Derek Keating
Derek Keating (born May 1955) is an Irish Fine Gael politician. He was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Mid–West constituency at the 2011 general election.
Political Career
Keating was a member of Fianna Fáil during the 1980s but later joined the Progressive Democrats. He was a director of elections for Progressive Democrats candidate Tom Morrissey in the Castleknock local electoral area at the 1991 local elections. In 1998, following the new constituency of Dublin Mid–West, he left that party, and in 1999 stood as an independent candidate to South Dublin County Council for the Lucan electoral area. He was elected with just four votes over outgoing Fine Gael incumbent Peter Brady. Keating was comfortably re-elected in 2004, attracting one of the highest votes in the country. He joined Fine Gael in 2008, and was re-elected as a Fine Gael candidate at the 2009 local elections. Derek was elected to Dáil Éireann in February 2011. Derek is currently on the Oireachtas Education Committee and has a particular interest in adult education.
Education
Derek was educated at St Michael's Primary School and De La Salle Primary and Secondary Schools, Ballyfermot, and later qualified as a Sports and Fitness Instructor, specialising in the fitness of children and teenagers.
