Daniel Desmond (3 October 1913 – 9 December 1964) was an Irish Labour Party politician and Teachta Dála (TD) for seventeen years.
According to historian John Horgan, he was Cork based trade unionist, and was a founder member of Fianna Fáil but broke from the party when they introduced the Wages Standstill Order in 1939.
[5] He was the Labour Party's chief spokesman on local government, and also had strong views on social issues in parliament, in particular housing, health and education.
He was principally responsible for the passing of the Local Government (Superannuation) Act 1956, providing a pension scheme for road workers.
Despite ill health, he participated strongly and at great length in important Dáil debates, and continued his constituency duties.