Pat Deering

{{Short description|Irish politician (born 1967)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image = Pat Deering 2017.jpg

| imagesize = 150px

| office = Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine

| term_start = 4 April 2016

| term_end = 9 February 2020

| predecessor = Andrew Doyle

| successor = Jackie Cahill

| office1 = Teachta Dála

| term_start1 = February 2011

| term_end1 = February 2020

| constituency1 = Carlow–Kilkenny

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|2|2|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rathvilly, County Carlow, Ireland

| death_date =

| death_place =

| nationality = Irish

| party = Fine Gael

| spouse = {{marriage|Paula Deering|2003}}

| children = 2

| alma_mater = Athlone Institute of Technology

|}}

Patrick Deering (born 2 February 1967) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 2011 to 2020. He served as Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine 2016 to 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Patrick-Deering.D.2011-03-09/|title=Pat Deering|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=8 March 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=9572|title=Pat Deering|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=6 March 2011}}

Before he ran for election to Dáil Éireann, Deering served for a number of years as chairman of the Carlow GAA County Board. He was a member of Carlow County Council for the Tullow local electoral area from 2009 to 2011.

Deering was elected vice chair of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party on 8 June 2016, supporting Kildare South TD Martin Heydon in his role as chair.{{cite web|title=Heydon honoured to be elected Chair of Fine Gael Parliamentary Party|url=http://www.finegael.ie/latest-news/heydon-honoured-to-be-ele/|publisher=Fine Gael Parliamentary Party|access-date=16 June 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806180918/http://www.finegael.ie/latest-news/heydon-honoured-to-be-ele/ |archive-date=6 August 2016}}

He lost his seat at the 2020 general election.{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/carlow-kilkenny-results-green-party-s-malcolm-noonan-takes-final-seat-1.4163967 |title=Carlow-Kilkenny results: Green Party's Malcolm Noonan takes final seat |first=Michael |last=Tracey |date=10 February 2020 |orig-date=9 February 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |location=Dublin |access-date=7 June 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210607141755/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/carlow-kilkenny-results-green-party-s-malcolm-noonan-takes-final-seat-1.4163967 |archive-date=7 June 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/election2020/carlow-kilkenny |title=Election 2020: Carlow–Kilkenny |date=10 February 2020 |newspaper=The Irish Times |location=Dublin |access-date=7 June 2021 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210607142248/https://www.irishtimes.com/election2020/carlow-kilkenny |archive-date=7 June 2021}} He also unsuccessfully contested the 2020 Seanad election.