Northern Ireland Assembly - Biography

	Name:	Daithí McKay
	Party:	Sinn Fein
	Constituency:	North Antrim
	Contact Address:	Room 385c Parliament Buildings Belfast BT4 3XX
	Constituency Office Address:	162 Bóthar na Tullachain Dun Lathaí Co Aontroma BT44 9AF
	Telephone Number:	028 27657198
	E-Mail Address:	daithimckay@btinternet.com
	Website:	http://twitter.com/daithimckay www.facebook.com/people/Daithi-McKay/ http://daithimckay.blogspot.com/

Place and Date of Birth:	Ballymena 02.03.1982
Married:	No
Family:
Education:	St Patrick's Primary School, Rasharkin, Co Antrim St Louis' Grammar School, Ballymena, Co Antrim North-East Institute of Further & Higher Education, Ballymena Open University
Occupation and brief outline of career:	Former bank official with the Ulster Bank Political Advisor to Philip McGuigan during previous Assembly
Brief outline of public/ political career:	Elected to Ballymoney Council 2005 & Head of the Sinn Fein Council Grouping Member of the NILGA Executive Chairperson of the NILGA E-Government Group Previously Sinn Fein's representative on the Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) Board Chair of the Assembly All-party working group on Climate Change
Other memberships/ interests/ achievements/awards:	Committee member of the Rasharkin Community Association Part of the Solidarity Work Brigade to Cuba in 2003 Worked with the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) in the Palestinian West Bank Interested in Gaelic Games & Culture