Timmy Dooley (born 13 February 1969) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Clare constituency since the 2024 general election, and previously from 2007 to 2020.

[1] Dooley was born in Limerick[2] and was educated at Mountshannon National School and Scarriff Community College, and later at University College Dublin, where he was chairman of the Kevin Barry Cumann of Ógra Fianna Fáil in 1989.

[5] Dooley claimed in the Oireachtas report that he had not asked Collins to vote on his behalf during this conversation.

When questioned, Dooley accepted that he had made no effort to correct the record prior to being contacted by a journalist about the incident.

[6] In a rare occurrence for an opposition TD, an amendment Dooley introduced was accepted to road traffic legislation, for significant penalties for the criminal offence of leaving the scene of a serious or fatal crash.