Minister of State at the Department of Education and Youth with special responsibility for Special Education and Inclusion. Michael Moynihan was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the constituency of Cork North West in 1997 and has been re-elected on each occasion since then. Michael comes from Kiskeam in Co. Cork, where he lives with his wife and their 2 children. Michael was the Chair of the Oireachtas Disability Matters Committee in the 33rd Dáil, and he has previously been the Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education, and the Committee on Economic Regulatory Affairs. Michael has also served on various Oireachtas Committees such as Agriculture and Food, and Heritage and the Irish Language