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Pat Moylan (politician)

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Pat Moylan
Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
In office
13 September 2007 – 25 May 2011
Preceded byRory Kiely
Succeeded byPaddy Burke
Senator
In office
13 September 2007 – 25 May 2011
In office
17 September 1997 – 12 September 2002
ConstituencyAgricultural Panel
In office
12 September 2002 – 13 September 2007
ConstituencyNominated by the Taoiseach
Personal details
Born (1946-09-12) 12 September 1946 (age 78)
Banagher, County Offaly, Ireland
Political partyFianna Fáil
SpouseMary Dunne
Children4

Pat Moylan (born 12 September 1946) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician and member of Seanad Éireann.[1]

Born in Banagher, County Offaly, where he still lives, he is married with three sons and one daughter.

A member of Offaly County Council from 1975 to 2004, Moylan was elected in 1997 to the 21st Seanad by the Agricultural Panel. In 2002, he was nominated by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern as a member of the 22nd Seanad, where he was Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Tourism, Sport and Recreation and was a member of the Joint House Services Committee. He was elected to the 23rd Seanad by the Agricultural Panel in 2007.[2]

He was elected as Cathaoirleach (chair) of the Seanad on 13 September 2007. He did not contest the 2011 Seanad election.

References

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  1. ^ "Pat Moylan". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 22 May 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Pat Moylan". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2010.
Oireachtas
Preceded by Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
2007–2011
Succeeded by