Alan Shatter

Quick Facts

Full Name	Alan Shatter
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 14, 1951(1951-02-14)
Age	73
Birthplace	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Birth City	Dublin
Horoscope	Aquarius

Alan Shatter Biography

Alan Shatter is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 14, 1951 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. Born in Dublin to a Jewish family, Shatter is the son of Elaine and Reuben Shatter, a British couple who met by chance when they were both on holidays in Ireland in 1947. He was educated at The High School, Dublin, Trinity College, Dublin and the Europa Institute of the University of Amsterdam. In his late teens he worked for two months in Israel on a kibbutz

Shatter was first elected to the Dáil at the 1981 general election, and was re-elected at each subsequent election until he lost his seat at the 2002 general election. He was re-elected at the 2007 general election. Shatter was a member of Dublin County Council from 1979 to 1999 for the Rathfarnham area.

In 1983 Shatter was involved in controversy when he defied his governments whip to vote against the inclusion in the Irish constitution of an anti abortion provision. In 1998 he was the author of a major report published by the Health Committee which criticised tobacco companies and recommended various controls on smoking and tobacco advertising. In the years that followed most of the recommendations made were implemented by government.

While in opposition, he published more Private member’s bills than any other TD had done previously. His Judicial Separation and Family Law Reform Act 1989, radically reforming Irish family law, was the first piece of legislation enacted by an opposition TD for 35 years. His Adoption Act 1991 provided for the recognition for the first time of foreign adoptions in Ireland. As Fine Gael’s Spokesperson on the Environment he published in 1989 Ireland’s first ever legislation to establish an Environment Protection Agency. His bill embraced the precautionary principle prioritizing environmental protection principles in government decision making. Whilst it was opposed by the then Fianna Fáil Government it laid the foundation for subsequent government legislation. Prior to becoming a member of the Oireachtas, Shatter satirised some of the bizarre measures contained in a government sponsored 1979 Family Planning Bill in a short best seller book , “Family Planning – Irish Style” which contained cartoons by Chaim Factor, a well known artist and sculptor..Amongst his targets was a provision which required a medical prescription to purchase condoms with the prescription designating the monthly number of condoms that could be lawfully purchased.

During the 1980s Shatter successfully lobbied for the establishment of an Oireachtas ( Parliamentary) Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was a member of the Committee from its foundation in 1992, apart from a brief period in 1993 to 1994, and its chairman from December 1996 to June 1997. He was also for many years a member of the Oireachtas (Parliamentary) Committee on Justice, Law Reform and Defence. He is a former member also of the Health and Children Committee and the Special Committee that considered the wording for a Children’s Rights referendum. Wording he drafted substantially influenced the content of an amendment on Children’s Rights incorporated into the Irish Constitution after a successful referendum in 2012. Shatter was the founder of the Ireland/Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group and acted as its chairperson for many years. In 1985 Shatter visited the Soviet Union together with his Fine Gael colleague, Senator Sean O’Leary, and met with various Jewish refusenik families who had been prevented from emigrating to Israel and were in substantial difficulties with some family members imprisoned and others fired from academic and scientific jobs and forced to engage in menial employment. Upon returning to Dublin Shatter and O’Leary published a report and held a press conference on their plight. The previous year on international human rights day Shatter proposed a Dail motion on the plight of Soviet Jewry which was passed and adopted by Dáil Éireann . Subsequently similar motions were adopted in other European Parliaments.

Alan Shatter Net Worth

Alan Shatter is one of the richest Politician from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Alan Shatter 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Alan Joseph Shatter (born 14 February 1951) is a lawyer, author and former Irish Fine Gael politician. He served as Minister for Justice and Equality and Minister for Defence from 2011 to 2014. He was a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South constituency from 1981 to 2002, again from 2007 to 2016. He ended his membership of Fine Gael in the Spring of 2018. His most recent books are the Irish bestsellers entitled “Frenzy and Betrayal: The Anatomy of a Political Assassination” (2019) & “Life is a Funny Business” (2017).

