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class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 November 1989 – 25 November 1992</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/Industrial_and_Commercial_Panel" title="Industrial and Commercial Panel">Industrial and Commercial 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">1934-05-14</span>)</span>14 May 1934<br /><a href="/wiki/Tralee" title="Tralee">Tralee</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Kerry" title="County Kerry">County Kerry</a>, Ireland</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">26 October 2013<span style="display:none">(2013-10-26)</span> (aged 79)<br />Tralee, County Kerry, 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;">Hanna Foley</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1960)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">4, including <a href="/wiki/Norma_Foley" title="Norma Foley">Norma</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Denis Foley</b> (14 May 1934 – 26 October 2013) was an Irish <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> politician who served as a <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a> (TD) for the <a href="/wiki/Kerry_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kerry North (Dáil constituency)">Kerry North</a> constituency from 1981 to 1989 and 1992 to 2002 and a <a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Senator</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_and_Commercial_Panel" title="Industrial and Commercial Panel">Industrial and Commercial Panel</a> from 1989 to 1992.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denis_Foley&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A former <a href="/wiki/Rates_(tax)" title="Rates (tax)">rates collector</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oireachtas_db-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the 1970s, Foley successfully ran The Central Ballroom in <a href="/wiki/Ballybunion" title="Ballybunion">Ballybunion</a> and the ballroom of The Brandon Hotel. He also had an interest in The Hillgrove Hotel in <a href="/wiki/Dingle" title="Dingle">Dingle</a> at one stage, and had extensive property holdings in <a href="/wiki/Tralee" title="Tralee">Tralee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Little-known_deputy_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Little-known_deputy-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Foley was a member of <a href="/wiki/Kerry_County_Council" title="Kerry County Council">Kerry County Council</a> from 1979,<sup id="cite_ref-Little-known_deputy_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Little-known_deputy-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and was elected to <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a> at the <a href="/wiki/1981_Irish_general_election" title="1981 Irish general election">1981 general election</a>. He retained his seat through three general elections until his defeat at the <a href="/wiki/1989_Irish_general_election" title="1989 Irish general election">1989 general election</a><sup id="cite_ref-oireachtas_db_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oireachtas_db-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by party rival <a href="/wiki/Tom_McEllistrim_(1926%E2%80%932000)" title="Tom McEllistrim (1926–2000)">Tom McEllistrim</a> (who, unlike Foley, was a supporter of the then leader of Fianna Fáil, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Haughey" title="Charles Haughey">Charles Haughey</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-Little-known_deputy_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Little-known_deputy-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was then elected to the <a href="/wiki/19th_Seanad" title="19th Seanad">19th Seanad</a> as a Senator for the <a href="/wiki/Industrial_and_Commercial_Panel" title="Industrial and Commercial Panel">Industrial and Commercial Panel</a>, and regained his Dáil seat at the <a href="/wiki/1992_Irish_general_election" title="1992 Irish general election">1992 general election</a>, holding it until he retired at the <a href="/wiki/2002_Irish_general_election" title="2002 Irish general election">2002 general election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-elecs_irl_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elecs_irl-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His daughter, <a href="/wiki/Norma_Foley" title="Norma Foley">Norma</a>, unsuccessfully sought the Fianna Fáil nomination to contest the seat in 2002;<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> she was selected for the <a href="/wiki/2007_Irish_general_election" title="2007 Irish general election">2007 general election</a>, but did not win a seat. She stayed in local politics, but won a seat in the <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il" class="mw-redirect" title="Dáil">Dáil</a> at the <a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">2020 general election</a> for the Kerry constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-elecs_irl_norma_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-elecs_irl_norma-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following revelations that he had held an <a href="/wiki/Offshore_bank" title="Offshore bank">offshore account</a> with <a href="/wiki/QNB_Group#Ansbacher_Banking_Group" title="QNB Group">Ansbacher Bank</a> to avoid tax,<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> Denis Foley resigned from Fianna Fáil on 9 February 2000, becoming an <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a> TD.<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> He had previously resigned from the Dáil <a href="/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(Ireland)" title="Public Accounts Committee (Ireland)">Public Accounts Committee</a><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> (on which he had been involved in the questioning of an official of the Ansbacher bank in which he held an undeclared deposit)<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> and in May 2000, he became the first TD to receive a penalty for breaching the Ethics in Public Office Act 1995; he was suspended from the Dáil for 14 days.<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><p>He died on 26 October 2013.<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><sup id="cite_ref-satnight_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-satnight-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Denis_Foley&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deposit_interest_retention_tax" title="Deposit interest retention tax">Deposit interest retention tax</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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colspan="2">Deputy<br />(Party)</th> <th colspan="2">Deputy<br />(Party)</th> <th colspan="2">Deputy<br />(Party) </th></tr> <tr> <td>9th</td> <td>1937 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Stephen_Fuller" title="Stephen Fuller">Stephen Fuller</a><br />(FF) </td> <td rowspan="11" style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td rowspan="11"><a href="/wiki/Tom_McEllistrim_(1894%E2%80%931973)" title="Tom McEllistrim (1894–1973)">Tom McEllistrim, Snr</a><br />(FF) </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/John_M._O%27Sullivan" title="John M. O'Sullivan">John O'Sullivan</a><br />(FG) </td> <td rowspan="5" style="color:inherit; background-color:#66BB66"></td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Eamon_Kissane" title="Eamon Kissane">Eamon Kissane</a><br />(FF) </td></tr> <tr> <td>10th</td> <td>1938 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11th</td> <td>1943 </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#CC0000"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dan_Spring" title="Dan Spring">Dan Spring</a><br />(Lab) </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit; background-color:#BDB76B"></td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Finucane_(Irish_politician)" title="Patrick Finucane (Irish politician)">Patrick Finucane</a><br />(CnaT) </td></tr> <tr> <td>12th</td> <td>1944 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#FF7F50"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Spring" title="Dan Spring">Dan Spring</a><br />(NLP) </td></tr> <tr> <td>13th</td> <td>1948 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14th</td> <td>1951 </td> <td rowspan="9" style="color:inherit; background-color:#CC0000"></td> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Spring" title="Dan Spring">Dan Spring</a><br />(Lab) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#DDDDDD"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Finucane_(Irish_politician)" title="Patrick Finucane (Irish politician)">Patrick Finucane</a><br />(Ind) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#6699FF"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/John_Lynch_(Kerry_politician)" title="John Lynch (Kerry politician)">John Lynch</a><br />(FG) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">15th</td> <td>1954 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit; background-color:#BDB76B"></td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Patrick_Finucane_(Irish_politician)" title="Patrick Finucane (Irish politician)">Patrick Finucane</a><br />(CnaT) </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#DDFFDD"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Connor" title="Johnny Connor">Johnny Connor</a><br />(CnaP) </td></tr> <tr> <td><i> 1956 by-election</i> </td> <td style="color:inherit; background-color:#DDFFDD"></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kathleen_O%27Connor_(politician)" title="Kathleen O'Connor (politician)">Kathleen O'Connor</a><br />(CnaP) </td></tr> <tr> <td>16th</td> <td>1957 </td> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit; 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