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class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />10 March 2016</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pat_%22the_Cope%22_Gallagher" title="Pat "the Cope" Gallagher">Pat "the Cope" Gallagher</a></li><li>(2016–2020)</li><li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Connolly" title="Catherine Connolly">Catherine Connolly</a> <br />(2020–)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Barrett_(politician)" title="Seán Barrett (politician)">Seán Barrett</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/2002_Irish_general_election" title="2002 Irish general election">May 2002</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kildare_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare South (Dáil constituency)">Kildare South</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Senator</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />2 June 2000 – 17 May 2002</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Agricultural_Panel" title="Agricultural Panel">Agricultural Panel</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-04-17</span>) </span>17 April 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Newbridge,_County_Kildare" title="Newbridge, County Kildare">Newbridge</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">County Kildare</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Mary Clare Meaney</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1997)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_City_University" title="Dublin City University">Dublin City University</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Constituency_office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Constituency_office.jpg/220px-Constituency_office.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Constituency_office.jpg/330px-Constituency_office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Constituency_office.jpg/440px-Constituency_office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4320" data-file-height="3240" /></a><figcaption>Ó Fearghaíl's constituency office, <a href="/wiki/Kildare" title="Kildare">Kildare</a></figcaption></figure> <p><b>Seán Ó Fearghaíl</b> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">pronounced</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ga-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Irish" title="Help:IPA/Irish">[ˈʃaːn̪ˠ<span class="wrap"> </span>oː<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈfʲaɾˠiːlʲ]</a></span>; born 17 April 1960) is an Irish <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> politician who has served as the <a href="/wiki/Ceann_Comhairle" title="Ceann Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</a> of <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a> since March 2016. He has been a <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a> (TD) for the <a href="/wiki/Kildare_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare South (Dáil constituency)">Kildare South</a> constituency since <a href="/wiki/2002_Irish_general_election" title="2002 Irish general election">2002</a>. He was a <a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Senator</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Agricultural_Panel" title="Agricultural Panel">Agricultural Panel</a> from 2000 to 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oireachtas_db-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_Feargha%C3%ADl&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ó Fearghaíl comes from a farming background, and previously worked for <a href="/wiki/Dublin_City_Council" title="Dublin City Council">Dublin Corporation</a>. He was elected as a member of <a href="/wiki/Kildare_County_Council" title="Kildare County Council">Kildare County Council</a> in <a href="/wiki/1985_Irish_local_elections" title="1985 Irish local elections">1985</a>. He first stood for election to <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Kildare_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare (Dáil constituency)">Kildare</a> constituency at the <a href="/wiki/1987_Irish_general_election" title="1987 Irish general election">1987 general election</a>, but was unsuccessful.<sup id="cite_ref-elecs_irl_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elecs_irl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was unsuccessful again at the <a href="/wiki/1989_Irish_general_election" title="1989 Irish general election">1989 general election</a>. </p><p>After further defeats at the <a href="/wiki/1992_Irish_general_election" title="1992 Irish general election">1992</a> and <a href="/wiki/1997_Irish_general_election" title="1997 Irish general election">1997</a> general elections, he stood for <a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad Éireann</a> in 1997, as a candidate before the <a href="/wiki/Agricultural_Panel" title="Agricultural Panel">Agricultural Panel</a>, but he was again unsuccessful in seeking election. He won a seat in the <a href="/wiki/21st_Seanad" title="21st Seanad">21st Seanad</a> following a by-election held in June 2000, after the death of Senator <a href="/wiki/Patrick_McGowan_(Irish_politician)" title="Patrick McGowan (Irish politician)">Patrick McGowan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ó Fearghaíl won a Dáil seat on his fifth attempt following the <a href="/wiki/2002_Irish_general_election" title="2002 Irish general election">2002 general election</a>, when he defeated the sitting <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> TD <a href="/wiki/Alan_Dukes" title="Alan Dukes">Alan Dukes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-elecs_irl_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elecs_irl-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the <a href="/wiki/2007_Irish_general_election" title="2007 Irish general election">2007 general election</a>, he topped the poll and was elected on the first count. He was re-elected at the <a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_general_election" title="2011 Irish general election">2011 general election</a> and at the <a href="/wiki/2016_Irish_general_election" title="2016 Irish general election">2016 general election</a>. </p><p>He was the Fianna Fáil <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">party whip</a> and Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Trade from April 2011 to July 2012. In July 2012, he was appointed as Spokesperson on Constitutional Reform, Arts and Culture, and Defence, while retaining the post of party whip. Ó Fearghaíl sent <a href="/wiki/%C3%89amon_%C3%93_Cu%C3%ADv" title="Éamon Ó Cuív">Éamon Ó Cuív</a> a letter gagging him during the <a href="/wiki/Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">European Fiscal Compact referendum campaign</a>, after Ó Cuív expressed his own opinion of the Compact against the party's wishes.