Denis Naughten

Denis Naughten
Naughten in 2016
Chair Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands
In office
15 September 2020 – 8 November 2024
Preceded byFiona O'Loughlin
Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment
In office
6 May 2016 – 11 October 2018
Taoiseach
Preceded byAlex White
Succeeded byRichard Bruton
Teachta Dála
In office
February 2016 – November 2024
ConstituencyRoscommon–Galway
In office
May 2007 – February 2016
ConstituencyRoscommon–South Leitrim
In office
June 1997 – May 2007
ConstituencyLongford–Roscommon
Senator
In office
28 January 1997 – 6 June 1997
ConstituencyAgricultural Panel
Personal details
Born (1973-06-23) 23 June 1973 (age 51)
Drum, County Roscommon, Ireland
Political partyIndependent
Other political
affiliations		Fine Gael (until 2011)
Spouse
Mary Tiernan
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(m. 1999)​
Children4
Parent
EducationSt. Aloysius College, Athlone
Alma mater
Websitedenisnaughten.ie

Denis Naughten (born 23 June 1973) is an Irish former independent politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon–Galway constituency from 2016 to 2024, and previously from 2007 to 2016 for the Roscommon–South Leitrim constituency and from 1997 to 2007 for the Longford–Roscommon constituency. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands in September 2020. He previously served as Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment from 2016 to 2018. He was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from January 1997 to June 1997.[1]

He was elected as a Fine Gael TD but sat as an independent from July 2011, having lost the Fine Gael parliamentary party whip.[2]

  1. ^ "Denis Naughten". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 12 February 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference IT_07072011 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).