Kate O'Connell

Kate O'Connell TD
O'Connell in 2014

Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2016
Constituency	Dublin Bay South
Dublin City Councillor
In office 2014–2016
Constituency	Rathgar–Rathmines
Personal details
Born	(1980-01-03) 3 January 1980 Meath, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse(s)	Morgan O'Connell
Children	3
Occupation	Pharmacist

Kate O'Connell (born 3 January 1980) is a Fine Gael politician, and Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay South constituency, elected at the 2016 general election, on her first attempt.

O'Connell was a member of Dublin City Council from 2014 to 2016.^[1] She is also a chemist, and she and her husband Morgan run a late-night pharmacy in Rathgar. She attracted media attention after she published an article on the repeal of the Eight Amendment in the Irish Independent, entitled 'My own country couldn't facilitate our needs when we needed it most'.

References

↑ "Election 2016: Kate O'Connell". RTÉ. 2016-02-28.

Oireachtas
New constituency	Teachta Dála for Dublin Bay South 2016–present With: Eoghan Murphy Jim O'Callaghan Eamon Ryan	Incumbent

Current members of Dáil Éireann

As elected to the 32nd Dáil in 2016 Ceann Comhairle: Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Fine Gael (50)	Bailey Barrett Breen Brophy Bruton Burke C. Byrne Cannon Carey Corcoran Kennedy Coveney Creed J. Daly D'Arcy Deasy Deering R. Doherty Donohoe Doyle Durkan English Farrell Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Flanagan Griffin Harris Heydon Humphreys Kehoe E. Kenny§ Kyne Madigan McEntee McHugh McLoughlin Mitchell O'Connor D. Murphy Eoghan Murphy H. Naughton Neville Noonan O'Connell O'Donovan O'Dowd Phelan Ring Rock Stanton Varadkar

Fianna Fáil (43)	Aylward Brassil Breathnach Browne Butler T. Byrne Cahill Calleary Casey Cassells L. Chambers J. Chambers N. Collins Cowen Curran Dooley Fleming Gallagher Haughey Kelleher Lahart Lawless M. Martin§ McConalogue Michael McGrath McGuinness A. Moynihan M. Moynihan Murphy O'Mahony Eugene Murphy D. O'Brien O'Callaghan Ó Cuív O'Dea O'Keeffe O'Loughlin O'Rourke Rabbitte Scanlon Brendan Smith Smyth Troy

Sinn Féin (23)	Adams§ Brady Buckley Crowe Cullinane P. Doherty Ellis M. Ferris Funchion M. Kenny McDonald Mitchell Munster Nolan J. O'Brien Ó Broin Ó Caoláin Ó Laoghaire O'Reilly Ó Snodaigh Quinlivan Stanley Tóibín

Labour Party (7)	Burton§ Howlin Kelly J. O'Sullivan Penrose B. Ryan Sherlock

AAA–PBP (6)	Barry Boyd Barrett Coppinger G. Kenny P. Murphy Bríd Smith

Independents 4 Change (4)	Broughan J. Collins C. Daly Wallace

Social Democrats (3)	Donnelly§ C. Murphy§ Shortall§

Green Party (2)	C. Martin E. Ryan§

Workers and Unemployed Action (1)	Healy

Independent (18)	Canney^† M. Collins Connolly Fitzmaurice^† Grealish Halligan^† Harty D. Healy-Rae M. Healy-Rae Lowry F. McGrath^† Mattie McGrath Moran^† D. Naughten M. O'Sullivan Pringle Ross^† Zappone

§Party leaders Italics = Ministers ^†Ind. Alliance

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