Irish politician
Darren O'Rourke is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Meath East constituency at the 2020 general election .[1] [2] [3] [4]
Background
Originally from Kells , O'Rourke trained in Dublin Institute of Technology [5] and holds a number of master's degrees from Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland .[6] He was a medical scientist at St. James's Hospital in Dublin .[6]
Political career
O'Rourke was previously a policy advisor to Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin TD.[6] He was the Sinn Féin candidate at the 2013 Meath East by-election ,[7] which was won by Fine Gael 's Helen McEntee . He was unsuccessful again at the 2016 general election ,[8] but at the 2020 general election he topped the poll with 24.37% of the first-preference votes , and was elected on the second count.[9]
He was a member of Meath County Council for the Ashbourne local electoral area from 2014 to 2020. Aisling Ó Néill was co-opted to O'Rourke's seat on Meath County Council following his election to the Dáil.[10]
In 2022, O'Rourke put forward a bill to require all pharmaceutical companies to make their payments to healthcare organisations and professionals public in a register.[11]
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