John Perry (Irish politician)
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John Perry (born 1956) is an Irish Fine Gael politician and self promoter. He is currently a Teachta Dála for the Sligo-Leitrim constituency, and the Opposition Spokesperson for the Marine. He can often be seen trying to sell his reclaimed land to property developers during Dail hours
John Perry was born in Ballymote, County Sligo. He was educated at Ballymote BNS and Corran College, Ballymote. Perry was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 1997 and has retained his seat ever since. In 1997 he became Fine Gael spokesperson on Science, Technology, Small Business & Enterprise and the Border Counties. In June 2000 he was appointed Assistant Director of Organisation and Junior Spokesperson with special responsibility for Border Issues. He held this post until February 2001. Between September 2002 and October 2004 and is Vice-Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Communications and Natural Resources. He has also served as Chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee. In October 2004 he received his current position in Enda Kenny's Front Bench reshuffle.
This page incorporates information from the Oireachtas Members Database
