Pat "the Cope" Gallagher

Pat "the Cope" Gallagher
TD
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher TD
	Gallagher in 2024
Teachta Dála
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; November 2024
	In office; February 2016 – February 2020
Constituency	Donegal
	In office; May 2002 – 4 June 2009
	In office; June 1981 – June 1997
Constituency	Donegal South-West
Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann
	In office; 7 July 2016 – 10 February 2020
Ceann Comhairle	Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Preceded by	Michael P. Kitt
Succeeded by	Catherine Connolly
Minister of State
2007–2008	Health and Children
2006–2007	Transport
2004–2006	Communications, Marine and Natural Resources
2002–2004	Environment, Heritage and Local Government
1993–1994	Arts, Culture and the Gaeltacht
1992–1993	Marine
1989–1993	Gaeltacht
1987–1989	Marine
Member of the European Parliament
	In office; 1 July 2009 – 20 May 2014
Constituency	North-West
	In office; 1 July 1994 – 30 June 2002
Constituency	Connacht–Ulster
Personal details
Born	Patrick Gallagher; 10 March 1948; Burtonport, County Donegal, Ireland
Party	Fianna Fáil
Spouse	Ann Gillespie (m. 1989)
Alma mater	University College Galway
Website	www.fiannafail.ie/tds/pat-the-cope-gallagher

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Patrick Gallagher (Irish: Pádraig Ó Gallchóir; born 10 March 1948) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a TD for the Donegal constituency since the 2024 general election, and previously from 1981 to 1997, 2002 to 2009, 2016 to 2020. He served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 2016 to 2020 and as a Minister of State from 1987 to 1994 and from 2002 to 2008. He also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1994 to 2002 and from 2009 to 2014.