Tim O'Malley (Irish: Tadhg Ó Máille; born 3 July 1944), is an Irish Progressive Democrats politician. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Progressive Democrats (An Páirtí Daonlathach lit The Democratic Party) commonly called The PDs, are a Free market liberal party in He is a former Teachta Dála (TD) for Limerick East and former Minister of State with special responsibility for Mental Health at the Department of Health & Children. A Teachta Dála (ˈtʲaxtə ˈdɑːlə is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Oireachtas (Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. Limerick East is a Constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. A Minister of State (Aire Stáit in Ireland, is a ' junior minister', and is of non- Cabinet rank attached to one or more Departments of State The Minister for Health and Children (Aire Sláinte agus Leanaí is the senior minister at the Department of Health and Children in the Government of Ireland

Tim O'Malley was born in Milltown, Ballysimon, County Limerick. County Limerick ( Contae Luimnigh in Irish) is a County in the Province of Munster, located in the mid-west of Ireland with County He was educated at Crescent College Limerick and University College Dublin where he received a Bachelor of Science Pharmacy (BSc Pharm). Crescent College Comprehensive SJ is a Secondary school located on a section of 40 acres (162000 m² of parkland at Dooradoyle Limerick, Ireland University College Dublin (UCD (An Coláiste Ollscoile Baile Átha Cliath - formally known as University College Dublin - National University of Ireland Dublin (An A Bachelor of Science ( BS, BSc or BSc in the UK; less commonly S Before entering electoral politics, O'Malley managed his own pharmacy in the Limerick city suburb of Dooradoyle. He served as president of the Irish Pharmaceutical Union, the representative body for over 1400 community pharmacies in Ireland. He was also awarded a fellowship by the Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (the statutory regulator of pharmacists and pharmacies in Ireland) for services rendered to the profession. He later withdrew from management and ownership of the pharmacy business to concentrate fulltime on politics.

He first held political office in 1991 when he was elected to Limerick County Council. County Limerick ( Contae Luimnigh in Irish) is a County in the Province of Munster, located in the mid-west of Ireland with County O'Malley was first elected to Dáil Éireann in 2002. ga '''Dáil Éireann''' ( English House of Representatives of Ireland) is the principal chamber of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday 17 May 2002 just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President

According to claims made on the Progressive Democrats website, O'Malley has campaigned tirelessly on health issues since qualifying as a pharmacist. In 2001, he was appointed Health Spokesperson for the Progressive Democrats, and successfully spearheaded his party's campaign to have a Treatment Purchase Fund included in the Government Health Strategy, as a means of reducing public patient waiting lists in Irish hospitals.

O'Malley comes from a family with a strong political pedigree in Limerick. He is a cousin of the former Progressive Democrats TD for Limerick East and Party founder, Desmond O'Malley, and is also a cousin of the late Donagh O'Malley, TD, former Education Minister. The Progressive Democrats (An Páirtí Daonlathach lit The Democratic Party) commonly called The PDs, are a Free market liberal party in Desmond Joseph (Des O'Malley (Deasún Ó Máille born 2 February 1939 is a former Irish Politician. Two other cousins, Fiona O'Malley and Patrick O'Malley, were also Progressive Democrat TDs. Fiona O'Malley (born 19 January 1968 is an Irish Progressive Democrats politician and is currently a member of the 23rd Seanad Éireann having been Patrick O'Malley (born 1 July 1943 is a former Irish Progressive Democrats politician

In November 2006, during an interview on the radio station Newstalk, he referred to gay people as not being of a "normal disposition". Newstalk (formerly called NewsTalk 106) is an Independent Radio station in the Republic of Ireland. Around the same time, he was quoted in a medical journal as saying severe depression was not a "real illness".

In December of that year he came under increasing pressure from opposition TDs to resign following a Prime Time Investigates television programme broadcast on RTÉ One which criticised the lack of mental health services available for Irish children. Prime Time is the major News analysis current affairs and Politics programme broadcast on Radio Telefís Éireann in Ireland RTÉ One (Irish RTÉ a hAon) is the Republic of Ireland 's oldest and most popular Television channel operated by Irish state broadcaster Radio Telefís He implied in the programme that long waiting lists for psychiatric services were in some cases engineered by psychiatrists themselves in search of a feeling of power.

He lost his seat in the 2007 general election. The Irish general election of 2007 took place on 24 May 2007 after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 29 April 2007 at the request of

See also

• Families in the Oireachtas

External links

• Tim O'Malley's profile on the Progressive Democrat party website
• O'Malley calls for end to health board system
• O'Malley claims people like to have hospital waiting lists