Education
She was educated at Saint Mary"s secondary school, Nenagh and Street Patrick"s College, Maynooth (Bachelor Th, H DipEd).
She was educated at Saint Mary"s secondary school, Nenagh and Street Patrick"s College, Maynooth (Bachelor Th, H DipEd).
She was a Teachta Dála (Territorial Decoration) for the Tipperary North constituency from 2002 to 2011. Before her election she worked as a secondary school teacher in Saint Joseph"s Columbia Broadcasting System, Nenagh. Hoctor was first elected to Dáil Éireann as a Fianna Fáil Territorial Decoration for Tipperary North at the 2002 general election.
She was re-elected at the 2007 general election.
She lost her seat at the 2011 general election.
She is a former member of North Tipperary County Council and of Nenagh Town Council. Hoctor was a member of various Oireachtas Committees at different stages in the 2002-2007 Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats government.