Séamus Healy
| Séamus Healy TD | |
|---|---|
 Healy in 2015 | |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Tipperary |
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In office February 2011 – February 2016 | |
| Constituency | Tipperary South |
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In office June 2000 – May 2007 | |
| Constituency | Tipperary South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1950 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Workers and Unemployed Action |
| Other political affiliations | League for a Workers Republic, United Left Alliance |
Séamus Healy (born 9 August 1950) is an Irish politician. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Tipperary since the 2016 general election, having previously held one of the previous seats, Tipperary South from 2000 to 2007 and 2011 to 2016.[1]
He is part of the Clonmel based Workers and Unemployed Action (WUA) which has a number of local representatives on South Tipperary County Council and Clonmel Borough Council. He is a former member of the League for a Workers Republic.[2]
A former hospital administrator, Healy was first elected to Clonmel Borough Council in 1985.[2] He was elected to the 28th Dáil at a by-election on 22 June 2000. He was re-elected at the 2002 general election, but lost his seat at the 2007 general election to Martin Mansergh of Fianna Fáil.[3][4] After losing his Dáil seat he returned to serve as councillor in South Tipperary for Clonmel, being co-opted for Pat English, after which he was appointed to various committees such as the local Vocational Education Committee, promotion of the Irish language and various water supply committees.
His brother Paddy Healy served as president of the Teachers' Union of Ireland and ran unsuccessfully in the Seanad elections in 2007 on the NUI panel, and in the 1980s ran in the Dublin North–East Dáil constituency as an Anti H-Block candidate.
Séamus Healy was re-elected to South Tipperary County Council at the 2009 local elections.[3]
Healy won back his seat at the 2011 general election with 21.3% of the first preference vote.[5][6]
On 15 December 2011, he helped launch a nationwide campaign against the household charge being brought in as part of the 2012 Irish budget.[7]
He stood for re-election to the new Tipperary constituency as a non-party candidate in the 2016 general election, and was elected on the seventh count.[8] However, he was entered into the register of the 32nd Dáil as a Workers and Unemployed Action TD once again.[9] He voted for both Gerry Adams and Richard Boyd Barrett for Taoiseach when the 32nd Dáil first met.[10]
References
- ↑ "Mr. Séamus Healy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- 1 2 International Trotskyism, 1929–1985: a documented analysis of the movement By Robert Jackson Alexander, pg 576.
- 1 2 "Séamus Healy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ↑ "I'll be back - Healy". Tipperary Star. 31 May 2007.
- ↑ Minihan, Mary (28 February 2011). "Higgins pledges to build new party of left as five elected under ULA banner". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ↑ "Tipperary South Result 2011 General Election". RTÉ News. 28 February 2011. Retrieved 28 February 2011.
- ↑ "TDs would go to jail over household charge". RTÉ News. 15 December 2011. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
- ↑ Delehanty, Mary (2 March 2016). "Dáil General Election 2016 - Constituency of Tipperary Results Sheet" (PDF). Tipperary Returning Officer. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
- ↑ "Dáil Éireann Members Directory - Séamus Healy". Houses of the Oireachtas Service. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
- ↑ "Nomination of Taoiseach: 10 Mar 2016". Dáil debates. KildareStreet.com. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
| Oireachtas | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Michael Ferris (Labour Party) |
Independent Teachta Dála for Tipperary South 2000–2007 |
Succeeded by Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fáil) |
| Preceded by Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fáil) |
WUA Teachta Dála for Tipperary South 2011–2016 |
Succeeded by Constituency abolished |
| Preceded by Constituency created |
WUA Teachta Dála for Tipperary 2016–present |
Incumbent |