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Meet Timmy
Timmy Dooley is a Fianna Fáil TD for Clare. In January 2025, Timmy was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility for Fisheries and at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications with special responsibility for the Marine.
In 2020, Timmy was appointed to the 26th Seanad and served as the Fianna Fáil Seanad Spokesperson for Climate Action, Communication Networks & Transport until 2024.
He was previously a TD from 2007 to 2020 and served as spokesperson on Transport, Tourism and Sport up to 2016 when he moved on to Climate Action and Communications.
Timmy was also in the Seanad from 2002 to 2007 when he was elected on the Administration Panel.
In addition to his role in national politics, Timmy is very active in the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) and was a Vice President of the party from 2021-2024.
Originally from Mountshannon, Timmy now lives in Tulla, Co. Clare with his wife and 2 children.