Background
Michael W. D'Arcy is the son of Michael D'Arcy, a former TD and Minister of State.
politician Deputy to the Dáil senator of Ireland
Michael W. D'Arcy is the son of Michael D'Arcy, a former TD and Minister of State.
D'Arcy was educated at Ballythomas National School and Gorey CBS, and is married and has two children.
He is a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency from 2007 to 2011, and from 2016. He was elected to Seanad Éireann in April 2011. In addition to being a politician, he is also a farmer.
In the past he has been a very active GAA player. He was re-elected at the 2004 local elections. He served as Chairman of County Wexford Vocational Education Committee from 2004 to 2007.
There was controversy in 2006 when the Committee's decision to provide premises for the Institute of Technology, Carlow in Wexford town undermined the position of Gorey School of Art. He was elected at the 2007 general election. His father was previously a TD for the same constituency.
He was subsequently elected to Seanad Éireann on the Administrative Panel in April 2011. He was elected to the Dáil in the 2016 general election.
D'Arcy first held political office in December 2003, when he was co-opted to Wexford County Council as a councillor for Gorey to replace his father Michael who had been forced to stand down when the Local Government Act 2001 abolished the dual mandate. He served as the party Deputy spokesperson on Justice, with special responsibility for Equality from 2007 to 2010, and was the party Deputy spokesperson on Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, with special responsibility for Telecommunications from 2010 to 2011. He is the Fine Gael Seanad spokesperson on Finance.