Tom Moffatt

{{Short description|Irish former Fianna Fáil politician (b. 1940)}}

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| office = Minister of State

| subterm = 1997–2002

| suboffice = Health and Children

| office1 = Teachta Dála

| term_start1 = June 1997

| term_end1 = June 2002

| constituency1 = Mayo

| term_start2 = November 1992

| term_end2 = May 1997

| constituency2 = Mayo East

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1940|1}}

| birth_place = Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland

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| nationality = Irish

| party = Fianna Fáil

| spouse = Patricia Cashman

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| alma_mater = University College Galway

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Tom Moffatt (born January 1940) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician. Moffatt was elected to Dáil Éireann a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Mayo East constituency at the 1992 general election.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Tom-Moffatt.D.1992-12-14/|title=Tom Moffatt|work=Oireachtas Members Database|access-date=10 August 2013|archive-date=2018-11-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181108184749/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/member/Tom-Moffatt.D.1992-12-14|url-status=live}} He was re-elected for the Mayo constituency at the 1997 general election.

In July 1997 he was appointed as Minister of State at the Department of Health in the government of Bertie Ahern.{{Cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-07-09/17/|title=Appointment of Members of Government and Ministers of State – Dáil Éireann (28th Dáil) – Vol. 480 No. 2 |date=9 July 1997|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|access-date=10 January 2021|archive-date=28 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028213422/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-07-09/17/|url-status=live}} He lost his seat at the 2002 general election.{{cite web|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=4071|title=Tom Moffatt|work=ElectionsIreland.org|access-date=10 August 2013|archive-date=4 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004041807/http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=4071|url-status=live}}