Pat the Cope Gallagher
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Pat "the Cope" Gallagher TD |
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| Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann | |
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Assumed office 6 July 2016 |
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| Ceann Comhairle | Seán Ó Fearghaíl |
| Preceded by | Michael P. Kitt |
| Minister of State for Health Promotion and Food Safety | |
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In office 20 June 2007 – 6 May 2008 |
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| Taoiseach | Bertie Ahern |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of State for Environmental Protection | |
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In office 19 June 2002 – 14 June 2007 |
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| Taoiseach | Bertie Ahern |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of State at the Department of Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht | |
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In office 14 January 1993 – 15 December 1994 |
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| Taoiseach | Albert Reynolds |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs | |
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In office 19 July 1989 – 12 January 1993 |
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| Taoiseach |
Charles Haughey Albert Reynolds |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Office abolished |
| Minister of State at the Department of the Marine | |
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In office 13 February 1992 – 12 January 1993 |
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| Taoiseach | Albert Reynolds |
| Preceded by | Michael J. Noonan |
| Succeeded by | Gerry O'Sullivan |
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In office 12 March 1987 – 12 July 1989 |
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| Taoiseach | Charles Haughey |
| Preceded by | New office |
| Succeeded by | Michael J. Noonan |
| Teachta Dála | |
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Assumed office February 2016 |
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| Constituency | Donegal |
| Teachta Dála | |
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In office May 2002 – June 2009 |
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In office June 1981 – June 1997 |
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| Constituency | Donegal South-West |
| Member of the European Parliament | |
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In office June 2009 – May 2014 |
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| Constituency | North-West |
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In office June 1994 – June 2002 |
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| Constituency | Connacht-Ulster |
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Patrick Gallagher 10 March 1948 Burtonport, Donegal, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Political party | Fianna Fáil |
| Spouse(s) | Ann Gillespie |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | University College Galway |
| Website | www |
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher (Irish: Pádraigh Ó Gallchóir Cope; born 10 March 1948) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency.
He is a former ALDE Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North-West constituency, having previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal South-West constituency and as a junior minister.
Gallagher was born in Burtonport, a fishing port in The Rosses in the west of County Donegal in Ireland. He is the grandson of Paddy 'the Cope' Gallagher, of the Irish Co-Operative movement. He was educated at Dungloe Secondary School - Rosses Community School, St. Enda's College, Galway, and University College, Galway (UCG), where he graduated with a Bachelor of Commerce in 1970. He worked as a fish exporter until 1982, becoming involved in local politics in 1979.
His middle name 'The Cope' refers to his family connection to The Cope agricultural cooperative which operates in The Rosses area of West Donegal. This name is used in his profile on the Fianna Fáil website and on the European Parliament website. Gallagher was a member of the European Parliament's Committee on Fisheries and also serves as Chairman of the delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee.
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