Office: | Chair of the Committee on Health |
Term Start: | 4 April 2016 |
Term End: | 14 January 2020 |
Predecessor: | Jerry Buttimer |
Successor: | Seán Crowe |
Office1: | Teachta Dála |
Term Start1: | February 2016 |
Term End1: | February 2020 |
Constituency1: | Clare |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1955 |
Birth Place: | Limerick, Ireland |
Nationality: | Irish |
Party: | Independent |
Alma Mater: | Royal College of Surgeons |
Michael Harty (born 7 April 1955) is an Irish former independent politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency from 2016 to 2020.[1] [2]
A general practitioner based in Kilmihil, County Clare, he campaigned on a 'No Doctor No Village' platform to reverse the decline in the income of rural GPs.[3]
On the election of Taoiseach in 2016, he voted for Enda Kenny as Taoiseach. He served as Chair of the Committee on Health from April 2016 to February 2020.[4]
On 13 January 2020, he announced that he would not contest the 2020 general election.[5]