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ELECTED
Michael Healy-Rae
Party
Constituency
Occupation
TD
Age
53
Biography

Healy-Rae was elected to the Dáil in the 2011 and 2016 general elections. He was the chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs in the most recent Dáil. He was first elected as a councillor on Kerry County Council in 1999. He has written two books of stories about rural Ireland. He is the brother of fellow TD Danny Healy-Rae and the son of former TD Jackie Healy-Rae.

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