James Reilly (Irish politician)
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Senator James Reilly |
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James Reilly, April 2014
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| Deputy Leader of the Fine Gael Party | |
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Assumed office 4 July 2016 |
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| Leader | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Vacant |
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In office 1 July 2010 – 11 June 2016 |
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| Leader | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Richard Bruton |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
| Minister for Children and Youth Affairs | |
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In office 11 July 2014 – 6 May 2016 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Charles Flanagan |
| Succeeded by | Katherine Zappone |
| Minister for Health | |
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In office 9 March 2011 – 11 July 2014 |
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| Taoiseach | Enda Kenny |
| Preceded by | Mary Coughlan |
| Succeeded by | Leo Varadkar |
| Senator | |
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Assumed office 27 May 2016 |
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| Constituency | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office May 2007 – February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Dublin North |
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16 August 1955 Lusk, Fingal, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fine Gael |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Reilly |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Royal College of Surgeons |
James Reilly (born 16 August 1955) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and medical doctor. Between the February 2016 general election and the 6 May 2016 formation of a new government, he was the Acting Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, having held that ministry since July 2014 in the previous government, and has also been deputy leader of Fine Gael since 2010. He was the Minister for Health from March 2011 to July 2014. Reilly was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North constituency since the 2007 general election until he lost his seat in the 2016 general election. Reilly was nominated by Taoiseach Enda Kenny to Seanad Éireann in May 2016. James Reilly was re-appointed as deputy leader of Fine Gael on 4 July 2016.
Reilly graduated with a medical degree from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland in 1979 and is a qualified General Practitioner. Reilly was president of the Irish Medical Organisation prior to his election. He was appointed as party spokesperson on Health in 2007 and promoted to Deputy Leader in a reshuffle on 1 July 2010.
He has worked as a GP in the North County Dublin area for the past 25 years, with surgeries formerly in Lusk and Donabate. In accordance with Standards in Public Office Regulations, Reilly no longer practices as a Medical Doctor in the Lusk Practice and the Interest/Management of that practice has transferred to another local Doctor from North Dublin.
Reilly owns Laughton House in Moneygall, County Offaly. The stately home is hired out for weddings and christenings, while Reilly also receives tax breaks for maintaining it.
For his first official trip as Health Minister, Reilly embarked on an expedition to China. His second official trip was for a meeting on non-communicable diseases in New York City from 17–20 September 2011.
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