Patrick Hegarty

Patrick Hegarty was an Irish Fine Gael politician and farmer. He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fine Gael Teachta Dála for the Cork North-East constituency at the 1973 general election, and was re-elected in 1977. In 1981 he was elected for the Cork [East (Dáil constituency)|Cork East] constituency, and was re-elected there at each subsequent election until he was defeated at the 1989 general election.
He also stood unsuccessfully as a candidate at the 1992 general election. He was appointed a Minister of State by the Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald, serving as Minister of State at the [Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine|Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture] from 1982 to 1987 and Minister of State at the Department of [Enterprise, Tourism and Employment|Minister of State at the Department of Industry and Commerce] from 1986 to 1987.