Séamus Healy
| Séamus Healy | |
|---|---|
| Teachta Dála | |
| Assumed office February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Tipperary South |
| In office June 2000 – May 2007 |
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| Constituency | Tipperary South |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1950 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Workers and Unemployed Action |
| Other political affiliations |
League for a Workers Republic, United Left Alliance |
Séamus Healy (born 9 August 1950) is an Irish politician. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Tipperary South since the 2011 general election,[1] having previously held the seat from 2000 to 2007.[2]
He is part of the Clonmel based Workers and Unemployed Action (WUA) which has a number of local representatives on South Tipperary County Council and Clonmel Borough Council. He is a former member of the League for a Workers Republic.[3]
A former hospital administrator, Healy was first elected to Clonmel Borough Council in 1985.[3] He was elected to the 28th Dáil at a by-election on 22 June 2000. He was re-elected at the 2002 general election, but lost his seat at the 2007 general election to Martin Mansergh of Fianna Fáil.[4][5] After losing his Dáil seat he returned to serve as councillor in South Tipperary for Clonmel, being co-opted for Pat English, after which he was appointed to various committees such as the local Vocational Education Committee, promotion of the Irish language and various water supply committees.
His brother Paddy Healy served as president of the Teachers' Union of Ireland and ran unsuccessfully in the Seanad elections in 2007 on the NUI panel, and in the 1980s ran in the Dublin North–East Dáil constituency as an Anti H-Block candidate.
Séamus Healy was re-elected to South Tipperary County Council at the 2009 local elections.[4]
Healy won back his seat at the 2011 general election with 21.3% of the first preference vote.[6][7]
On 15 December 2011, he helped launch a nationwide campaign against the household charge being brought in as part of the 2012 Irish budget.[8]
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| Oireachtas | ||
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| Preceded by | Independent Teachta Dála for Tipperary South 2000–2007 |
Succeeded by Martin Mansergh (Fianna Fáil) |
| Preceded by | WUA Teachta Dála for Tipperary South 2011–present |
Incumbent |
