Ceann Comhairle

CV

Mr. Séamus Kirk
Chairman of Dáil Éireann

Private Secretary: Brendan Conroy
E-mail: ceann.comhairle@oireachtas.ie

Parliamentary Office
Dáil Éireann
Leinster House
Dublin 2
Ireland
Tel + 353 1 618 3343

Constituency Office
Rathiddy
Knockbridge
Dundalk
Co. Louth
Tel: + 353 (042) 9331032

Birth Place/Date
Drumkeith, Co. Louth. 26 April 1945

Married
Mary McGeough. 3 sons 1 daughter

Education
Drumsinnott National School
Dundalk CBS

Occupation
Full-Time public representative. Farmer

Séamus Kirk was elected Ceann Comhairle on 13 October 2009 having previously been Chairman of the Fianna Fáil Parliamentary Party from 2002.

Séamus Kirk was first elected to the Dáil in November 1982. In March 1987 he was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, with special responsibility for Horticulture, and served in that capacity until February 1992.

During the 28th Dáil, Séamus Kirk was appointed as Chairman of the European Affairs Committee; a member of the All-Party Committee on the Constitution and also a member of the Oireachtas Committee on Local Government.

Séamus Kirk was a member of the Forum for Peace and Reconciliation from 1994 to 1996 and was also a member of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body.

During the years 1974 to 1985, Séamus Kirk served as a member of Louth County Council; Louth County Committee of Agriculture and the East Border region Committee.

The Ceann Comhairle has been a member of the Gaelic Athletic Association since 1958 and also of many county organisations.

Political Record
30th Dáil - Ceann Comhairle [13 October 2009 ---]
28th Dáil - Chairman of the European Affairs Committee [10 December 1997]
26th Dáil - Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food (Horticulture) [19 July 1989 to 11 February 1992]
25th Dáil - Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food [10 March 1987 to 12 July 1989]