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Batt O’Keeffe, TD

Batt O’Keeffe
Batt O’Keeffe, TD

Constituency

Cork North West

Notes

Appointed Minister for Education and Science May 2008.

Contact

8 Westcliffe, Ballincollig, Co Cork
Tel: 021-4871393 
Fax: 021-4871393

Email

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Political Record

Re-elected to Dáil Éireann May 2007. Appointed Minister of State with special responsibility for Housing, Urban renewal and Developing Areas at the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government June 2007. Appointed Chairman of Joint Committee on Health and Children December 1997.
Member Joint Committees on Finance and the Public Service, Enterprise and Small Business.
Spokesperson on Transport and Communications 1995-97.
Chairman of Sustainable Development Committee 1995-97.
Member of Finance and General Affairs Committee 1992-95.
Member of Public Accounts Committee 1992-97.
Senator 1989-92.
 Member of Higher Education Committee.
Member of Southern Health Board.
Member of Association of Health Boards.
Holder of Munster GAA medals with Cork at Under 21, Junior and Senior levels.
Cork Intermediate Handball champion.
 

Personal Details

Born Mallow, Co Cork April 1945. Married to Mary Murphy, one son, three daughters. Educated St. Brendan's Killarney, Co. Kerry and UCC (BA, HDipED). Full time public representative and former Lecturer RTC, Cork. First elected 1987, lost seat 1989, re-elected 1992.

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Minister O’Keeffe turns sod on new €3.4m Garda station in Ballincollig

Posted 8:08 08/03/10

The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, today [Monday] turned the sod on a new €3.4 million Garda station in Ballincollig which is expected to be completed 18 months from now. Read More

Minister O’Keeffe opens science labs in Mitchelstown school

Posted 5:59 01/03/10

The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, today [Monday] opened two new science laboratories in St Fanahan’s College, Mitchelstown, Co Cork. Read More

FG political charge on special needs ‘emotive and irresponsible’ - Minister O’Keeffe

Posted 12:06 24/02/10

The political charge made by a Fine Gael senator before the party’s private members' motion on special educational needs this evening is misleading, emotive and downright irresponsible, according to the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD. Read More

Minister O’Keeffe slashes school prefab rental contracts to just 20

Posted 6:16 22/02/10

The number of rental contracts agreed for school prefabs was slashed last year to just 20 compared to 266 the year before, according to the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD. Read More

Statement by Minister O’Keeffe at the announcement of strategic alliance between UL and NUI Galway

Posted 14:11 18/02/10

Remarks by the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, at the announcement of a strategic alliance between NUI Galway and the University of Limerick Read More

FG in dark over Government initiatives to reform maths - Minister O’Keeffe

Posted 7:54 17/02/10

A Fine Gael statement today on maths teachers in schools shows an alarming ignorance of the Government’s curricular reform initiatives and support for professional development courses for teachers, according to the Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD. Read More

Minister O’Keeffe announces 52 school building projects as part of €579m plan

Posted 10:37 16/02/10

The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, confirms details of 52 school building projects which can go to tender and construction as part of the Government’s €579 million school building programme. Read More

HSE to tender for private operator to run new Ballincollig hospital - Minister O’Keeffe

Posted 4:23 12/02/10

The Health Services Executive is to tender for a private healthcare operator to run the new 100-bed community nursing unit in Ballincollig, according to the Minister for Education and Science and local Fianna Fáil TD, Batt O’Keeffe. Read More

Internet Safety Day 2010 - Speech by the Minister for Education and Science

Posted 11:59 09/02/10

Today we are joining with 65 countries around the world by marking Safer Internet day. Read More

Minister O’Keeffe and Des Bishop launch new website to teach Irish

Posted 6:46 01/02/10

The Minister for Education and Science, Batt O’Keeffe TD, today [Monday] launched an interactive website to improve teaching and learning of spoken Irish in post-primary schools in a move backed by popular comedian Des Bishop. Read More

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