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Mary O’Rourke, TD

Constituency

Notes

First elected to Dáil Éireann in November 1982 Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on the Constitutional Amendment on Children

Contact

Aisling, Arcadia,
Athlone,
Co Westmeath
Tel: 01-618 3860 or 090 -64-72313 or mobile 087-2802806

Email

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Political Record

Appointed to Seanad Éireann 1997 - 2002
Leader of Seanad Éireann 1997 - 2002
Minister for Public Enterprise and Transport 1997-2002
Front Bench spokesperson on Enterprise and Employment 1995-97
Minister of State for Labour Affairs 1993-94
Minister of State for Trade and Marketing 1992-93
Minister for Health 1991-92
Minister for Education 1987-91
Front Bench Spokesperson on Education 1982-87
Senator 1981-82
Member Westmeath County Council 1979-87
First elected to Dáil Éireann November 1982
Former Seanad Spokesperson on Northern Ireland
Former member Forum for Peace and Reconciliation
Former Deputy Leader of Fianna Fail

Personal Details

Born Athlone, Co. Westmeath ,May 1937. Sister of the late Brian Lenihan, Dáil Deputy and Minister. Daughter of PJ Lenihan, Dáil Deputy 1965-70 & Mrs Anne Lenihan, Aunt of Ministers Brian and Conor Lenihan. Educated at Loreto Convent, Bray, Co Wicklow: UCD and St. Patrick's College, Maynooth (BA, HdipEd). Former secondary school teacher. Mother of 2 sons Feargal & Aengus and Grandmother of 5.