Denis Naughten information

Denis Naughten
TD
Denis Naughten TD
	Naughten in 2016
Chair Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 15 September 2020
Preceded by	Fiona O'Loughlin
Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment
	In office; 6 May 2016 – 11 October 2018
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny; Leo Varadkar;
Preceded by	Alex White
Succeeded by	Richard Bruton
Teachta Dála
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; February 2016
Constituency	Roscommon–Galway
	In office; May 2007 – February 2016
Constituency	Roscommon–South Leitrim
	In office; June 1997 – May 2007
Constituency	Longford–Roscommon
Senator
	In office; 25 January 1997 – 6 June 1997
Constituency	Agricultural Panel
Personal details
Born	23 June 1973 (age 50); Drum, County Roscommon, Ireland
Political party	Independent
Other political; affiliations	Fine Gael (until 2011)
Spouse	Mary Tiernan (m. 1999)
Children	4
Parent	Liam Naughten (father);
Education	St. Aloysius College, Athlone
Alma mater	University College Dublin; University College Cork;
Website	denisnaughten.ie

Denis Naughten (born 23 June 1973) is an Irish independent politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon–Galway constituency since 2016, and previously from 2007 to 2016 for the Roscommon–South Leitrim constituency and from 1997 to 2007 for the Longford–Roscommon constituency. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands in September 2020. He previously served as Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment from 2016 to 2018. He was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from January 1997 to June 1997.^[1]

He sits as an independent TD, having lost the Fine Gael parliamentary party whip in July 2011.^[2]

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Chair Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 September 2020
Preceded by	Fiona O'Loughlin
Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment
In office 6 May 2016 – 11 October 2018
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny Leo Varadkar
Preceded by	Alex White
Succeeded by	Richard Bruton
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2016
Constituency	Roscommon–Galway
In office May 2007 – February 2016
Constituency	Roscommon–South Leitrim
In office June 1997 – May 2007
Constituency	Longford–Roscommon
Senator
In office 25 January 1997 – 6 June 1997
Constituency	Agricultural Panel

Personal details
Born	(1973-06-23) 23 June 1973 (age 50) Drum, County Roscommon, Ireland
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Fine Gael (until 2011)
Spouse	Mary Tiernan (m. 1999)
Children	4
Parent	Liam Naughten (father)
Education	St. Aloysius College, Athlone
Alma mater	University College Dublin University College Cork
Website	denisnaughten.ie