Michael McGrath (politician)

Michael McGrath TD


Opposition Spokesperson for Finance
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 June 2011
Leader	Micheál Martin
Preceded by	Brian Lenihan
Opposition Spokesperson for Public Expenditure and Reform
In office April 2011 – June 2011
Leader	Micheál Martin
Preceded by	New Office
Succeeded by	Seán Fleming
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office May 2007
Constituency	Cork South–Central
Personal details
Born	(1976-08-23) 23 August 1976 Cork, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse(s)	Sarah McGrath
Children	7
Alma mater	University College Cork
Website	www.michaelmcgrath.ie

Michael McGrath (born 23 August 1976) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South–Central constituency since 2007.^[1] He was first elected at the 2007 general election.^[2] He was a member of Passage West Town Council from 1999 to 2007, and a member of Cork County Council for the Carrigaline electoral area from 2004 to 2007. He has a Commerce degree from University College Cork and is a qualified chartered accountant.

He was appointed the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Financial Sector Reform but has since taken the role of Finance spokesperson after the death of Brian Lenihan.

McGrath represented Fianna Fáil in the Oireachtas delegation that met the Bundestag's Budgetary and European Affairs committees in Berlin in late January 2012.^[3] He represented Fianna Fáil in talks on government formation in 2016.^[4]

References

↑ "Mr. Michael McGrath". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
↑ "Michael McGrath". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
↑ "Oireachtas delegation in Bundestag meeting". RTÉ News. 26 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
↑ McGee, Harry (12 March 2016). "Fianna Fáil's negotiating team for government talks revealed". The Irish Times.

External links

Oireachtas
Preceded by Batt O'Keeffe (Fianna Fáil)	Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Cork South–Central 2007–present	Incumbent

Current members of Dáil Éireann

As elected to the 32nd Dáil in 2016 Ceann Comhairle: Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Fine Gael (50)	Bailey Barrett Breen Brophy Bruton Burke C. Byrne Cannon Carey Corcoran Kennedy Coveney Creed J. Daly D'Arcy Deasy Deering R. Doherty Donohoe Doyle Durkan English Farrell Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Flanagan Griffin Harris Heydon Humphreys Kehoe E. Kenny§ Kyne Madigan McEntee McHugh McLoughlin Mitchell O'Connor D. Murphy Eoghan Murphy H. Naughton Neville Noonan O'Connell O'Donovan O'Dowd Phelan Ring Rock Stanton Varadkar

Fianna Fáil (43)	Aylward Brassil Breathnach Browne Butler T. Byrne Cahill Calleary Casey Cassells L. Chambers J. Chambers N. Collins Cowen Curran Dooley Fleming Gallagher Haughey Kelleher Lahart Lawless M. Martin§ McConalogue Michael McGrath McGuinness A. Moynihan M. Moynihan Murphy O'Mahony Eugene Murphy D. O'Brien O'Callaghan Ó Cuív O'Dea O'Keeffe O'Loughlin O'Rourke Rabbitte Scanlon Brendan Smith Smyth Troy

Sinn Féin (23)	Adams§ Brady Buckley Crowe Cullinane P. Doherty Ellis M. Ferris Funchion M. Kenny McDonald Mitchell Munster Nolan J. O'Brien Ó Broin Ó Caoláin Ó Laoghaire O'Reilly Ó Snodaigh Quinlivan Stanley Tóibín

Labour Party (7)	Burton Howlin§ Kelly J. O'Sullivan Penrose B. Ryan Sherlock

AAA–PBP (6)	Barry Boyd Barrett Coppinger G. Kenny P. Murphy Bríd Smith

Independents 4 Change (4)	Broughan J. Collins C. Daly Wallace

Green Party (2)	C. Martin E. Ryan§

Social Democrats (2)	C. Murphy§ Shortall§

Workers and Unemployed Action (1)	Healy§

Independent (19)	Canney^† M. Collins Connolly Donnelly Fitzmaurice^† Grealish Halligan^† Harty D. Healy-Rae M. Healy-Rae Lowry F. McGrath^† Mattie McGrath Moran^† D. Naughten M. O'Sullivan Pringle Ross^† Zappone

§Party leaders Italics = Ministers ^†Ind. Alliance

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