Máire Hoctor

Máire Hoctor (born 20 January 1963) is a former Irish Fianna Fáil politician. She is a former Teachta Dála (TD) for the Tipperary North constituency. She was educated at St. Mary's secondary school, Nenagh and St Patrick's College, Maynooth (B.A. Th., H DipEd.). Before her election she worked as a secondary school teacher in St. Joseph's CBS, Nenagh. Hoctor was first elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2002 general election for Tipperary North. She was re-elected at the 2007 general election. Hoctor was a member of various Oireachtas Committees at different stages in the 2002–07 Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats government. She is a former member of North Tipperary County Council and of Nenagh Town Council. She was the Minister of State at...