Andrew Doyle
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Andrew Doyle TD |
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| Minister of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture | |
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Assumed office 19 May 2016 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Tom Hayes |
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Assumed office May 2007 |
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| Constituency | Wicklow |
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2 July 1960 Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Smith |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater | Rockwell Agricultural College |
| Website | www |
Andrew Doyle (born 2 July 1960) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture since 2016. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 2007, currently for the Wicklow constituency.
Doyle graduated from Rockwell Agricultural College in County Tipperary in 1978, and as a young farmer in 1981, he won the Stephen Cullinane Scholarship to New Zealand, where he played rugby in Canterbury.
Doyle runs the family farm in County Wicklow which has been in his family for six generations. He is married to Ann Smith and they have three sons and one daughter.
He has been a member of Fine Gael since 1983, and first sought election to Wicklow County Council in the East Wicklow electoral area, where he served from 1999 to 2007, and was Chairman of the Council from 2005 to 2006. He was elected to Oireachtas as a member of the 30th Dáil on his first attempt at the 2007 general election. During his first term in the Dáil, he was party spokesperson on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food from July 2010 to March 2011, having previously served as deputy spokesperson on Agriculture with special responsibility for Food and Horticulture from 2007 to 2010. He was re-elected to the 31st Dáil at the 2011 general election, topping the poll in the constituency, and was re-elected for the second time at the 2016 general election.
Doyle has introduced two Private Members' Bills in the Dáil. He introduced legislation entitled the 'Food (Fair Trade and Information) Bill 2009' to provide in the interests of the common good for the prohibition of activities which prevent, restrict or distort fair trade in grocery goods in the State. The bill was not enacted. He also introduced the 'Electoral (Amendment) (Hours of Polling) Bill' in 2013, to set voting hours for Dáil Elections, Dáil Bye-Elections, Presidential Elections, European Parliament Elections, Local Government Elections and Referenda.
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