Liam Twomey (born 3 April 1967) is a medical doctor and former Irish

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politician who served as a

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(TD) for the

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constituency from 2002 to 2007 and 2011 to 2016.

Early life and education

Twomey was born in Bealad,

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. He was educated at St. Finbarr's Seminary and

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. He is married to Elizabeth O'Sullivan and they have three children.

Career

He worked as a General practitioner (GP) before entering public office in 2002. Before his election to

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, Twomey was Chairman of the Wexford Branch of the

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Politics

At the 2002 general election, Twomey was elected to the Dáil as an

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TD for the Wexford constituency, on a campaign of highlighting the deficiencies in the Irish health service. He joined

in September 2004. He was the opposition spokesperson on

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from 2004 to 2007. He lost his seat at the 2007 general election, being eliminated after the 6th count. He was subsequently elected to the

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in July 2007 for the

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. He was the Fine Gael Finance Spokesperson in the Seanad from 2007 to 2011. At the 2011 general election he was again elected as a TD for Wexford. Twomey represented Fine Gael in the

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delegation that met the

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's Budgetary and European Affairs committees in

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in late January 2012. In January 2015 he was appointed Chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee for Finance Public Expenditure and Reform. On 17 July 2015 he announced that he would not stand in the 2016 general election.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Twomey, Liam 1967 births Living people Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Fine Gael TDs Independent TDs Members of the 23rd Seanad Members of the 29th Dáil Members of the 31st Dáil Politicians from County Cork 21st-century Irish medical doctors Fine Gael senators