- Noel O'Flynn
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Noel O'Flynn Teachta Dála In office
June 1997 – February 2011Constituency Cork North Central Personal details Born 1 December 1951
Blackpool, County CorkPolitical party Fianna Fáil Spouse(s) Frances O'Keeffe Children 3 Alma mater Regional Technical College, Cork Website Official website Noel O'Flynn (born 1 December 1951) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North Central constituency from 1997 to 2011.[1]
He was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 1997 general election. He was re-elected, topping the poll, at the 2002 general election, and retained his seat at the 2007 general election.[2]
Before the 2002 general election, O'Flynn stated that "some asylum-seekers in Cork were spongers, freeloaders and conmen."[3]
He was Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications Marine and Natural Resources from 2002–2007. He is also a member of the Oireachtas Joint Committees on European Scrutiny and on Foreign Affairs.
O'Flynn served on Cork City Council from 1991–2003 having been re-elected in 1991 and 1999 in the North Central electoral area. He resigned his seat in July 2003 because of the dual mandate rules which prohibit members of the Oireachtas from sitting on a Local authority. The seat was filled by the co-option of his son Gary O'Flynn.
He was educated at Regional Technical College, Cork. He is married to Frances O'Keeffe and they have three sons, including Kenneth O'Flynn who was co-opted onto Cork City Council in December 2008, and was re-elected in June 2009.
In January 2011, he announced that he would not contest the 2011 general election. Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin had asked O'Flynn not to run for the sake of the party as he believed there would only be one seat for Fianna Fáil in the constituency.[4]
References
- ^ "Mr. Noel O'Flynn". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=30&MemberID=882&ConstID=39. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ "Noel O'Flynn". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=4238. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ "O'Flynn is with FF on immigration". The Sunday Business Post. 28 April 2002. http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2002/04/28/story187298628.asp. Retrieved 13 October 2009.
- ^ "Noel O'Flynn not running in General Election". RTÉ News. 30 January 2011. http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0130/politics_oflynnn.html. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
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Oireachtas Preceded by
Kathleen Lynch
(Democratic Left)Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Cork North Central
1997–2011Succeeded by
Jonathan O'Brien
(Sinn Féin)Categories:- 1951 births
- Living people
- Fianna Fáil politicians
- Teachtaí Dála
- Members of the 28th Dáil
- Members of the 29th Dáil
- Members of the 30th Dáil
- Local councillors in County Cork
- Alumni of Cork Institute of Technology
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