Billy Timmins

Billy Timmins

Billy Timmins (born 1959) is an Irish Fine Gael TD. He is currently the opposition spokesperson on Defence.

Billy Timmins was born in Baltinglass, County Wicklow. He was educated at Patrician College, Ballyfin and University College Galway where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Legal Science, and at the Military College, Curragh. Timmins served as an army officer, serving in various locations around Ireland and with the United Nations in the Lebanon and Cyprus.

Timmins was first elected to Dáil Éireann for the constituency of Wicklow at the 1997 general election to succeed his father Godfrey Timmins who was retiring, and has held his seat ever since. Having just arrived in the Dáil he became Fine Gael spokesperson for Defence, Peace-Keeping and Humanitarian Relief. In 2000 he became Fine Gael spokesperson on Housing. Following the 2002 general election he was appointed Spokesperson for Agriculture & Food. Most recently following Enda Kenny's Front Bench reshuffle in 2004 he received the Defence spokesperson portfolio.

External links

* [http://www.ireland.com/focus/election_2002/biogs/timmins_billy.htm Irish Times profile]
* [http://www.finegael.ie/Representatives/representatives.cfm?id=24&TD_Key=13 Bily Timmins's page on the Fine Gael website]


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