Labour leader Ivana Bacik described him as a 'great mentor' and said he was 'a pillar of Labour politics, both in Leinster House, and in Kildare'.
The politician was first elected to the Dail after the 1987 General Election for Kildare after stints on the local county council.He was the Labour Party candidate for Kildare North in the 2020 General Election at the age of 75 - but wasn’t elected.
She said: “Emmet had a continuous unbroken record of 29 years’ service in the Dáil from 1987 right up to 2016 in the constituencies of Kildare and Kildare North following in the proud Labour tradition of William Norton there. “He was also a great mentor to me when I first joined the Party as a student in the late 1980s and was always very supportive of Labour Youth within the Party.
“Most recently he served as Labour Chief Whip from 2007 right up until 2016, and as Deputy Government Whip during the 2011 to 2016 government.
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