Emmet Stagg

Emmet Stagg (b.October, 1944) is an Irish Labour Party politician. He is currently a Teachta Dála (TD) for Kildare North and Labour Party Chief Whip and Spokesperson for Nuclear Safety.

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October - 1944 - Labour Party - Teachta Dála - Kildare North - Chief Whip

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Emmet Stagg was born at Hollymount, County Mayo and educated at Ballinrobe C.B.S. and Kevin Street College of Technology. Stagg was formerly a Medical Technologist at Trinity College Dublin before entering into full-time politics. In 1978 he was elected to Kildare County Council, serving almost continually until 2003. Stagg was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 1987. Since then he has served as Front Bench Spokesperson on a number of areas, including Agriculture (1987-1989) and Social Welfare 1989-1992). In 1993 he became Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, with Special Responsibility for Housing and Urban Renewal. The following year (1994) he was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications in the newly formed Rainbow Coalition. He is currently the Labour Party Chief Whip and Spokesperson on Nuclear Safety.

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Hollymount - County Mayo - Ballinrobe - Trinity College Dublin - 1978 - 2003 - Dáil Éireann - 1987 - 1989 - 1992 - 1993 - 1994 - Rainbow Coalition

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He was involved in a major tabloid press scandal in 1994 when he was involved in an incident in the Phoenix Park, which led to him being questioned by the Gardaí.

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Tabloid press - 1994 - Phoenix Park - Gardaí

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