Seán Treacy (politician)

For the IRA officer, see Seán Treacy.

Seán Treacy

Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
In office 14 March 1973 – 5 July 1977
President	Éamon de Valera Erskine H. Childers Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh Patrick Hillery
Deputy	Denis Jones
Preceded by	Cormac Breslin
Succeeded by	Joseph Brennan
In office 10 March 1987 – 26 June 1997
President	Patrick Hillery Mary Robinson
Deputy	Jim Tunney Joe Jacob
Preceded by	Tom Fitzpatrick
Succeeded by	Séamus Pattison
Teachta Dála
In office October 1961 – June 1997
Constituency	Tipperary South
Personal details
Born	(1923-09-23) 23 September 1923 Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Labour Party

Seán Treacy (born 23 September 1923) is a former Irish politician who was Ceann Comhairle (chairman) of Dáil Éireann from 1973 to 1977 and from 1987 to 1997.^[1]

Political career

Treacy was first elected to the Dáil at the 1961 general election as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary South constituency and was re-elected in seven subsequent elections and returned automatically in three more due to his being Ceann Comhairle.^[1] He left the Labour Party in 1987 and was elected as an independent TD at the 1987 general election. He retired from politics at the 1997 general election.^[2]

He was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1981 to 1984, replacing Eileen Desmond who resigned as an MEP when she was appointed Minister for Health and Social Welfare. He was a member of the Irish Presidential Commission during the presidential vacancies of 1974 and 1976.

References

1 2 "Mr. Seán Treacy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
↑ "Seán Treacy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 18 March 2009.

External links

European Parliament profile

Political offices
Preceded by Cormac Breslin	Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann 1973–1977	Succeeded by Joseph Brennan
Preceded by Thomas J. Fitzpatrick	Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann 1987–1997	Succeeded by Séamus Pattison

Presiding officers of Dáil Éireann

Cathal Brugha Count Plunkett Seán T. O'Kelly Eoin MacNeill Michael Hayes Frank Fahy Patrick Hogan Cormac Breslin Seán Treacy Joseph Brennan Pádraig Faulkner John O'Connell Thomas Fitzpatrick Séamus Pattison Rory O'Hanlon John O'Donoghue Séamus Kirk Seán Barrett Seán Ó Fearghaíl

« 1977–79 « Members of the European Parliament for Ireland, 1979–84 » 1984–89 »

Connacht–Ulster	Neil Blaney (IFF / CDI) Seán Flanagan (FF / EPD) Joe McCartin (FG / EPP)

Dublin	Síle de Valera (FF / EPD) John O'Connell¹ (LAB / PES) Michael O'Leary² (LAB / PES) Richie Ryan (FG / EPP)

Leinster	Mark Clinton (FG / EPP) Liam Kavanagh³ (LAB / PES) Patrick Lalor (FF / EPD)

Munster	Jerry Cronin (FF / EPD) Noel Davern (FF / EPD) Eileen Desmond⁴ (LAB / PES) T. J. Maher (IND / LD) Tom O'Donnell (FG / EPP)

¹Subst. by John Horgan⁵ (LAB / PES) on 21 October 1981 ²Subst. by Frank Cluskey⁶ (LAB / PES) on 1 July 1981 ³Subst. by Séamus Pattison⁷ (LAB / PES) on 9 July 1981 ⁴Subst. by Seán Treacy (LAB / PES) on 9 July 1981

⁵Subst. by Flor O'Mahony (LAB / PES) on 2 March 1983 ⁶Subst. by Brendan Halligan (LAB / PES) on 2 March 1983 ⁷Subst. by Justin Keating (LAB / PES) on 8 February 1984

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