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John Lahart is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD ) for the Dublin South-West constituency since the 2016 general election .[1] [2]
Early life
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Lahart is from Ballyroan , County Dublin where he was educated at Scoil an Spiorad Naomhin[3] Christian Brothers at Coláiste Éanna .[4] Mater Dei Institute of Education , he taught at Ballinteer Community School from 1995 to 2000.[4] [3] BSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy.[3]
He later lived in Knocklyon , working as a psychotherapist in private practice.[5] [3]
Political career
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Lahart joined Fianna Fáil in 1983, after being encouraged by Séamus Brennan TD to get involved in the party.[5] Tom Kitt , the Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South .[4] South Dublin County Council from 1999 to 2016,[5] [6] [7]
In October 2014, Lahart was the unsuccessful Fianna Fáil candidate in the Dublin South-West by-election , winning only 8.6% of the first preference votes (FPV).[8] [9] [10] Micheál Martin explained the by-election as part of a medium term plan of building a "platform" for the 2016 general election.[11]
The next general election was held in February 2016 , when Lahart topped the poll with 14.3% of the FPV.[12] Charlie O'Connor and Conor Lenihan at the 2011 general election . Emma Murphy was co-opted to fill the seat on South Dublin County Council which had been automatically vacated on his election to the Dáil .[6]
In May 2016, he was appointed to the Fianna Fáil Front Bench by the Leader of the Opposition Micheál Martin as Opposition Spokesperson for Dublin, replacing Darragh O'Brien .[3]
At the general election in February 2020 , he won 8.1% of the first-preference votes , and was re-elected on the eleventh count, without reaching the quota .[13] [14] Fine Gael and the Green Party negotiated a deal to form a coalition government, and Lahart was tipped as a possible Minister of State .[15] [16] new government was formed, he was not one of the eight Fianna Fáil TDs to be appointed as Minister of State.
In July 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic , he became the first TD to wear a face mask in the Dáil chamber.[17]
References
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^ a b c d e Pattison, Brynmor (18 May 2016). "New Fianna Fail Spokesperson on Dublin John Lahart - a profile" . DublinLive.ie . Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
^ a b c Holland, Kitty (10 February 2020). "Election 2020: John Lahart (Fianna Fáil)" . Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
^ a b c Holland, Kitty (27 February 2016). "Profile: John Lahart (FF ) Dublin South-West: First TD elected of five" . The Irish Times Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
^ a b Lyne, Laura (21 March 2016). "New councillors take seats in council chamber" . The Echo Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
^ "John Lahart TD" . FiannaFail.ie . Fianna Fáil . Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
^ "John Lahart" . ElectionsIreland.org . Archived from the original on 3 August 2020. Retrieved 30 April 2019 .
^ Kelly, Fiach (9 October 2014). "Dublin South West is SF's to lose despite left-wing competition" . The Irish Times Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
^ O'Connell, Hugh (11 October 2014). "Socialist Paul Murphy beats Sinn Féin to win Dublin South-West by-election" . TheJournal.ie Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
^ Ó Cionnaith, Fiachra (23 March 2015). "Micheál Martin: My head is not on the Fianna Fáil chopping block" . Irish Examiner Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
^ "Election 2016: Dublin South-West" . The Irish Times Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
^ Holland, Kitty (10 February 2020) [9 February 2020]. "Dublin South West results: Zappone bows out as Duffy and Lahart take final seats. Minister Katherine Zappone 'very proud' of change she achieved in Government" . The Irish Times Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
^ "Election 2020: Dublin South-West" . The Irish Times Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 16 June 2021 .
^ Kelly, Fiach (19 June 2020). "Coalition parties to appoint 20 junior ministers if accord ratified" . The Irish Times Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
^ Lahart, John (21 June 2021). "Why I'm opposing this programme for government" Business Post Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
^ O'Halloran, Marie (2 July 2020). "Covid-19: Fianna Fáil's John Lahart is first TD to wear face mask in Dáil chamber" . The Irish Times Archived from the original on 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021 .
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