Liam Twomey
{{Short description|Irish medical doctor and former politician (born 1967)}}
{{For|the triathlete|Liam Twomey (triathlete)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Liam Twomey, May 2015 (17744432900) (cropped).jpg
| office = Teachta Dála
| term_start = February 2011
| term_end = February 2016
| term_start1 = May 2002
| term_end1 = May 2007
| constituency1 = Wexford
| office2 = Senator
| term_start2 = 13 September 2007
| term_end2 = 25 February 2011
| constituency2 = Cultural and Educational Panel
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|4|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland
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| nationality = Irish
| party = {{ubl|Fine Gael|Independent}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Elizabeth O'Sullivan|2001|end=sep.}}
| children = 3
| alma_mater = Trinity College Dublin
| website = {{URL|http://liamtwomey.blogspot.com/}}
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Liam Twomey (born 3 April 1967) is a medical doctor and former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency from 2002 to 2007 and 2011 to 2016.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Liam-Twomey.D.2002-06-06/|title=Liam Twomey|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=6 February 2010|archive-date=8 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108190409/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Liam-Twomey.D.2002-06-06|url-status=live}}
Early life and education
Twomey was born in Bealad, Clonakilty in County Cork. He was educated at St. Finbarr's Seminary and Trinity College Dublin. He is married to Elizabeth O'Sullivan and they have three children.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/regionals/wexfordpeople/news/td-liam-is-calling-it-a-day-after-13-years-in-national-politics-31395778.html|title=TD Liam is calling it a day after 13 years in national politics|website=Irish Independent|date=22 July 2015}}
Career
He worked as a General practitioner (GP) before entering public office in 2002. Before his election to Dáil Éireann, Twomey was Chairman of the Wexford Branch of the Irish Medical Organisation.
Politics
At the 2002 general election, Twomey was elected to the Dáil as an Independent TD for the Wexford constituency, on a campaign of highlighting the deficiencies in the Irish health service.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4867|title=Liam Twomey|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=6 February 2010|archive-date=21 November 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121231514/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4867|url-status=live}} He joined Fine Gael in September 2004. He was the opposition spokesperson on Health from 2004 to 2007.
He lost his seat at the 2007 general election, being eliminated after the 6th count. He was subsequently elected to the 23rd Seanad in July 2007 for the Cultural and Educational Panel. He was the Fine Gael Finance Spokesperson in the Seanad from 2007 to 2011.
At the 2011 general election, he was again elected as a TD for Wexford.
Twomey represented Fine Gael in the Oireachtas delegation that met the Bundestag's Budgetary and European Affairs committees in Berlin, Germany in late January 2012.{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0126/finance.html|title=Oireachtas delegation in Bundestag meeting|work=RTÉ News|date=26 January 2012|access-date=26 January 2012|archive-date=29 January 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120129034553/http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0126/finance.html|url-status=live}} In January 2015, he was appointed Chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee for Finance Public Expenditure and Reform.
On 17 July 2015, he announced that he would not stand in the 2016 general election.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/liam-twomey-will-not-contest-general-election-1.2288480|title=Liam Twomey will not contest general election|newspaper=The Irish Times|date=17 July 2015|access-date=18 July 2015|archive-date=23 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723090129/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/liam-twomey-will-not-contest-general-election-1.2288480|url-status=live}}
References
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External links
- {{Blogspot|liamtwomey|Official page}}
{{Wexford (Dáil constituency)/TDs}}
{{Members of the 23rd Seanad}}
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Category:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Category:Members of the 23rd Seanad
Category:Members of the 29th Dáil
Category:Members of the 31st Dáil
Category:Politicians from County Cork
Category:21st-century Irish medical doctors
Category:People from Clonakilty