Stephen Donnelly
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Stephen Donnelly TD |
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| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2011 |
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| Constituency | Wicklow |
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Leader of the Social Democrats with Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall |
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In office 15 July 2015 – 5 September 2016 |
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| Born | 1975 (age 41–42) Delgany, Wicklow, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
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Social Democrats (2015–16) Independent (2011-15, 2016-Feb 17) |
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University College Dublin Massachusetts Institute of Technology Harvard University |
| Website | www |
Stephen Donnelly (born 1975) is an Irish politician who is a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow constituency. First elected to the Dáil at the 2011 general election, he became co-founder and joint-leader of the Social Democrats, and stood successfully for that party at the 2016 general election. He left the party on 5 September 2016, and acted as an independent prior to joining Fianna Fáil in February 2017.
Donnelly is a graduate of University College Dublin (UCD) with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also worked and studied in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In 2000, Donnelly moved to London where he worked as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company.
In 2008, he completed a master's degree in Public Administration in International Development in the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He returned to work for McKinsey and Company in Dublin before deciding to run for office in 2011.
Donnelly lives in Greystones, County Wicklow with his wife and three sons.
Donnelly is a member of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and part of the Irish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).
In October 2012, he addressed Martin Schulz, President of the European Parliament, in the Dáil on behalf of the technical group, saying: "€67 billion is being borrowed from the troika, virtually all of which is going into the banks and almost the same amount is being given by the banks to the senior bondholders in terms of forgone losses. This is what has happened: there has been a €67 billion circle of money from the troika through Ireland to the international banks and investors… I thank Mr. Schulz for his support and I hope he will be able to bring this simple message back: Ireland did not get a bailout and Ireland is not looking for aid or benevolence. We need our money back in order that we can contribute to the recovery of Europe."
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