Constituency Dublin South–West Role Politician Name Eamonn Maloney | Nationality Irish Constituency Tallaght South | |
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Other political
affiliations Labour Party (1992–2015)
Democratic Socialist Party
1982–92) | ||
Political party Independent politician | ||
Labour s eamonn maloney says mcd promoters should have been arrested
Eamonn Maloney (born 1953) is an Irish independent politician. He was elected to Dail Eireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dala (TD) for the Dublin South–West constituency at the 2011 general election.
He was a member of South Dublin County Council from 1999 to 2011, representing the Tallaght area. He a former member of Jim Kemmy's Democratic Socialist Party and contested Dublin South–West at the 1987 general election for that party. He is a brother of former Senator Sean Maloney.
In the past he has worked in a factory and been on the dole. He is the only TD in Ireland who claims no expenses, a policy he carried out throughout his twelve years at local level and maintains at national level.
Justifying the cut in unemployment benefit from €144 to €100 per week for young people aged 22 to 24 in the 2014 budget, Maloney said "Parents will tell you that they do not want their children at home watching a flat-screen television seven days a week.".
In July 2015, he announced that he would not be contesting the next Irish general election. In September 2015, he resigned from the Labour Party, and announced that he is contesting the next general election as an independent candidate.