Peadar Tóibín

Peadar Tóibín
TD
Chair of the Committee on Rural Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht
Assumed office
4 April 2016
Preceded by New office
Teachta Dála
Assumed office
February 2011
Constituency Meath West
Personal details
Born (1974-06-19) 19 June 1974
Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland
Nationality Irish
Political party Sinn Féin
Alma mater University College Dublin

Peadar Tóibín ([ˈpad̪əɾ t̪ˠoːˈbʲiːnʲ]; born 19 June 1974) is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath West constituency since the 2011 general election. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Rural Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht in April 2016.[1][2]

At the 2004 local elections he stood unsuccessfully for Navan Town Council, and for the Navan electoral area of Meath County Council.[2] He was co-opted onto Navan Town Council in November 2007, and held that seat at the 2009 local elections, when he was again unsuccessful in the county council election.[2]

He is a business consultant. He was the Chairperson of the Save Navan Hospital Campaign. He has a degree in Economics and Politics from University College Dublin (UCD) and was an active member of the Kevin Barry Cumann during his time there.

Tóibín was suspended from the Sinn Féin parliamentary party for six months, when he defied the party whip by voting against the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013.[3]

He called for a No vote in the 2018 Referendum on the Eighth Amendment. He and his party colleague Carol Nolan, who has been suspended from Sinn Féin for voting against policy on the abortion issue, were the only representatives from the party.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Mr. Peadar Tóibín". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 17 October 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "Peadar Tóibín". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 1 March 2011.
  3. ↑ "Peadar Toibín suspended from Sinn Féin for six months". TheJournal.ie. 12 July 2013.
  4. ↑ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/cross-party-group-of-politicians-calls-for-no-vote-in-referendum-1.3497253
Oireachtas
Preceded by
Johnny Brady
(Fianna Fáil)		 Sinn Féin Teachta Dála for Meath West
2011–present		 Incumbent
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