Tom Hayes | |
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Minister of State | |
2013–2016 | Agriculture, Food and the Marine |
Teachta Dála | |
In office June 2001 – February 2016 | |
Constituency | Tipperary South |
Senator | |
In office 12 September 1997 –22 June 2001 | |
Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
Personal details | |
Born | Golden,County Tipperary,Ireland | 16 February 1952
Political party | Fine Gael |
Spouse | Marian Hayes |
Education | Mount Melleray College |
Alma mater | University College Cork |
Tom Hayes (born 16 February 1952) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Minister of State from 2013 to 2016. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary South constituency from 2001 to 2016. He was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 1997 to 2001. [1]
Hayes was educated at Mount Melleray College,Waterford,and Tipperaray Vocational School.
He was elected in 1997 to the 21st Seanad for the Agricultural Panel. He was Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Agriculture. He was elected on 30 June 2001 to the 28th Dáil,as a TD for Tipperary South,when he held the seat for Fine Gael in a by-election following the death of Theresa Ahearn. He was re-elected at the 2002,2007 and 2011 general elections. [2]
Hayes served as Chairman of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party from September 2002 to March 2010. He was party deputy spokesperson on Transport,with responsibility for Road Safety from October 2010 to March 2011.
On 5 June 2013,he was appointed by the Fine Gael–Labour government as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture,Food and the Marine with responsibility for Forestry,Horticulture,the Greyhound Industry and Food Safety. [3] [4] [5]
He lost his seat at the 2016 general election. [2] He continued in office as a Minister of State until the formation of a new government on 6 May 2016.
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