Phil Prendergast
| Phil Prendergast MEP | |
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| Member of the European Parliament | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 21 April 2011 |
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| Preceded by | Alan Kelly |
| Constituency | South |
| Senator | |
| In office July 2007 – April 2011 |
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| Constituency | Labour Panel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 September 1959 County Kilkenny, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ray Prendergast |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Former Nurse, Midwife |
Phil Prendergast (née Foley; born 20 September 1959) is an Irish Labour Party politician. She is an S&D Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency. She was a member of Seanad Éireann on the Labour Panel from 2007 to 2011.[1]
Phil Foley was born in County Kilkenny. She was a midwife at South Tipperary General Hospital for more than 20 years. She was a member of Clonmel Borough Council and South Tipperary County Council from 1999 to 2007, where she was elected as originally as a member of the Workers and Unemployed Action Group (WUAG).[2] She left the WUAG in June 2005 to join the Labour Party and ran in the 2007 Dáil election against WUAG member Séamus Healy. She was not elected at the 2007 general election in the Tipperary South constituency, but was subsequently elected to the Seanad.
She caused some controversy within the local Labour Party branch when she tried to nominate her husband to replace her on the Council.[3]
She was previously Labour Party spokesperson on the Older Person and Seanad spokesperson on Health; Art and Sports; and Social and Family Affairs.[2] She unsuccessfully contested the 2011 general election for Tipperary South, receiving almost 11.0% of the first preference votes.
In April 2011, she was selected as the replacement for MEP Alan Kelly who was elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 election for Tipperary North.[4][5][6]
[edit] References
- ^ "Ms. Phil Prendergast". Oireachtas Members Database. http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=23&MemberID=2230&ConstID=206. Retrieved 23 February 2010.
- ^ a b "Phil Prendergast". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4456. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ "Labour row as senator appoints husband to fill seats". Irish Examiner. 6 September 2007. http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/2007/09/06/story41785.asp. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ^ "Statutory Declaration". Iris Oifigiúil. 15 April 2011. http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/currentissues/Ir150411.pdf.
- ^ "Phil prepares for Euro role". The Nationalist. 30 March 2011. http://www.nationalist.ie/news/local/phil_prepares_for_euro_role_1_2546259.
- ^ "Phil Prendergast". European Parliament. http://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/107386/Phil_PRENDERGAST.html. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
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| European Parliament | ||
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| Preceded by Alan Kelly (Labour Party) |
Member of the European Parliament for South 2011–present |
Incumbent |
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