- Fiona O'Malley
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office = Senator
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office2 =Teachta Dála for Dún Laoghaire
predecessor2 = Seán Barrett
successor2 = Seán Barrett
term_start2 = 6 June 2002
term_end2 = 14 June 2007
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party =Progressive Democrats
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footnotes =Fiona O'Malley (born 19 January 1968) is an Irish
Progressive Democrats politician and is currently a member of the 23rdSeanad Éireann having beennominated by the Taoiseach . She was formerly aTeachta Dála (TD) for Dún Laoghaire from 2002 until 2007.__TOC__
O'Malley comes from a famous political family. Her father,
Desmond O'Malley , was a formerFianna Fáil Cabinet Minister and founder of the Progressive Democrats. Her grand-uncle wasDonogh O'Malley , an innovative minister in the 1960s. She is also a cousin of another former Progressive Democrats TD,Tim O'Malley .Her first political position was as elected member of the
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council from 1997. She was re-elected in 1999 and resigned her council seat in 2003 when thedual mandate was no longer allowed.She was a member of the
Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Sports and Tourism and the Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children. She was also a member of the Dáil All-Party group concerned with matters of sexual and reproductive health. She has travelled toSouth America andSouth Africa with theUnited Nations Population Fund and has spoken extensively of the need for a clearsafe sex message both in Ireland and in the developing world.She was narrowly defeated in the race to become the 4th Leader of the Progressive Democrats by Senator
Ciarán Cannon of Galway East. She currently serves as the party Spokesperson on Energy, Arts and Culture.Dublin South by-election
O'Malley has been selected as the Progressive Democrats candidate to contest the upcoming Dublin South by-election called to fill the Dáil Éireann seat left vacant due to the death of former minister
Séamus Brennan .References
*Oireachtas-database|1=http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=23&MemberID=1836&ConstID=210
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Families in the Oireachtas External links
* [http://www.fionaomalley.ie/ Fiona O'Malley's official website]
* [http://www.progressivedemocrats.ie/our_people/member/11/ Fiona O'Malley's profile on the Progressive Democrat party website]
* [http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4586 Fiona O'Malley's electoral history] (ElectionsIreland.org)
* [http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fiona-OMalley/13403352135 Fiona O'Malley's Facebook page]Navboxes
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