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Denis Naughten TD - Has What it Takes! |
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Denis
Naughten was born on 23 June 1973 in Drum, Co.
Roscommon, son of
Liam Naughten, a Fine Gael Dáil Deputy
from 1982 to 1989 and a member of Seanad Éireann 1981 -
1982 and 1989 - 1996. He received his early education in
Ardkeenan
National School and St. Aloysius College, Athlone,
before entering University College Dublin, where he was
conferred with a BSc. degree. He is a research scientist
by profession.
Polling Card for General Election in 1997 (left). He served
as a member of Roscommon County Council and the Western
Health Board from 1997 to 2003, when the dual mandate
was abolished. He was re-elected to the 29th. Dáil on 17 May 2002 and was spokesperson on Transport from 2002 to 2004 and Front Bench Spokesperson on Agriculture & Food from 2004 to 2007. In addition, he served as a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committees on Education & Science, Tourism, Sport & Recreation and Enterprise & Small Business during these terms.
Denis Naughten Posters from 1997 (far left) and 2002 (left) General Election Campaigns.
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Some of the ephemera produced by Denis Naughten to keep his name in the public eye.
Denis Naughten was elected to the 30th. Dáil Éireann on 24 May 2007 in the new Constituency of Roscommon/South Leitrim. He is Fine Gael Front-Bench Spokesperson on Immigration and Integration.
A poster from the General Election Campaign 2007.
Rosette from the 2007 campaign (far left) and a selection of newsletters (left) on various subjects (2006 - 2009).
Denis Naughten is co-author of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education & Science reports on School Transport in Ireland and on Science & Technology.
Images are not to scale.
Denis is married to Mary Tiernan and they have two children, Liam and Ava.
Denis Naughten's website
is at
http://www.naughten.ie and
his
e-mail is
dnaughten@finegael.ie If you have any further material relating to the political careers of Liam or Denis Naughten, please contact us. |
Denis
was elected to Seanad Éireann in a Bye-Election on 28
January 1997, following the untimely death of his father
in an accident and he served on the Agricultural Panel
until he was elected to the 28th. Dáil on 6 June 1997 in
the Longford/Roscommon Constituency. He was Fine Gael
spokesperson on Youth Affairs, School Transport, and
Adult Education from 1997 to 2000 and Front Bench
Spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade & Employment from 2000
to 2001, the youngest member of the Fine Gael Front
Bench to hold an economic portfolio.
A
publicity brochure (right) and an election
leaflet (far right) from the 2002 General
Election Campaign.
