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Gay Mitchell TD - Fine Gael

Gay Mitchell is a Fine Gael candidate for the Dublin constituency in the European Elections on 11 June.



Gay was elected to the 29th Dáil in May 2002.



He was appointed spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, June 2002. He became Chairman of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Affairs in July 2002 and is also Chairman of it's sub-committee on EU Legislative Scrutiny. He is a member of the National Forum on Europe and of it's Steering Committee.



First elected to the Dáil in 1981, Gay was Fine Gael's Front Bench Spokesperson on Health June 2000 - June 2002.



He was Front Bench spokesperson on Foreign Affairs from July 1997 to February 2001.



Gay was Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach and Foreign Affairs with special responsibility for European Affairs (and preparation for the IGC in 1996), Local Development and the International Financial Services Centre. He was the Irish Representative on the Reflection Group which prepared the Amsterdam Treaty.



He was the Fine Gael spokesperson on Foreign Affairs 1997 to June 2000, Justice 1993-1994, Public Service and Constitutional Reform 1991-1992, Tourism and Transport 1989-1991, European Integration 1988-1989, Urban Renewal 1987-1988 and Health Board Reform 1981-1982.



Gay was Chairman of the Dáil Committee of Public Accounts from 1987-1993, former Vice-Chairman of the Select Committee on Crime, Lawlessness and Vandalism, 1982-1987 and Chairman of the Finance Committee of Dublin City Council 1979-1984.



Gay was Fine Gael's National Campaign Director in 1987 for the Single European Act Referendum, in 1992 for the Maastricht Treaty Referendum, and in 1998 for the Amterdam Treaty Referendum.



He is former member of Dublin City Council 1979-1995 and 1999-2003, City of Dublin VEC 1979-1985, Chairman Rathmines College of Commerce 1979-1984. He is a former member of the board of Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin.



Gay Mitchell was Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1992 to 1993.



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