Frank Feighan
Frank Feighan is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Minister of State for Public Health, Well Being and National Drugs Strategy since July 2020. He has been a Teachta Dála for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency since the 2020 general election, and previously from 2007 to 2016 for the Roscommon–South Leitrim constituency. He previously served as a Senator for the Administrative Panel from 2002 to 2007 and from 2020 to 2016, upon being Nominated by the Taoiseach.
Feighan is from Boyle, County Roscommon. He took part in the RTÉ charity show, You're a Star in 2006 to raise funds for a children's charity.Political career
He was a member of Roscommon County Council from 1999 to 2004. Feighan was first elected to the Dáil at the 2007 general election. He was the party deputy Spokesperson on Transport and Education with special responsibility for Rural and School Transport from 2007 to 2010. In July 2010, he was appointed as party Spokesperson on Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs.
He was re-elected at the 2011 general election. In government he voted with Fine Gael on the Roscommon Hospital issue on 6 July 2011, when his constituency colleague Denis Naughten voted against them and lost the Fine Gael party whip. He told the Dáil he was "sincerely sorry" for breaking a pre-election promise in relation to the issue.
On 13 July 2015, he announced that he would not be contesting the 2016 general election.
Shortly before the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union he expressed his wishes for the Republic of Ireland to rejoin the Commonwealth.
He was the Fine Gael Seanad Spokesperson on Mental Health and Older People.
