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derek keating wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 background and early career 2 td 2011 2016 3 personal life 4 references toggle the table of contents derek keating 2 languages deutsch gaeilge edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia irish politician 1955 2023 derek keating keating in 2014 teachta dála in office february 2011 february 2016 constituency dublin mid west personal details born 1955 05 16 16 may 1955 ballyfermot dublin ireland died 6 may 2023 2023 05 06 aged 67 dublin ireland party fine gael spouse anne keating children 4 derek keating 16 may 1955 6 may 2023 was an irish fine gael politician who served as a teachta dála td for the dublin mid west constituency from 2011 to 2016 1 2 he had also served as a local councillor for lucan in the south dublin county council background and early career edit born on 16 may 1955 3 and raised in ballyfermot keating spent his early married life in palmerstown before moving to lucan a former fás community employment scheme supervisor at st mary s parish centre lucan keating was a member of fianna fáil during the 1980s but later joined the progressive democrats pds he was a director of elections for progressive democrats candidate tom morrissey in the castleknock local electoral area at the 1991 local elections in 1998 following the constituency boundary revision which created the new constituency of dublin mid west he left the pds and in 1999 stood as an independent candidate to south dublin county council for the lucan electoral area he was elected by just four votes over fine gael incumbent peter brady keating was re elected in 2004 receiving 3 680 votes 4 after failing as an independent candidate for dublin mid west at the 2007 general election he joined fine gael in 2008 and was re elected as a fine gael candidate at the 2009 local elections 2 he was involved in controversy after taunting the garda representative association s general secretary by issuing the statement mr pj stone should put on a uniform and go and do real work and stop rabble rousing 5 td 2011 2016 edit keating became a td for dublin mid west in february 2011 6 7 serving until 2016 alongside leo varadkar in which varadkar described keating as a hard working public representative 8 9 keating was re elected for fine gael in 2011 following vote shares in his favor at 26 88 percent in the 2009 elections which was the strongest votes in the country 3 during budget debates in december 2012 keating hit out at what he saw as a culture of dependence in ireland saying increased dependency on the state encourages a new lifestyle of welfare economy a woman will have a lone parent allowance children s allowance rent subsidy school grants a medical card fuel allowance and special payments from the community welfare officer which come under section 13 of the social welfare act for exceptional payments 10 later in december 2012 keating returned 7 571 of expenses to the government following a sample audit of expenses 11 keating was accused in may 2013 in a newspaper article by a school principal in lucan of falsely claiming credit for getting an extension to the school his parliamentary aide tommy morris was then investigated by the garda síochána for taking about 3 000 copies of the lucan gazette which carried the article from local shops and dumping them keating said morris acted without his knowledge or consent fine gael also condemned the action 12 in july 2013 a protest held outside his home by an anti abortion group led to him leaving as he felt threatened by their behaviour 13 the protestors had shouted at him to open the door and banged on his front door and windows 13 he called gardaí and provided names of people he had recognised gardaí said that they had been called but that no arrests were made 13 after losing his seat at the 2016 general election 2 keating attempted to get re elected to south dublin county council in the 2019 local elections but did not succeed 3 9 personal life edit keating was married to anne a former deputy school principal for more than four decades till his death they had two daughters 3 keating was diagnosed with dementia late in his life he was reported to be still doing 5k runs in late 2022 but his health deteriorated quickly in the following months 3 he died on 6 may 2023 at the age of 67 14 references edit derek keating oireachtas members database archived from the original on 8 july 2018 retrieved 21 march 2011 1 2 3 derek keating electionsireland org archived from the original on 12 march 2011 retrieved 21 march 2011 1 2 3 4 5 derek keating obituary a phenomenal local vote getter who could be everywhere at once the irish times 13 may 2023 retrieved 13 may 2023 flyer for derek keating independent now fine gael 2004 local elections lucan irish election literature 9 january 2011 retrieved 12 may 2023 o keeffe alan 30 april 2012 garda fury after td s get a real job taunt to their leader evening herald retrieved 30 april 2012 hosford paul 7 may 2023 former fine gael td derek keating dies aged 67 irish examiner retrieved 13 may 2023 fusio office fine gael press 31 december 1969 derek keating td fine gael retrieved 13 may 2023 former dublin fine gael td derek keating dies aged 67 breakingnews ie retrieved 13 may 2023 1 2 taoiseach leads tributes to former fine gael td derek keating extra ie 8 may 2023 retrieved 13 may 2023 td warns of welfare economy lifestyle the irish times 13 december 2012 archived from the original on 21 december 2012 retrieved 22 december 2012 random audit results in return of 16 000 in political expenses irish examiner 22 december 2012 archived from the original on 26 april 2014 retrieved 22 december 2012 garda inquiry launched after removal of newspapers lucan news 8 may 2013 retrieved 12 may 2013 cite news cs1 maint url status link 1 2 3 o regan mark 9 july 2013 pro life protest forces fg td to flee his home irish independent archived from the original on 4 march 2016 retrieved 25 september 2021 former dublin mid west td derek keating dies aged 67 the irish times 7 may 2023 retrieved 7 may 2023 v t e teachtaí dála tds for dublin mid west this table is transcluded from dublin mid west dáil constituency edit history dáil election deputy party deputy party deputy party deputy party deputy party 29th 2002 paul gogarty gp 3 seats 2002 2007 mary harney pds john curran ff 4 seats 2002 2024 30th 2007 joanna tuffy lab 31st 2011 robert dowds lab frances fitzgerald fg derek keating fg 32nd 2016 gino kenny aaa pbp eoin ó broin sf john curran ff 2019 by election mark ward sf 33rd 2020 gino kenny s pbp emer higgins fg 34th 2024 paul gogarty ind shane moynihan ff retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title derek_keating oldid 1366423365 categories 1955 births 2023 deaths fianna fáil politicians fine gael tds independent local councillors in the republic of ireland members of south dublin county council members of the 31st dáil progressive democrats politicians people from ballyfermot independent candidates in dáil elections fine gael local councillors hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata use dmy dates from may 2016 use hiberno english from may 2016 all wikipedia articles written in hiberno english 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