Emma Rogan
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Emma Rogan (born 27 June 1986)[1] is a former Sinn Féin politician from Loughinisland, County Down, in Northern Ireland. She attended St Colmcille's High School, Crossgar.[2]
Emma Rogan | |
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Member of the Legislative Assembly for South Down | |
In office 20 June 2017 – 28 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Chris Hazzard |
Succeeded by | Cathy Mason |
Personal details | |
Born | (1986-06-27) 27 June 1986 (age 37) |
Nationality | Irish |
Political party | Sinn Féin |
She served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the South Down constituency in the Northern Ireland Assembly from June 2017 to 2022.[3]
Rogan was co-opted to the Assembly to replace Chris Hazzard,[4] a Sinn Féin MLA and former Minister for Infrastructure. Hazzard was elected at the June 2017 Westminster election as the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Down.[5] Sinn Féin's South Down cumann then selected Rogan to fill his place.[6]
On her selection as MLA, Rogan described herself "a Loughinisland woman through and through", but that she would be "an MLA for all of South Down".[7] She said that her initial priorities included protecting services in the Downe Hospital in Downpatrick, and "to restore Downpatrick as a thriving county town".[7][4]
In May 2021, Sinn Féin announced its two candidates for South Down at the 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election.[8] Rogan was not one of the two, having been deselected in favour of Councillor Cathy Mason.[8][9]
In March 2022, the Belfast Telegraph reported that Rogan had not spoken in the Assembly for over a year.[10] In the same period she had attended no meeting of two committees on which she sat, missing 45 meetings of the Justice Committee and 13 meetings of the Audit Committee.[10] Rogan did not respond to queries from the Belfast Telegraph.[11]