Eamonn Maloney Politician
Eamonn Maloney (born 1953) is an Irish Labour Party politician. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South–West constituency at the 2011 general election.He was a member of South Dublin County Council from 1999 to 2011, representing the Tallaght area. He a former member of Jim Kemmy's Democratic Socialist Party and contested Dublin South–West at the 1987 general election for that party.In the past he has worked in a factory and been on the dole. He is the only TD in Ireland who claims no expenses, a policy he carried out throughout his twelve years at local level and maintains at national level.Justifying the cut in unemployment benefit from €144 to €100 per week for young people aged 22 to 24 in the 2014 budget, Maloney said "Parents will tell you that they do not want their children at home watching a flat-screen television seven days a week.".
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