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Cllr
Paul Gogarty
File:Paul Gogarty official ballot paper photo 2015.jpg
Paul Gogarty
South Dublin County Councilor
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 2014
ConstituencyLucan
Teachta Dála
In office
May 2002 – February 2011
ConstituencyDublin Mid–West
Personal details
Born (1968-12-20) 20 December 1968 (age 56)
Castlepollard, County Westmeath
NationalityIrish
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Green Party (1989–2011)
Alma materDublin Institute of Technology
Websitewww.paulgogarty.com

Paul Nicholas Gogarty (born 20 December 1968) is an Irish politician. He became a Green Party councillor on South Dublin County Council in 1999. He was a Green Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid–West constituency from 2002 to 2011.[1] He returned to the County Council as an independent politician in 2014.[2] He is also a musical performer. Gogarty contested the 2016 general election as part of the Independent Alliance, but was not elected.[3]

Political career

Early local politics

Gogarty joined the Green Party in 1989 as a student.[4] He ran unsuccessfully in the 1991 local elections for Fingal County Council.[5] He was first elected at the 1999 local elections for the Lucan local electoral area of South Dublin County Council.[6]

Dáil Éireann

Gogarty previously contested the 1992[7] and 1997[8] general elections in the Dublin West constituency. He also ran at the 1996 by-election caused by the death of Brian Lenihan, Snr.[9] At the 2002 general election he was elected to the Dáil for the new Dublin Mid–West constituency.[10] He was the first Green Party member to be elected in a three-seat constituency.[citation needed] After his election, Gogarty gave up his local council seat, in line with Green Party policy against dual-mandate and was succeeded by the late Fintan McCarthy.[citation needed] At the 2007 general election, he retained his Dáil seat, taking the second seat in the enlarged constituency.[11]

Following the Green Party's entry to government in 2007, Gogarty was appointed chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Science.[12]

In 2002, 2003 and again in 2008, Gogarty called for the pay of members of the Irish Parliament and Seanad to be cut. In November 2003 he described the decision to raise TDs pay by 13% during the Celtic Tiger era, compared with 6% for pensioners and social welfare recipients as a "urination" on the less well off in society.[13]

On 3 August 2010, Gogarty wrote to the Clerk of the Seanad[citation needed] asking that newspaper claims alleging that Senator Ivor Callely had supplied phone expenses claims on headed paper belonging to a company which no longer existed be investigated. Gogarty appeared on the RTÉ Joe Duffy radio show discussing this issue.[citation needed] He went to Lucan Garda station the next day and requested an investigation.[14]

In November 2010, he brought his 18-month-old daughter to a Green Party press conference.[15] The following day, many callers to a radio show criticised his decision. He responded that his regular child minder was not available when the press conference was called.[16]

Gogarty's work in protecting educational investment during a period of cutbacks has been widely reported in the media, including a profile in The Irish Times in November 2010, which claimed that his contribution was recognised by admirers and detractors alike.[17]

2009 swearing incident

On 11 December 2009, during his contribution[18] to a debate in the Dáil on the Social Welfare bill of the 2010 budget, Gogarty said to Labour Party TD Emmet Stagg: "With all due respect, in the most unparliamentary language, fuck you Deputy Stagg! Fuck you!"[19] He immediately apologised to the House for his use of unparliamentary language,[20] which was criticised by Deputy Lucinda Creighton, who demanded his suspension.[21] The incident was referred to a sitting of the Dáil committee on procedure and privileges, when it emerged that "fuck" is not included among the list of forbidden words set out in the Salient Rulings of the Chair, the document which regulates the behaviour and conduct of TDs.[22] Gogarty later clarified that the outburst was totally unintentional and not premeditated as some had suggested.[23] He also said that the outburst had to be taken in the context of his contribution during the debate that day[18] as well as a very turbulent and heated debate the previous night.[24]

Loss of seat

Gogarty lost his seat at the 2011 general election, polling 3.47% of the poll and losing his right to reclaim election expenses.[25][26]

Return to politics

Gogarty withdrew from politics for some years after losing his Dáil seat, and his membership of the Green Party lapsed.[27] In early 2014 he decided to run for South Dublin County Council in local elections that June.[27] He considered returning to the Green Party but ultimately ran a "low key campaign" as an independent.[27] He was elected on the 12th count to the fourth of eight seats in the Lucan local electoral area.[28]

In September 2015 Gogarty announced his intention to contest the 2016 general election as part of the Independent Alliance in the Dublin Mid–West constituency.[3] He failed to be elected, receiving only 5.9% of the 1st preference votes.

