituency Office: 065-6893639
Shannon Town Constituency Office: 061-479020
Email:
michael.mcnamara@oir.ie
Political Career:
- Nominated to Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture,Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade June 2011
- Secured Labour's first Dail seat in 19years, polled second highest vote to secure the first Labour seat in Clare since Dr Moosajee Bhamjee election in 1992
- Selected to contest General Election in Clare for Labour, Nov. 2010
- Contested 2009 European Elections and polled 12,744 votes
Occupation:
- Barrister and Farmer
- Part-time Lecturer in Law, University of Limerick, February 2007 to February 2008
- Electoral Complaints Commission / United Nations Office for Project Services, Kabul, May 2005 to October 2005
- Human Rights Officer, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, September 2000 to August 2004
Memberships:
- Member of Dáil Committee on Communications, Natural Resources and Agriculture,June 2011
- Member of Dáil Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade June 2011
- Member of Scariff GAA Club and the IFA.
Other Interests:
- Previously provided support for producers and reporters as required on “Prime Time”, the flagship current affairs programme of the Irish national broadcasting (November 1997 to September 2000)
- Political and Legal Affairs Adviser on OSCE Election Support Team to Afghanistan, August - October 2004
- Independent Electoral Expert on Iraqi out-of-country voting, UNDP, Denmark, January – February 2005
- Legal Expert, European Union Electoral Observation Mission, Yemen, August - October 2006
- External Evaluation of Election Support Programme, UNDP, Yemen, August 2007
- Legal Expert, European Union Electoral Observation Mission, Pakistan, February - March 2008
- Electoral and Legal Expert, European Union Exploratory Mission, Lebanon, February – March 2009
- Legal Analyst, The Carter Center,Sudan, March – April 2010
- International Electoral Law Expert, UNDP, Sudan, October 2010
Birth Details:
- 1 March, 1974
Education:
- Studied at Scariff Community College, St. Flannan’s College, Ennis
- University College, Cork, 1993 - 1996
- King’s Inns, Dublin, 2005 - 2006
- KU Leuven, 2005 - 2007
