Liam Twomey (born 3 April 1967) is a medical doctor and former Irish Fine Gael 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, Clonakilty in

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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

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(GP) before entering public office in 2002. Before his election to Dáil Éireann, Twomey was Chairman of the Wexford Branch of the Irish Medical Organisation.

Politics

At the 2002 general election, Twomey was elected to the Dáil as an Independent TD for the Wexford constituency, on a campaign of highlighting the deficiencies in the Irish health service. He joined Fine Gael 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 23rd Seanad 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 People from Clonakilty Medical doctors from County Cork Cultural and Educational Panel senators