Jim Daly (politician)

Jim Daly (born 20 December 1972) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People from 2017 to 2020 and Chair of the Committee on Children and Youth Affairs from 2016 to 2017. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-West constituency from 2011 to 2020.[1][2]

Jim Daly
Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People
In office
20 June 2017  27 June 2020
TaoiseachLeo Varadkar
Preceded byHelen McEntee
Succeeded byMary Butler
Chair of the Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
In office
4 April 2016  8 July 2017
Preceded byJerry Buttimer
Succeeded byAlan Farrell
Teachta Dála
In office
February 2011  February 2020
ConstituencyCork South-West
Personal details
Born
James Daly

(1972-12-20) 20 December 1972
Drinagh, County Cork, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Political partyFine Gael
Spouse(s)Virge Daly (m. 2001)
Children5
Alma mater
Websitejimdaly.ie

Prior to being elected to the Dáil, he was a member of Cork County Council for the Skibbereen local electoral area from 2004 to 2011.[1] He ran unsuccessfully for the Seanad in 2007.[3]

A native of Drinagh, County Cork, Daly is from a family of 11 children. He attended secondary school at Maria Immaculata, Dunmanway.

He studied at NUI Maynooth, and Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, becoming a primary school teacher[4] and he was later Principal of Gaelscoil Dr Uí Shúilleabháin in Skibbereen.[5]

After appearing on Tonight with Vincent Browne in 2012, Daly was diagnosed with skin cancer by a doctor watching at home.[6]

He appeared on Claire Byrne Live on 22 January 2018, where he suggested a government issued ID should be a requirement for logging into social media websites.

On 20 September 2019, he announced that he would not contest the next general election.[7]

References

  1. "Jim Daly". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  2. "Jim Daly". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 19 March 2011.
  3. "ElectionsIreland.org: Jim Daly". www.electionsireland.org. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  4. "Meet your 76 new TDs". RTÉ News. 9 March 2011.
  5. "'My decision to leave politics is all about five children in West Cork'". Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  6. "TD diagnosed with cancer during TV show appearance". Irish Examiner. 20 March 2013.
  7. "Fine Gael's Jim Daly will not contest next general election". RTÉ News. 20 September 2019.
Oireachtas
Preceded by
Christy O'Sullivan
(Fianna Fáil)
Fine Gael Teachta Dála for Cork South-West
2011–2020
Succeeded by
Holly Cairns
(Social Democrats)
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