Nationality: | Irish |
Office: | Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann |
Term Start: | 13 September 2007 |
Term End: | 25 May 2011 |
Predecessor: | Rory Kiely |
Successor: | Paddy Burke |
Office2: | Senator |
Term Start2: | 13 September 2007 |
Term End2: | 25 May 2011 |
Term Start3: | 17 September 1997 |
Term End3: | 12 September 2002 |
Constituency3: | Agricultural Panel |
Term Start4: | 12 September 2002 |
Term End4: | 13 September 2007 |
Constituency4: | Nominated by the Taoiseach |
Birth Date: | 12 September 1946 |
Birth Place: | Banagher, County Offaly, Ireland |
Party: | Fianna Fáil |
Spouse: | Mary Dunne |
Children: | 4 |
Pat Moylan (born 12 September 1946) is an Irish former Fianna Fáil politician and member of Seanad Éireann.[1]
Born in Banagher, County Offaly, where he still lives, he is married with three sons and one daughter.
A member of Offaly County Council from 1975 to 2004, Moylan was elected in 1997 to the 21st Seanad by the Agricultural Panel. In 2002, he was nominated by the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern as a member of the 22nd Seanad, where he was Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Tourism, Sport and Recreation and was a member of the Joint House Services Committee. He was elected to the 23rd Seanad by the Agricultural Panel in 2007.[2]
He was elected as Cathaoirleach (chair) of the Seanad on 13 September 2007. He did not contest the 2011 Seanad election.