Patrick Deering (born 2 February 1967) is an Irish former

Fine Gael Fine Gael (, ; English: "Family (or Tribe) of the Irish") is a liberal-conservative and Christian-democratic political party in Ireland. Fine Gael is currently the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland in terms of members of Dáil � ...

politician who served as a

Teachta Dála A Teachta Dála ( , ; plural ), abbreviated as TD (plural ''TDanna'' in Irish, TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as ''Member of Parli ...

(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. Before he ran for election to

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, Deering served for a number of years as chairman of the

Carlow GAA The Carlow County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) ( ga, Cumann Luthchleas Gael Coiste Ceatharlach) or Carlow GAA is one of the 32 county boards of the GAA in Ireland, and is responsible for Gaelic games in County Carlow and the C ...

County Board. He was a member of

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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 Martin Heydon (born 9 August 1978) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for Research & Development, Farm Safety and New Market Development ...

in his role as chair. He lost his seat at the

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. He also unsuccessfully contested the 2020 Seanad election.

References

External links

Pat Deering's page on the Fine Gael website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deering, Pat 1967 births Living people Alumni of Athlone Institute of Technology Carlow County Board administrators Chairmen of county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association Fine Gael TDs 20th-century Irish farmers Irish sportsperson-politicians Members of Carlow County Council Members of the 31st Dáil Members of the 32nd Dáil