Patrick Deering (born 2 February 1967) is an Irish former

Fine Gael Fine Gael ( ; ; ) is a centre-right, liberal-conservative, Christian democratic political party in Ireland. Fine Gael is currently the third-largest party in the Republic of Ireland in terms of members of Dáil Éireann. The party had a member ...

politician who served as a

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(TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 2011 to 2020. He served as Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine 2016 to 2020. Before he ran for election to

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, Deering served for a number of years as chairman of the

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County Board. He was a member of

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for the

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local electoral area from 2009 to 2011. Deering was elected vice chair of the Fine Gael Parliamentary Party on 8 June 2016, supporting Kildare South TD

Martin Heydon Martin Heydon (born 9 August 1978) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine since January 2025. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare South constituency since 2011. ...

in his role as chair. He lost his seat at the 2020 general election. He also unsuccessfully contested the 2020 Seanad election.

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External links

Pat Deering's page on the Fine Gael website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Deering, Pat 1967 births Living people Alumni of Athlone Institute of Technology Carlow County Board administrators Chairmen of county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association Fine Gael TDs 20th-century Irish farmers Irish sportsperson-politicians Members of Carlow County Council Members of the 31st Dáil Members of the 32nd Dáil