Jerry Buttimer

Jerry Buttimer TD
Buttimer in 2022
Teachta Dála
Incumbent
Assumed office November 2024
In office February 2011 – February 2016
Constituency	Cork South-Central
Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
In office 16 December 2022 – 30 November 2024
Deputy	Mark Daly
Preceded by	Mark Daly
Succeeded by	TBD
Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann
In office 7 July 2020 – 21 August 2020
Cathaoirleach	Mark Daly
Preceded by	Paul Coghlan
Succeeded by	Joe O'Reilly
Leader of the Seanad
In office 8 June 2016 – 27 June 2020
Taoiseach	Enda Kenny Leo Varadkar
Deputy	Catherine Noone
Preceded by	Maurice Cummins
Succeeded by	Regina Doherty
Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad
In office 8 June 2016 – 27 June 2020
Leader	Enda Kenny Leo Varadkar
Preceded by	Maurice Cummins
Succeeded by	Regina Doherty
Senator
In office 8 June 2016 – 30 November 2024
In office 13 September 2007 – 25 February 2011
Constituency	Labour Panel
Personal details
Born	Gerard Martin Buttimer (1967-03-18) 18 March 1967 (age 57) Cork, Ireland
Political party	Fine Gael
Spouse	Conchobar Ó Laoghaire ​ ​ (m. 2017)​
Alma mater	St Patrick's College, Maynooth University College Cork
Website	jerrybuttimer.ie

Jerry Buttimer (born 18 March 1967) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency since the 2024 general election, and previously from from 2011 to 2016.^[1] He served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from December 2022 to November 2024, and served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from 2016 to 2024, and previously from 2007 to 2011. He served as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from July 2020 to August 2020, Leader of the Seanad from 2016 to 2020 and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2016 to 2020.