Robert Troy

Robert Troy TD

Opposition Spokesperson for Transport, Tourism and Sport
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 May 2016
Leader	Micheál Martin
Preceded by	Timmy Dooley
Opposition Spokesperson for Children and Youth Affairs
In office July 2012 – May 2016
Leader	Micheál Martin
Preceded by	Charlie McConalogue
Succeeded by	Anne Rabbitte
Opposition Spokesperson for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
In office April 2011 – July 2012
Leader	Micheál Martin
Preceded by	Jimmy Deenihan
Succeeded by	Seán Ó Fearghail
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office February 2011
Constituency	Longford–Westmeath
Personal details
Born	January 1982 (1982-01) (age 34) Ballynacargy, Westmeath, Ireland
Nationality	Irish
Political party	Fianna Fáil
Website	www.roberttroy.ie

Robert Troy (born January 1982) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician.^[1] From Ballynacargy, County Westmeath,^[2] he was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Longford–Westmeath constituency at the 2011 general election beating the two sitting Fianna Fáil TDs, Peter Kelly and former cabinet minister and Leader of the Seanad Mary O'Rourke.^[3] He was a member of Westmeath County Council for the Mullingar West electoral area from 2004 to 2011. He was elected again in 2016 as a TD.^[3]

He was the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Arts and Heritage from April 2011 to July 2012. In July 2012, he was appointed as party spokesperson on Children, and following the 2016 General Election he was appointed Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Transport, Tourism and Sport.^[4]

References

↑ "Mr. Robert Troy". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
↑ "Politics: a young man's game". Westmeath Examiner. 5 May 2011.
1 2 "Robert Troy". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
↑ "Our People – Fianna Fáil".

External links

Oireachtas
Preceded by Mary O'Rourke (Fianna Fáil)	Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála for Longford–Westmeath 2011–present	Incumbent

Current members of Dáil Éireann

As elected to the 32nd Dáil in 2016 Ceann Comhairle: Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Fine Gael (50)	Bailey Barrett Breen Brophy Bruton Burke C. Byrne Cannon Carey Corcoran Kennedy Coveney Creed J. Daly D'Arcy Deasy Deering R. Doherty Donohoe Doyle Durkan English Farrell Fitzgerald Fitzpatrick Flanagan Griffin Harris Heydon Humphreys Kehoe E. Kenny§ Kyne Madigan McEntee McHugh McLoughlin Mitchell O'Connor D. Murphy Eoghan Murphy H. Naughton Neville Noonan O'Connell O'Donovan O'Dowd Phelan Ring Rock Stanton Varadkar

Fianna Fáil (43)	Aylward Brassil Breathnach Browne Butler T. Byrne Cahill Calleary Casey Cassells L. Chambers J. Chambers N. Collins Cowen Curran Dooley Fleming Gallagher Haughey Kelleher Lahart Lawless M. Martin§ McConalogue Michael McGrath McGuinness A. Moynihan M. Moynihan Murphy O'Mahony Eugene Murphy D. O'Brien O'Callaghan Ó Cuív O'Dea O'Keeffe O'Loughlin O'Rourke Rabbitte Scanlon Brendan Smith Smyth Troy

Sinn Féin (23)	Adams§ Brady Buckley Crowe Cullinane P. Doherty Ellis M. Ferris Funchion M. Kenny McDonald Mitchell Munster Nolan J. O'Brien Ó Broin Ó Caoláin Ó Laoghaire O'Reilly Ó Snodaigh Quinlivan Stanley Tóibín

Labour Party (7)	Burton Howlin§ Kelly J. O'Sullivan Penrose B. Ryan Sherlock

AAA–PBP (6)	Barry Boyd Barrett Coppinger G. Kenny P. Murphy Bríd Smith

Independents 4 Change (4)	Broughan J. Collins C. Daly Wallace

Green Party (2)	C. Martin E. Ryan§

Social Democrats (2)	C. Murphy§ Shortall§

Workers and Unemployed Action (1)	Healy§

Independent (19)	Canney^† M. Collins Connolly Donnelly Fitzmaurice^† Grealish Halligan^† Harty D. Healy-Rae M. Healy-Rae Lowry F. McGrath^† Mattie McGrath Moran^† D. Naughten M. O'Sullivan Pringle Ross^† Zappone

§Party leaders Italics = Ministers ^†Ind. Alliance

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