Michael Harty (born 7 April 1955) is an Irish former

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politician who served as a

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(TD) for the

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constituency from 2016 to 2020.

Career

A general practitioner based in

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, he campaigned on a 'No Doctor No Village' platform to reverse the decline in the income of rural GPs. On the election of Taoiseach in 2016, he voted for

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. He served as Chair of the Committee on Health from April 2016 to February 2020. On 13 January 2020, he announced that he would not contest the 2020 general election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Harty, Michael 1952 births Living people Independent TDs Members of the 32nd Dáil Medical doctors from County Clare 20th-century Irish medical doctors 21st-century Irish medical doctors Politicians from Limerick (city) Politicians from County Clare Alumni of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland