Michael Harty (politician)

Irish former politician (born 1955)

ConstituencyClare

Born (1955-04-07) 7 April 1955 (age 70)

Michael Harty
Harty in 2016

Chair of the Committee on Health
In office 4 April 2016 – 14 January 2020
Preceded by	Jerry Buttimer
Succeeded by	Seán Crowe
Teachta Dála
In office February 2016 – February 2020
Constituency	Clare

Personal details
Born	(1955-04-07) 7 April 1955 (age 70) Limerick, Ireland
Party	Independent
Alma mater	Royal College of Surgeons

Michael Harty (born 7 April 1955) is an Irish former independent politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency from 2016 to 2020.^[1]^[2]

A general practitioner based in Kilmihil, County Clare, he campaigned on a 'No Doctor No Village' platform to reverse the decline in the income of rural GPs.^[3]

On the election of Taoiseach in 2016, he voted for Enda Kenny as Taoiseach. He served as Chair of the Committee on Health from April 2016 to February 2020.^[4]

On 13 January 2020, he announced that he would not contest the 2020 general election.^[5]

In August 2020, he attended a golf party in County Galway which breached the COVID-19 guidelines.^[6]

References

↑ "Michael Harty". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
↑ "Michael Harty". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
↑ "Election 2016: Dr Michael Harty". RTÉ News. 27 February 2016.
↑ "Dr Michael Harty will not seek re-election as TD". independent. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
↑ O'Regan, Eilish (13 January 2020). "Dr Michael Harty will not seek re-election as TD". Irish Independent. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
↑ Moore, Aoife (21 August 2020). "#Golfgate: Invite to Oireachtas event didn't mention pandemic". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 24 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Clare constituency

This table is transcluded from Clare (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)

Dáil	Election				Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921	Éamon de Valera (SF)	Brian O'Higgins (SF)	Seán Liddy (SF)		Patrick Brennan (SF)	4 seats 1921–1923
3rd	1922	Éamon de Valera (AT-SF)	Brian O'Higgins (AT-SF)	Seán Liddy (PT-SF)		Patrick Brennan (PT-SF)	4 seats 1921–1923
4th	1923	Éamon de Valera (Rep)	Brian O'Higgins (Rep)	Conor Hogan (FP)		Patrick Hogan (Lab)		Eoin MacNeill (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)	Éamon de Valera (FF)	Patrick Houlihan (FF)	Thomas Falvey (FP)				Patrick Kelly (CnaG)
6th	1927 (Sep)		Patrick Houlihan (FF)	Martin Sexton (FF)				Patrick Kelly (CnaG)
7th	1932		Seán O'Grady (FF)	Martin Sexton (FF)				Patrick Burke (CnaG)
8th	1933			Patrick Houlihan (FF)				Patrick Burke (CnaG)
9th	1937			Thomas Burke (FP)				Patrick Burke (FG)
10th	1938					Peter O'Loghlen (FF)
11th	1943					Patrick Hogan (Lab)
12th	1944					Peter O'Loghlen (FF)
12th	1945 by-election					Peter O'Loghlen (FF)		Patrick Shanahan (FF)
13th	1948					Patrick Hogan (Lab)	4 seats 1948–1969
14th	1951		Patrick Hillery (FF)	William Murphy (FG)
15th	1954
16th	1957
16th	1959 by-election	Seán Ó Ceallaigh (FF)
17th	1961
18th	1965
18th	1968 by-election			Sylvester Barrett (FF)
19th	1969	Frank Taylor (FG)			3 seats 1969–1981
20th	1973		Brendan Daly (FF)
21st	1977
22nd	1981	Madeleine Taylor (FG)				Bill Loughnane (FF)	4 seats since 1981
23rd	1982 (Feb)	Donal Carey (FG)				Bill Loughnane (FF)
24th	1982 (Nov)					Madeleine Taylor-Quinn (FG)
25th	1987			Síle de Valera (FF)
26th	1989
27th	1992		Moosajee Bhamjee (Lab)			Tony Killeen (FF)
28th	1997		Brendan Daly (FF)
29th	2002	Pat Breen (FG)	James Breen (Ind.)
30th	2007		Joe Carey (FG)	Timmy Dooley (FF)
31st	2011					Michael McNamara (Lab)
32nd	2016					Michael Harty (Ind.)
33rd	2020	Violet-Anne Wynne (SF)		Cathal Crowe (FF)		Michael McNamara (Ind.)
34th	2024	Donna McGettigan (SF)	Joe Cooney (FG)	Cathal Crowe (FF)		Timmy Dooley (FF)

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