Constituency Office: 3 Carrickfern, Cavan.
Tel: 049-4362366
Fax: 049-4362367
Email: Brendan.smith@oireachtas.ie
Born in Cavan, June 1956. Married to Anne McGarry.
Educated Bawnboy National School; St. Camillus College, Killucan, Co. Westmeath; and UCD (B.A. in Politics and Economics).
Full time Public Representative and former Advisor to Government Minister and Tánaiste.
Member of Templeport Gaelic Football Club, the Cavan G.A.A. Supporters' Club, Cavan Drama Festival, Cómhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and Cumann Seanchais Bhréifne.
Cavan Monaghan Deputy Brendan Smith has raised concerns that the new carbon tax that kicked in this month will strangle retailers in border counties, as increased prices will drive people across the border to buy solid fuels. The Fianna Fáil Deputy raised a special debate in the Dáil on the matter today, questioning the Finance Minister Michael Noonan about the impact of this new tax on the border region economy. Read More | Share
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Brendan Smith TD, says there must now be a concerted effort by the Government to ensure there is widespread support for officially recognising the 50,000 undocumented Irish in the US Read More | Share
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Brendan Smith TD, has welcomed the announcement that former President Mary Robinson has been appointed as UN Special Envoy to the Great Lakes region in central Africa. Read More | Share
I wish to convey my deepest sympathies to the family of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe. I offer my sincere condolences to Adrian's wife and children, to his parents, Hugh and Peggy, and to his brothers, sisters and extended family. Adrian is from a highly respected and much admired family in Kilnaleck in my county of Cavan. Read More | Share
Cavan Fianna Fáil Deputy Brendan Smith has extended his deepest sympathies to the family of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe. “Garda Donohoe was very well known and hugely respected in his hometown of Kilnaleck, Co Cavan as well as in Dundalk were he was stationed,” said Deputy Smith. Read More | Share
Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs Brendan Smith has welcomed the overwhelmingly positive vote in the UN General Assembly on upgrading the status of Palestine to a non-member Observer State in the UN. This will allow Palestine to join UN organisations, and marks an important step towards sparking the peace process back into life. Read More | Share
Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith is demanding action from the Government on what he describes as the ‘escalating home help crisis’ in Cavan and Monaghan. Read More | Share
Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith has demanded action from the Education Minister following confirmation that more than 1,800 students from across Cavan and Monaghan are still waiting for their student grants to be processed. Read More | Share
Fianna Fáil is to hold a public meeting in Cavan next week on the upcoming Children’s Referendum. Read More | Share
Fianna Fáil has repeated its call for an overhaul of the Overseas Development Aid (ODA) auditing system, following allegations that €4 million of Irish aid was misappropriated by the Ugandan Government. Read More | Share
Brendan Smith, T.D. is currently the Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Border Region Development.
He previously served as Spokesperson on Education and Skills.
Brendan is a former Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Minister for Justice and Law Reform.
First elected to Dáil Eireann in 1992, he has been re-elected for the Cavan/Monaghan constituency in every subsequent General Election.
He has served as a Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food and as Minister for Children, at the Department of Health and Children.
Prior to his election to Dáil Eireann, he served as a Special Advisor to the former Tánaiste and Minister, the late John Wilson.
Other Details:
- Minister for Children from June 2007 to May 2008.
- Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food with special responsibility for Food and Horticulture from September 2004 to June 2007.
- Co-Chairman of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body 2002 - Sept. 2004.
- Member of the Dáil Committee on Procedure and Privileges until Sept. 2004.
- Government Whip on Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs in the 28th Dáil.
- Served as a member of the Co. Cavan Vocational Education Committee including Chairman of the Board of Management of Cavan College of Further Studies and Chairman of the Board of Management of Virginia Vocational School.
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