Dan Neville (born 8 December 1946) is an Irish former

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politician. He served as a

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(TD) from 1997 to 2016, and was a

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for the

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from 1989 to 1997. He served as Chair of the Fine Gael parliamentary party from 2014 to 2016. He was a member of Limerick County Council from 1985 to 2003. Due to the abolition of the dual mandate Neville stepped down from Limerick County Council, he was replaced by his son Tom Neville. Neville first stood as a candidate for

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at the 1987 general election, when he failed to win a seat. He did not contest the 1989 general election, but at the subsequent Seanad election he won a seat on the

. He was unsuccessful again at the 1992 general election, but was re-elected at the 1993 election to the

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. He finally won a seat in the Dáil at the 1997 general election. He retained his seat at the

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and

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general elections. In the 2011 general election, he was elected for the

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constituency. He is president of the Irish Association of

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. He was the party deputy spokesperson on Health, with special responsibility for Mental Health from 2010 to 2011. He was Chair of the Fine Gael parliamentary party from May 2014 to June 2016. On 11 August 2015, he announced that he would not contest the 2016 general election.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Neville, Dan 1946 births Living people Alumni of University College Cork Fine Gael TDs Members of Limerick County Council Irish people of Norman descent Members of the 19th Seanad Members of the 20th Seanad Members of the 28th Dáil Members of the 29th Dáil Members of the 30th Dáil Members of the 31st Dáil Fine Gael senators Labour Panel senators