constituency predecessor successor birth_place imagesize nationality party office birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name occupation
dún laoghaire séamus dempsey kirk hugh coveney hugh coveney bertie ahern noel david andrews michael woods fergus o'brien jim higgins dublin , ireland 200px irish fine gael ceann defence minister for the marine government chief whip comhairle of dáil Éireann teachta dála minister for 9 august 1944 9 14 december 1982 15 december 1994 march 2011 may 2007 june 1981 1995 1995 seanbarrett.jpg seán barrett -lrb- fine gael -rrb-
 may 1995 2002 1997 1997 13 february 1986 23 may seán barrett former insurance broker
seán barrett -lrb- fine gael -rrb-

seán barrett -lrb- born 9 august 1944 -rrb- is an irish fine gael politician who has been ceann comhairle of dáil Éireann since march 2011 .
he served as minister for defence from 1995 to 1997 , and later he was party spokesperson on foreign affairs .
he is a teachta dála -lrb- td -rrb- for the dún laoghaire constituency .
