Seán Fleming

Seán Fleming
TD
Seán Fleming TD
Minister of State at the Department of Finance
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 July 2020
Taoiseach	Micheál Martin
Preceded by	Jack Chambers
Chair of the Public Accounts Committee
	In office; 4 April 2016 – 15 July 2020
Preceded by	John McGuinness
Succeeded by	Brian Stanley
Teachta Dála
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; February 2020
	In office; June 1997 – February 2016
Constituency	Laois–Offaly
	In office; February 2016 – February 2020
Constituency	Laois
Personal details
Born	1 February 1958 (age 66); Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Mary Fleming (m. 1992)
Children	1
Alma mater	University College Dublin

Seán Fleming (born 27 February 1958) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as Minister of State at the Department of Finance since July 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Laois–Offaly constituency since 2020, and previously from 1997 to 2016 and from 2016 to 2020 for the Laois constituency. He previously served as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2016 to 2020.^[1]

Fleming is an accountant by profession. He was educated at University College Dublin. Fleming was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1997 general election and retained his seat at the 2002, 2007, 2011, 2016 and 2020 general elections.^[2] He was formerly Financial Director of Fianna Fáil at national level.^{[citation needed]}

He served as Opposition Spokesperson for Public Expenditure and Reform from 2011 to 2016. He was previously the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2016 to 2020.

On 15 July 2020, he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Finance, with special responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Seán Fleming". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Seán Fleming". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 June 2009.
^ "Nomination of Member of Government: Motion – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Wednesday, 14 July 2020". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
^ Finance (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order (S.I. No. 646 of 2020). Signed on 8 December 2020. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 4 January 2021.

Oireachtas
Preceded by Ger Connolly (Fianna Fáil)	Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Laois–Offaly 1997–present	Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by Jack Chambers	Minister of State for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance 2020–present	Incumbent