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Senator Terry Leyden

Constituency

Panel

Labour Panel

Notes

Re-elected to Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel July 2007. Spokesperson for European Affairs and Integration Policy. First elected to Dail Eireann in 1977

Contact

Seanad Éireann, Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Tel. 01 618 3853/4424
Mobile: 087 797 89 22
Web: www.terryleyden.com

Home Address: Castlecoote, Co. Roscommon

Email

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Political Record

- Elected to Roscommon County Council 1974, Re-elected in 1979, 1985 & 1999.
- Elected to Dail Eireann Roscommon / South Leitrim 1977 to 1981
- Elected to Dail Eireann Roscommon / East Galway 1981 - 1992.
- Minister of State, Department of Posts & Telegraphs & Transport, 1982.
- Member of Fianna Fail Front Bench Spokesman Posts & Telegraphs,1983 - 1987.
- Minister of State, Department of Health, 1987 - 1989.
- Minister for Trade & Marketing, 1989 -1992.
- Member of Council of Europe in Strasbourg 1992.
- Member of Seanad Éireann November 1992 - March 1993.
- Member of Seanad Éireann 2002 - Present day (Labour Panel).
- Presently Government Frontbench Spokesperson on European Affairs and Integration Policy in Seanad Éireann.
- Presently a member of the Irish Delegation to the Council of Europe.

Personal Details

Married to Mary leyden (nee O’Connor) and father to Orla, Conor, and twins Sinead and Mairead. Educated in CBS Primary School, Roscommon Town; Vocational School, Roscommon; National University of Ireland, Galway, Diploma in Politics, Sociology and Economics (Extra Mural Course).