Constituency Dublin Mid–West Name Joanna Tuffy Role Teachta Dala | Nationality Irish | |
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Born 9 March 1965 (age 59) England ( 1965-03-09 ) Office Member of Dail Eireann since 2007 Education Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin Institute of Technology Profiles | ||
Constituency Administrative Panel | ||
Deputy joanna tuffy renders joe higgins td speechless
Joanna Tuffy (born 9 March 1965) is a former Irish Labour Party politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid-West constituency 2007 to 2011. She was a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2002 to 2007.
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Born in England in 1965, Tuffy was educated at Trinity College, Dublin (BA) and the Dublin Institute of Technology (Legal Studies).
She was elected to South Dublin County Council for the Lucan area in 1999 and served until 2003. At the 2002 general election she unsuccessfully stood for election to Dáil Éireann for Dublin Mid-West. She was subsequently elected to the 22nd Seanad Éireann by the Administrative Panel. She was elected to Dáil Éireann for the first time at the 2007 general election.
Her father is Eamon Tuffy, a Labour Party councillor for Lucan, he was co-opted to replace her in 2003.
She, along with TD Tommy Broughan, opposed Labour going into coalition with Fine Gael in the aftermath of the 2011 general election.
In September 2013, Tuffy publicly disagreed with the official Labour Party position supporting the abolition of the Seanad during the referendum campaign. She argued that it had played a key role in the past and could do so in the future.
Tuffy lost her seat at the 2016 general election.