Niamh Smyth | |
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![]() Smyth in 2022 | |
Chair of the Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht | |
Assumed office 15 September 2020 | |
Preceded by | Catherine Connolly |
Teachta Dála | |
Assumed office February 2016 | |
Constituency | Cavan–Monaghan |
Personal details | |
Born | [1] Cavan, Ireland | 5 May 1978
Political party | Fianna Fáil |
Spouse |
James Conaty
(m. 2011; sep. 2018) |
Relations | Patrick Smith (granduncle) |
Children | 1 |
Alma mater | |
Website | niamhsmyth |
Niamh Smyth (born 5 May 1978) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency since the 2016 general election. She was appointed Chair of the Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht in September 2020.[2]
She was a member of Cavan County Council from 2009 to 2016.[3]
Smyth was elected as the first president of the Fianna Fáil women's network on 14 September 2015.[4] In May 2016, she was appointed to the Fianna Fáil Front Bench as Spokesperson for the Arts and Heritage.[5]