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class="c-member-about__item-value -short">Clare</p> </div> </div> <div class="c-member-about__meta-group"> <div class="c-member-about__meta-item"> <h3 class="c-member-about__item-title -short">Party:</h3> <p class="c-member-about__item-value -short">Fine Gael</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="u-reader-section c-member-profile-historic"> <div class="c-member-profile-historic__link"> <ul class="see-all"><li> <a href="/web/20181107191042/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/find/?member=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fmember%2Fid%2FDonal-Carey.S.1981-10-08">See all contributions from this Member</a> </li> </ul></div> <div class="c-member-profile-historic__link"> <ul class="see-all"><li> <a href="/web/20181107191042/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/questions/?member=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fmember%2Fid%2FDonal-Carey.S.1981-10-08">See questions from this Member</a> </li> </ul></div> <div class="c-member-profile-historic__link"> <ul class="see-all"><li> <a 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