Shatter was a partner in the Dublin law firm Gallagher Shatter (1977-2011). As a solicitor he acted as advocate in many seminal and leading cases determined both by the Irish High and Supreme Courts. He is the author of major academic works on Irish family law (1977, 1981, 1986 and 1997) which pioneered and advocated substantial constitutional and family law reform. His writings essentially set a reform agenda which initially appeared radical in an Irish context but which ultimately became mainstream. As a politician he played a lead role in effecting much of the constitutional and legislative change he advocated. He is also the author of the satirical book Family Planning Irish Style (1979), and the novel Laura (1989). In September 2017 his “Life is a Funny Business” was published by Poolbeg Press and in May 2019 ” Frenzy and Betrayal : The Anatomy of a Political Assassination ” was published by Merrion Press. Both books were Irish bestsellers. The former is a biography of the years prior to his election as a member of the Irish parliament and their relationship to later events. The latter is the true sensational inside story of controversies that occurred in the period immediately preceding his resignation from government in May 2014, his being hounded from office and his ultimate vindication. He is a former chairperson of FLAC (the Free Legal Advice Centres), a former chairperson of CARE, an organisation that campaigned for child care and children’s legislation reform in the 1970s and a former President of the Irish Council Against Blood Sports. With interests in fifteen properties, Shatter had the largest property portfolio of any member of Ireland’s cabinet while a cabinet minister (2011-2014).

During his time in the Dáil, he has been a Fine Gael Front Bench spokesperson on Law Reform (1982, 1987–88); the Environment (1989–91); Labour (1991); Justice (1992–93); Equality and Law Reform (1993–94); Health and Children (1997–2000); Justice, Law Reform and Defence (2000–02); Children (2007–10); and Justice and Law Reform (2010–11).

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In June 2011 he apologised for “unfair and inaccurate” comments he made about RTÉ crime correspondent Paul Reynolds after saying he “consistently engages in tabloid sensationalism”. When eight former attorneys general criticised the proposed Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution on Oireachtas inquiries he described their views as “nonsense” and “simply wrong”.

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On 9 March 2011, Shatter was appointed by the Taoiseach Enda Kenny as Minister with responsibility for two Irish Government Departments, the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Defence. Under Shatter’s steerage, a substantial reform agenda was implemented with nearly 30 separate pieces of legislation published, many of which are now enacted including the Personal Involvency Act 2012, Criminal Justice Act 2011, DNA Database Act, and the Human Rights and Equality Commission Act. Under his guidance, major reforms were introduced in 2011 into Ireland’s citizenship laws and a new Citizenship Ceremony was created. Shatter both devised and piloted Ireland’s first ever citizenship ceremony which took place in June 2011 and a new inclusive citizenship oath which he included in his reforming legislation. During his time as Minister, he cleared an enormous back log of citizenship applications and 69,000 foreign nationals became Irish citizens. Some applications had lain dormant for 3 to 4 years. He introduced a general rule that save where there was some real complication, all properly made citizenship applications should be processed within a six month period. Shatter also took steps to facilitate an increased number of political refugees being accepted into Ireland and created a special scheme to facilitate relations of Syrian families already resident in Ireland who were either caught up in the civil war in Syria, or in refugee camps elsewhere as a result of the civil war in Syria, to join their families in Ireland.

Top Facts about Alan Shatter

1. Alan Shatter was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1951.
2. He served as a Fine Gael TD from 1981-2002 and 2007-2014.
3. Shatter held several ministerial positions including Minister for Justice and Equality.
4. He resigned from his position as Minister for Justice in May 2014.
5. Shatter is a qualified solicitor and former member of the Bar Council.
6. He authored several books on Irish law and politics.
7. Shatter was involved in controversial issues such as Garda whistleblowers and phone tapping scandals.
8. In 2019, he won a defamation case against RTE over comments made on-air about him.
9. Shatter has been married twice and has two children.
10. He continues to be active in political commentary and analysis since leaving office.