Constituency Meath East Name Regina Doherty Nationality Irish Role Irish Politician | Spouse Declan Doherty Website www.reginadoherty.com | |
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Born January 1971Dublin, Ireland ( 1971-01 ) Profiles |
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Regina Doherty (born 26 January 1971) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Employment and Social Protection since June 2017. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) since 2011, currently for the Meath East constituency. She previously served as Government Chief Whip from 2016 to 2017.
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Career

She was a member of Meath County Council for the Dunshaughlin electoral area from 2009 to 2011. She was a member of the Oireachtas committees for Health, Finance, and the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement during the 31st Dáil. She was also a member of the Constitutional Convention, and is the Chairperson of the Fine Gael Committee for Health and Children.

In January 2013, her IT consultancy company went into liquidation with debts of €280,000, including €60,000 due to the Revenue Commissioners.

In May 2015, following the claims of IRA involvement of the cover-up of sexual abuse by Máiría Cahill, she was provided with names of a number of alleged abusers which she passed on to the Gardaí who are investigating the issue.

She was re-elected to the Dáil on 26 February 2016. She was appointed to the new Dáil reform committee on 22 March of that year. She was appointed Government Chief Whip on 6 May 2016.
In July 2017, Doherty confirmed that she had lodged a complaint with gardaí against political blogger and academic Catherine Kelly. Kelly said that she was cautioned by gardaí about her social media posts and online articles which referenced Regina Doherty. In the Dáil it was stated that a US based academic experienced a "sinister and chilling experience" in an Irish airport.