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He was <a href="/wiki/2016_Ceann_Comhairle_election" title="2016 Ceann Comhairle election">elected as Ceann Comhairle</a> of Dáil Éireann, by its members, at the first sitting of the <a href="/wiki/32nd_D%C3%A1il" title="32nd Dáil">32nd Dáil</a> on 10 March 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was the first time the position was filled by secret ballot. He was <a href="/wiki/2020_Ceann_Comhairle_election" title="2020 Ceann Comhairle election">re-elected to the position</a> at the first sitting of the <a href="/wiki/33rd_D%C3%A1il" title="33rd Dáil">33rd Dáil</a> on 20 February 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 22 November 2021, Ó Fearghaíl began self-isolating and <a href="/wiki/Working_from_home" class="mw-redirect" title="Working from home">working from home</a> after testing positive for <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a>. <a href="/wiki/Leas-Cheann_Comhairle" class="mw-redirect" title="Leas-Cheann Comhairle">Leas-Cheann Comhairle</a> <a href="/wiki/Catherine_Connolly" title="Catherine Connolly">Catherine Connolly</a> took over his duties.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2024, Ó Fearghaíl convened the <a href="/wiki/Task_Force_on_Safe_Participation_in_Political_Life" class="mw-redirect" title="Task Force on Safe Participation in Political Life">Task Force on Safe Participation in Political Life</a>, chaired by former <a href="/wiki/Garda_Commissioner" title="Garda Commissioner">Garda Commissioner</a> <a href="/wiki/N%C3%B3ir%C3%ADn_O%27Sullivan" title="Nóirín O'Sullivan">Nóirín O'Sullivan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Support_for_the_People's_Republic_of_China"><span id="Support_for_the_People.27s_Republic_of_China"></span>Support for the People's Republic of China</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_Feargha%C3%ADl&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Support for the People's Republic of China"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In his role as Ceann Comhairle, Ó Fearghaíl has been a vocal supporter of Chinese Government policy and increasing ties between Ireland and China. <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, he warned Teachtaí Dála and Senators that contact with Taiwan would "offend the Chinese government", and could damage Ireland’s business and diplomatic relationship with China.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Accusations of lobbying the Irish Government and political parties on behalf of the Chinese government were leveled by members of the Oireachtas in November 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ó Fearghaíl has also praised China's human rights record and economic policies.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_Feargha%C3%ADl&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 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Smyth</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ivana_Bacik" title="Ivana Bacik">Bacik</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brendan_Howlin" title="Brendan Howlin">Howlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Kelly_(politician)" title="Alan Kelly (politician)">Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ged_Nash" title="Ged Nash">Nash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Sherlock" title="Seán Sherlock">Sherlock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duncan_Smith_(Irish_politician)" title="Duncan Smith (Irish politician)">D. Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Social_Democrats_(Ireland)" title="Social Democrats (Ireland)">Social Democrats</a> (6)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Cairns" title="Holly Cairns">Cairns</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Gannon" title="Gary Gannon">Gannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Murphy_(politician)" title="Catherine Murphy (politician)">C. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cian_O%27Callaghan" title="Cian O'Callaghan">C. O'Callaghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%B3is%C3%ADn_Shortall" title="Róisín Shortall">Shortall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Whitmore" title="Jennifer Whitmore">Whitmore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/People_Before_Profit%E2%80%93Solidarity" title="People Before Profit–Solidarity">PBP–Solidarity</a> (5)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Barry_(Irish_politician)" title="Mick Barry (Irish politician)">Barry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Boyd_Barrett" title="Richard Boyd Barrett">Boyd Barrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gino_Kenny" title="Gino Kenny">G. Kenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Murphy_(Irish_politician)" title="Paul Murphy (Irish politician)">P. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Br%C3%ADd_Smith" title="Bríd Smith">Bríd Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_Ireland" title="Independent Ireland">Independent Ireland</a> (3)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Collins_(politician,_born_1968)" title="Michael Collins (politician, born 1968)">M. Collins</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Fitzmaurice_(politician)" title="Michael Fitzmaurice (politician)">Fitzmaurice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_O%27Donoghue" title="Richard O'Donoghue">O'Donoghue</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Aont%C3%BA" title="Aontú">Aontú</a> (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peadar_T%C3%B3ib%C3%ADn" title="Peadar Tóibín">Tóibín</a>§</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Right_to_Change" title="Right to Change">Right to Change</a> (1)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Collins_(politician)" title="Joan Collins (politician)">J. Collins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a> (20)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cathal_Berry" title="Cathal Berry">Berry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Canney" title="Seán Canney">Canney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Connolly" title="Catherine Connolly">Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Fitzpatrick" title="Peter Fitzpatrick">Fitzpatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noel_Grealish" title="Noel Grealish">Grealish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Harkin" title="Marian Harkin">Harkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Danny_Healy-Rae" title="Danny Healy-Rae">D. Healy-Rae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Healy-Rae" title="Michael Healy-Rae">M. Healy-Rae</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Lowry_(politician)" title="Michael Lowry (politician)">Lowry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mattie_McGrath" title="Mattie McGrath">Mattie McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_McHugh" title="Joe McHugh">McHugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marc_MacSharry" title="Marc MacSharry">MacSharry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verona_Murphy" title="Verona Murphy">V. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Naughten" title="Denis Naughten">Naughten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Nolan" title="Carol Nolan">Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Pringle_(politician)" title="Thomas Pringle (politician)">Pringle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ryan_(politician)" title="Patricia Ryan (politician)">P. Ryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Shanahan_(politician)" title="Matt Shanahan (politician)">Shanahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Stanley_(politician)" title="Brian Stanley (politician)">Stanley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Violet-Anne_Wynne" title="Violet-Anne Wynne">Wynne</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Women" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Women</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ivana_Bacik" title="Ivana Bacik">Bacik</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Butler_(politician)" title="Mary Butler (politician)">Butler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holly_Cairns" title="Holly Cairns">Cairns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Carroll_MacNeill" title="Jennifer Carroll MacNeill">Carroll MacNeill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sorca_Clarke" title="Sorca Clarke">Clarke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Collins_(politician)" title="Joan Collins (politician)">J. Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Connolly" title="Catherine Connolly">Connolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_Conway-Walsh" title="Rose Conway-Walsh">Conway-Walsh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/R%C3%A9ada_Cronin" title="Réada Cronin">Cronin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mair%C3%A9ad_Farrell_(politician)" title="Mairéad Farrell (politician)">Farrell</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Norma_Foley" title="Norma Foley">Foley</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marian_Harkin" title="Marian Harkin">Harkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emer_Higgins" title="Emer Higgins">Higgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neasa_Hourigan" title="Neasa Hourigan">Hourigan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heather_Humphreys" title="Heather Humphreys">Humphreys</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claire_Kerrane" title="Claire Kerrane">Kerrane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_McDonald" title="Mary Lou McDonald">McDonald</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josepha_Madigan" title="Josepha Madigan">Madigan</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Martin_(politician)" title="Catherine Martin (politician)">C. Martin</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Helen_McEntee" title="Helen McEntee">McEntee</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Mitchell" title="Denise Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imelda_Munster" title="Imelda Munster">Munster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Murnane_O%27Connor" title="Jennifer Murnane O'Connor">Murnane O'Connor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Catherine_Murphy_(politician)" title="Catherine Murphy (politician)">C. Murphy</a>§</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verona_Murphy" title="Verona Murphy">V. Murphy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hildegarde_Naughton" title="Hildegarde Naughton">Naughton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Nolan" title="Carol Nolan">Nolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_O%27Reilly" title="Louise O'Reilly">O'Reilly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anne_Rabbitte" title="Anne Rabbitte">Rabbitte</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ryan_(politician)" title="Patricia Ryan (politician)">P. 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