Tim O'Malley
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Tim O'Malley is a former Irish
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 Progressive Democrats
Progressive Democrats
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 politician. He was a Teachta Dála
Teachta Dála
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 (TD) for the Limerick East constituency and was Minister of State with special responsibility for Mental Health
Minister of State (Ireland)
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 at the Department of Health and Children
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.

O'Malley was born in Milltown, Ballysimon, County Limerick
County Limerick
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. He was educated at Crescent College
Crescent College
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, Limerick and University College Dublin
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 where he received a Bachelor of Science Pharmacy (BSc
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 Pharm). Before entering electoral politics, O'Malley managed his own pharmacy in the Limerick city suburb of Dooradoyle
Dooradoyle
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. 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
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 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
Limerick County Council
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. O'Malley was elected to Dáil Éireann
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 at the 2002 general election
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.

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 and Party founder Desmond O'Malley
Desmond O'Malley
Desmond Joseph "Des" O'Malley is a former Irish politician.Born in Limerick, O'Malley was raised in a local political dynasty that had a strong association with Fianna Fáil. Elected to Dáil Éireann in 1968, he quickly became a trusted confidante of Taoiseach Jack Lynch...

, and is also a cousin of Donogh O'Malley. Two other cousins, Fiona O'Malley
Fiona O'Malley
Fiona O'Malley is a former Irish politician. She was a Progressive Democrats Teachta Dála for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 2002 until 2007, and was a member of Seanad Éireann from 2007 to 2011.-Career:...

 and Patrick O'Malley
Patrick O'Malley (Irish politician)
Patrick O'Malley is a former Irish Progressive Democrats politician. He was first elected at the 1987 general election for the Dublin West constituency, along with 13 other Progressive Democrats Teachtaí Dála to the 25th Dáil. He lost his seat at the 1989 general election. He is a cousin of the...

 were also Progressive Democrat TDs.

In November 2006, during an interview on the radio station Newstalk, he referred to gay people as not being of a "normal disposition". 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
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 Investigates
television programme broadcast on RTÉ One
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 which criticised the lack of mental health services available for Irish children. 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 at the 2007 general election.

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