Alan Farrell

Alan Farrell
TD
Chair of the Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Assumed office
8 July 2017
Preceded by Jim Daly
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2016
Constituency Dublin Fingal
In office
February 2011 – February 2016
Constituency Dublin North
Personal details
Born (1977-12-29) 29 December 1977
Malahide, Dublin, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Political party Fine Gael
Spouse(s) Emma Doyle (m. 2010)
Children 2
Alma mater Dublin City University
Website www.alanfarrell.ie

Alan Farrell (born 29 December 1977) is an Irish Fine Gael politician, who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Fingal constituency since the 2011 general election. He previously served as a TD for the Dublin North constituency from 2011 to 2016.

He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Children and Youth Affairs in July 2017. Farrell served as a Fingal County Councillor from 2004–11 and as Mayor of Fingal in 2007–08. [1][2][3][4]

In the 31st Dáil (2011–16) Farrell was a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform. He was also the chairperson of the Fine Gael Committee on Public Expenditure & Reform from 2011–13 and the Fine Gael Committee on Justice, Defense & Equality from 2013–16.

In 2013, Farrell was appointed Head of the Irish Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny. [5]

In the 32nd Dáil (2016–present) Farrell is a member of the Public Account Committee and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality. Farrell was reappointed as Head of Delegation to the OSCE PA following the formation of Government.[6]

Farrell was the subject of controversy after he hired his wife, Emma Doyle as his temporary parliamentary assistant for four months in the Dáil. This was just two weeks after she was rejected by Farrell's Malahide Fine Gael Party branch as his replacement on Fingal County Council in 2011. Parliamentary assistants salaries range between €41,092 and €52,200 per year, which is paid for by the State.[7]

In October 2013, he referred to singer Sinéad O'Connor as being "mad as a brush", in a tweet. He later issued a brief apology via his website and later deleted the apology.[8]

Farrell was re-elected at the 2016 general election.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Mr. Alan Farrell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "Alan Farrell". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
  3. ↑ http://www.independent.ie/regionals/fingalindependent/news/seat-for-fgs-alan-after-4-week-canvass-27772609.html
  4. ↑ "Alan Farrell TD". Alanfarrell.ie. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
  5. ↑ https://www.oscepa.org/members/member-directory/406-ireland/file
  6. ↑ http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/oireachtasbusiness/committees_list/
  7. ↑ Kelly, Fiach (26 March 2011). "FG TD hires wife as aide after council bid fails". Irish Independent. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  8. ↑ "TD says sorry to O'Connor". Irish Examiner. 8 October 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
  9. ↑ "Elections Ireland - Dublin Fingal".
Oireachtas
Preceded by
Michael Kennedy
(Fianna Fáil)		 Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Dublin North
2011–2016		 Succeeded by
Constituency abolished
Preceded by
New constituency		 Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Dublin Fingal
2016–present		 Incumbent
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