Ged Nash
Spokesperson on Employment and Social Protection

Biography

Ged is currently a sitting Senator .

Political Career

• Elected to Seanad, April 2016
• Appointed Minister for Business and Employment (at D/Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation) with special responsibility for small business and collective bargaining. The first ever Cabinet Minister from Drogheda, July 2014
• Appointed to Dáil Public Accounts Committee, April 2012-July 2014
• Appointed to Dáil Public Accounts Committee 2012
• Appointed to Dáil Committee on Foreign Affairs 2012
• Appointed to Dáil Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and the Gaeltacht 2011
• Former chair of the Oireachtas Friends of Palestine and the informal Oireachtas Cross Party Group to Tackle Alcohol Misuse.
• Elected vice chairman of Labour Parliamentary Party, March 2011.
• Elected to the Dáil, 2011
• Contested the General Election, May 2007
• Mayor of Drogheda (2004-05)
• Re-elected to Drogheda Borough Council and Louth County Council (2004, and 2009)
• First elected to Drogheda Corporation (West Gate Ward)1999;
• Co-Opted, Louth County Council (Drogheda West) 2002;
• Former Chairperson, UCD Labour Party;
• Former National Secretary, Labour Youth;
• Former Secretary, Association of Labour Councillors (1999 -2003);
• Member, Labour Party General Council (1997 - 1999).

Occupation

• Public Representative
• Former PR Consultant to trade unions and the not-for-profit sector
• Former company manager, Upstate Theatre Project, Drogheda.
• Former teacher, St. Oliver's CC, Drogheda

Memberships

• Member of Dáil Committee on Environment, Transport, Culture and the Gaeltacht,June 2011
• Director, Drogheda Youth Development
• Director, Calipo Theatre and Picture Company
• Member of Board of Droichead Arts Centre
• Member of Drogheda Rotary Club
• Former Member of Louth VEC

Other Interests

• Ged is interested in the arts, in particular theatre and Irish crafts and design.
• He has served on the boards of Drogheda Youth Development, Droichead Arts Centre, Calipo Theatre Company and Upstate Theatre Project.
• Involved in the establishment of Boomerang Youth Cafe, the Drogheda Arts Festival and the inaugural Drogheda Maritime Festival.
• A committed lifelong supporter of Drogheda United.

Family Background

• Married to Marion

Birth Details

• Drogheda, 1975

Education

• St. Joseph's CBS, Drogheda;
• Hons. BA in Politics & History, University College, Dublin