Other activities

In June 2011 he spent four days filming at the "Charity ICA Bootcamp" in County Louth. The show was broadcast on RTÉ the following August. He raised €5,000 for Pieta House, a suicide prevention and awareness charity. From July to November 2011 Gogarty was involved in season 4 of the RTÉ television series Celebrity Bainisteoir managing Oughterard's Seamus Ó Máille GAA Club, Galway. He was beaten by Tony Cascarino's team.[29][30]

In August 2012, he released his debut single "Wishing on a Photograph" under the stage name of His Sweet Surprise.[31] His third single "Know You All My Life" reached number one on the 7Digital Download Chart in January 2013.[32] He released a music album on 17 February 2013.[33]

References

  1. ^ "Mr. Paul Gogarty". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  2. ^ http://www.sdcc.ie/council/councillors/cllr-paul-gogarty
  3. ^ a b "ex-green td paul gogarty to stand in general election". Irish Times. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Profile of Paul Gogarty TD". Paul Gogarty's website. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  5. ^ "1991 Local elections – Castleknock". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  6. ^ "1999 Local elections – Lucan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  7. ^ "1992 General election – Dublin West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  8. ^ "1997 General election – Dublin West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  9. ^ "1996 By-election – Dublin West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  10. ^ "2002 General election – Dublin Mid–West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  11. ^ "Paul Gogarty". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  12. ^ "Parliamentary Debates". Houses of the Oireachtas. 8 November 2007. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
  13. ^ "Politicians' pay". The Irish Times. 11 November 2003.
  14. ^ "Garda Commissioner seeks Callely clarification". RTÉ News. 4 August 2010.
  15. ^ "Gogarty defends bringing baby to briefing". Irish Examiner. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  16. ^ Bring them back.. (24 November 2010). "Green TD attacked for bringing baby to briefing". Independent.ie. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  17. ^ "Green who often sees red". The Irish Times. 11 November 2010.
  18. ^ a b http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SLh-1wLIZ8
  19. ^ "Gogarty sorry for 'unparliamentary language'". RTÉ News. 11 December 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  20. ^ "Irish MP's 'F-word' sparks review". BBC News. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2010.
  21. ^ "Vol. 697 No. 5 Personal Apology by Deputy". 11 December 2009. Retrieved 11 December 2009.
  22. ^ "Changes expected to Dáil code after use of 'f-word'". The Irish Times. 14 December 2009. Archived from the original on 19 October 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2010. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEeKkSv7N0w
  24. ^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9b6VvBpMrc
  25. ^ "Election Count – Saturday". RTÉ News. 26 February 2011. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  26. ^ O'Brien, Ciara (26 February 2011). "Green TD Paul Gogarty concedes". The Irish Times.
  27. ^ a b c Duffy, Rónán (2 March 2014). "Guess which former Green TD turned pop singer is back in politics?". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  28. ^ "Lucan". Local Elections 2014 - Counts/Results. South Dublin County Council. 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
  29. ^ "RTÉ's Celebrity Bainisteoirs announced". RTÉ. 15 July 2011.
  30. ^ http://www.hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=157508
  31. ^ Pamela Duncan (31 August 2012). "Gogarty moves from Dáil to recording". Irish Times. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  32. ^ "Gogarty's sweet surprise at chart hit". The Irish Times. 14 January 2013.
  33. ^ Former Dáil member launches debut album this Sunday Hot Press, 2013-02-22. (subscription required)
Oireachtas
New constituency Teachta Dála for Dublin Mid–West
2002–2011
With: John Curran 2002–11
Mary Harney 2002–11
Joanna Tuffy from 2007 		Succeeded by

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