Denis Naughten
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Denis Naughten TD |
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Naughten in 2016
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| Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment | |
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Assumed office 6 May 2016 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Alex White as Communications, Energy and Natural Resources |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Roscommon–Galway |
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In office May 2007 – February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Roscommon–South Leitrim |
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In office June 1997 – May 2007 |
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| Constituency | Longford–Roscommon |
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In office January 1997 – June 1997 |
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| Constituency | Agricultural Panel |
| Personal details | |
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23 June 1973 Drum, Roscommon, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party |
Fine Gael (1997–2011) Independent (since 2011) |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Tiernan |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
University College Dublin, University College Cork |
| Website | www |
Denis Naughten (born 23 June 1973) is an Irish politician. He is a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon–Galway constituency. He sits as an independent TD, having lost the Fine Gael parliamentary party whip in July 2011.
Naughten was born in Drum, County Roscommon. He was educated St. Aloysius College, Athlone, University College Dublin and University College Cork where he did a research project in Food Microbiology. His father, Liam Naughten, was also a Fine Gael TD, who served between 1982 and 1989.
Naughten was elected at a by-election to Seanad Éireann in 1997 to the seat vacant since the death of his father Liam Naughten. At the 1997 general election he was elected to Dáil Éireann for the Longford–Roscommon constituency and was re-elected at the 2002 general election. He was also a member of Roscommon County Council and the Western Health Board from January 1997 to October 2003.
Within his first few weeks in the Dáil he became Fine Gael spokesperson on Youth Affairs, School Transport and Adult Education. Between 2000 and 2001 he served as Opposition spokesperson on Enterprise, Trade and Employment. Although indicating that he might, Naughten declined to stand in the party's leadership election in 2002. He was later appointed spokesperson on Transport. He was party spokesperson on Agriculture from 2004–2007.
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