Tom Hayes (politician)

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Tom Hayes TD
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2001
Constituency Tipperary South
Senator
In office
September 1997 – June 2001
Constituency Agricultural Panel
Personal details
Born 16 February 1952 (1952-02-16) (age 60)
Golden, County Tipperary
Nationality Irish
Political party Fine Gael
Alma mater University College Cork
Website www.tomhayes.ie

Tom Hayes (born 16 February 1952) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and farmer. He is currently a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary South constituency.[1]

He was elected in 1997 to the 21st Seanad Éireann on the Agricultural Panel, Hayes was Fine Gael's Seanad spokesperson on Agriculture. He was elected on 30 June 2001 to the 28th Dáil as a TD for Tipperary South, when he held the seat for Fine Gael in a by-election following the death of Theresa Ahearn. He was re-elected at the 2002 and 2007 general elections.[2]

Hayes served as Chairman of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party from September 2002 to March 2010. He was party Deputy spokesperson on Transport with special responsibility for Road Safety from October 2010 to March 2011.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Mr. Tom Hayes". Oireachtas Members Database. http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=21&MemberID=1807&ConstID=205. Retrieved 24 August 2009. 
  2. ^ "Tom Hayes". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4395. Retrieved 24 August 2009. 

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Preceded by
Theresa Ahearn
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Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Tipperary South
2007–present
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Preceded by
Pádraic McCormack
Chairman of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party
2002–2010
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