Michael Harty

Michael Harty TD

Chair of the Committee on Health
Incumbent
Assumed office 4 April 2016
Preceded by	Jerry Buttimer
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2016
Constituency	Clare

Personal details
Born	(1955-04-07) 7 April 1955 Limerick, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Independent
Alma mater	Royal College of Surgeons

Michael Harty (born 7 April 1955) is an Irish Independent politician and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency, upon being elected at the 2016 general election. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Health in April 2016.^[1]

A general practitioner based in Kilmihil, County Clare, he campaigned on a 'No Doctor No Village' platform to reverse the decline in the income of rural GPs.

On the election of Taoiseach he voted for Enda Kenny as Taoiseach.^[2]

References

↑ "Election 2016: Dr Michael Harty". RTÉ News. 27 February 2016.
↑ "Enda Kenny is re-elected as Taoiseach in the Dáil". Newstalk. 6 May 2016.

Current members of Dáil Éireann
As elected to the 32nd Dáil in 2016 Ceann Comhairle: Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Fine Gael (50)	Bailey Barrett Breen Brophy Bruton Burke C. Byrne Cannon Carey Corcoran Kennedy Coveney Creed J. Daly D'Arcy Deasy Deering R. Doherty Donohoe Doyle Durkan English Farrell Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Flanagan Griffin Harris Heydon Humphreys Kehoe E. Kenny Kyne Madigan McEntee McHugh McLoughlin Mitchell O'Connor D. Murphy Eoghan Murphy H. Naughton Neville Noonan O'Connell O'Donovan O'Dowd Phelan Ring Rock Stanton Varadkar§
Fianna Fáil (44)	Aylward Brassil Breathnach Browne Butler T. Byrne Cahill Calleary Casey Cassells L. Chambers J. Chambers N. Collins Cowen Curran Donnelly Dooley Fleming Gallagher Haughey Kelleher Lahart Lawless M. Martin§ McConalogue Michael McGrath McGuinness A. Moynihan M. Moynihan Murphy O'Mahony Eugene Murphy D. O'Brien O'Callaghan Ó Cuív O'Dea O'Keeffe O'Loughlin O'Rourke Rabbitte Scanlon Brendan Smith Smyth Troy
Sinn Féin (23)	Adams§ Brady Buckley Crowe Cullinane P. Doherty Ellis M. Ferris Funchion M. Kenny McDonald Mitchell Munster Nolan J. O'Brien Ó Broin Ó Caoláin Ó Laoghaire O'Reilly Ó Snodaigh Quinlivan Stanley Tóibín
Labour Party (7)	Burton Howlin§ Kelly J. O'Sullivan Penrose B. Ryan Sherlock
AAA–PBP (6)	Barry Boyd Barrett Coppinger G. Kenny P. Murphy Bríd Smith
Independents 4 Change (4)	Broughan J. Collins C. Daly Wallace
Green Party (2)	C. Martin E. Ryan§
Social Democrats (2)	C. Murphy§ Shortall§
Workers and Unemployed Action (1)	Healy§
Independent (18)	Canney^† M. Collins Connolly Fitzmaurice^† Grealish Halligan^† Harty D. Healy-Rae M. Healy-Rae Lowry F. McGrath^† Mattie McGrath Moran^† D. Naughten M. O'Sullivan Pringle Ross^† Zappone
§Party leaders Italics = Ministers ^†Ind. Alliance

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