John Deasy
John Deasy - (born 8th October 1967) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Waterford constituency since 2002
Political Career[edit]
In 1999 he embarked on a political career and was elected to Waterford County Council and Dungarvan Town Council. At the 2002 general election he was elected to Dáil Éireann for the first time, succeeding his father, former Minister for Agriculture Austin Deasy who was retiring. He was appointed spokesperson for Justice, Equality and Law Reform by the new leader, Enda Kenny. He was sacked from the Fine Gael front bench in 2004 for smoking tobacco in the members bar at Leinster House, the seat of the Irish parliament, just days after a nationwide ban on smoking in the workplace had come into effect. In October 2004 he failed to return to the front bench in the reshuffle, but was appointed Chairman of the Dáil European Affairs Committee.He served as party Deputy spokesperson on Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for Overseas Development Aid from 2007 to 2010. Having topped the poll in Waterford at the 2011 general election, he is a member of the Dáil Committee of Public Accounts.
Education[edit]
He was educated at Coláiste na Rinne, Ring, County Waterford, and at St. Augustine's College in Dungarvan. Deasy studied at Mercyhurst College, Erie, Pennsylvania, on a golfing scholarship where he received a Bachelor of Arts in History and Communications.
