Elected to Dáil Éireann May 2007.
Michael McGrath was elected a T.D. for Cork South Central at the first attempt on 24th May 2007. In 2008, Michael was appointed by An Taoiseach Brian Cowen T.D. as Vice-Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance and the Public Service. Michael is also a member of the Public Accounts Committee.
Prior to his election to the Dáil, Michael was elected to Cork County Council in June 2004 for the Carrigaline electoral area. He first became an elected representative, aged 22, in 1999 when he was elected to Passage West Town Council. Michael has been involved in the Fianna Fáil organisation since 1997 and has served at most levels in the Party, including being a member of the party’s National Youth Committee. He was educated in St Peter’s Community School, Passage West, and secured a First Class Honours Commerce Degree in UCC.
Michael qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG in Cork City in 2001. He left a senior post in UCC as Head of Management Information and Systems in February 2005 to concentrate on his constituency work.
If you are interested in joining the local Fianna Fáil organisation or would like to join Michael’s constituency team, he would be delighted to hear from you.
Born August 1976. Michael is originally from Passage West and lives in Carrigaline with his wife Sarah and their four sons.
Cork South Central T.D. Michael McGrath has welcomed the start of work with an overall value of €13 million in schools in Cork City and County under the Summer Works Scheme. Read More
Local Fianna Fáil T.D. Michael McGrath has welcomed the approval by the Tánaiste & Minister for Education & Skills Mary Coughlan T.D. of the purchase of a site in Carrigaline by County Cork VEC for the development of an education campus in the town comprising three schools. Read More
Local Fianna Fáil T.D. Michael McGrath has received confirmation from the Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey T.D. that the Department of Transport will fund 50% of the land costs associated with the planned Carrigaline Western Relief Road. Cork County Council has committed to providing the remaining 50%. Read More
Local Fianna Fáil T.D. Michael McGrath has given his full backing to the calls by Cork Chamber for the planned upgrade of the N28 Cork to Ringaskiddy road scheme to go ahead. Read More
Local T.D. Michael McGrath has welcomed the news that a six week education programme for people with type 2 diabetes will start in Carrigaline on Tuesday, 6th July. Read More
Cork South Central TD Michael McGrath is advising families in Cork to check out their eligibility for funding assistance under the Government’s Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance and to submit their applications as soon as possible. Read More
Cork South Central T.D. Michael McGrath has tonight raised the issue of outpatient orthopaedic waiting lists at Cork University Hospital in a Dáil adjournment debate and has called on the HSE to undertake several new initiatives to bring waiting times down. Read More
Plans by Cork City Council to develop two all-weather playing pitches in Togher have been welcomed by Cork South Central T.D. Michael McGrath. Read More
The Department of Education is to appoint a design team to oversee the development of an extension to Carrigaline Community School, according to local T.D. Michael McGrath, who has welcomed the news. Read More
There have been 1,500 applications under the new ‘A Fair Deal’ nursing home support scheme in Cork / Kerry since the scheme became operational last October, according to information released to Cork South Central T.D. Michael McGrath. Read More
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